Letting other people hold your doll?

I will allow people to hold my dolls, as long as I am near or I know they are fellow doll owners that have respect for them... actually the youngest person ever to hold one of mine was my cousin who just turned two. He was really sweet with it and super careful, which amused his daddy to no end!

 

Sometimes its amazing how a child that can out perform a wrecking ball, can just turn around and be the gentlist creature on the planet. My little sisters were like that, hell i was like that. But you say its really special or important and show them you care then they return the same attitude.

 

you got to have an instict for letting people hold your dolls..I do let my family hold them but it still makes me nervous

 

I let my family hold my dolls and make super clear that they should not touch their faces.

 

I've never let a stranger hold my dolls but we swap around dolls at our doll meets constantly. I trust other BJD owners!

 

I wouldn't mind if a person got to hold my cutie, but! this person has to be known by me, known to be responsible, and at least wash their hands before actually holding them, don't want any smudges... there was a time when my little brother was touching my bjd when i wasn't home and i found traces of food and oil on her omg! x.x i trust my bf with holding her tho... hes too cautious as he knows shes precious to me , my doll family and im also cautious at his card collection so win win ^^

 

I wouldn't just hand over one of my dolls to a complete stranger, but provided the person is someone I know and I'm right there, I'm very chill with letting them hold a doll. Though sometimes I have to show them how to cradle the doll in the crook of the elbow, and insure that they don't have food on their hands before I pass them the doll. I find it's very helpful when I first introduce my BJDs to someone for them to hold one. Not an SD, but maybe a tiny or a slim mini. I'm fine with my family, my boyfriend and bjd collectors handling my crew though. After all, I know that they know the proper way of holding and handling a BJD.

 

I went to a fantasy event and took my boy with me. I was standing somewhere waiting for my friend and a little girl kept staring at him. I asked her if she wanted to hold him and she was so happy.
I don't think I would let every stranger hold my doll and not everyone I know either. It depends on the feeling I get from the person. And I got the right feeling from that little girl.

 

I think I would let a stranger hold my doll if they asked but I would warn them that it's very expensive and that they have to be really careful but I have no idea why someone that I don't know would want to hold my doll.
If it's at a doll meet I think I would let them, they know how much they cost and how to handle them so I don't think I'd have a problem with it, but I wouldn't let my doll get out of my sight.

 

Nice topic!
I'd let people hold my dolls, as long as I'm near them and ready to catch it or take it back immediatly if anything is wrong. Last month I took my SD boy to a meeting and before that, I let a friend hold him since he wanted to figure out how much he weighted needless to say that he was impressed!
I'm pretty anxious when letting people touch my things, but if I'm there it's fine!

 

I would let people hold them as long as they are careful

 

Well... This is kind of a hard question to answer for me. Of course I would let my friends hold my dolls as long as they were careful and gentle, but I think I would also let other people hold them if I knew a little about them. For example, I'm not going to let an obnoxious person hold my doll, but if it's someone I know as being kind then why not?

 

It really depends on the person who is asking... My default answer is no.

 

I'm on the other side of this question because I have never held one before. I was talking to someone I know who had hers at a convention I was at and I said "I've never held one" and she was kind enough to let me hold a couple of them. My first doll has been ordered so I'm someone who loves them and knows their value, but before that I used common sense and understood not to just grab or touch a doll without asking. Plus I respect other people's belongings and would never mistreat them.

 

I let anybody hold my doll if I am present and able to see what they are doing. Not necessarily in catching distance, but rather to remind them to be careful if need be (I probably come off as a bit of a hoverer, but I'd rather remind someone not to touch the face than have to redo my work!).

 

I would let someone I don't know hold my doll. At doll meets there is always the chance of meeting someone new for the first time. The meets I attend are pretty well run and everyone is respectful. Even if we've met a million times before…we still always ask each other.

I'm never in situations where I would have my dolls around non collectors so I can't imagine a scenario where a random stranger would come up to me and ask to hold my doll. Even if I were in that scenario I would let them after explaining how to handle my doll.

 

I won't let a stranger touch my boy or girl, most of people here don't know BJDs and how to take care them, They just think it's pretty doll. Even though they are my friends, i won't let them touch it because last time i bring my boy with me, they touch him without permission and pass around the room.

 

I think it would be fine at a doll meets or with people who own bjds as well, I'd think they know how to handle the doll with care.
But with friends who do not know about bjds, I'd have to explain things clearly for them first. Even then, there are a few people I would never let touch anything that belongs to me. Some people are just naturally rough and careless with everything. Luckily you can usually tell by their body language, or how they simply touch people's things without even asking.

 

I don't usually let people hold them long, and I usually only let them hold them once i've picked up said doll. I don't really let anyone else pick them up xD However my nieces come visiting in like a month for 6 weeks so soon i won't have much of a choice ;A;

 

There are a few dolls I won't let anyone touch, but for the most part I'm pretty open to letting people handle my dolls. It feels good to let people get the hands-on experience.