How does your family react to the hobby ?

I posted on here before but I had to put this down. Christmas just passed and I took one of my boys to two different family get togethers. On both sides of the family my uncles were weirded out and my aunts thought he was adorable. Two different cousins on either side of my family. One five years older than me and one five years younger than me, enjoyed my doll a lot. My older cousin had fun playing with him and my younger one has decided she wants a pair of jointed hands somehow. All in all I would count it as a very successful holiday. It was nice to not have someone disapproving all the time. And kind of funny how similar my mom and dad's families acted considering how different they are.

 

My mom loves dolls so she doesn't have a problem with it. Ive only had one bjd but I also had many different kinds of dolls and just getting back into bjd. I now have a new family, which is my boyfriend and I. We live together. He knows about my doll hobby. I actually talked to him about getting a bjd just today and he approved and wanted to see her.

 

My mom is pretty cool about my dolls…she enjoys stroking their hair(wigs) and is occasionally caught carrying a doll around the house lol. My dad thinks of them as collectibles so he doesn't mind either.

 

My family was pretty much completely unsupportive as I saved up for four years just to get my Asleep Eidolon Xun. My sister refuses to get me doll stuff for him for bday/xmas, and my mom only deals with it. My sister said it's unnatural. Ergo, I turn to my friend Gummy for support, seeing as I have one doll and she has 9! LOL Thank god for friends!

 

Makki, sorry to about your unsupportive family. I know what you mean, my sisters thoughts they are creepy and unnatural too, they are into Barbie. I like Barbie, just not my cup of tea.
My husband on the other are supportive but think they're rather expensive for they are and allow me with a limit budget (but I've always gone over board) and my teen daughter think they are great pretty poseable mannequin for her drawing.

 

Well my family thinks thats all i spend my money on.... (Not true) My mom will be interested from time to time, my dad thinks its stupid.

 

I'm soo Jealous! Your Family's Awesome! xD

This hobby can be extremely lonely for me. I have No one I know who's also into them and my family (except my dad who just don't care) are totally freaked out by my dolls.

 

Dad simply ignores it. Mom, I think she likes them, buy of course their price... My sisters like them, but neither of them would buy one. Only my sister in law loves them like for buying one(she doesn't have anyone, but she loves Feeple Siean :3)

I wish how would my mom see me or say to me on Monday... (Because I have a mnf head (juri'10) since a month and I haven't show it to anyone in my family ^^U)

 

When I got my first doll, I showed my dad and my sister. My dad liked it and he was really interested. My sister thought it was weird I bought a male doll. She is more into barbie. But after I got more dolls I never bothered to tell them about it. So basically they just don't know. It's okay that way. I don't feel like explaining why I rather spent money on a doll then buy clothes for myself or go on a holiday. lol

 

When I got my first doll, AOD Wang Zi, as a Christmas present from a friend, my mom freaked out. She never really liked me getting such creepy expensive dolls and should put my money else where. But she tolerated it, but it got to the point where I had 4-5 male dolls and my mom complained why I don't have a female one. I got my girl because of my mom, and she loved her and felt proud that I picked the right one even though she didn't like the price tag I paid for her because she was a Special Edition IpleHouse Tatiana. Though she did annoyed me when I was getting her in when I ordered her and had her on layaway.
She currently doesn't mind my hobby and supports it because my hobby got to over lap at times with her hobby/work, which is sewing. Now, if I can make her stop making my boys to drop their pants to friends and family because they're anatomically correct.

 

My family really doesn't care that much but they are kind of freaked out by them. They are very curious and interested at times, but don't want to touch them because once I got a little panicked that my dad was touching my doll's face-up without washing his hands. Now they are kind of scared of ruining them, but I still try to let my parents see them and keep them in the loop with which dolls I own.

 

As with most of my hobbies, my mom thinks it's a waste of money and dad is uninterested in general.

I can't blame mom, as dolls are sort of really expensive.

But then again I don't pay much mind to her opinions on my hobbies. Being the economics student in the house I've perfectly evaluated the opportunity costs of my hobbies and I always make sure I'm getting the absolute maximum amount of happiness out of my financial decisions. 83

 

This question has two answers. If you mean my significant other, we buy many of our doll things together to make the hobby more affordable for us both, so there's plenty of interest there.

If you mean my relatives and parents, then they don't know about my BJDs at all so have no opinion. I moved out before becoming interested in dolls.

 

As far as the family who knows about it? My mum and dad think I'm crazy but I don't bother telling them anything about my dolls anymore since they never see them anyways :P My older sister isn't into dolls but she supports my hobby and my ten year old niece loves them and continuously asks me to leave them to her in my will haha!

 

My mom thinks the dolls are beautiful, and likes that I have the hobby, my boyfriend however doesnt understand. He doesnt see the point if it's not something I can "use" outside of the house. Bleh.

 

My family is fairly supportive... well until they find out how much I spent. XD

My mom likes how much they inspire my crafty side and she has actually helped with some of my crafts and even helped with a commissionable service I offered a long time ago.

My brothers poke fun at me every once in the while but for the most part they don't mind, sometimes my little brother even seems semi-interested.

As for my dad... that man is a mystery when it comes to his opinion of anything really. He doesn't mind enough to tell e off or anything but I highly doubt he likes them either. He's really just very unopinionated.

 

Well, they might not be fans of how expensive they are, but they understand how much I love these dolls and how much I wanted my first doll. So they are pretty ok and supportive, they don't tell me it is a waste of money or anything, and they are quite curious.
I just gave mine his and my first faceup and it's really funny because he looks like he's been crying or something and my familly laughs in an "aww, poor thingy~" way, it's really funny.

I am having a good time with my family and their reactions to my doll. They think he is cool and they also loved the head I bought. I bet they will also find it cool when I start making things for him. [Like clothes or other stuff].

Oh, my big brother is an industrial designer and also loves photography. So he talks a lot about how he can make his designs the scale for my doll to use it, and how he is probably going to photograph him way more than I will.

 

My husband is long suffering but also very supportive and totally just goes with the flow. He knows that it makes me happy and is happy to have them hanging around the house LOL

My mum just rolls her eyes at me and sighs but I think she secretly likes the fact her daughter goes against the boring norm of what is expected of an "adult"

My daughter LOVES it and is totally following in my footsteps - she isn't 100% sold on my bjd's but adores my Blythes and even has some of her own now (she just turned 11)

The rest of my friends and family think I am odd but expect nothing less from me given that in the grand scheme of things, I am a little odd!!! LOL

No one really questions what I do anymore so I am pretty lucky

 

Lucky for those who are supported by family members~

I don't own any BJDs yet, and every time I tell my mom that I want to have a BJD, she'd say that it's a big waste of money and she'd just buy Barbie dolls for me from the supermarket =____= Well I'm going to buy one (or more) for myself with the money I have been collecting. I just love BJD so much (wish my mom supports her child's interest...).

 

My hubby is very supportive and understanding. He helps me pick and finance some of my doll purchases. He even has his favorites in the doll-family. I am very lucky to have him!