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How long was it between getting your first and second doll? (pt.2)

Sep 26, 2022

    1. Hm. I think about half a year? More or less?
      I wanted so many dolls at the beginning, but I made a list and only got the first one on my first order. Then, to be sure I really like the doll, I removed myself from the hobby for about half a year and when I still wanted the second doll on my list so many months later, I decided to get him after all.
      I'm planning on waiting at least a similar period of time for my next purchase.
      That way I don't just hemorrage money.
       
    2. I waited like 13 years to get my first doll, which was in November 2022. Now I already bought my second 4 months later. So it took me a long time but now I've jumped right in!
       
    3. Seeing as a was a broke student with limited funds, a year or so :3
       
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    4. About half a year to a year iirc!
       
    5. I bought two within hours on the second-hand market - both artist-designed Dollstown. Love them both to pieces. Am fighting the urge to keep adding to the collection
       
    6. Waited for a really long time before purchasing my first doll, but it took only half a year for me to buy a second one. She was in tan and I was afraid that she would be sold out pretty quickly. To this day, these two are the only BJDs that I own.
       
    7. I had my first doll for a year before I got another, then I got a lot, and there were periods of more and periods of less :whee:
       
    8. I think it was about 6 Month between first and second doll.
       
    9. Honestly, it was about... 9 months, if we go by arrival dates.
       
    10. It was about 8 years between my first and second doll. Mostly due to financial issues and moving. Then my second to third dolls was about a month lol
       
    11. My first doll was a Resinsoul Ya.. I ordered her being interested in BJD but not knowing anything about my personal style. When I got her I knew i liked BJD but wasn't too in love with her sculpt. It wasn't long before I found Lillycat and fell in love with Kitty Jolie. I sold my RS and got my Kitty a month later! Instantly in love :D
       
    12. A bit more than a year. I think my average is a doll per year, some years I got more than one, but some years I got none so it balances itself out.
       
    13. Around 6 months between first and second doll back in 2012. The last doll I bought, however, was in 2019 if I'm not mistaken.
       
    14. Fifteen years or so...I got my first doll as a teenager but because I lived in the country and didn't have great internet access I missed out on the community aspect of the hobby. I pulled her out last year with the intent of selling her and instead bought her a lot of friends
       
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    15. Probably 3 days.

      On an unrelated note....

      Did you know compulsive spending is a symptom of ADHD?
       
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    16. Almost a two-year gap between my first and second doll :lol:. One is brand new and the other is second hand bought locally.
       
    17. If we're only counting resin, then about 8 years. I bought my Soom Teenie Gem in 2015, then my Doll Leaves Teenage Dream in 2023.
       
    18. When I first started in this hobby it took me 6 months between my first and second doll.

      Going off my come back from hiatus (I came back into the hobby this year) it took me 3 months between dolls. It seems as if every 3 months I get a new doll at this point. All my adult "fun money" goes to my doll collection at this point.
       
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    19. About 8 years! I got my first doll in 2016 as a teenager and between not quite clicking with him at first, guilt over such a large purchase, and mostly collecting playline fashion dolls at the time, he ended up in a closet pretty much until last year. It was actually when I was getting him out to sell that I fell back in love with BJDs and shortly after I ordered my second doll! Quite a few have followed in the year since. :)
       
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