Omg... I actually got PERMISSION!

I have exactly the same problem as you. I have one doll, and suddenly I wanted three more.

What I did was take a good long thought on who was the most important to get first. None of the dolls were limited or going to be sold out soon, so I chose the one I wanted the most and saved up for him until I had enough, and now I've ordered him and am waiting for him to arrive.

The others will come with time, I'll just wait until I've saved up.

So my advice would be to choose the one you want the most or is most likely to be sold out soon, your preference, and arrange their purchases by importance over a long-ish time span. Nobody will think you would be crazy in any way then, just patient.

Whether you want more dolls is completely up to you, but all I know is that many in the hobby have more than one doll.

 

Whether or not you get more dolls is entirely your choice. No one knows your circumstances better than you.

As for convincing others that you're not crazy, well, why? Who gives a crap what they think? If you're buying the dolls with your own money and you are taking care of any responsibilities you may have, then why does anyone else's opinion matter? My mother thinks I'm nuckin' futs for collecting, but she doesn't get a say in how I spend my money. She can think whatever she wants, it won't stop me from doing as I please.

 

Thank you both for the advice. It helps to have people who understand, also! I feel a lot better now.

 

Besides, it helps having more than one when you want to make stories. No story ever had just one character all the way through!

 

If you depend on your parents in any way, like living with them or having them pay for your stuff, then it might take some convincing. My friends and family are cool with my doll hobby because they see how much work I put into it, and they know that it isn't some passing fad for me. (It helps that I've been talking about them since 2006, and actually collecting them since 2008!) I think friends and family warm up to the idea if you show them how dedicated you are to it!

 

I got my first two dolls while I was still financially dependent on my family...and it takes a lot of convincing sometimes to get them to realize that its something important to you and not just a huge waste of money. I remember it was hard for me because at the time I wanted to get new dolls...my family was helping me with getting through college. I always felt guilty for spending so much money when they were trying to help me with money. After I had my first doll, they started to see how much I really enjoyed the hobby. I have always done my own faceups and I used to do a lot more sewing for my dolls. To them it became less and less weird I think as time passed and they just simply saw me with my doll. I think the hardest thing to convince your family about is the money you spend on them. Most of my friends got to know me after I had gotten my dolls, and the ones that knew me before thought they were cool.

When I got my second doll I planned him out for months. I knew I wanted to get him around Christmas, so I told my family back in July that I was planning on another doll. I think they thought it was a bit of a waste...but with that much notice they couldn't really be upset. That way too you can prove you are saving little by little and its not just a..."surprise! Heres my new 500$ doll!."

I don't know if you are worried about what they will think about you spending so much money, or if its more about what they will think about you collecting dolls...but I would just say they will get used to you liking BJDs as time passes.

 

I have seen very large doll families, the number of dolls owned by one person range from 40 to 120 as far as I know, it's a choice from the first one

 

My husband is really against it, too. Because of the cost and he "doesn't understand" why I like them. He knows I'll be getting one soon anyways, but it would be a great milestone to get him to admit being ok with it.

 

My mom has not had a problem with the fact that I want one. When I first showed her pictures of the dolls. She thought it was interesting and yet weird that some of them looked so life like. Then I showed her the price and she was like oh my gosh. But since it will be my own money I am spending in January or February she doesn't really care. Plus she thinks this is a good way to give myself some attention for being unselfish for too long.

 

First I have to save for a new car since mine is an olllld car. If I bought a new doll before a car my parents would kill me! After that I can go back to saving for doll stuff. (but I do put a few dollars away for my dolls and new dolls) ;3

 

I wish my family was okay with it. They give me a hard time when I buy doll stuff.
It hurts me to know that they hate something I love most.

 

My mom's okay with it but she recently told me to stop talking about it for awhile. She said she didn't wanna dim my excitement because she knows that this has already been making me happy just planning for her but she said she can't get excited about me spending 200 dollars on a doll "I'll likely have to also spend money on." I dunno but it just hurt hearing that after she's been so supporting of it all year..I had to actually catch myself when I was about to show her a cute picture of an RS Mei or ask her an opinion about a set of eyes and stopped myself. Even though I'm trying my hardest to save up to pay for it all on my own...I was only going to ask for a wig and shoes for my doll as a birthday gift then use my X-mas and B-day money combined along with any extra cash I can get to buy the actual doll.

But honestly...I've been feeling less and less excited because I don't want to irritate my mom...I still got permission and I was happy because I had permission to save up for it...I don't think my mom realized how dedicated I was to it.

 

My mom is more than okay with it, she supports what I like and even helps with the cost if she knows I really love the hobby. My dad is sadly another story. I don't actually tell him how much the dolls I want or buy cost, just my mom. When I started collecting pullips he hated even that, and only got over it after about a year. I asked him how much he thought was the limit I should spend on dolls and he said $100. He'd kill me if he knew about the BJDs I want and even the one I own. If he only knew even most of my pullips cost more than that...

 

My mom was not too thrilled with the idea at first. Especially when I was explaining how I wanted one that was Limited Edition, and buying second hand. But I was working full time and full time in school. I had no social life and needed some sort of an outlet. So she eventually caved and accepted me buying him. I guess she understood that everyone has hobbies, some are more expensive than others.

 

I am an adult and I work and make my own money. So, what I do for said money is totally up to me. This is the opinion both me, my husband, my mother and father is of.

But apart from that. My mother totally gets it. She likes my dolls and she loves to make things for them. She often borrow one and when I get it back she has knitted or sewn something. =) (Maybe she want one for herself but my daddy would blow a fuse if she did something like that. ;D)

Dad is like.. Well *smoking pipe* as long as you pay your bills..

 

My mum was initially against spending so much on one thing, but after a while she began to understand I was really serious about getting one. I did get a weekend job and earn all the money myself though so I guess she realised she couldn't stop me. I am planning on getting another doll in the near future but she doesn't know about that yet D:

 

I wish one of my daughters would get into BJD!

 

I have that situation as well. im nineteen and going to college, but i still work while i stay at home. i always get permission to do ANYTHING from my mother, mainly because im happy shes letting me stay home while i finish school so i wont be in debt. she hated the dolls when i showed them to her four years ago. but i saved up while i was in high school and finally she let me get one. she wasnt very pleased, but eventually, shes kind of gotten into it as well. and if she ever gives me crap, i always remind her of all the kids that did drugs at my school, and how my money could be going towards that

 

my mom was supportive (if skeptical) about my first one, saying i could use it as a model, when she found out i want a second one, she flipped her lid and threatened to kick me out, my dad on the other hand is fascinated and thinks the dolls are cool, he's helping me find extra chores to do around the house so i can earn the $200 or so left i need for my next doll (not to meantion my brother owes me more than enough to buy a new doll, heck, with the money he owes me? i could buy an army of dolls XD)

 

My parents weren't very open to me having a bjd at first either but they grew on the idea ouo