Taking dolls to school or college?

I went to a community college and lived at home, but I think if I had been in your situation, I'd actually feel safer with him on my person or in the dorm than at home. My dad goes in my room a lot when I'm not home to watch the religion channel, and he likes to touch things. I would be too afraid of my dad accidentally breaking him to leave him home. But, as people have already said, it depends on a lot of different factors. Plus I think carrying him around would have been a good conversation piece. I always wore wolf ears and a tail to class, so I was never one to be afraid of being the weird girl on campus.

 

When I went up to Uni last August, taking my dolls was the last thing on my mind. With all the commotion of moving into a dorm, they could have so easily been broken.

My dorm room was also very small- I don't know where a SD13 would have sat, so taking Thomas was out of the question.

The biggest problem is that since I was studying and always at class, my room got SO, SOOO dusty very quickly. To be honest, Uni-life is far too hectic and I couldn't see a time when I would have been able to play with them.

So, I'm pleased to have left them back home. I know they were safe. The day before I left I took their clothes off, folded them up, put their clothes in boxes, packed up their wigs, and put them in their carriers.

No dust, no damage just as I left them.

 

I'm staying in an on-campus apartment, and I stayed in the same last year. There's not a huge amount of space, but I'm not really bothered. I room with three other girls, but since I have my own room I just lock up when I'm going away for the weekend or whatever.

When I moved in, I just put them all in their boxes and loaded them up in the car, then unpacked them with the rest of my stuff. They hang out on my bookcase - and even if I don't get to spend the time I'd like with them, I still like having them with me.

 

I would ever take my doll to my school. That's because I know there aren't many people, who would understand that the doll isn't just a doll to me. And I would be afraid of someone would slur my doll's faceup or even broke it!
It would be just a day with lots of panic and worry about my little honey, so I'll just keep her in my home (or if I'll go to my friend's place/doll's meet up).

 

I never took my dolls outside at college. However, my roommates/aptmates understood my hobby. One actually suggested me to display my dolls in the living room when we got a huge shelf. It was also agreed, if there's fire, all of us would carry a doll in each arm and run out

 

I've taken my Judas with me last week, for showing him my religious education teacher.
He was so curious, 'cause Judas is a catholic priest and also because of his name...

However, 10 minutes before the lesson ended my teacher stood up and said "Well, Michelle (my name X'D) wants to show us something today "
I was totally shocked, 'cause I just wanted to show him Judas, not the whole class DX'

Well, I've taken him out of the bag and sat down (we were sitting in a circle, 'cause we've discussed something before). I've shown them Judas, told them about BJDs and so on.
Mostly they just made "Aaaaah, how pretty!" and "He's really sweet!", till I've told them how much they cost
However, they were much nicer and more respectful then I've expected, even the boys were very interested X'D

My teacher asked me to take Judas and he had him on his arms like a baby.
He was so interested in him...ah, it was so cute
Now he wants to buy him a little bible...

 

I still live at home, but i dont' know from day to day who might come into my room when I'm not there. I commute to college and don't return until late in the evening and sometimes I'm gone all weekend...

If Sofia hadn't been in her box last weekend... I think one of my little cousins (ranging from 2-7 years of age) might have got a hold of her... she could have been taken, broken... anything...

I took her with me one day, but because of my work invironment, she had to sit in the back of the room practically all day... My boss seemed sort of frightened everytime she stepped in and saw her sitting there.

So yeah... I feel your confusion.

I would say (in a dorm situation) take her with when it is appropriate or somewhat okay... otherwise...?

DO you have a friend that could doll sit while you're gone? That would be my suggestion.

 

That is awesome! I love the irony of the name too by the way.

 

I miss my babies so. ;_; But I will get to see them on spring break.

I really couldn't have them in my dorm. My roommate would be totally fine, I think. But actually I'm the one who has people over sometimes and I really don't want to have to explain the hobby to them. Also, the big thing, at my dorm, they have individual bathrooms. And so janitorial staff comes into the rooms (usually while you're gone) and cleans the bathroom. I could not possibly feel safe about that. And anyway, I'm getting a new roommate next semester because my current one is moving into an apartment.

If I were to bring them, I would hide them in the closet and feel bad about it. Although, they are currently in boxes waiting to travel to cali. :X My parents moved so now my boys will be even farther away. But I definitely can't wait for spring break!

 

when I first came to college I kept them in their carry bag until I met my roommate cuz I was so worried she'd be afraid of dolls xP she turned out to be very chill and understanding and didn't mind having them around. She mostly just ignored them actually haha. Right now I'm by myself but I'm a little worried about next year... we just signed a lease on a house and I'm not sure how a couple of the guys are gonna feel about having the dolls around...

they'll deal with it xP

 

My freshman year I had a roommate my first semester who, left her friends in the room while she ran to the bathroom. I was up in my loft bed 1/2 asleep so no one knew I was in the room.
At the time I didn't have any dolls, but I did have a collection of my little ponies, and I brought my favorites - including delicate sculpted customs.
Her friends started going through my desk, including picking up my ponies and talking about how weird they were/I was.
I finally got fed up and leaned over the side of my loft and just said "Hey there!"
and then they all jumped, said some profanities, and ran out of the room. One dropped one of my ponies on floor...luckily it was just a normal one and not one of my sculpted customs.

I moved to a different room because of that, and by midnight that night I was across campus in another dorm with a new roommate.
My new roommate was awesome, and I actually got my first Pullip doll while living with her.
She didn't really understand my hobbies but she respected them and left my dolls alone. Just like I respected her love of Nascar and let her watch the race every weekend

This past year, my sophomore year, I was a resident assistant and had my own room. I also got my first BJD in September. I didn't have to deal with a roommate, but I did and do have to deal with residents running in and out of my room at any time of day. Most of them either think my dolls are creepy and ignore them, think they're cool but they realize they proboably shouldn't touch them, or just go pick them up.
Which doesn't really bother me because my room is so small that if they did anything stupid to my doll I'd be right there to stop them, and no one is in my room when I'm not - except for a few close friends that take very good care of my dolls
Also, I take my dolls with me all over. I have to work the front desk of my dorm and I'll often have a doll up there with me. For a while, when I was hand sewing clothes without a machine, I would take my BJD up to the desk and sew clothes for him. so I had not only a doll at the front desk, but often times a naked one ^_^; But I kept him covered for the most part - just threw some fabric over his body.
I do carry him around though, a good many people in my door know my doll by name and get excited when I have him out and about.
I had a friend actually come to my room asking to see my bjd right after we got back from spring break.....she didn't want to see me, she wanted to see my doll! haha.

I figure I have nothing to hide. I hid who I was for a really long time and it sucked, so now I just figure to go full force with who I am and people can love me or hate me and I can be 100% myself with everyone!
And I've noticed that a lot of people love me for it I'm an unbiased nonjudgmental ear that will listen to them.

so my bjd, 4 pullips, and one dal all live in my dorm room at school and for the most part are OK.

Now, when juicy campus was alive and well, there was an ongoing thread about hte "creepy/weird doll owner RA" That bothered me a little. But I figured if the people who were saying crap about me behind my back couldn't say it to my face - they weren't worth my time.

 

I took all my dolls with me to college, and I lived by myself in a single room. Someone broke into my room stole my digital camera, tv, all my memory cards, all the movies (they didn't take and of the cases). The crazy thing is they didn't steal my dolls...thank god! So I wouldn't worry I've found most people have no idea what they are (ie think their weird or creepy) or at least have no idea of the value (both personal and monetary). So there is my thoughts on the subject...

 

I have the same problem with you~But I will still take my doll to the dorm~

 

I'll be going to college after the coming school year, so I might have to live with someone... but I would still take any dolls I had. If I spent so much on them and loved them to death, I would want them with me so I can look at them everyday :3 I would just have to explain to any roommates about it, heheh... but at least if they think I'm creepy they can leave me alone, and I do enjoy alone-time ^^

 

That's really scary!
I sometimes worry about that with my room being on the first floor right by our 3 main entrances (all are card key access with only the residents living in the building have access....but the idiot girls will just let whoever follow them in ), and right at the bottom of the staircase (keep walking straight from from the stairs you walk in my room)
Luckily I have a security camera practically on my door. It's pointed at one of the entrances but it catches my door in it's path.

I once left my door wide open on accident while I went to the mall. I was an hour away from my dorm, so anyone could have just walked in and taken whatever - including but not limited to - 600$ in dolls, 200$ in my little ponies [exclusives, customs, rares, etc it was about 20 ponies or so], a wii, my laptop, a 200$ external hard drive, my sewing machine, my TV (cheap one, but still), and my cd,dvd,game collection, my textbooks.
And worst of all...the key that gets me access to the building master key.
As a resident assistant we are issued what is called a "retainer key" which fits into a lock box in the front office that has the buildings master key in it.

I think the fact of my room being in such an open area and with me being an RA saved me. No one dared go in my room, except my friend who ran into my room, saw I wasn't there and then shut my door but left the dummy lock untripped (so it was still unlocked, but at least it was shut)

I now keep my valuables locked in my closet (which, even if I had a roommate, their key wouldn't open my closet - so anyone who's worried about a roommate and dolls, lock them in your closet if you're closets are like mine) if I'm gone for a long period of time (vacation) But I'm not too worried - if anyone tried to go in my room, I could review camera footage :p

 

Yeah, I'd be afraid of that. I dont have a doll yet though, but still. Hopefully, for my sophmore year I'll be getting a single dorm, but like....if I had a doll and was living like with my room mate from my freshman year, I wouldnt trust her. Once I went home for the weekend and found my guitar stand broken and it looked like she tried to fix it with black duct tape. She did a crappy job of it though. And I remember once she broke the face plate off my xbox360.....she was drinking that night.....so yeah. But if it were my doll.....we'd be fighting.

 

Just today I took Lawrence to school because I HAD to show him to a schoolmate.
Everybody realized that his monetary value is quite high without having to be told. Everyone wanted to see him but some didn't even dare to touch him. Not that it bothered me.
At first I was really worried if my boy would survive that day but he edured it without any problems^^
I'd take him to school again without having to worry

 

Currently, I live at home and commute half an hour to school each morning... But when I -do- move away (I am doing community college now, will transfer in a year and a half to two years) I firmly plan on bringing my dolls... and a Safe. They will come out when I am at home (be it dorm or apartment or just a room), and then they will be put back under lock and key with all my other valuables when I'm not at home. I already do something similar to this at home thanks to my sister's klepto boyfriend, only I just -hide- my things.The plan is to get a safe large enough for my laptop, and as long as I don't get like, 8 dolls in that time, it should be fine. =) Otherwise, I will find other ways to hide them. ^^;

 

I think mekalai has the right idea. For those of you taking your dolls to college, please be very, very careful. A good friend of mine almost had her wooden door kicked in while at school. The guy wasn't even trying to steal anything. He was just being a drunken idiot. She ended up with a foot-sized crater in the door.

 

I brought my dolls to college and that was actually where I had my best photo shoot. It was the beginning of Spring when I took the photos, so they looked very pretty. Also, despite the odd looks you get when carting around your dolls...bringing them to college isn't such a bad idea, especially if you're like me and can't have a room mate...for medical reasons. It gets pretty lonely...