leaving your dolls

I’m weird. I travel to nyc every week for culinary school. They have a whole duffle where all 4 come with me. Lol

 

I miss my dolls whenever I'm unable to see or interact with them for awhile, I need to always see them and they make me happy

 

I more of a 'casual' doll hobbyist, if that's a thing. I am quite attached to my doll, since I've had him for a long time and made him my own. But I don't miss him when I'm away or when he's in storage (which is sometimes for years at a time). I would be sad if I had to get rid of him altogether, though.

 

I don't go on long vacations but sometimes I do feel as if I should have brought a certain doll depending on where I happen to be. It feels like a missed photo shoot opportunity.
I do sometimes miss them randomly though.

 

the longest face up waiting time for my dolls was 2 years, so I think I'm ok to leave my dolls with a long time

 

I am self-employed and work from home, but lately I have been getting cabin fever and was allowed to go to work with my hubs and his boss gave me a desk to use etc. Really nice of them all honestly. And I have brought Luna with me a few times. She is small, can curl up quite nicely and as such is easy to bring. Then I bring her a chair and she sits next to me while I work. But it depends if I will miss them or not.

 

I've yet to go on vacation since starting the hobby (am a homebody anyways...) but if I were to leave the dolls at home for a long period of time, I would make sure to box them up or put them somewhere they can't collect dust or have too much exposure. I have cats at home and they'd probably knock the dolls over if I'm gone too long too, so I'd much rather ensure the dolls are safe. I like to think when they're boxed they're just "sleeping", lol. I think I'd feel less bad that way, though I would miss them a bunch!

 

I have a travel doll that I take with me when I go to conventions. The rest of the dolls stay at home. I have one doll who kind of "looks out" for the house, like Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched. I have to say that I don't think about the dolls while I am gone. I know that they would want me to have fun.

 

After getting back into the hobby recently, I've taken to bringing at least one of my crew with me whenever I travel. Having 1/4 sizes and below definitely help, but I've also taken my Venitu with me to two different countries in the last few months just to see if I could. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be Right now, the one who follows me everywhere (even if I don't take him out all the time) is my DearMine Bean petdoll. He's so easy to transport and travel-sized that I sometimes even forget that he's in my bag...