Surprisingly Positive Things People Have Said!

I was at a doll meet at a mall once and a girl came up to the table, pointed at my boy, and exclaimed, "Whoa, he's SEXY!" Hehe, it was rather funny, and it definitely made me (and James XD) happy ^.^

My aunt also surprised me a bit. She's pretty afraid of dolls (aside from Barbies and other fashion doll types), but asked to see James anyways. When she saw him I could tell she was obviously a bit creeped out, but then she asked if she could see him a bit closer. After a moment, she declared "His face is really nice. But his hands and feet creep me out. Too realistic. I like his face, though!" It was just nice that she wanted to see him even though dolls in general freak her out, and even nicer that she found that his face wasn't scary.

 

Even though I'm pretty sure half my family thinks I'm wasting my very little cash flow on these dolls ( which I probably am ), I at least find it positive when they understand not to say anything at all. Sometimes the best thing people can say is nothing at all, and I appreciate it.

Though the other day, though it wasn't about my actual doll, my sister did try to surprise me with the newest edition of haute Doll magazine. I felt sort of bad since I already had it, but I just thought it was really sweet that she wanted to cheer me up ( been kind of down lately ) and went through the effort of figuring out which magazine I liked and the right kinds of dolls and whatnot.

 

A lady on the bus really liked Steist. xD
She was sitting beside me and noticed him on my lap, then she said he was cute, asked how much he costed (I don't really mind people asking me that ^^; ), where he was from and stuff like that.
And she freaked out when I explained how to remove his eyes. xDD

Well, she was really nice, though, unlike some people who stare at me as if they've not seen a doll before. >_> Some even whisper to each other and watch me, thinking I'm crazy, as I walk past them.. -_- I get irritated by these easily..

 

I had such a nice experience yesterday ^^
Even my family have been grumbling non-stop about "that damn doll", i finally dragged my mom up to Dollheart and the first thing she said was "Those shoes are beautiful!" and she actually looked around at all the dolls and said they were pretty and stuff. I just felt happy she finally saw their beauty ^^

Even better, my dad then came in and asked questions and such, and THEN they let me drag them ALL AROUND the place looking for other shops
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My step-mother-in-law scares the bejesus out of me - but one holiday we were at her house and I showed her my dolls. She appreciated them.

With my husband's whole family you have to push the "really expensive collectors item" because they are really into money and are materialistic. My sister-in-law freaked when I let her daughters play with some of my other dolls but I'm the cool aunty so the girls loved it!

 

I caused a bunch of older ladies so squee in chinatown o.o They kept going on about how beautiful they were. That's about all I understood though, They weren't speaking english and were too fast ><

 

When I brought my boys to my grandparents house this summer, I thought for sure that they were going to make fun of me or think the dolls were weird. I was really pleasantly surprised when they said that they liked them! My great-grandmother said that she thought they were great and she wanted to look at their clothes that I brought. (She got such a kick out of their little undies!) The first thing my grandmother said was 'the girl is really pretty'. When I asked her which one she meant, she pointed at Yuki, which I thought was funny. Shuichi's been mistaken for a girl a few times, but that was Yuki's first time!

And when I first got Shuichi, my dad really didn't seem to like him too much at all. It's really amazing to see how much he's grown on him since then! He is really into photography, and he likes to look at the pictures we take of the dolls. I had Shuichi with me at Otakon this summer and my dad came out to meet my sister and I for dinner one of the nights of the convention. Shuichi sat on the table at the restaurant and my dad didn't mind at all. On our way back to the lightrail he even had us stop a few times so he could get pictures of him.

Otakon was a great experience too, and I had quite a few people tell me how much they liked Shuichi and wanted to know about ball-jointed dolls. There was a girl on the lightrail one of the mornings that looked at Shuichi and said 'that doll is really creepy'. But by the time we got to the convention center, she said 'I actually think he's pretty cool'. I thought that was nice.

 

I don't have any BJD's physically here with me right now, but Liam is on his way to me now! And I really want a vampire sculpt too....another boy to be named Luke. (They are both characters in a story I am writing.) When I first mentioned wanting to buy one to my fiance, he asked why I didn't just get one since I already collect other dolls. I told them they were too expensive. When he asked how expensive and I told him, he said it wasn't as much as he thought, and that if I really wanted one (or two) I can buy them so long as I manage my money and don't go into debt. (We each have a personal bank account for personal treats in addition to the communal household account.) Just the fact that he not only accepts my hobby, he encourages it just made my day! I thought for sure he'd be all for my 'too expensive' campaign. So yea! Liam and Luke! I hope he likes them once they get here.

 

I took Emmlyne to school with me on Tuesday and for the most part we got ignored but I had a couple of people coo and ooh over her and tell me how beautiful she was and what a lovely dress she had and ask what she was and how long I'd had her. One person even asked to hold her and was very careful and sweet with her. I've noticed it's usually people that own porcelain dolls that seem interested in her though.

My four year old little brother is always telling me that Emmlyne is cute or beautiful and asking when I'm going to get my boy doll. :laughs:

 

Wow.
Okay, you know how most macho-guys are not very interested in dolls? Especially expensive, gorgeous BJD dolls?
I was telling a friend (Zark) about how I fell in love with the DIM Sergei, and was planning on buying him soon...I showed him a picture and instead of getting the usual guy response (D: "Why would you spend so much money?", or the other, possibly worse: "Why would you want something that creepy?") I got an "Aww! How long have you been saving for him?"

Omigod, made my day.

(totally happened a few minutes ago, too...on myspace XD)

 

I live in Fremont, a rather quiet and boring part of California, but not so closed-minded. Dolls like my girl Arisa are extremely rare, so seeing something different excites my fellow townsfolk.

Her first outing was a trip to the mall. There was some staring, but absolutely NO rude remarks. Since we have a Spencers, a hallmark, and a Hot topic store, she didn't look too out of place. The shop owners were really intrigued by Arisa and thought she was pretty. Kids, teens, and adults thought she was really cool and asked questions about her. One of my fellow anime buddies who works there thought she was a real cutie. She was quite surprised when I told her I got Arisa at a cheaper price than most dolls.

This morning, I took her to see my old high school and karate teacher when school started again. He was a father figure to me back in my old teenage angst days and we still keep in touch. When I was still in his class, I told him about these dolls. He was pretty amazed when I showed Arisa to him. I also laughed when I explained to him that she was customizable and then took off her wig and headcap(And then told everyone she was atomically correct). Yeah, Arisa got pretty mad at me after that.>>;

It was a great boost of confidence for me to know that people liked my hobby more than my family ever will. I think I might have converted a few people into the hobby as well ^___^;.

 

With my Pullip collection, my husband spends a lot of time telling me how creepy they are, and thinks their out-of-proportion heads and moving eyes are just the worst thing you could do in a doll. I had kind of assumed that he just hated dolls in general and I really wasn't looking forward to asking about getting my first BJD.

I was really, really pleasantly surprised to find out that he rather likes the look of BJDs. Apparently the realism freaks him out less than the exaggerated cuteness, which is unusual. He's never called any of my Pullips pretty, but he's commented on several of the BJDs I've looked at and told me how pretty they are. He's a little bit harsh when he doesn't like a mold I'm scoping out, but he's really positive when he likes it. And he's always been supportive of my making clothing for my dolls, even if he didn't like the dolls themselves, and will compliment them.

 

I was expecting my mom to completely disapprove along with the rest of my family but she basically had the attitude of "it's your money, go ahead". And when we got home(lol I was at work when she found out XD) she asked to see a picture of the one I ordered and even said she was really pretty and not creepy at all! 0.0 That pretty much made my week right there! She also asked "oh, are those those dolls you were talking about before?". I told her about bjds a year ago so I was surprised she remembered!

 

My Mum said my girl was pretty and liked her very much. When she found out how much my girl was I expected her to freak out... but all she said was that she wouldn't tell my Gram (who WOULD freak out).

 

Another one from my mom. She long ago swore that I would not be getting any more dolls, but has not only helped me through the costumes I'm doing for a convention, but she's also said wonderful things about my faceups and dolls themselves. Then today I decided to go on a limb and show her the new Kid Delf elf Cherry.

Me: ...And they just lowered their price, and-
Mom: Aww, she's so sad. :3
Me: ... Yes. And cute. And-
Mom: Yes, she really is.
Me: (Shocked, as she normally has SOMETHING negative to say about doll pictures) ...And I was in love with that mold forever, and now it has elf ears...
Mom: But what would you do with her?
Me: Well, she fits the skin of my girl now...
Mom: Oh, okay!

My mom has NEVER said "okay" to me thinking of buying a doll before. Ever. EVER. I guess it just took a sweet, sad girl to win her over..?

On an unrelated note, my mom has really bizzare tastes in dolls. She insists that my Latidoll Cara is far prettier than a Unoa, and says that she likes my faceups better than one that costs $100 or more. My mom's not one to say she likes something if she doesn't, so it's just a bit odd to me.

 

My mum doesn't like my doll very much and when people come over she always brings it up in conversation as if to suggest, "my daughter owns this creepy doll, she's such a wierdo! Bring him in so the visitors can gawk over him and laugh at you because you own such a freaky looking thing." She's never said that of course, but she always ridicules me for owning one and I know what's implied when she suggests I bring him out to show people. It's kinda like a freak show for them...

Anyway, my mum and older sister had friends over and my mum did her usual thing of "bring out that freaky doll Michelle so that our visitors can laugh at him." I don't care what she or anybody else thinks and I bring him out because I'm proud of him! If people ask to see him, then I'm happy to show him off even if they think I'm crazy. My mum was expecting the usual reaction of "what the hell is that! It's like Chuckie from Childsplay! Eugh!" but instead the visitors were fasinated by him... in a GOOD way! Barry, my sister's friend fell in love with him and told me he was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. He liked to pick him up and examine every part of him with absolute wonder. He was actually sad when I put him away.

My mum was shocked and actually said to him, "do you not think my daughter is strange for owning one of those things?"

To which he replied, "No, not at all. I think they are very beautiful."

I practically glomped him on the spot! Thank you Barry! My mum has been less rude about my doll since then too! ^_^

 

I have two DOCs and my mother has never particularly cared for them. She doesn't hate them or anything, she's just rather indifferent to them.

Well, anyway, I got my Pipos Sugar Robin in the mail yesterday. I didn't tell my mom I was getting her because I kinda wanted it to be a suprise. So she came home from work and came to my room to say hi and I showed her Kiki, saying "Look who I got today!" She immediately started going "OHHHHHH! She's so cuuuuuuute! [insert mommy noises here]" I was on the phone with pinkpoogleh when my mom came in and poogleh was like "Your mom's expression is so adorable!"

I was rather suprised that she liked her so much. She even gushed over the packaging!

I'm also in academic decathalon at school and i gave a speech about my dolls and everyone was really interested. I was expecting them to laugh or something, but they were really nice. They even asked me to bring Kiki when I got her. I might since she's small enough to go back in her box and then in my purse.

 

When I was first debating my purchase of a oh-so-expensive-toy with my mom, my cousin said to me "Well, if its you, if you're ready to dedicated so much money to it, than it must really be worth it". I love my cousin

 

Not as much as something positive said, but...

I have this coffee can that I cut a hole in the top and taped a label that says "Doll Funds-(donations accepted)" So I can put any spare money I have in, until I make it to the bank. My dad just walked in and dropped some money in, and I thought it was really sweet because he's the only one who has besides me x3

Its nice, since my sis has been getting an attitude, and harassing me about how its 'just a doll'

So yea, more like a positive action that cheered me up ^^