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How Old Are You (continued... 2)

Feb 16, 2018

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    1. I’m 24:lol: I just got my first BJD this summer, but have been collecting doll for… almost 18 years now? I started when I was 6 and never stopped. And yes, the majority of my dolls survived to this day
       
      #741 kitcatka, Sep 29, 2022
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    2. I'm 49 years old and have been in the hobby for 12 years. ^_^
       
      #742 Blablette, Sep 29, 2022
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    3. 30 years old with a 15 year interest in BJDs. I'm happy I finally get the chance to join in on the fun!
       
      #743 Momotion, Sep 30, 2022
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    4. 32! Love seeing the wide range of ages here.
       
      #744 catsinheat, Sep 30, 2022
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    5. Seeing so many 30+ people here makes me feel a bit better being in the hobby. I'm in quite a few hobbies that seem to skew towards younger crowds and kinda feel like an old granny when I'm not even 40 yet. lol
       
      #745 Ookamiichi08, Sep 30, 2022
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    6. i feel this. and i wonder if it’s bc BJDs can be cost-prohibitive and there’s more disposable income at this age
       
      #746 catsinheat, Sep 30, 2022
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    7. 32 here. Took initial interest sometime in my early to mid-20s, but had no desire and definitely no spare funds to collect dolls back then. Considering average price of a legit BJD I’d say cost-prohibition is a serious factor in me starting in this hobby in my 30s. I am really grateful that I can allow myself to buy dolls (for now at least!).
       
      #747 silmaryel, Oct 2, 2022
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    8. Wow Im glad to see such a range of age!
      34 going on 35. Sat on the idea of getting a doll for 20 years before actually getting one. Commitment issues? Yup!
       
      #748 allookjipsa, Oct 23, 2022
    9. I’m 30 now, but I was around 15 when I first got into the hobby!
       
      #749 kt_2908, Oct 23, 2022
    10. I'd say definitely! I first got interested in BJDs in high school, but I didn't have the funds to buy one. I ordered my first doll this month, and I'm 31 now. It's been an enduring desire. :XD:
       
      #750 Dominik, Oct 23, 2022
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    11. 36 - I been interested in them since I was 17-18 and got my first full doll (a hybrid of AiL and an old Hypermaniac bod) when I was 26 XD
       
      #751 krystina, Oct 23, 2022
    12. 31 now!
       
      #752 Urushi-kitty, Oct 26, 2022
    13. I first saw bjds on deviantart when I was a teenager aaall the way back in 2006 and now I'm 33. :) I got into them around 22, so it's been a little over a decade.
       
      #753 cosmicakes, Oct 26, 2022
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    14. I'm 32 years old, I started collecting when I was 18!:aeyepop:
       
      #754 taintedrose, Oct 27, 2022
    15. I just turned 23 a few days ago, but I began collecting BJDs when I was 15.
       
      #755 Auden, Nov 8, 2022
    16. I'm 38. I got my first BJD in 2009 when I was 25 and going through a really tough spell in life. Most of the years between have been spent on doll hiatus, but I'm back now and enjoying my dolls more than ever.

      Funnily enough, now that I'm older I have more confidence to do doll customizing things, and more adventurous photography. I've started learning faceups, and hopefully soon will learn how to sew and make props -- all things I didn't have the self-confidence to do when I first got in the hobby. Getting older has some advantages that way... XD
       
      #756 aihre, Nov 9, 2022
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    17. I'm 23. I've always gravitated towards hobbies with an older crowd (not that 30s/40s are old, they're just older than most people on social media) and feel like having a good spread of ages helps keep the community from spiraling in ways that I've seen with hobbies/interests that skew very young like video games or streaming
       
      #757 soulsoaker, Nov 10, 2022
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    18. Im currently 19 and am quite surprised how many people are close to my age in the hobby aswell its so wide and diverse thats why im so drawn to it i think
       
      #758 Saberbjd, Nov 12, 2022
    19. 26 and I just got my first doll 2 weeks ago :)
       
      #759 namelessmaiden, Nov 16, 2022
    20. I'm 32, will be 33 next month. I joined the hobby sometime in 2012 and received my first doll in 2013. Around 2016/17 I went on a "hobby hiatus" and just recently got back on the forums. I was 22/23 when I joined the hobby and got my first doll.

      The only reason I had money to buy my first dolls was because I was in college and had grant money and worked on campus. So whatever I didn't use for classes went towards dolls when I got my refunds :lol::XD: I haven't gotten a new doll since then :yawn:(:pout:
       
      #760 The Raven, Nov 20, 2022
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