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Taking dolls to school or college?

Feb 21, 2005

    1. I go to a little community college in MD...

      Yup. Nobody there really knows anything about BJDs. In fact, nobody in the Anime Club I joined knows anything about BJDs...

      Only two -ok, three- people I know of know about BJDs. One was this girl I ran into at the school bookstore, but she said she didn't have the money to buy one. My best friend knows how obsessed I am, but apparently doesn't want one. And the last... is a friend I ride the city bus with, however I just went on and on about Hodoo, so she probabaly doesn't even know what I'm talking about anyways. *_*

      But, at least the last girl wanted to see my boy as soon as I get him home! (First, however, is the saving... the ordering... the waiting... and of course the obsessing!)
       
    2. Im planning on bringing my dollfie into university with me because im a animation student, i am really intrested in doing some serious stop motion work with them, i think it woud be quite intresting.
       
    3. Well i dont have any friends at the college i go to..

      Id feel odd being the girl who doesnt talk to anyone playing with dolls... they might think im like a creepy chick from a scary movie ;-;

      and i really dont want to drag my boy around if he wont have anyone to play with either.

      so, i dont ever plan to bring my dollies to my college.
       
    4. Well, I have Remember at college and she's doing just fine. My roommate is okay with her and thinks she's pretty. Only two other non-doll people here have ever even seen her and they have been pretty nice about it too. She's really not here for anyone but me, so I'm good with her staying in the room.

      I don't know what I'd do with her toting her to class... the desks are too small. I also tend to value other people's perception of my normality.

      The only thing I'm worried about is theft. Someone with a gun apparently stole stuff from a room in my dorm complex O_O. However, I'm pretty sure she looks much less appetizing to sell than my laptop (is it sad that I would be far less upset about my computer getting stolen than my doll? The computer even cost more...), and my roommate and I always have the door locked.
       
    5. Sorry if there's already a topic like this.....I just wanted to know what experiences people have had when they've taken their BJD's into school. Any horror stories? Weird reactions? People taking the pee?
      Breakages would concern me the most.....:sweat

      Also stuff about reactions at work would be interesting too.

      Sarah.
       
    6. I have taken my dolls to classes at my university and never experienced a problem other than one or two poorly framed bitchy comments from strangers. For the most part, people are very receptive and friendly about it. One of the boys in one of my classes constantly claimed to be freaked out by the dolls and their clothing (even though they weren't dressed in anything outlandish, but just normal jeans and t-shirt type stuff, not even punk!) but it was generally accepted by the class that he was crazy and some people encouraged me to bring the dolls in order to freak him out. I also suspect he was trying to socialize with me in a very awkward manner so I never really took it personally.

      I would not recommend bringing it to a high school or middle school, though, for two reasons. One is that the younger children are, the stupider they are. And the second is that sometimes schools have rules against bringing "toys" in that you might not even be aware of and they might be confiscated, depending on how strict your teachers are. My teachers never confiscated anything that I brought in, but I was told once when I went around wearing a wolf beanie baby on my head (it made a nice hat) that toys were not allowed in the classroom.

      Even if you're at a university, you might want to ask your teacher first. It's best for people to be emotionally prepared for these things, if nothing else.
      We may see it as perfectly normal, but most people aren't used to seeing them and may be frightened until they get used to them.

      --Nadia
       
    7. i take my boys to school with me on occasion, well not so much Azi anymore but Nanasi goes with me all the time. and i will most def. take my new boy to school with me when he gets here. ^^
       
    8. All of the responses for this thread are really helpful >w<

      @nadiaff- Yeah, I'd never take a doll with me to my high school. Some teachers get irritated really easily o.O
       
    9. I'm in college and although I would like to have my dolls with me there are several reasons why I choose not too. One, I'm horribly busy all the time anyway and I think they might distract me, ahaha. Secondly, I'm paranoid when it comes to anything happening so I wouldn't bring them until I have my own room.
       
    10. I should be (touch wood!) starting University/College later this year, and I do plan to take my doll into the student accomodation, just because I can't imagine not taking him really! I don't think I'd take him to classes or anything much, he'd probably stay in my room most of the time, where he'd be safe and I wouldn't have to bother with too many questions! But the majority of uni acomm. around here is a room per person, so I suppose it is very different when you may be sharing a room...

      Maybe the best thing to do would be to test the waters, see what your roommate is like and how they might react to bjds. And as a precaution some sort of "hiding place" (just like a drawer or something?) could keep him away from the attentions of anyone invited in?
       
    11. Nigel's coming to class with me a few times, most definitely. I plan to take photos with him around campus.
       
    12. When I go to college I'm bringing one of my dolls. I'll probably take him everywhere so he isn't stolen...plus I need company. (I'm soooo antisocial)
      I'm a bit afraid to go off to college right about now but I'm only a freshman in highschool so...:P
       
    13. Personally, I am still in high school and I live in a town with nothing but hicks (sorry) and I wouldn't dare to even think about bringing my BJD to school is way to dangerous. (Though I don't have him yet, I know that it would be.)
      But if I put myself in someone shoes as someone in dorms, I would just make sure that I had that special place for him, and that I would only take him out on those perfect days when you can tell the weather won't change, I can't say much more due to the fact that I have no clue what type of college I would end up going to.
       
    14. I haven't gotten my girl yet, but she's being shipped to my boyfriend's place because Im afraid she'll get too shuffled around in the mail coming to university (I dont trust the package handlers T-T). She'll be staying there for a little vacation before I come home and get her back. Then she'll probably be coming up to school with me (I already have a bed for her, I'll probably just clean off where my paints are and have her on top of my dresser next to my bed) because I'm horribly antisocial and need someone to be around. haha. She might stay with my boyfriend during finals, just because Id be so stressed and I'll be packing shortly after that and I'd get worried about bumping her around in the process. ^^ Im so happy that shes finally coming though, just a few more weeks.
       
    15. I started buying my dollfies when I was in my second year of university. I worried more about things falling on them when I was out than them getting stolen/broke (because I got my room contents insured.) I took my MNF Shiwoo and Ani girl to uni several times to do photoshoots (on the grounds and in the nice park next door.) I never had any problems - we even spent most of a Korean studies lecture discussing the economic influence of things like dollfies (and her shoes lol.)

      The only negative was a friend of mine who did that whole 'dolls are scary whine whine whine.' thing. I told her to get #@$*^& She never mentioned the topic in that way again :)
       
    16. I totally want to do this one day :XD:. I think my Uni friends would find BJD's cool/interesting. I know someone who goes to the same Uni as me who also collects them, though I haven't ever seen one at Uni.

      I go to a small Arts college though (The arts campus of the University of New Soth Wales. We have like 5 building, you never get lost; it's awesome), so they'd love that kind of stuff, haha.
       
    17. I did have my doll with my at college, but I brought him home with me whenever I went home for the weekend or college. When I went to class I left him on my bed and I never had any problems.

      As for stealing, unfortunately I did have problems with that, in a really odd sort of way. The doll arrived at my house 5 hours away, and my mom, hoping to help some of my excitement until I could get ahold of him, mailed up my pre-doll stuff that I had bought in preparation for the doll (you know, eyes, clothes, shoes). Unfortunately she didn't think to insure or track it. It was delivered to the wrong apartment... the mailman couldn't remember who exactly, but whoever got it wasn't polite enough to actually return it to me. It was about $300 worth of stuff and I doubt any of the students around me would have understood the value of it. Why they would open up a package clearly addressed to someone else is beyond me, but not everyone is decent. :/ I guess I should be thankful it was just the stuff and not the actual doll, but I cried for days.

      Just thinking about it still makes me a little sick. Urgh. :evil:
       
    18. When I go to college ((two years from now)), I'm going to be living in my Grandmother's house that shes currently renting. But I am worried too, because Im going to be sharing the house with a few friends =(;;;
       
    19. I would be cry out in tears of joy if I could bring Naomi to college with me and have her just sit. The classes would be so much more fun and I woul dnot mind going at all. Though, I would get the oddest looks. I know that nobody would understand. I don't mean any offense to any women, but I think I would get less looks if I was a girl and I probably would bring her then.
       
    20. I'm pretty sure that, even if I had a BJD and left him sitting on my bed or my desk, nobody would really do anything to it (then again, my roomie is my cousin, and we'd definitely have an agreement on that front XD).
      What I'd be more worried about is having my cousin's friends notice him and say mean things like, 'Oh my God, you still play with dolls?' or something along those lines.
      They are horribly irritating as it is; I wouldn't want to give them an excuse to insult me about what I'm like and what I enjoy, any more than they already do. Hehe.