How does your family react to the hobby ?

they have nothing agains it. in fact they were amazed about these dolls. (dad likes vintage dolls, so its okay with him. with mom, she's okay with it.. she is fond of my baby boy.) they're just concerned about how much i spend on it. bjds are expensive. they said i need to tone down a bit in spoiling my doll.

 

My parents don't dislike my dolls but I know they'd prefer if I never bought any. They, of course, think it's weird and expensive. I stopped telling them how much I spend on my dolls a long time ago. I got my sister into BJD so she loves them and has almost as many as I do!

I can tell my mom thinks this hobby does not mean as much to me when she makes mean jokes about my dolls. I remember reading a different form on here about people taking their dolls out to different places so I would be ready to take my first SD girl out in a public place, that was not an anime convention, for the first time. As I was carrying my girl through the kitchen with the doll bag in toe, my mom asked me if I was bringing my doll with me. I said yes. She asked me why I would do that, that people would look at me strange and ask me questions on where to get one and/or people would be rude to me. I had said to her that I was ready for that and that I already understood what could happen. I don't like going into situations without knowing what might happen. She said a mean word and put down the hobby. I stormed off and said fine. I set my SD on a high shelf in a room we hardly use and then went straight for the car and sat there and cried. My best friend came out and sat in the back seat and was talking to me about it and he agreed with me that it was wrong for my mom to say those things (he was in the kitchen when it happened in the first place). Mom actually came out in her pajamas and sung my name out like everything was fine and I was not hurt. She opened the drivers side door and that's when my best friend let loose on my mom and told her that he was sure she had a hobby she loved too and that what she said was wrong. I told my mom that it hurt my feelings for her to say what she did to me because this hobby is one of the things that I love and that it would be hard for me to go day to day without it. My sister came out and talked to my mom...she wanted to know where my doll was (she couldn't find her, my SD was in a good hiding place LOL) but I was not giving up the info on where she was. She said we wouldn't leave without the doll. I finally gave up the info and got to take my doll with me. My mom felt guilty and she finally knows how much my dolls mean to me. The sad thing is, I did take my SD with me, but she never came out of her bag except in the car (I carried her all around the park we went to. I wanted to take nature pictures with her there but I was now too self conscious to do it). After that incident with my mom I was not in the right mental state to have her out. Taking dolls out in public is still new to me even after three years and two anime conventions. So yah, this is how my family reacts to the hobby. My dad was fishing at the time (which I'm grateful for) or I'm sure my dad would have told off my best friend for defending me and saying those things to his wife >.>.

 

I live together with my girlfriend, and she loves BJD. So with her problems and misunderstandings arose. =)
Parents at first did not understand me. They said that I was already an adult and you can not spend money on toys. But, it's my money and I accept the decision =)
That was four years ago. Before they saw them live =)
Now everything has changed =) Dad even began to think about the creation of furniture for BJD. Last time we went to visit them, he asked to bring Soom Ai and Soom Cuprit to take their measurements=)

 

At first my mom was a bit shocked at the price but once my first boy arrived she had a cuteness overload. She loves my dolls very much,sews clothes for them and sometimes helps with face-ups (I don't have a steady hand enough to do fine lines). They are quite prominently displayed in the house because she likes looking at them.

My dad doesn't really care. He has made some dollstands for me and helped me dye one of my dolls.

So basically my parents just join in.

 

My family is pretty mixed. My fiance supports me. My sister loves them. My mom and step dad don't really get it and say that they think it's kind of a waste. My Dad likes to see all the projects I work on for them and my step mom likes them a lot. She has even made little things for them and said that she wants one.

 

My family takes it really well, they understand that I'm interested more in the creative side; I explained all of that to them =) They still find it expensive, but I guess everybody that is not in the hobby does... They are happy as long as I buy them myself. They all have expensive hobbies too anyway... Coffee machines and photography for my mom, airsoft and miniature helicopters/planes for my dad, guitars for my brother... They cannot really talk about the price of my dolls =p

 

My family doesn't know anything about my dolls. No one. At all. It'll probably stay that way for a long while, too. Ahahaha.

 

My dad.... thinks they're disgusting because the boys I have are feminine. Haha, he's so closed minded. My mom on the other hand just sort of sits there and doesn't care but helps me with photos and such. My grandma loves my dolls, it's really cute. She thinks this hobby is amazing.

 

I was actually very surprised about the reaction of my parents. No one said something about that I am crazy. They just thought the first time the Guy I bought was a Girl XD My mother supported me too and gave me the money for a sewing machine. I still don't have one but want to try to sew my own clothes for the doll and she was very interest in the way how I find the Dolls and so on.

 

Well I haven't yet gotten a doll because I'm poor :'( but I come from an odd family anyways.

My mom is a sculptor... not a BJD sculptor... She dose big clay dolls... She doesn't sell any she just likes sculpting them. She told me that she tried to make my a game of thrones mother of Dragons BJD but my dad caught the kitchen on fire... man was my mom mad she worked on it for six months just to have my dad ruin it.

My dad well he don't care as long as he doesn't have to pay or it. That and he has some kind of figures. He also collects cows stuffed animals and other cow looking things.


My brother well he collects hello kitty stuff and anime big breasted girls figures.

Then you have my husband and his family...

My father in law... "if she gets one of those doll suit you need to divorce her"

My mother in law hasn't really said anything

And my husband... well he hasn't really said anything either other than that's a lot of money and that when he finished with truck driving school and he is making $1000 maybe a week then I can have one but only one...


Oh and I almost forgot about my sister... I'm afraid that is she knows about them she will want to play with the one I will have... I mean she is 27 but mentally 3years old... I guess after I get my first one I could save up and get her a minifee or something small like it.

 

Hmmm my family and the hobby.....my lil bro thinks it's weird sometimes says why do you even have dolls but then later on ask when am I getting another (to lighten the blow for our mom his sneakers cost as much as a doll)

My mom had to see one first to be ok with them. She took me to ikea to get the doll bed and said they need somewhere nice to live right? My room is the living room so visitors see my dolls as soon as they come in. My mom gets embarrassed if her friends bash me for them and I tell them off for it :p Mom does like my newset one had him pose and sit next to on Monday to watch castle with her. I just dodge the question of " How much was this one?" $200 was a woah $400 might make her upset.

My best friend well I dragged her into the hobby with me XD has her first doll on layaway with Soom I tiptoed in she kinda dove, but I agree he's an awesome doll.
My other best friend is interested in doing face ups on the dolls and doing commissioning even got an airbrush.

 

My mom didn't like it at first, I got the whole "it's a waste of money go buy something useful" speech. After I got my first doll she grew fond of her (after endless teasing about her large bust). My dad is cool with it (he played dungeons and dragons hardcore as a high schooler if that tells you anything.) Other than the teasing I get from him about the money side again (a theme in my family?). Two of my sisters want ones themselves, while the other one just seems to tolerate my "doll talk". My little brother is constantly telling me to not look in my boy's pants (boys will be boys -_-). Overall though I have a pretty supportive family. my parents let me use their Paypal for ordering my dolls and occasionally will buy them little random props. It just took some time for them to warm up to them.

 

Fascinating topic! I love it!
Surprisingly my sister was totally supportive of my doll hobby even if she knew how expensive it is?! She told me that every hobby is expensive. I think she knows from experience. I guess I'm pretty lucky because she sees the artistry that goes into it!!!

 

My boyfriend hates it haha.
He doesnt even like to look at my doll leave ada. And sky is only 12cm!
Im quite nervous what he will say when my dollchateau Bella (boy body) comes through the post.... @.@

 

I thought my Dad disapproved at first - and he probably did (he tends to disapprove of everything that costs money and isn't something he'd be into himself). But since I've started making even more stuff myself - wigs and eyes on top of doing my own faceups, making shoes, sewing all my dolls' clothes - he started to understand the creative aspect(s) of the hobby. I confronted him about it a while ago and he said he understood the craftsy part but a grown-up woman owning dolls was "bizarre". Well, bizarre is fine with me, so I'm pretty happy with this development.

 

Mother: she is understanding, but not really that interested. She does know some of their names and asks about my orders and stuff.
Father: considers it a waste of money and is a little scared of them.
Brother: doesn't really care, but does love the fact that my dad is scared of them.
Sister in law: thinks they are pretty and fascinating, but not for her, asks about my orders sometimes.
Family members: expensive creepy dollies...
Friends: some share my family's opinion, others think it is weird yet fascinating hobby. I have one dolly friend.
Dog: likes them, but want's to eat their wigs.

 

the word doll is like a swear word in my house my dad just completely blanks me when i talk about them because of the £££ involved my mum loves my dolls at times and my sister tends to come into my room and start talking to them so i think i have broke her lol

 

Ok, here is another one. My mom knows that it upsets me when she makes mean comments about my dolls and makes fun of them. The thing is, she use to make fun of them but not in good humor, she'd say everything she thought about the doll...which was usually rude. Now she wont do that anymore because of last weekend (The experience is mentioned in my first post if your curious -Post #863-). I just got a Leekeworld Ashley (I named Rosy) from here not too long ago and that very same day, before I left for work, I put Rosy on my sister's doll shelf facing the door (sis has BJDs too). My sister didn't even look at the shelf until she was putting in her new AC unit...the window is right beside her shelf...she got a load of Rosy staring at her and freaked LOL. She does not think she's cute and she does not like her, it must be her big head haha (more for me to love then ROFL). My mom had come into the room to help sis put in her AC after she struggled and she actually said Rosy was CUTE. It makes me so happy for her to say that. I also went with my mom to the dentist yesterday afternoon and took Rosy with me on the almost 40-45 minute drive there. Mom would look at her and say 'she's cute. She has big eyes yet small lips and a tiny nose.'. At one point Rosy was staring at me and mom pointed it out while kinda 'awwing'. My mom has her moments where I love her even more.

 

My parents feign interest when I talk about my plans with the artsy-craftsy side of it, but they aren't really into them. My dad is proud that I saved to buy them myself, so neither he nor my mom can complain about price when they don't honestly know. My mom wishes I had never bought them and instead purchased something "useful" (and by that, she means clothes/makeup/a date/other things people my age are typically into). She thinks it's a waste of money in spite of the fact that it was all my choice.

 

Some of my sisters know, and I think I talked to my mom in passing about it one time. I know it's not a big deal to them, there fine with my hobbies. I know my mom would make clothes for them; she did that for our stuffed animals when I was younger.