How does your family react to the hobby ?

My fiancee is very supportive. As long as it's my money he doesn't care what I do with it
He'll help me restring them and do things I struggle with.

Sometimes he even poses them funny .-. So in general it's good

 

I'm very happy that my family is so supportive of my hobby. My mom actually mostly paid for my dolls as Christmas/birthday gifts. My grandmother thinks they're really beautiful and actually wants me to show them off more (its kinda embarassing but in a funny way lol). It's all really sweet. ^^

 

My mom just thinks this hobby costs too much money (she is only thinking bjds cost ~$150 usd each) I feel a bit guilty not telling her the full price, but I think she will be very angry if I do, but she does not stop me from buying because I work and use my own money. My sister knows about bjds and finds them creepy (sometimes pretty if the outfits are cute), my dad doesn't really care~

 

They accept it! But most of them doesn't really know the real price and number of dolls HAHAHHAHA in that case they'd say we're in crisis and they wouldn't undertand then...

 

Oh God, the thought of this hobby makes my parents not happy at all. I collect figures as well and they are tolerant, yet sometimes annoyed with it. When I show my parents photos of dolls, they right away exclaim "that's so creepy!" or "ew! that looks ugly!". I actually get completely offended by those comments because it's something I really want to enjoy and how can I feel good about receiving any doll when I fear what my parents think? Well, in the end, I'll do what I please and maybe they'll come around to liking it in the future. Who knows. My father appreciates some of the figures I have. Although, sadly he makes fun of BJD which angers me.

 

My parents know about the price of the dolls I owned ^^;; at first they were shocked and only letting me get one. But after one, they let me to get another xD
My mother and my brother likes it and she even wants me to have the girl doll since I only have boys at home. But still they won't let me to have more because its too expensive and I also prefer to keep what I really wants. My family and people around me knows about my hobby and they accept it, but still not all of people will like the dolls.

 

My family reacts to it pretty well actually. My mom also likes good looking males, so when I showed her some nice looking make dolls she thought much better of the hobby
My step dad and grandpa don't really mind it, but they're not super interestered either.
My grandma thinks they are neat. She was pretty blown away by my doll when I showed her.
So overall I'm happy they don't think its a bad thing

 

I live with my girlfriend for some years now.
She's got a doll for about 5 years and recently started buying more dolls and clothes for them. I always thought they were really pretty, so I decided to join the hobby with her.
At the moment she has 4 MSDs ( 2 from luts, one from DOD and one from doll chateau) and I have two myself (a couple).
I really have fun with the hobby, like buying things, making things and having something in common with my girlfriend ( we plan our purchases together, research for new products, craft and so on), but to be dead sincere, I am embarassed to share my hobby to certain people.
It might be silly, but the fact I'm a guy gets me really self-conscious and worried what people might think of me owning dolls and spending so much time making clothes and planning outfits. Besides that, I know people will judge by the amount of money I had to invest to buy them. The same applies for some friends.
So my parents (and other relatives) knows my girlfriend has dolls, and most of the time I just pretend my dolls are hers too.

 

My family... a large part of them think I'm nuts for spending so much on dolls, but my sister is strangely fascinated by them! She actually spent more than an hour fixing my doll's hair And my mom, unfortunately, calls him Annabelle, especially after I bought him a chair that kinda looks like a rocking chair (but again, she keeps mistaking him as a her, and told my sister the doll's really pretty, so I guess all's good on that end?)

My dad has no idea how much it costs, so he just indulges me. I really hope he doesn't find out one day. My brothers think my doll's plain freaky/creepy, and I'm a bit hurt by that. Somehow it makes me embarrassed (even though I shouldn't be) to show off my dolls to other people in real life. How have other people done it, I wonder?

 

When people hear of my dolls, I do get a little embarrassed because most people I know think it is infantile and silly. They just don't get it. However, every person I know who actually sees my collection of dolls in person (primarily Popovy at the moment and a few other artist dolls) in the display cases I created for them are just amazed at the artistry of the dolls. I think people just need to see it in person to understand.

 

My parents think that this hobby is too expensive but they still support me in my interests.
My grandma thinks the same but unlike my parents she is a bit agressive to the doll bying practice, so I try not to tell her about my new dolls. Just not to make her upset

 

My mom supports my hobby only because she collect antique dolls. Her dolls can get really expensive compared to what some of these BJDs go for on the market. However, she loves seeing me enjoying my girls. I'm glad someone in my family supports me otherwise I would probably not be in it. My other family members don't get it. They think it's a waste of money to spend on a doll. Then when I try to explain it to them, they are only half listening and I just give up and ignore their comments because their opinions don't matter if they don't want to take the time to listen to what I have to say.

 

My family have had positive reactions to my dolls. They see the dolls as a form of creative expression and think they are pretty cool Because of this, I can talk to them about my dolls, even if they don't understand everything ^^ I'm very grateful for this because I know that if loved ones aren't supportive, it can possibly be more difficult to enjoy the hobby in some ways.

 

My family thinks that the things I like (bjds, obitsus and dd) are making my room look like Ray Bradburys office.

 

My mom HAAAATES the hobby. "why would you spend money on these ugly over priced trash dolls?"

 

My mom is really supportive of it! I really appreciate it :>

 

My brother is also a collector so we're both very supportive of each other. My mom thinks we're both crazy. xD She doesn't get it and thinks it's a little weird, but at the same time she doesn't berate us or try to get us to give it up. She's even going to give me my birthday cash early so I can pay off my Dandy Tristan and get him in time for my birthday. I can't say she's truly supportive of the doll collecting itself, but she is always supportive of us and I feel very lucky for that! ^^

 

At first my mother was fully against them. Few months later my sister got her first BJD after she collected money for it on her own.
And when her doll arrived, mother said that they were cute and over all okay. We could buy "these expensive dolls" only if we buy them by using our own money.

Almost half year later I was able to buy my very own BJD~ ^^

 

My sister? Wants to go to doll conventions with me. My mom? Think its ridiculous especially the prices. But she finds it is very artistic. My friends? Hate dolls. They find them creepy. But when the faceup is right? Baby, it is right. My fashion family? My professors know people in it. My colleague sells bjd clothes. So it's all mixed.

 

Oh, I'm sure most of my family thinks it's odd, but they'd never say anything about it. They listen to me talk about it. That's enough for me. My dad is pretty cute. He like one company on Facebook and shared it with the comment, it is pretty. Anyway, I'm always the one who likes odd stuff in my and my husband's family. I' m the one who likes anime, practically worships Schnauzers, is really into Sci-Fi, talks about Star Wars, rides a scooter, knits, sews, I don't know myriads of things that various family members think are odd. A few people share one or two of the interests with me. Maybe they cushion the blow. OR, as my sister-in-law puts it I talk about weird things but no one wouold ever say anything bad about me, because I'm everyone's baby. (Why? I don't know)

As for the two most important people, my husband and daughter, they are okay. Claire loves them but probably would never spend that much money on one. My husband thinks it's crazy to spend that much money on dolls, but he doesn't complain. (I don't work, but I earn money various ways. Every hundred dollars goes to one of us in a rotation. So, not inly do I spend my money on them, he gets money for luxuries he wouldn't normally buy himself.) I will say he was too embarassed to tell people at work what he got me for Christmas!!!