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Is your doll habit a dirty little secret?

May 2, 2012

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    1. I don't think I've told too many friends, but most know of my figure collection so if they knew about my plans to start collecting BJDs I doubt they'd be surprised haha!
       
      #321 mermaids, Jan 15, 2015
    2. I've told a select few friends who've expressed interest in the hobby about my doll, but that's about it as far as my friends go. xD; I generally don't tell people unless they know about or are interested in the hobby. I just don't feel comfortable telling people, especially since I know the price of my doll will come up in conversation at some point and I'd prefer not to discuss how expensive the hobby can be. lD;; I know I'd get a lot of "Why are you spending that much on a doll?!" lol.
      My parents and sister know about my doll too of course. They all take it in stride, not being super interested but listening when I talk to them about it. c: Except my sis, she says they're creepy. xD She's not scared of them though, just a little wary of them, so I like to tease her sometimes by showing her a picture of a doll I'm looking at. xDD She gives me the funniest looks of "why are you showing this to me you silly person"!
       
      #322 Tacita, Jan 15, 2015
    3. The people closest to me know that I collect dolls, but I don't really take out my larger girl just because of the convenience factor. I don't really keep the fact that I have dolls a "secret", but I am just picky in whom I choose to tell about this hobby and my hobbies in general.
       
      #323 Dionnysia, Jan 15, 2015
    4. Nope! I'm totally open about my dolls. Just today I took Ezekiel to the mall with me for a writing session. Got a strange look or two but no one approached me or said anything (well, except the obnoxious guy working in the makeup stall who tried to push a sample on me). We just sat in our little corner of the world, in front of the fireplace, and wrote together. I got a lot of aspects of his character down, and learned a lot about him, and I honestly don't think I could have gotten so much done if I was afraid to take him out in public with me.

      In short, I have no problem letting people know about my BJDs ^^
       
      #324 Xweetara, Jan 15, 2015
    5. Nope, but I probably won't go out with them either because I'm worried something bad will happen to them.
       
      #325 Timothy-Henri, Jan 15, 2015
    6. My hobby definitely started out as a dirty little secret. I got very excited as I kept ordering dolls, though, so now my closest friends know and one of my family members who, coincidentally, bought pretty much the sister doll to mine! (I have a Mystic Kid - Evelyn, he has a Mystic Kid - Caroline.)

      My other family members and friends somewhat know, but mainly the prices of everything are the "dirty little secrets"... I feel like they would judge me unfairly for the prices I am willing to pay, even though for me, these are very much a part of my art practice.

      Once my dolls have more clothes and customization done, I would like to attend doll meetups and would have no shame in doing that.

      I view this hobby similarly to how I view my involvement in anime conventions. Some people find it embarrassing that these are hobbies of mine, but, besides the money thing, I am not ashamed at all.
       
      #326 MementoMinna, Jan 15, 2015
    7. I am a little embarrassed. I don't tell people at school about my dolls. Most of my close family members and friends know about them; I think some of them think it's kind of creepy. I'm glad to know a few doll people where i live.
       
      #327 Malka, Jan 16, 2015
    8. It kind of is for me. I like having something solely for me, so I keep my dolls pretty secretive. One of my friends knows about my dolls, and my mother stumbled across my doll's box the other day, so she vaguely knows. But they have never actually seen my dolls, so there is that. I think my mother would like my doll - when she saw the box, she asked if she was pretty, and seemed interested. Hmmm... I'll have to show her one day when the rest of the family is out.
       
      #328 birchwood, Jan 17, 2015
    9. No secrets with things I believe in.
      And I believe in Yo.
      In the 21th of this month im bringing him to my social worker.
      And he's naked.
       
      #329 SlaveDan, Jan 18, 2015
    10. I've always marched to the beat of my own drum so I've never been shy about my dolls. They have been taken out in public and the best response I got was from a lady who called them my, "darling little elves." Some people don't get it but that's their deal, I don't expect to please everyone but I'm not going to let fear dictate what I do. I used to live that way and I didn't enjoy life much at all.
       
      #330 queen_margaret_anne, Feb 11, 2015
    11. No. They are all over the house, so anyone who comes here could figure it out, I've taken them to my jobs, no, I don't hide my "habit"...
       
      #331 Stella Maris, Feb 11, 2015
    12. My dirty little secret is what I spend on them. I mean even my coworkers know I have my BJD and that I sew clothes for them and so on and so forth. No one but me knows how much I spoil them though. I've taken Rin to JoAnn's multiple times, even getting a few of the workers interested in BJD so I see no harm and taking one of them with me here and there.
       
      #332 idontcare57, Feb 12, 2015
    13. I totally agree with you,if you feel happy that's it...that's all what matters ...but I still can't find a courage to tell my husband that my new doll arrived :doh I will do eventually...but I can't get out of my mind the look on his face when I've ordered my previous doll,he just doesn't get it... even though I earn money while looking after our little daughter (I sell my handmade stuff ).So I could say that my new doll temporarily is my little dirty secret... oh,it doesn't help me to fully enjoy her...I'll have to tell him soon...*_*
       
      #333 Ineta, Feb 13, 2015
    14. Yes, my giant room full of 40+ dolls is absolutely a dirty secret. No one knows about it. My partner just thinks the library is a mysterious no-go zone, and he never enters it. ;)

      In reality, I bring my dolls to work on occasion, and have at every job I've held since I started collecting. My partner is fully aware of my doll hobby, and has even attended a trunk show with me - though he thinks they're ridiculously expensive, and weird, and that doll collectors are "weird people," he still supports me in having whatever hobbies and interests I want to have. My friends and family are all aware of them, as well, and my mother is actually coming to a doll convention with me this year to "see what this hobby is really all about."
       
      #334 Kiyakotari, Feb 13, 2015
    15. I don't share much on social media since most people think it is weird, but I am not ashamed of my dolls, I love the creativity they inspire and I love seeing what other people do with their dolls. I have never been to any meet ups and don't intend to.

      fwiw, I am a mother of 2 young children and they like mommy's collection (and I don't mind as long as they don't touch them!)
       
      #335 bittyknitter, Feb 13, 2015
    16. My friend, parents and my few facebook friends know. I never really kept it a secret since I have always been into dolls. I do keep the prices secret. People don't need to know what I spend on what I want.
       
      #336 Lucreazia, Feb 13, 2015
    17. Short answer: No.

      Long answer: My BF thinks that my dolls look like little dead people. So there's another one for the creep factor tally. I don't know how he'll feel once we start living together again, but I won't have too many extra funds to buy dolls. He usually says, "As long as it makes you happy." I'm hoping he'll strike it big one day, but it's not looking good. It's gonna be up to me. :lol:

      My parents (whom I live with now), grandma (who thinks it's my subconscious desire to have children), and some other family members know about it. I think they know how much they cost and I get that "you're crazy" look, especially from the family spendthrift. Of course. The judgy-est person is usually the last one who should be doing so.

      I took my dolls to work (where I no longer work) once, cause obviously after 4 years they came up in conversation about hobbies and whatnot, and my coworkers asked about them. One of them was a frustrated artist like me so he was genuinely interested even though he'd never get one. Other than that I don't like taking dolls outside cause I'm worried about damage, and people around here don't have any social skills or tact whatsoever, so other than the "crazy lady" looks I'll undoubtedly end up having that conversation about what they are and what they cost, and wanting to punch someone in the face when they start getting judgmental like they don't spend thousands of dollars in useless crap every year. You know, the usual.
       
      #337 kornishealthy, Feb 14, 2015
    18. Yes, my dolls are absolutely my dirty little secret, which is why they lived under my bed for two years before I resolved to either do something with them or sell them at the beginning of this year.
       
      #338 laurelvere, Feb 14, 2015
    19. Not a secret :) I love taking my dolls out and doing cute photos of them. This is Hazel, she's gets to go a lot of places with me
      [​IMG][/URL]Hazel So Cute!! by TickledPinkbyJ, on Flickr[/IMG]
       
      #339 TickledPink, Feb 14, 2015
    20. Sort of? I'm pretty open on social media so all of my friends know (and probably even a bunch of people I don't know, but whatever), but I feel weird letting my family know? I mean, I'm a pretty flamboyant guy in the first place and so far none of them have given me too much trouble, but sometimes my family can be really insensitive even if they don't mean to be. Idk, I'm mostly afraid of the comments my mom might make more than anything.
       
      #340 meiloslyther, Feb 14, 2015
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