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Receiving Gifts from Complete Strangers

Apr 21, 2012

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    1. These stories are so sweet! I love it when our dolls are appreciated by those not in the fandom. Marc looks very happy with his new toy!

      The closest thing I have to a gift from a stranger is when, a couple years back, a little boy from the camp I worked at sent me a little doll purse through the mail. In his letter, he said he remembered how I kept talking about them, so when he saw the purse, he wanted to give it to my girl :)
       
      #61 picklesbird, May 16, 2012
    2. Not quite a gift as such, but years ago - not long after I first got Eric, my Shiwoo boy - I took him with me to a goth pub in Camden with my boyfriend. We ordered our drinks, and I sat Eric down on the bar. Aftr serving us, the barman then got a little shotglass and filled it with soda water for Eric, setting it down next to him and saying he was too young to drink!
       
      #62 Arkady, May 16, 2012
    3. Kindness moves me like no other emotion. Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience =)
       
      #63 LibbyMorgan, May 16, 2012
    4. lol I like that "Too young to drink" story!

      My grandpa said that to Marc one time when we were having drinks on the porch. It's really funny when people do that. XD
       
      #64 XpHoBiaX, May 18, 2012
    5. Actually for me it wasn't doll related but I definitely got a free gift from a stranger. You know what the funny thing is? I was also given a polar bear! Maybe polar bear stuffed toys are meant to be gifts from stranger to stranger. <3
       
      #65 D4rk_0rchyd, Aug 7, 2012
    6. What a fantastic story! The world needs more random acts of kindness if you ask me~ ^___^
       
      #66 Boussole, Aug 7, 2012
    7. I totally agree xD
      Everywhere Marc goes, the polar bear goes too! XD

      I think small stuffed toys are a fun way to cheer people up. If I had a steady income, you bet I would be handing them out. XD
       
      #67 XpHoBiaX, Aug 8, 2012
    8. awwwww, that's so nice!! ^^
      it's great to know that kind people like that still exist
       
      #68 Chibi_Rat, Nov 14, 2012
    9. Awhhh! <3

      Now I want to bring my dolls with me everywhere! :D
       
      #69 katelauren, Nov 14, 2012
    10. The only gift my doll has gotten was a kiss, but it was from a little girl who was soooooo cute! I'm pretty sure she didn't really want to give my doll back XD
       
      #70 Aronzo, Nov 14, 2012
    11. Renearla: I had something similar happen to me. It was a gift-swap game at a Holiday doll-meet, and the person whose gift I got had put a picture of a gift that was on order and a water bottle in a gift bag. She said she did it because the gift she bought for the swap hadn't arrived yet and took down my information so that she could get it to me when it arrived. I haven't seen or heard from her since and it was over a year ago. I know she's still active on DoA and even tried to start her own doll forum, but I don't think it's worth pursuing. It clearly hasn't bothered her since.
       
      #71 Zicoxite, Feb 11, 2013
    12. i would feel appreciated and thankful and yet feel creeped out because I don't know whats in it
       
      #72 echo-chan713, Feb 11, 2013
    13. That story is just too sweet!!! Some people are just so amazingly sweet. It makes me happy that people like that are in the world :)
       
      #73 Majora, Jun 27, 2013
    14. I haven't brought my two yo's around town recently, or my SD. I plan to bring them to a doll shop a few miles out that I saw on my way home from the doctors.

      I still have that polar bear too! It hasn't left Marc's shelf. OuO
       
      #74 XpHoBiaX, Jun 27, 2013
    15. I love stories like that! People can be so sweet sometimes. Maybe that lady went and bought a BJD of her own after seeing yours,I hope she did.
       
      #75 DahliaDevere, Jun 27, 2013
    16. Everyone out here thinks my dolls are porcelain. xD
      But out here artist dolls and porcelain dolls are HUGE. She didn't really know about resin dolls (bjd) but was eager to know, and I know I made an impression. It would have been cool to see her again, and see if she did get herself one.

      I know a lot of people out here love Marc. I need to bring my dolls out and about again. lol But I need a carrier. :I
       
      #76 XpHoBiaX, Jun 27, 2013
    17. My hubby does this all the time lol. We'll go eat somewhere and if they have one of those claw machines he'll play because he's obsessed with them. He's pretty good too, so he'll usually win something and I'll look for a little girl to give it to (we have a daughter and she has him wrapped around her chunky little finger, so he has a soft spot for little girls). He's always so happy afterwards, he's such a sweetie :aheartbea
       
      #77 Giovanna, Jun 27, 2013
    18. I haven't had any experiences like this out and about with my dolls, but at a doll meet at Otakon the one person gave out little phone charms and mini erasers shaped like food. It was really sweet!
       
      #78 suzunachi, Jun 28, 2013
    19. Once I had a guy (in this hobby) make something for one of my dolls because he saw her on myspace and really liked her. He was learning to make doll clothes and offered to send her an outfit. I was shocked but it was very sweet of him. I accepted and in turn sent him a clothing item in return to thank him. :)

      I do sometimes have friends give me little things to scale that might go with my dolls, it's very sweet to know they saw the tiny object and thought of me. :aheartbea
       
      #79 jacobean, Jun 29, 2013
    20. Okay, THAT is super cool!!!! <3
       
      #80 lions-nd-yellocake, Apr 25, 2016
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