How does your partner feel about your dolls?

She should know that if they're going to run around at night, no lockbox could stop them. I mean, duh. Horror movie 101.

My husband has been nothing but supportive of my doll hobby, and he was actually a little excited at having one or two of his own, which he now has. He'd even made it a point to have a space in the bedroom so that my 6 could be on display at all times.

 

My spouse is fine with my collection overall : ) despite not being a doll person they are very supportive and encouraging about my hobby. He does appreciate the dolls being kept in mostly one room and certain sculpts have been requested to not be bought. It helps marital harmony that I don't really go for horror or gore aesthetics and spouse and I have similar ideas about what counts as creepy in dolls.

The call on what's scary is sort of like the call on what beautiful in that it's in the eye of the beholder, so no shade from me about people who do collect horror or gore.
(And because -I know- some people here are my nerds; No the the D&D beholder is not the judge either : D but imagining a beholder who collects dolls is fun!)

 

My fiancé has been so supportive! He's even bought me two dolls as gifts so far. He says they're works of art you can play with

 

My partner is supportive enough, not very involved. Doesn't really care what I'm up to as long as it's not putting our household in financial or excessive clutter harm and isn't the type of person who is afraid of dolls or bothered by much really. None of my dolls seem to be a bother to them and the dolls are out on display as they like to put their hobby items out on display as well so it seems reasonable if anything my partner might enable me too much. But I think it's because historically I talk myself out of stuff often enough and I think my partner feels understanding that sometimes life is bleak but at least we have our hobbies go bring us happiness I appreciate not feeling scolding about my doll hobby and instead trying to hand it like an adult on my own. Of course I do not purchase without first mentioning it because that's the right thing to do for us.

 

My husband is totally cool with it. It makes me happy, which makes him happy. He makes an effort to be involved without actually being into it, like going with me to cons and giving his opinion if I ask about faces, hair, clothes ect.

We keep the dolls in the reading nook area of our house (ironically the least sunlit room) and in a bookcase with glass doors, that's sufficiently contained for me who also has the fear of the dolls being...dolls that move. Sometimes we can't undo the damage of creepy dolls / horror movies from our past

 

My partner likes what I do on my dolls, but he doesn't like the dolls themself. I know he would rather have me paint pictures than BJD.
But he is not afraid by them, he just dislikes their proportions/faces.

 

My man has no issues with my dolls, though he thinks some of them are a little creepy. We don't bash each others' hobbies, which is nice.

 

Besides BJDs I also collect other dolls and toys, so BJDs wasn't shocking to my S.O. when I fist got into them 13ish years ago.
Also I got my S.O. into the hobby shortly after I started collecting, so now it's something we enjoy together. We both like to shell our RPG characters as dolls, and my S.O. loves photography, so really loves that side of the hobby. Her collection is much much smaller then mine, but she takes pix of both my dolls and her own.
We've been together a long time so tend to support each others hobbies, so even is she didn't have any dolls herself she'd be ok with mine. ^_^

 

My husband has three BJD and a handfull of Tonner's, plus a shelf of 12" action figures in historical military uniforms, and a few bears, on display in our living room, though my dolls do kinda dominate the Dolly-Drift Corner of the room:


Teddy

 

my girlfriend supports me about this hobby too.
althrough she is not a doll owner, but she don't mind i place my doll at our home!
she also assist me when we hang out and take photo for dolls

 

My husband is mostly surprised by the cost, and does find faceless/ eyeless dolls a little creepy, but overall he doesn't really care. He's got tons of table top minis, so his view is he can't really complain when he's got so many of those! We have separate offices in our home, so my dolls are in my own space. He does come and look at them sometimes, and he did protest when i was debating selling one of them, so he's pretty supportive.

 

Mine is indifferent mostly, we have very different interests and as long as we both keep them in their own space and keep common areas neutral we are both happy. Occasionally we’ll work on something hobby related in common areas but put things away when finished. I know someone who has let their hobby take over the house and I don’t think their partner is very happy about it but I know others who have organized chaos together and love it because they see their partner happy.

 

My husband finds my doll hilarious/charming! He’s an artist, so he’s excited to see me find another creative outlet.

It also turns out that he has several Ringdoll full sets saved to his costume reference Pinterest. He’s a man of taste.

 

To be honest I am not very confident after seeing how my friends and families react to my dolls. Most of my close family and friends are fine, but sometimes you can tell they think that the dolls are too expensive/too much/scary etc. Some ppl just can't understand why I spend money and time on just a toy. So im kinda hesitant to tell my future partner about this

However, I believe if a person truely loves you, they will be supportive! Just like my parents who didn't understand at the start but are very supportive now I do hope I can find a partner that also have a collection of some sort

 

My boyfriend hates them & is unsupportive. He tolerates them being displayed right now, but after I'm done renovating a room upstairs, he fully expects all of my dolls to go up there out of his sight.

It's not ideal, and it sucks. But it is what it is.

 

My husband really likes my dolls, he built me a structure for the photos, he helped me set up my workshop, he gave me my BJD. I am very lucky to have a husband who does not criticize my collection, on the contrary, he helps me to enlarge it.

 

My hubby enjoys my collection, and thinks of them as “imaginary family”. His only negative is that he doesn’t want to know what they cost. If I try to tell him, he just throws his hands up in the air and exclaims, “No, don’t tell me!” Basically, he just leaves paying the bills to me, and if I can fold the layaway payments comfortably into our limited budget, he’s fine with it. I have my collection displayed thoughtfully throughout our home in various art installations, and he really enjoys that. In fact, he often helps me when building a display, constructing anything I might need done with his expertise. In fact, right now he’s decided on his own that my newest doll (who just arrived yesterday) needs a special spotlight in her display area, so he’s working on setting that up for me. He’s a gem, truly!

 

My spouse is supportive. I collect other types of dolls too. He has made me shelves and benches for my dolls. He is definitely a good guy.

 

My husband is wonderfully supportive! The price is the biggest issue, but we have an agreed amount that I can save/spend each week, and I get to pick a doll for Christmas and my birthday most years, so as long as I'm sticking to those rules, I can get whatever I want and there's no problem. He loves the creativity and watching me do faceups and sew for them. When I had dioramas, he even helped build the shelving. He also likes to get to know my doll characters--and just earlier this week, he told me he found a song for Brendan. It couldn't have been better suited if I picked it myself!