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Leaving the Hobby...SAY WHAT!?

Oct 29, 2009

    1. I only thought about stepping out of the hobby once or twice--just because, I still can't get over the idea that I'm in it. I always appreciated BJDs but only got my first doll last week, and I can't get over it. It's so overwhelming. I thought that now would be the only time I could quit because I'm falling in too fast, but I realized, I already am late. I'm not letting go of this.
       
    2. For me it's always slowly floating between almost-no-interest and excessive-interest periods of time, each one lasting around 3-6 month. That's what i noticed for my 5 years in hobby. I don't really care how it goes untill i know that i will turn back to it every time i loose it. I'm always coming back, that's what i know.
      Yes, i thought of leaving the hobby. Only once for all of the time. But I never gave it a serious thought, moreover about selling all of my dolls. It's just... Even if i'll be out of the hobby someday, i'll still keep at least some of my dolls. There's too much effort put in them, too many years they've been around, at least, why selling them at all? Don't know why i would ever need to vanish every evidence of dolls in my life, that's ridiculous to me. They are memories of a good time of my life, of that passion and care i was giving them! And for now as such thoughts warm my heart, i can't think of ever leaving my hobby :3
       
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    3. I did fall out of the hobby for a few years a while back, but I didn't sell my doll (I only had the one at the time) or any of his things, I just stopped coming on here and taking pictures because real life got too busy for me. I still used to have him sit on my desk as I worked though. I don't think I'd ever sell my dolls.
       
    4. I have considered leaving the hobby before. I absolutely love my dolls and they give me a lot of comfort and joy. But I have no one to really share them with, and for a long, long time, I spent more time with my dolls than I did with real people because I didn't have any friends. (I don't think they're real or anything, but they give me such extreme comfort.) For a portion of time, looking at my dolls reminded me that I was alone. So that made me want to just pack them all up and sell them.
       
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    5. Have you ever known someone who left the hobby and what did you think?
      Not really. I've seen people selling things saying they were leaving, but I didn't know them.

      Have you ever thought of leaving the hobby and why?
      No, but that depends on what 'leaving' means there. If it means selling all your dolls and doll related things then never thinking about again, then no. If stop buying dolls, or stop caring but never selling your dolls then I have thought before. I went maybe a year without buying or photographing my dolls. I got upset with people in the hobby and decided I would no be part of it. I love my dolls tho, especially the first 2, so it never crossed my mind ever selling those. Even if I need money, even if I dont do anything with them, those 2 will never be sold.
       
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