How does your family react to the hobby ?

My mom just kind of blew it off when I told her I wanted some dolls
I told my dad while we were looking for art supplies in Michaels, and started asking the workers where to find "Faceless dolls" before I could tell him they're all from Asia xD

My boyfriend insists on buying me one, but I won't let him e.e

 

I think I'm lucky in that I have been collecting dolls for years and my family is happy to enable my 'habit'. BJDs are just a part of my collection. Okay, my most expensive doll is a BJD but my other BJDs are no more expensive then one of my porcelains or limited Tonners. It helps when I point out Barbies for nearly 200 dollars or Integrity's Fashion Royalty line where dolls easily run over $150 dollars each. Suddenly my BJDs don't seem quite as expensive.
And I love my dolls, they make me happy and my family wants me to be happy.

 

I haven't even purchased the doll I want yet and my daughter is threatening to put me in a home.

 

My family generally regards the hobby as a waste of precious money, when I could be spending on college materials instead.

 

They're indifferent to the idea, but I was also raised on the philosophy that if I want something and I have the money or am willing to work for the money I should get it. The family doesn't really care as long as I obtain it myself.

 

I haven't told my parents yet, they would probably freak at the price. My husband thinks its a little silly but doesn't really say anything lol

 

I havent even gotten any dolls yet either and just mentioning the cost to my bf, and my family totally put them off of them x.x but at least my bf still listens to me when I talk about them. lol. Even tho I do talk his ear off about them constantly XD Everyone else seems to think it's pointless and silly since they are dolls... but I think my dad and my grandma might come around more when I actually get one... as my dad used to build model lanscapes [as in big boards of things that he put plants, fake rivers, etc. on and then put model cars he build and other things on top]. He also has or had army dolls and even bought my brother, sister, and I some when we were little. XD So maybe he'll like them.

 

My mother looks at my hobbies in perspective.

"It could be [hobby], or it could be drugs." she told me half-joking.

At one point in my young teenage life I did have a problem... if you know what I mean.... but the power of cosplay saved me from that dark path. I know it sounds weird, but it's true! If you cosplay you don't have the money for bad habits. So as long as whatever I'm interested in isn't unethical/immoral/illegal, my mother encourages it. Because she would rather I be weird but on a good path rather than be weird and on a bad path.

My dad jokes that I'm too old for dolls, and then I remind him that he collects/builds model planes and we just laugh about it. My grandmother loves to show off her doll collection - she has porcelain and clay dolls. She loves the BJDs because they are so customizable and pretty, but she doesn't want to deal with international businesses and all that. I figure someday I'll take her to the VOLKS store if I can.

 

I told my mother about the first doll I orderd. She thinks I´m nuts but it´s my money. At the moment she is more afraid that they will not send me a doll. My little sister is fine with me spending so much money on a doll because she pays so much for make up and clothes. I think she is just relieved to hear that she isn´t the only one of us buying things that our mother cannot understand.

 

I don't think my parents care to be honest. They dont bother them, they just know i really want them. My mum would look at a picture when i show her and be like oh alright and not show much interest, or be freaked out by them. My dad ain't bothered because it doesn't involve him

 

My family teases me a little and I can tell they think it's weird, but they've become increasingly more supportive. At first my mom absolutely refused to help me buy doll-related stuff. Now she helps me sew clothing for my dolls and even bought me a Pullip for my birthday. My family still tries to persuade me to spend my money on things they deem to be more "reasonable" but they've realized that BJDs mean a lot to me and they can't really change my mind. So, for the most part, they help me out with it. If not for my family helping, I wouldn't have any of my dolls, and I'd have little to no clothing for them. I'm just glad they've become so supportive, even if they still don't entirely agree with the hobby.

 

My family tease me too,yet, my sister's are very curious.
My ex used to hate them, so glad he's gone. Not them.
Shell

 

My boyfriend luckily doesn't mind mine, but I have a friend who's boyfriend absolutely despised her boy! He was actually jealous of the attention she gave to her doll!

 

my parents think i'm wasting money, and will get bored of my dolls soon.so they don't allow me to buy more..always tell me,only one doll is enough!

 

My mom absolutely loves bjds. She wants some small ones of her own and so we're saving together for the ones we want! I couldn't have a better mom than that!

 

I think most of my family has forgotten that I own them ^__^ I believe they assume that I got over them, as I am nearly 22, and originally got into them around the age of 12-13. It's been nearly 10 years since they were introduced to dolls, so I assume they have forgotten by now (they're old, can't blame them).

 

my family has zero interest in my hobby. if i mention it at all, a very glazed, faraway look comes over them, and i realize i should not talk about it. ^^ they don't say anything negative, they just don't say anything at all.

 

I come from a family of collectors, so I spent most of my childhood going to swapmeets and collectors fairs.

My mother and my sister have both had BJD collections, and i'm just getting interested again.

 

Hahaha my mom thinks they are verry pretty. but expensive...TRUE :C
My dad thinks they are bretty as gothics and doesnt liek their cutie side as much as their gothic lolita side :p... My sister jsut adooorse 'em. And my other sister..>Shes not home most of the day so she almost never saw them Actually everybody at home loves them :3. I doand i set them to their BJD love mwhahahahaha so tht means Ill get one soon :3

 

My mom sometimes tries to tell me that I should stop wasting my money and act my age (30), but as soon as I point out how much money she spends on Fiestaware and plants for her garden, she stops complaining. She just has to learn to realize that MY hobbies aren't the same as hers, but they make me just as happy.

My husband thinks it's cute. I don't discuss the cost with him, but he sees me looking at them online, so he is aware. Last night I was asking him who he liked better, trying to decide who my next doll will be and he put his vote in, jokingly asking me where he was going to sleep because the dolls were going to start taking over the whole bedroom if I didn't watch out.