leaving your dolls

When I'm away, I miss my family and I miss my dogs...and sometimes I even really miss my cranky cat. But my dolls? Nope. They're delightful but inanimate objects, and they'll be waiting quietly for me when I return...unlike my family, my dogs and my cranky cat, who will be leaping all over me in a flurry of excitement as soon as I step through the front door. How can I get emotional over my dollies, who don't love me at all?

 

I'm leaving for college soon, and I'm a little anxious bringing them to my dorms, I definitely won't leave them at my parent's house, since they (despite having paid for at least a few of them as Winter Holiday and birthday presents) have threatened to destroy them. I'll probably keep them hidden in the closet, since leaving them with anybody but one of my S/Os who quite enjoys the hobby makes me fear for their safety, lol

 

It makes sense to miss things that give value to your life and you use if those things aren't around dolls mean and give different things to different people.

I admit that I do miss my dolls when we go away because they add peace to my day just by being around and visible

 

I left the vast majority of mine for 8 months for my first year of university. I put them all in a safe location in my room, but I missed making little things for them. The three I had with me on campus got a lot of wigs when I was stressed. I was a little concerned about breaking and I missed making stuff for them, but it was alright in the end.

 

I do miss them. I don't think it's silly. I'm a sentimental person and also more than a bit of a homebody, so I tend to miss things when I'm in unfamiliar surroundings. If I'm away from home, I might miss my favorite blanket, or wish I'd taken a different book. It's not at all odd for someone like me to miss my dolls, to which I'm very sentimentally attached. That said, I take my favorite doll Joren (a LittleFee) with me on every vacation, because I just can't bear to be away from her for too long.

 

I definitely miss my dolls when I’m on vacations because I would go to a nice location or cafe and think “this would be a great place to take doll pictures” haha. Or when I see doll furniture “is this the right size? Would it suit her” and in fabric stores “would she look good in this?”. I don’t think it’s silly to miss them because we care for them, so of course we would miss them. This applies to many things that hold meaning to us like a piece of jewelry or a lucky charm. Not having it with you may feel weird and you would miss it. I think it’s the same for dolls. But I don’t have to courage yet to bring my dolls out because I’m afraid of losing/ damaging them. I also haven’t found the courage to take pictures of them in public so I’ve left my dolls at home. I hope to attend a bjd meet someday and hopefully that will help me into bring my dolls out more.

 

I definitely get worried about them, safety wise. We get earthquakes in California so if there is one while I’m away I get so worried if they’ve tipped over. I’ve now gotten into the habit of lying my dolls down underneath a table when I’m away.

 

I’m aproaching my third year working in a town 4 hours from home, I would love to have my dolls but realistically there is 0 space in my room here to have them, so until I can get my own place, I’m content seeing them on visits home and planning for them

 

I recently moved away for university. I had to leave all my dolls behind, even my pukifee because the dorms are so small. I do miss them and the creativity they provided, but honestly I miss my cat more. I know I’ll be home for Christmas so that made leaving them a bit easier.

 

I’ve left one of my dolls at home while I’m visiting family for the summer. I miss him so much, but I’m excited to repaint him and all that when I get home. Maybe he’ll feel like a brand new doll. Right now he’s just wrapped up in his box, wearing nothing but toilet paper wraps to keep him safe in the unlikely event that he’ll be jostled for some reason.

 

Well if you are concerned with people walking in while your away try to get a lock for your door

 

In general, I miss being able to interact with my dolls when work gets in the way and its been a busy week. I especially miss them when I go somewhere and miss out on a cool photo opportunity if I would have brought my doll. I don't usually bring my dolls with me to places though because 1) most people just don't get it and I am too tired to explain Every. Single. Time. and 2) I am too anxious/worries that Id lose an accessory or it gets damaged; especially if I'm around people and its not a doll related outing with other collectors.

 

Not really. I know they'll be there when I get back amd I now have a small horde so if Toy Story is real I know they won't get lonely lol

 

I miss mine just going to work every day. And I'm definitely bringing both of my dolls when I fly home for Christmas. I don't think it's weird to miss them-- they cost hundreds of dollars, they're comfort items for me, and I'm passionate about them.

 

I wish i could give them more attention, usually if i am going on vacation, there is some doll related activity (most likely) so i will bring one if so, or even 2 depending on luggage. if there is no doll related activity, i will leave them home to ensure that they dont get damaged.

There have been long periods of time i dont touch or play with the dolls (photos, redressing, etc) so i do wish i could give them more attention, but im happy they are there too.

When i was in the middle of moving from one province to another, most of my dolls had to go ahead, with the exception of 4 (2 of mine which i am keeping, 2 i was trying to sell). all the others went ahead and i did miss having them all around. when i dropped off one of the 2, i did miss him but it was only a couple months he was away. even if i dont do anything with them, i did miss them greatly because of how much the characters mean to me in their forms

 

I guess I've been in the hobby so long I tend to not really think a lot about them? (As I'm on DoA at work lol whoops...)
But I do get sad when they're packed up. When I moved and had to pack up everyone, it was pretty lonely until I could slowly unpack them all. But I'm only really attached to certain ones. I typically take my first BJD, Shiwoo, on vacations out-of-country. I've taken a few others more locally, but Shiwoo is the trooper who's flown the most. XD
I do bring them with me to conventions, but I usually only take them out for doll panels or meetups. They can be a hassle to carry around the con, though I used to do it a lot back in high school.

 

I felt sad and empty when my dolls was put away for redecorating, they where in a closet for at least 2 months, and I found myself looking at their shelf when I was depressed, and remembering they where put away, I couldn't physically get to them m, so I guess that was why I was so upset, but you'll be okay, you'll forget about them when your having fun

 

I was upset when I left behind my Azrael. But that was for good reason, I was being sent off to the army, and it could have been years before I saw him again... That is, until I failed out of basic training.

Course, I really did end up having reason to be upset to leave him. I didn't get him back even when I came home. Haven't owned a doll since.

 

I start to miss my dolls whenever seeing the same sculpt.

 

No, not really. I'm usually too busy or having too much fun to really worry about my dolls. I do think about them from time to time when I'm gone for long periods though, especially if I find myself in a craft store or in a "dollar store" type place abroad. I always end up picking up something and bringing it home but it makes me more excited to pick them back up instead of missing them.