Other people handling your dolls

Heres another question, if you had a 900+ doll would you let someone hold it? Someone thats not a doll owner?

 

Let me say this, as one person said before, if you ask me nicely I have no problems with anyone holding my Luka....but lord forbid you even look like you are going to drop him, there will be consiquences and reprocussions (sorry small pun, but yes I would be very upset). The only thing I would ask is to be very very careful with him, he is quite fragile and special to me, if a person is genuinly interested in him, I dont have any problems.

 

If I had such doll, I wouldn't take it to the street in the first place.

 

PLEASE DONT TOUCH BELIAL's HAIR!

hahahaha.

 

if breathing counts as touching...nope, he would be locked up tighter than the hope diamond

(in reply to the 900+ question)

 

A friend of mine grabbed Samael and poked at his face and stroked his hair before I knew it. I was this close to just yelling at her, I was that mad, but she's a potential housemate so I don't want to be scaring her off just yet. It taught me a lesson though, to not leave him alone. Definitely not gonna happen again.

 

When I'm at a meet (the only time my dolls are in public), I don't care if the other dollie people touch them - I figure they know enough not to screw them up. But if I want to touch someone else's doll, I always ask if they mind, or ask if they'll show me (say, I want to see how her body is constructed - instead of just looking, I'll ask the owner to show me). Most people at our last meet were like, dude, just look for yourself, its no big. But I'm extra cautious in case. Just because I'm pretty lax about doll people touching my dolls, doesn't mean everyone is.

It all comes down to respect for other people and their property.

 

O.o' wow.
General strangers and holding my dolls is a big no no. But I do let people touch them if I feel comfortable ^-^ I've not had a bad experience yet but I think it might be to do with the fact that most the people that have seen my dolls are the 'artsy' type.

As for at a doll meets... O.o' I have no qualms at all about passing my boys around. I take pride almost, in seeing other people enjoy my dolls as much as I do - so if Kai and Pip get cuddled and fawned over I'm quite content. Of course a doll meet is a different situation and nearly all the people that go are people that I know on a personal level, and are confident and comfortable handling these dolls with respect and care.

 

I took my hound, Jindra, to work the other day and one woman dived right in to pick him up by his head. I had a mild heart attack and screeched like a banshee...

 

I generally don't take my dolls out in public. I took Callaway to starbucks a couple weeks ago to meet with a friend who was also bringing a doll, but beyond that they stay at home. It's not out of place to say "Please don't touch" when you spent a LOT of money on it, and furthermore, it's yours (regardless of cost). I, personally, don't usually have a problem if I DO take them out and someone asks to see them. If they're out with me, it's because I'm taking them to a fabric store, craft store, or a porcelain doll shop. Lots of people who are into dolls of all kinds tend to frequent these places so they'll know that there is a good chance of them costing a pretty penny.

At meetups I don't mind if people touch, we're generally in a pretty enclosed area and I can keep an eye on my stuff. I know that at a meetup everyone (well, in most cases, I know the people at the meetups I've been to have been this way) are going to be considerate and careful because they wouldn't want someone doing unkind things to their dolls. I try very hard to find out who owns each doll, so that if I want to hold one, or get a good look at the makeup/clothing/sculpt/whatever, I can ask the right person.

 

A friend? Sure. Mine are trustworthy, and they wouldn't get the title if they weren't. Oddly enough, i wouldn't let my parents. They're both lovely people, but they have rough hands.


Anybody else? Only if i can hold their wallet. Or their shoes.

 

>.> i dont think i want people touching my doll.... he's not gonna leave my side. and i agree sola lol, if i can hold their wallet or even an internal organ >.< they can hold him

 

My thing is let them think what they want. They're your doll and well you worked hard to get them. So you have the Right to do what ever you wish with them.

 

Okay, I'm weird with my dolls and I was wondering how many others were the same way.

I've done some CRAZY things with my boys.. Sat them out car windows while driving, stuck them on rafters out in the middle of a very fast moving stream, etc..

But I can't stand to have another person touching my boys if I can't see them. Like one time I was walking with my friend Kelli and my arm was hurting so we swapped dolls (SDsized for MSDsized). She was walking behind me with Shou and I freaked out because I couldn't see them.

I tried leaving Shou in the car when we went in the mall, too. He was covered and with 2 other dolls, so I knew he would be safe. But I kept freaking out, just knowing that if something happened, I wouldn't be there. And I was convinced that when we went back, he would be gone.

So is anyone else completely brave and fearless with their dolls until someone else comes into the picture? Also does anyone have completely irrational fears that have to do with their dolls? >o<

 

I totally worry about Aubrey all the time when I'm away (Like at school, or somewhere I couldn't bring him along) I tend to worry about weird stuff like what would happen if the house caught on fire, robbers, scary weather conditions, what would happen to him if I got in a freak car accident (Or any freak accident for that matter) @w@;; Or when I went to a Doll Show with my mom and brought him along and the old ladies held him (with my permission) or when a girl I know held him I got really nervous/tense, and was ready to tackle her if she hurt him or something or have to jump and catch him if she dropped him. I think most owners have this, I think it's because these dolls mean so much to us and we know even if we got the same sculpt, face-up, ect it's still not going to feel like your old doll. You know?

 

I am like that with some things. I think it's just wanting to be responsible yourself if anything bad were to happen. Like, if I damaged something of my own through my own stupidity or whatever, I would be upset with myself, but I would know that it was my own choice/fault/whatever, and it's easier to rationalise, and if it was the accidental fault of someone else, it's so much more frustrating.

 

Mostly, I'm very protective--but for some reason this doesn't apply to conventions. If I'm at an anime convention with her in tow, anyone who expresses a genuine interest and stands still long enough is offered the chance to hold Adrienne! But I do keep a close eye on them and warn them repeatedly about her delicate faceup.

I would NEVER leave either of them out of my sight except in my room (especially not a car! OMG I would have a heart attack!)

 

Well, honestly, I wouldn't let any stranger touch my doll - even if on DoA, if we haven't talked, we're still strangers...
I'm nervous enough just leaving them standing up, since an earthquake can happen!

 

I trust my mom and husband with my dolls, mom thinks they are too expensive and heavy, hubby thinks the same, but he likes certain head molds. Anyone else around these babies.......well I trust them as much as picking that person up and tossing them across the room.

 

I worry when someone without a doll is touching them or picking them up, even when I can see them. The waitress at the Chinese retaurant I went to yesterday asked to see Izzy. She picked her up and I flinched. I was so ready to just snatch her back.

But if they have a doll of their own, it doesn't bother me so much, 'cause I know they know how to handle one and what to do and not to do with them. I don't mind Omichao holding them at all. But I can't move more than a foot away if my sister and her friend are holding them, even though I know they're getting their dolls soon.