How does your family react to the hobby ?

Ive recently started sharing it with my family. they think its way to expensive but they see what I do with it and what I can do with it. they love that. my aunt is very creative herself and she doesnt want a doll because its expensive but she loves mine.

 

My dad doesn't really care, he teases me about it and calls my babies creepy, but I also play back by mentioning my box of hands / eyes or disembodied heads floating around my room. My mom LOVES them and even pitched in to get bodies for two of my kids. For a while, I was displaying my dolls in the living room, and we'd both stop and re-arrange the dolls. When I'd come back into the room after a day of work I'd see the dolls in new positions, sometimes being odd and touching each other's faces or hugging a plush cat. I even came down one morning to see that they had been tucked in with a tiny knitted blanket. When I asked my mom about it, she pouted and said they looked cold (aww). My fiance was REALLY iffy on them at first. He respected that I loved to collect the little guys, but he was obviously really uncomfortable about their prices... But he got me a little doll for my birthday (a custom house ai nari, which I proclaimed was now our adopted child) AND just chipped in $200 as "an early Christmas present" for a 70" body. SOOOOOO... I'd say my family reacts pretty well to my dolls! I'm super duper lucky!

 

It's rather complicated for me^^. They can't manage this idea that it is so expensive, they are very uncomfortable with the price. On the other hand, they also like what I do with my dolls. My mom, who knows the characters they shell, kind of like them still, even if she prefers my Hujoos, with their "manga" side, cuteness, and the way that they are really cheap compared to my big boys ! So I expose them in the living room, and my mom or sister often like to make them pose, hug, or things like that, and it is very cute !

 

I didn't care much for dolls as a child, and my mother is bemused that I found them as an adult. But she's tolerant, which is a good thing.

 

I was really worried about telling my mom the costs of these dolls, so I kind of always said they were second hand and that I got a deal or something hahah. But it's become really clear to me she thinks they're great, she helps be find fabrics for sewing clothes and I've been able to become more open about it! The rest of my family doesn't seem too bothered at all. My one aunt though, she's completely in love with them, which is really fun!

 

Most of my family were shocked at first when I bought my Laurence home (I'd saved up and bought him and had him delivered to my friends house and kept him there in secret for a while) And when they met him they were like "Why the hell would you buy that??" I sort of lied a bit about the price as well... But they grew to accept my doll. One day when I came home I found him in a different position on my bed to what I'd left him in. It transpires that my dad wanted to freak me out by making me think Laurence had moved himself! It's weird to imagine my dad had actually spent the time positioning my doll... Now they see him as part of the family. My sister even calls herself his Aunty XD

I have also just ordered another doll to join our family and both my parents and my sister are looking forward to welcoming him home

 

My father thinks that they are a waste and yet he has purchased both my first and second doll for me,my sister thinks that my particular doll looks "disturbed" and my mother simply thinks that they are pretty.
Given the type of person my sis is though I'm pretty sure she'd think that dolls were a waste of money if she knew how much they cost.

 

My kids (3 and 5) love my dolls and look forward to days when we get doll mail. My husband doesn't mind them, but he isn't a fan of dolls in general he thinks they are creepy. But he is coming around the more I introduce him to other dolls, he appreciates the artistic value.

 

My mom LOVES my Pullips, but I think she's a bit intimidated by my BJD...probably because she still needs a wig and clothes and currently looks a bit like an alien.

 

I have yet to receive the two dolls that I ordered, and I haven't told any of my immediate family members. The only people that know are my friend that also collects BJDs, and my fiance who accepts that I am into this hobby, even with the prices.

 

My mom likes the way they look but thinks its a waste of money and freaks out when I leave my bank stuff lying around and she sees the amount of money they cost..
My dad HATES them.. ... 'nough said..
My brother doesn't really care about them.. but he's the sweetest and doesn't mind driving me all the way to Dolliverse (Netherlands) =P
My cat LOVES them o.o and is very curious about them + loves to claim the MSD bed I got + the stuffed animals.. .. .lol with that she loves those too much and steals them sometimes.. XD

But yeah.. with my parents not really liking it that I spend money on them I buy them and put them between my other dolls in the clothes of my other dolls so that my parents dont notice them first Ó.Ó then after awhile I play dress-up with them and its asif they've always been there XD luckily my parents never counted my dolls
Though the prob is.. I wanna get an SD soon ^-^;;; is hard to hide that one between my dolls rofl

 

My family is pretty supportive of it.
When I got my first doll, my mother would sometimes point out little things in stores saying "Hey this would fit your doll, right?"
My entire family is huge on the arts, so they were pretty interested in it.
My siblings I live with both have expensive hobbies too. (Sister collects Kimonos and Yukatas, brother collects weapons and armour) All three of us tend to share our hobbies with each other, it's nice.

They know how special they are to me and make sure to be very careful around my babies.

 

My parents are fine with it, as long as I earn my own money to buy one and all. They don't think it's weird, seeing as before buying my first BJD, I already own a bunch of anime figures and non-bjd dolls.
I think as long as I don't have anything bad happen (scam, not receive anything for my money, etc.), they would be fine with it. They, or at least my dad, do think that the hobby is kind of expensive, but then again, it's better than doing some other vice, so they put up with it. xD
My brother seems to be kind of neutral about it, he's not really weirded out by it, so yeah.
Then again, I do have an aunt who told me that my doll isn't pretty and she looks weird and stuff like that, but, then again, she doesn't actually condemn me for being into the hobby -- just that she just doesn't like the sculpt, I guess?

 

My sister and dad think it's creepy. My mom was against it at first, to the point where I was planning to sell my first doll as penance for upsetting her, but she realized how much the doll meant to me and accepted it.

 

My mom was accepting-ish at first (my first doll was discounted from an already low price and I minused another $50) ) and she even said once nomore dolls.
My second doll she fell in love with I was thinking of selling or trading him off she said "Don't you dare or else...he stays right there!" then proceeded to fix his hair and hat xD. I ask her what she thinks of the next doll I want and if she likes it it usually just finalizes me hitting the buy button. Recently I finished my doll wish list (yes it has an ending somewhere) it's an iplehouse basically the most expensive doll order I'll have I was going to save it as my last doll. I showed him to my mom and she fell in love with him and demanded I buy him next instead. I told her the whole order is over 1k she said fine you get him in the spring I will help with the payment. O_O <-- my face the whole time. Messes with my plans since my other order for the spring was supposed to be a girl -ordering her things this winter- but my mom is involved witch is pretty awesome. My best friend and fellow collecter hinted on Skype a few days ago she should come to a meet and she's considering meeting us to go with O.O
I plan on getting her a tiny delf for her birthday I showed her witch one and she was shocked to silence lol said she'd make her clothes and stuff.

 

No one really cares as long as I'm fine financially? My mother gave me hell at first because I cushioned my fall into BJD with monster high dolls, but she realized I was making the money on my own and finally accepted it.

 

My family thinks its weird and a lot of money but they really don't care that much about them. Its just another one of my weird hobbies I guess.

 

They don't really care. They don't know about the costs too. I refuse to tell. I do like showing off the clothes I make for them to everyone. But my family is used to my crazy hobbies and odd collections.

 

I was actually pleasantly surprised when all my family liked my dolls, it was a huge shocker when my dad liked them! I was worried he would think they were a waste of money but when he said he was a hobbiest and understood he smiled and actually took an interest in them and gave me some art supplies to help with face ups and things like that.

Over all, good impression! I couldn't be happier.

 

Most of my family thinks its a weird hobby, only my mom really likes them. Shes teaching me how to sew clothes for them and from time to time she makes them clothes. But my husband is the most supportive with it, he wouldn't want one for himself, but he likes the artistic part of them like face ups,sewing etc. He even helped me pay for my two dolls