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Taking dolls to school or college?

Feb 21, 2005

    1. I would be to worried to take them to school or college. If you live at school then someone could break in to your dorm room and take your stuff.

      If you just take it to school it might be accidently damaged.. I know I worry to much.
       
    2. I go to an art college, so you'd think everyone would be cool with it, but really I get a lot of odd looks. I have one of my guys with me today just because he wanted to come, and one guy at my school in particular refers to this doll as my boyfriend, which sort of irks me.
       
    3. I have brought my girls with me to school before, but only on days where it wasn't normal classes and I would be going home so I could drop off.
       
    4. i didn't have any bjds in college, but I kept my teddy on my bed, as well as a cloth doll--Willa Witch, that my mom sent me for Halloween. Sometimes, I would come home and find that my roomies had put Bobo and Willa into *ahem* compromising situations...it was funny and that was the extent to which anyoen ever touched my stuff without asking....I think anyone in a dorm situation would have to just judge the situation as is, but it would probably be fine...I think letting roomies know how precious the doll is to you- would be a good idea. I could see a roomate's boneheaded boyfriend doing somehting terrible to a doll without knowing how important it is to you.
       
    5. For college, I would base it on the atmosphere and how comfortable and safe you feel about having dolls there. I went to a small private all-female college, and I would have had no concern at all about having dolls in the dorms there. I'd probably have used them for photography projects. My sister went to the big state college next door, and her dorms were much more "public" and open, I wouldn't have wanted anything especially valuable in the rooms there.

      In high school I wouldn't ever have considered bringing a doll. That would have been asking for damage (to the doll) or harassment.
       
    6. I brought my Kelhiel to school just the other day because I was giving him to a friend to wash him and also so she could spend some time with him (she used to be his owner).

      I had no problems at all. Most people were very accepting of him and he wasn't damaged at all. The only thing that was kinda bad was having to repeat the same thing over and over again because I was asked the same question a squillion times. I actualyl got up in front of my Culinary class to explain about him so everyone would shut up. But other than that, having Kelhiel at school was a lot of fun and I felt very proud to show off my pretty baby. <333
       
    7. Hmm... I could never live in a dorm situation, personally... I'm too neurotically private for random assigned roommates. *L* But I do sometimes take my dolls to school. I go to art school so there is a much higher level of acceptance, in general, and also consideration. Everyone at school I have showed my dolls to (including profs, who seem most interested) implicitly understands they are essentially works of art that you can play with, so I have no nervousness regarding people taking due care with them. Especially in the sculpture department, which is my home-sweet-home. =^_^=
       
    8. Thankfully I don't have to deal with dorms since I live ten miles from my current campus, but I would -never- take my dolls with me if the room wasn't purely mine. I fret enough taking them to conventions and leaving them in a room with people I trust, never mind a complete stranger.

      As much as I'd have to leave my poor dollies at home alone, in my opinion it would be far better for them than putting them at risk. I wouldn't take anything of value with me to a dorm that wasn't school related.
       
    9. I do not have a dormitory situation; however, at the last school I attended, I would have totally felt fine with my dolls being with me. Honestly, I would prefer it. I commute now (different school) but I did take both of my dolls with me when they first arrived. I was far too excited to not be with them constantly (finals week really put a damper on that!). I received a million and one strange looks, a few compliments, but no nasty or negative comments. Most people seemed not to care or were quite interested in what they were. It is a very large school and it generally seems like the people there do not have the time to fuss or anything like that.

      <3. It was a great experience being able to walk around with Liette on arm. Once I get a better wig for Lida, she will be there right along side him.
       
    10. Around ... hmm, maybe a week or two ago, I brought my migidoll Ryu, Jude to school with me. (I go to a fine arts high school ^^; ) My close friends wanted to see him, and I wanted to show him off. XD
      I didn't have a carrying bag, so I fashioned one of my own ... I feel bad though. He was cramped up in a backpack lined with the pillow his body was sent in. :|
      Anyways, the problem was that I wanted to show him off in every class and that brought me more trouble than the attention was worth, I guess you could say ... in first period, most people thought he was cute but it was embarassing since his pants don't fit him and his shirt rode up so ... yeah. The teacher picked him up so he was sitting in her palm but his bum was exposed, and she laughed and said she felt embarassed holding his butt XD
      I was embarassed. People joke now that he looks like my friend ... because he does. :|
      So then, next period, it's art class and I assume that there of all places he'll be well-recieved. Haha. The teacher said he was too distracting when he was sitting on the desk and made me put him away. Back in the bag he went. I was annoyed. XD
      He stayed in the bag during 3rd period and came back out for lunch, which was super fun. My friends and I sat against a wall in the hallway and posed him standing in front of us, and just watched people's reactions as they walked by. Since we also have elementary kids in our school who usually walk by us during our lunch hour, we got a kick out of watching them stare at him as they passed by XD
      During French, next class, he sat in my lap the whole time and somehow went unnoticed. People must've thought I was a freak o_O
      The last period was a distaster, though. Ugh. I had him on the desk (again =_=;; ) and people came up to touch him and stuff and somehow it got out that he was ... anatomically correct. So guess what?! I get legions of highschoolers standing around our desk asking if my doll really did have a penis and they all came up and poked him in the crotch. It was ... the most embarassing moment ever. :| Especially since my FRIEND was yelling across the room to his obnoxious friends about it and embarassing me, and when I told him he "was lying about it", and to shut up, he refused to be a gentleman and say he was joking, to spare my dignity > >;;
      Not only that, but when his pants fell down, his underwear (just the white briefs that he came with) were bunched up and everyone thought that my doll had a THONG. DX That was just as bad.
      So ... yeah. I've learned my lesson about that ^ ^;; I won't be hauling him around like a tiny new student to every class any more ... XP
      My after-school "anime club" was fun though, since my friends said I could talk to everyone about what BJDs were, answer questions, that sort of thing, because not only do we watch anime but talk about culture, hobbies, that sort of stuffs. It was nice. XD

      So yeah. That was my overly-long story about Jude at school.

      tl;dr time and place, do not mention doll peen EVER, make sure pants fit. XD and if that's all set, you're good to go.

      oh, and if anyone's wondering, he made it out all in one piece, no damage XD
       
    11. I'm even afraid to take it out of the box XD
       
    12. Taking it to classes is a bit much, I wouldn't do it out of respect for the lecturers and peers - I have no business taking a big ass resin doll to a lecture on molecular cell biology. Art workshops would make more sense to take a doll to.
      I live on campus, but I live in an apartment, it's pretty safe here and I can't see anyone wanting to actually take my dolls - they're big and creepy, and they're more likely to take my more obviously expensive laptop or violin (plus my dolls aren't actually that valuable anyway). There's a possibility of someone breaking in, but only as much as a house getting broken into.
       
    13. My entire crew minus one head lives in my dorm room :) I live in an 8-girl suite with 3 singles, a triple and a double. The girls are all fine with my boys (I come in with a huge box "So what's his name?" XD) but I think there's a reason I got one of the singles X3

      I take them around campus for pictures and I think the rest of the student body is fairly used to me. I'm the token artsy punk student with the color changing hair in a campus of khakis and polos. I'm fairly sure that I could streak around campus and the passersbys would go "Ah, it's just Ari" and not bat an eyelash.

      ~Ari
       
    14. I'm planning on bringing my boy to grad school with me (since I just bought him and he won't even be in for quite a bit, it seems a bit of a waste to leave him at home for 12 months only 6 months after getting him!), but I have to admit, after reading this thread I find myself wondering what people will think of him. Although I will be getting my second music performance degree and I already haul around instruments and recording stuff on a regular basis, so it might not seem so weird!
       
    15. I dunno what I'm going to do with my guys once I head off to grad school. If I only had one or two dolls, I would definitely bring them, but six dolls is a bit much. I'll probably leave them in storage, or with a friend. Still, it seems to sad to leave them for so many years... Careful thought will have to go into this maybe...
       
    16. My roommate is very considerate of my stuff, and tells me when she has people over. She does have a puppy that looks like it's going to grow big enough to reach the tabletop upon which my doll is stationed, and I'm definitely worried about it. I can't exactly ask her to cage her dog all day just for the sake of an inanimate object, so the only solution I have is to put it away when I'm not at the apartment.
       
    17. When i got my first doll i shared a flat near the campus with a couple of guys, and there was never a problem. When i was in class i just let Aless in my room and closed the door, as everyone else. We never steped into the other's rooms when they weren't at home, so well, not a single problem about they doing any damage to Aless.
      And about what they think, i said they were boys (i'm a girl, and no, none of them was my b/f xD ) but they never said a bad word about the doll or about me, the one i talked to more was amazed at the doll and thought thatl all the world around this kind of dolls was really cool, though he wouldn't buy one. And the other guy was also ok, understood the prices and so 'cause he also collects anything related to Star Wars and understood about BJD being a kind of collection hobby.
       
    18. My first roommate was not nice and in to some bad habits, so had I owned a BJD then, I would have sent her back home or put her under my bed when I was away from the room.

      If you have a roommate who you trust, though, I don't see a problem bringing your dolls with you. I wouldn't go into detail about prices and things like that and I would definitely always lock the door while away (even for short two minute trips across the hall), but to me, that sounds fine to bring them with you.
       
    19. If I had them, I wouldn't have taken any of my dolls to school when I was in high school, except for maybe the last day of school, but I went to an art college, so I definitely would have taken my dolls with me to some of my classes XD People there dressed how they wanted and brought what they liked, so no one would have thought for a second it was weird.... except for maybe the interior designers. Most of them thought the rest of us were completely crazy. But they were kind of the minority in comparison, so it wouldn't have mattered at all XD
       
    20. I bring my boy to school like almost everyday, since I don't think I could ever separate with him and leave him at home. He'll get all sad if I have to leave him at home. But anyways, on his first day when he came to my art college, it was great. Most of my classmates welcomed him though of course I had negative comments from some of them about why spending such money on a doll and etc. Some people had said, "He's creepy."

      Of course one of my friend would warn me not to bring him along and it was as if she was trying to jinx me by always saying, "One fine day your doll will get stolen you know."

      o.O I know that she wants to warn me, but it was as if she was waiting for it to happen, which I didn't really like. I always make sure my boy was brought along in a doll carrier bag, and I would never leave him alone unless with a very trusted friend of mine. Anyways, people over here don't really ever think of stealing dolls.

      I know it's different over there, but in here, the knowledge of these dolls are quite limited in exception to doll owners or to people who are interested in them. But I could be wrong.

      But for three months plus, I had been bringing my boy to college and nothing had happened so far. *touch wood* But it could be that my art college is quite open-minded, especially the lecturers and the students.