How does your family react to the hobby ?

My family don't have a problem with them, its just hard convincing them to let me get one... usually because of their price. My sister just can't understand why I want one. My mom will only let me get one when I'm 18 and with a part time job... come to think my parents wont let me buy off the internet! HELP

 

the only one person who knows about my resin man is my dad. he knows how he looks and his total cost. all the rest... nah.. i won't tell them
i'm a big girl so i can buy everything that i want. just don't want to listen their wails about the cost and about my age (im to big for having doll. blah-blah)

 

Well at the moment only my mum and sister know about the BJD I just bought which will be my first doll I don't think my mum really seems to like BJD's as she thinks they look a little weird (she saw some blank BJD's on google) and that they are expensive plus I'm "too old for dolls" Yeah right mum so your allowed to have a Barbie stash and I'm too old for dolls?? My sister likes BJD's but isn't into them like I am sometimes I annoy her talking too much about them (I think its because shes not the one getting a doll so she doesn't feel my excitement). The rest of my family will find out when I open my Resinsoul Mei on Christmas day I know how they're gonna react my Dad isn't going to be interested and will raise an eyebrow about the cost, but wont do anything, my brother will be uninterested hes never been a doll person. I don't know If Mei will win over my mum but I know my sister will love her!

 

My parents are essentially the only people in my family that know about my dolls--all my relatives besides them live at least 1000 miles away, and I don't really keep in contact with any of them.

My dad is kind of...eh about them. I live at his place on weekdays for college, so I actually have all seven of my BJDs there. He doesn't seem to actively dislike them, but he understands them about as much as I understand his obsessive desire to have every new Apple product the day it comes out xD He picks on me about them sometimes, but never in a mean manner :3 He surprises me every once and a while though--he paid for almost half of my second-hand Doll-Love Brian a while back, and recently told me to put dolls I want on my Christmas list O: I don't know how happy he would be to actually get me one for Christmas, but hey, it's a step in the right direction X3

My mom is very supportive, and even has a BJD of her own She's not nearly as into them as I am, but she loves taking me to thrift stores, craft shows, and flea markets to look for in-scale props for my dolls >w< She's always texting me pictures of things she finds while she's out, "Will this fit your guys?" X3 She's even pitched in some money for several of my dolls; she went half on my second-hand DC Alberta, gave me a little bit towards my second-hand DZ Moment, and completely paid for my first BJD, my BBB Apollo, as a birthday gift ^w^

 

My family honestly feels I've wasted my money, but they won't say anything because it's money that I earned. The only problem I had was when I adopted DOD Homme Ivan (I still haven't named him >_<) and my family thinks it's funny to grab him by his head or hands and jostle him around. :/ I've addressed my concerns to them, but some of them still take the time to harass my poor baby, so I have to put him away when they're over.
All in all, my mum finds him creepy (as she was drunk and screeched from first meeting him), and my granny loves that I'm making clothes for him. Haha. My cousins and aunts and uncles don't really care, though some like to be meanies and be rough with him.

 

they are neutral on it. one of my sisters does think they are pretty & stuff but everyone else just knows i love dolls & they just let me be!

 

my mom, dad, mom-dad inlaw dont like, hate my hobby..its wasting money, childish ..sighhh...all my collections are toys... but luckily my husband allowed me.....so all my dolls is secret collection from my family... only my husband and my kids know that... hiihihiii.....

 

Everybody in the family likes them but my dad, is not like he hates them or something, he just thinks they're really expensive and no worth the price -i dont share his opinion, but i wont make him to change it anyways-

 

Haha, my mom doesn't really know the cost of dolls, since I'd pay for mine myself, but she took my siblings and I to thrift stores and was excited to see our two nude barbie-size off-topic dolls get some placeholder clothes. How the rest of my family would react is a mystery. They'll probably think I'm insane, but as long as I'm not a generic "disrespectful delinquent child" , I'm sure they'd put up with the weirdness. "Artists" are "eccentric" after all...I think. Haha.

 

I've been very lucky. By hubby and I don't have kids and make ok money, so we both buy "toys" without the other getting too upset. Hubby is very tolerant and even helps pick out a wig or outfit or two. He's still not very comfortable touching them, but it could be because I shriek any time he moves one just to see if he jumps. I know I'm a bad person. My Mom has been the big surprise. She came to the first meetup I attended before I had dolls. It wasn't planned, but she road with me and just decided what the heck. She had a good time. Now she sews for them and everything. So cool. I wish everyone had support of their family. It makes it so much more fun.

 

My family took a while to accept my love of anime and collecting the figurines, so when I finished my first year of uni acquiring a love of BJDs... they still aren't sure how to feel but they just put up with it :3

 

Well, I've always collected toys. Our place is full of DC and Marvel figurines and 1/6th figures so the dolls aren't really anything unusual. My husband finds them amusing. Sometimes he watches me work on them. No one else in my social circle knows/cares about them either way. They're just another decoration in our incredibly strange house.

 

I think I finally have an answer for this thread xD

My mom thinks they're really cute, especially the YoSDs. I think she likes my 3 MSDs, but she's not as crazy about them as I am. My dad, surprisingly, has really warmed up to my first boy (Fairyland MNF Seorin). Mom's a lot more supportive about the dolls - she's come with me to meets, even picked up fellow BJD friends of mine on the way to meets, and she's actually started making friends with some of my BJD friends! My dad kinda grumbles about how expensive they are, but he knows it's my own money I'm spending and that I'm not trying to ask for my parents help paying for them.

I got to introduce my two aunts to my MNF a few days ago - they both seemed to react fairly well (or at least they didn't let it show how creeped out they were). They asked me lots of questions, which I thought was really awesome, and one aunt even held and posed my MNF a bit ^^ I think one was a bit concerned about how expensive they were, but she asked about "are these things for children or not", since she has two grandkids now.

I'd be a little nervous showing my dolls to my cousins, I figure they'd probably make fun of me or just think I'm a weirdo. I'm already kinda the black sheep of the family, so...yeah xD

 

My parents and my sisters say nothing against my hobby they say that it is my
money and as long as I am happy with it it´s okay. And my fiancée finds it super-duper
he even wants collect the dolls with me together. XD

 

My mom is a lover of tattoos and art, so she knew what they were and she thinks they were beautiful! She's been really supportive ^_^ I don't really think my dad knows what they are, so he just nods to whatever I tell him haha

 

My Dad was so CUTE!!!!!!!
He knew that I love this kinda doll, but I had never told him it's called BJD. Last Sunday after our dinner he opened his laptop and shown me his stock photo of BJD that he had done after he knew I love this kind of doll. >\\\\\\\\\\<
He even went to talk with his friend who was a chemical engineer about casting resin into a doll. And I was like 'Oh Daddy ^0^'

 

My husband spends $$$ on musical instruments, so he understands that this is my hobby. He's even supportive of me buying dolls for myself (as long as I save enough from my paychecks.) My 8 year old nephew (sister and her kids stay with me) is afraid of them, but my dolls are in my room, so he's fine. I showed my mom my latest addition over FaceTime (feeple65 chloe ) and she said that I should get an enclosed glass shelf to display all my dolls. That response surprised me.

 

My family is okay with my hobby. Mother is actually pleased that I don't buy cigarets or drink and she thinks my dolls are adorable. :'D My sister has one doll herself, because of me. She blames that it was my "fault". l'D

 

My kids all think it's a little odd but are glad I have a hobby that makes me happy. They all ask questions and have been caught checking out a doll or two. Lol.

Dani

 

My mom thought my Pukifee was creepy when I first got her. It wasn't until my dollie got her face up that my mom started to kind of warm up to her. She still doesn't like the fact that her hands, face comes off and that you can take out the eyes. but as long as she is fully assembled she is okay with her now.
My dad thought my doll was awesome xD he wanted to post pictures of it on his facebook. lol
My oldest sister kind of pokes fun at me for owning a doll.
My older sister thinks my pukifee is werid and says she looks like a witch because of her hair :/ (she has a light pink mohair wig)
And my little sister couldn't careless xD I can talk dollie things with her and she doesn't raelly have any input at all she just listens to me rant about it.
And my boyfriend is totally on board with me and this hobby. He thinks it is awesome that I can be into something like it. And he is the only one that I am close to who knows how much these dolls cost and everything.