How does your family react to the hobby ?

My familys reaction to the hobby was well a little strange because they told me that I'm to old for dolls but after alittle talking, they finally understood and it doesn't bother them any more. Probably one of the main reasons I convinced them that I'm not to old is because I told them that there are other collectors that are way older that me. I'm only 13. So now like I said their minds have been changed!

 

My father and brother are mostly indifferent, with maybe passing interest once in a long while. My mother shows more a bit more interest, and sometimes we talk about the bjd hobby and aspects of my dolls specifically. Her older sister actually collects dolls, so she has no prejudice against an adult collecting dolls, but the price of these did wow her at first.

When I first discovered bjds in middle school, neither my mom nor I ever expected me to own one because, firstly, we were both shocked at the price, and secondly, we were pretty tight financially. So mainly I'd just look at pictures and talk about them. I never even considered owning one. In my third year of college, our financial situation was significantly better, and I had a job, so one day, I told my mom I was considering buying a medium sized bjd. She still thought the price was really steep for something non-essential, but she wasn't vehemently opposed to it. The main barrier was actually my own reluctance to spend that much money on discretionary spending, so I actually dragged my feet for a few months before finally purchasing my first doll. When my mom first saw the doll, she actually really liked it and thought it was really-sweet looking. If she's in a good mood, she's actually pretty good about listening to me talk about bjds.

Though now that I've found that my roommate loves dolls as well, I've found a better outlet for my obsession with dolls. I'm sure there were earlier times in which I talked my mother's ears off! I just really appreciate my mother humoring me on a topic that didn't appeal to her as much as it did me.

 

Well…my Mom has slowly been pulled in. When I had collected porcelain dolls when I was a teen, my Mom would always be on the lookout for one of a kind ones and so supported me in my collection. When I showed her my BJDs and the pose-ability and the opportunity to do all kinds of things (like make clothes, they can take on personalities, etc), she warmed to them quite nicely . My Dad on the other hand doesn’t really care one way or the other – it’s my hobby and he acknowledges it but stays out of it. My brother is indifferent as well.

 

They get no say! I pay rent; why should I have to listen to their opinions on where the rest of my money goes?

 

Since I live with them, my parents' reactions are the ones I'm most concerned with. So far my dad has prove indifferent; I don't think he even realizes that I'm into BJDs. My mom knows that I "collect" BJDs and she's seen at least a couple of my dolls come home, but that's about the extent of it. I'm sure if they knew how much money these dolls cost they'd have more to say about it, which is why I'm trying to budget myself when it comes to the dolls on my wishlist.

 

My mother even knows the names of my dolls XD "Oh, are you bringing -name- with you?" And when I put her on the shelf once, she was all "Aww she's so pretty" And a few days after I put her back in her box "Where did Julie go??" My mother asked. So I think my mother likes my dolls, and she never shrugs or anything when I say I'm buying a new one

 

my dad hates it only because they cost so much, my mum thinks there creepy but i showed her a manly iplehouse doll so that opened her eyes a bit, i dont have any brothers or sisters so im happy hehehe

 

At first I want to hide it from my parents, because it's an expensive hobby. But they found out the first day that my doll arrived. They are okay with it. My dad thought it's okay as long as i use my own money. He said it's normal for a girl to buy doll. My mom is kind of a toy collector herself, so she is 100% no problem. But I think they didn't offend me because I have quite a small number of dolls, like 1-3.

 

From the start, my mom kind of saw the whole hobby as a waste (she's a collector too though ), she says its too expensive and that I should get something that would be "useful". My brother says he "gets it" but insisted that its a worthless hobby Funnily, my dad has absolutely no idea and what he doesn't know won't hurt him =))

 

My mum understands because she collects / deals in Sindy dolls (like a chubby British version of Barbie lol), so she likes to see what I've bought, and what's new out, etc. My dad just doesn't get doll collecting, but he's had years of practice of keeping his mouth shut about it. xD

Saying that, when I bought my first doll about 5 years ago they were way more excited than me when it came. My mum rang me at work to say the box was there, and my dad made me open it as soon as I got in!

My brother is indifferent, as he is to anything which doesn't involve weight training or Xbox 360...

 

Like many, my family thought that these dolls were too expensive and they didn't quite understand the idea of collecting dolls. They just didn't 'get' what someone does with dolls.

But since I've started to sculpt my own dolls, they have become a little (emphasis on 'a little') more interested in what I'm doing. Collecting is still something they won't understand, but they do appreciate my work as much as I could expect.

 

My parents are mostly indifferent. They occasionally say things like, "Aren't you a bit old to be playing with dolls?", but other than that, they kinda ignore the fact that I have one or two sitting on my desk occasionally. They have no idea how much they cost though so I can imagine that would seriously affect what they think if only they knew.

 

My mum thinks my doll is pretty, but I would never tell her how much she cost! The rest of my family are pretty indifferent.

 

My partner is very supportive, the rest of my family can't or probably couldn't understand it. I am actually not quite sure as to whether I should be very open about it or ultra private to avoid the criticism. Time will tell.

 

Despite my mum initially thinking I was buying a glamorized Asian blow-up doll for myself (gee, thanks for the good faith mum. Nice to know you think so highly of me, lmao) She is now perfectly fine with me buying dolls, even if she finds it a somewhat strange hobby for a 20 year old 'young adult'. (Can I spend a moment on how much I love that term? it makes me feel as if I'm not required to be entirely 'adult' responsible yet, lmao.)

My other family members varies from 'I HAVE 300 YEARS OLD CURTAINS YOU CAN SEW TO CLOTHES!!!!!!' to 'you are way too old for this //grumble grumble!' to the peculiar case of my father who has always been all for me doing whatever makes me happy as long as I don't blame him for the backlash it might give me 20 years down the road. Yeah, I'd say my family deals with it, but even if they don't ~ba-ha-ha you don't have a saaayyyy anyymooorreeeeeeee, you just have to deeeaaaalllllll~

 

well only my sister seems interested in them she been searching for one for awhile, my brother thinks its a waste of money but it's funny how try's act like he knows a lot about them when his friends are kind of interested with my doll. my other brother thinks it's cool how you can customize them so much.
my mom thinks their not worth the money...and never want's to drive me to meetups so i'm pretty lonely in the hobby
but watching other peoples videos on youtube helps ^w^

 

My mother "you were meant to be growing up and that means not playing with dolls oh gosh something went terribly wrong, all that money we could have bought 5 iPads oh god"

 

My mom she's ok with it, she think's the prices are crazy mind you so i still have to work for it

 

Most of my family was surprised more than anything else, as I gave up most of my "girlishness" when I was a child. My mother thinks they are pretty, as her mother used to collect and make dolls too and my mother is very crafty and makes all sorts of things. My dad just wants me to be happy and healthy, so he doesn't really care about my hobbies. My sisters are pretty supportive of my hobbies and my brothers could not care less, they like cars and things like that so they really don't care for dolls. They think they are creepy more than cool.

 

I'm 21 and I was just grounded for spending too much.
I didnt really, its just my parents dislike that its on toys.
IDK what else I would spend it on other than gas . . .