Is there anywhere you refuse to take your doll? why?

There's so many people who seem to avoid taking their dolls to their family, personally those members of my family I regularly meet, like my grandparents, are constantly bugging me about when my first doll will arrive and if I can show her to them then XD
My mom´s brother is the only one with children I wouldn´t want near my dolls I guess, but he rarely contacts anyone in the family anyway.... apart from that my younger brother can be really negative about dolls, regardless the kind, but he'd rather die then touch one ;p ( for those wondering, I still live with my parents, most of the time at my mom's place, but I will probably move out next year after finishing high school )

I really wouldn't take my doll (or dolls in the future ^^) to school though, I'd have to carry her from class to class every hour together with a heavy bag and through (extremely) crowded corridors....
I'd probably avoid any place where I'd have to leave her alone near strangers too or places with a lot of smoke and such like mentioned earlier

 

Answer:

Any place where people will try to touch them!



More seriously, I still have not attended a meet-up because I am afraid someone will ask to hold one of my dolls. Seriously. I know that sounds kooky, but.. there are bjd collectors who are not as careful with their dolls as we might hope. I'm not suggesting we all walk around on eggshells, but.. you know, everyone treats them differently. I'm always wondering if I'll run into The Careless Collector. XD

I shouldn't throw that just at bjd collectors. I have taken several of my dolls to other doll shows and, even though the people there are doll collectors as well, there was the occasional admirer who didn't seem to comprehend the words "please don't touch their 'skin'". I once had to intervene on behalf of one of my preciouses when a woman (an intelligent and educated woman) reached for the face of one of my dolls... after just finishing some finger foods. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I guess that has made me leary. #^_^#

On the flip side, I have taken my dolls to see my little nieces. They are now 5 and 4, but were 2 and 1 1/2 when I started collecting. When I show them a doll and tell them not to touch the dolly's skin.. they do not touch the dolly's skin. They look, ooo and aah, ask bunches of questions, talk to the dolls by name, and may touch the shoes or clothing, but they are very gentle and never touch the "skin".

Crikey I love those girls.

 

i'd probably never ever take a doll out anywhere except in the garden, my village, or to a BJD persons house. If i tried to take them anywhere else they'd probably end up getting trashed!!!!!

 

personally i'd be more worried about environmental issues than people, because i'm already paranoid enough not to let just anybody touch! so no to the beach (sand), gym (sweat), or concerts/bars (smoke). but honestly i think my lati is safest on my shelf at home. i'm more apt to take the plastic dolls out -- less fragile.

 

I work at a law firm. In litigation support, not in the fancy offices, but still, dolls at work? Not happening. I used to be a librarian, and fun as it might have been to take a doll there, I was away from the desk and distracted far too often for it to have been safe. We had our bags and coats in lockers, but it would have been easy for someone to slip into the workroom and ransack the place without us knowing. Small town security . I'd love to take my Sard to the Renaissance Festival when he FINALLY gets here, but it's dirty/dusty/bright, there's too many people, I'd be paranoid about his horns coming off, and I know he'd break my arms after the first hour. Still, it'd be cool!

Like lossefaire, I don't take my dolls out much at all. People always want to touch them exactly where they're painted: I've had people scrape Kiyoshi's and Zenshin's hair out of their faces to peer at their eyes, grab Minnaloushe's and Flora's blushed paws, and move the dolls' heads by the chin or cheeks . I really wish if they were going to handle my dolls they'd ask first, and that they'd listen when I tell them NOT to touch the faces! Unfortunately, I was raised to be polite and I don't slap their hands, even though they deserve it.

 

I refuse to take my doll over to several of my relatives. Why? Because all they have are kids! Little curious kids that when they see something they like, they touch or grab or mess around with. I don't want them pulling hair out of my doll or ruining his clothes or getting them dirty for that matter. There is no way I'm taking my doll over there.

 

It sounds like it'd be scary, but I've been bringing Emma to school this entire week.
Although, I admit, she's only 27 cm and sits comfortably in my purse (I have her so her arms and head are visible, so she can enjoy her ride) which has a short handle, so when up on my shoulder, she's in perfect "omigodclutch" range. Nothing bad has happened to her, and I've been able to clutch her close enough should I get in a traffic jam XD

 

I probably wouldn't take my dolls to school. I just don't trust high schoolers to know how to handle $2,000+ in dolls. It would be easier if we were able to take backpacks in classrooms, but we can't, and I wouldn't leave them in my locker.

I would also never trust them outside alone because someone would probably take them.
Hmm, I also have three dogs so I don't leave them lying around the house either.
That would be a very expensive chew toy *shudders*

 

we can take or backpacks into class, lol, at a dutch high school everyone looks weird at you if you don't, the problem is it is filled with books for the entire day, and for me that's an average of 7 kilos (being a little less then ten on my longer days and 5 on my shortest) I really wouldn't put any doll in that, unless I wanted it to be crushed (which for some reason I can't see happening)...

also our corridors are always packed and first/second years always tend to push eachother around creating human domino-like situations( sorry for the weird description, I'm really too tired today to find the words I need in english)
Its a downright nightmare even without taking a doll to worry about X.x

 

I don't take my doll anywhere near young children, if I can avoid it. =/ I just don't trust them to know how to take care of it unless they prove otherwise.

 

I wouldn't take my dolls to work, I could but there would be no point since I would just be ignoring them and working and my coworkers would all think me stranger then they already think me

 

Any where near where i used to live...... it was not a very nice area and if i did they would either get stolen or broken or both. But on the plus i am going on holiday in 2 weeks time andmy mum has said they can come to!!

 

My mum's house Unfortunately she smokes inside. No way in hell is a resin kid of mine going in there. Sucks because she loves Vince, and I love that she loves Vince, but I would hate for him to start smelling like cigarette smoke.
I also wouldn't take my doll on shopping trips, it's just begging for children to attack you! I have enough trouble as it is when I go shopping, nearly running over small children that run out in front of my trolley lol. And I wouldn't take him to class either, just seems pointless, I'm there to take notes and not to distract myself or others by a big hunk of pretty resin.

 

i dont want to take my girl anywhere that may be dangerous for her. i can take her pretty much anywhere, as im a good protector, but if i have to leave her in the car for long amounts of time where she can get hot, i avoid it completely.

 

Other then doll meet ups, I don't really see any reason to take my dolls outside my house. School is a place for learning, not getting distracted by my sexy boys, and I'm just asking for trouble if I take them to the beach.

Maybe someday when I get a camera I'll take them out for photos, but until then they'll just have to deal with the boring drab of my room XD

 

I refuse to take my dolls outside. I am an over protective dolly mother. I dont want them to get into the sunlight too much or get dirty. Hopefully I get the courage soon to go to a meetup. Good experiences in the outdoors will promote me to take my dolls on future outings.

 

Well trained

 

You've just given me an idea. What if you could get together once a month and have a "tea party" with you and your dolls and the women who love them?? Kind of like the Red Hat Ladies, but with fewer plans for world domination. I would be interested in that...especially because it would give me a chance to feel okay about bringing my boy out in public, in a group, and not feel weird....

 

let's see...

1) Taco Bell: this will catch up to her once she hits her 20's. Just wait for it.

2). Car stuff--depreciating asset. Unless she's driving a Lotus Elise, she's wasting her money.

3). Clothes--see Number 1. If she's still eating there it won't be long before she's shopping less at Charlotte Russe and more at Lane Bryant.

(I'm a curvy girl, though, so nothing but love for the LB ladies here...)

Look at it this way: Just do what you want with your money. Your doll is an asset that, if you care for and cherish, will be something you will have your entire life. You will be able to pass it down to your children, and know that it's something that has meaning. The spinners she's putting on her car will have ZERO value in 10 years.

Also, just don't bug her about it any more. Ignore her commentary, and concentrate on the fun you have with the hobby. That's what's important, and it sounds like she's just shallow and vain at any rate.

 

Taco Bell is good, but everything in moderation.