Taking your dolls to school / college?

I currently go to a university around 30 miles away from home...
I only have my tiny Hujoo Suve, but he tends to lie around in my jacket pocket while I'm at school and in class. I live at one of my best friend's houses, so, if I don't think it's a good idea to take him to class, I just leave him sitting in one of my hats. =w=

My entire Playwriting class knows that I'm into dolls; they don't make fun of me or anything. One or two make jokes about it being scary, but the rest are open-minded enough to ask about them and even say they're pretty. =3 I was actually surprised by how many people in my classes are alright with, and even want to meet, my doll(s).

Buuut, it rains a lot here. =-= So, rainy days keep my Eian at my buddy's house and in my hat. =w=

 

all of my doll is in my dormitory.i have three roommates.they are very kind and have their own hobby.we respect each other a lot.
but there are all kinds of people in my college.that's the reason why i never brought my doll out.and as you all know,chinese is very traditional.older people such as my teacher may ragard dolls as a sigh of "unlucky".it's also very wired to some of my classmates.

 

I'm going off to college in a few months and I fully intend to bring at least one of my girls with me, if not all of them. I can't imagine being there without them. They're so important to me, that being two hours away from them is a terrifying concept. First, because they just mean a lot to me. And second, because I can't keep family and my brother's friends out of my room, thus I can't guarantee their constant safety while I'm away. At the very least, Chitose will be with me at college. Hopefully I end up rooming with my friend because she already knows about my hobby. Otherwise, I'll try to explain it to whoever I room with, keep her hidden, or keep her in my boyfriend's room because I know he'll have a room to himself and I know she'd be safe with him.

 

I attend University in a town a good 440km away from home (or eight+ hours of travelling by bus if you will) I have all my dolls with me in the house where I stay (we don't have dorms or anything like that here) and get one or two along with me when I move back home for Christmas/easter/summer vacations. I suppose because i spend the better part of the year there I'll only move all my dolls at once when i return for good.

 

I wrote an essay for my school (university) where I brought up the subject of dolls (I think I wrote something about hobbie, and that BJDs are expensive and not like Barbie).
My whole class had to read the essay and many of them were really interested, because they had never heard of such things (my teacher almost thought I had made her up since she sounded so mythological).

I thought of bringing her to next class, but I don't own a carrier yet, and her head is a little stained by the wig, so I don't play with her as often now, until she has gotten a wig cap.

In ways I regret not bringing her to school, that could have been fun.

 

My apartment is already full of very quirky people; I'm just another addition to the fold of utter crazy. XD One apartmentmate is indifferent and the other two find my dolls cute. All of my friends tend to find my dolls adorable and one of my friends even has her own. I guess weird in the company of weird seems normal...

 

I am off to college this year and I WILL bring my dolls. They will stay safely in my dorm and have all sorts of fun trashing my stuff, I'm sure. If my roommate doesn't like them, she needn't look at them (I will try to compromise, but the bottom line is that they are staying). They won't kill her, and if she thinks they will, she can go see a therapist about it. I am sick and tired of peoples over-dramatic reactions fed by the mass media. (Get real people-- a chunk of plastic isn't going to saunter over to you while you slumber and slit your throat... )

 

Its funny, I remember reading this thread last year before I went to school and stressing about this issue. I was worried about how'd my roommate would react, where'd I'd put them, if they'd get messed up, etc.
So I didn't bring my girls for the first 5 weeks of school. I discovered that my room mate was a super cool girl, and that people didn't come in my room enough for her getting inadvertently damaged to be an issue. My room mate is really cool about it and is genuinely interested. It turned out to be a good situation.

 

Luckily, my roommate is into anime and video games, so she was already familiar with the concept of BJDs when we met. I didn't bring my OT doll to school until a month or so into the year; my roomie is completely cool with it. She even knits outfits for my girls and took the pictures for my box opening of Nissh! I don't have to worry about leaving them out because if she did touch them or move them, she would do it with care. I'm really lucky to have such an awesome roommate

 

Thankfully I had gotten into BJDs when I was living in one-person dorm room. By the time I got my first BJD, it was summer, and in the fall I moved into an apartment with my boyfriend. I met him in high school, and now we're seniors in college. He doesn't mind them in the least, I ask him for dolly advice all the time I couldn't imagine living with someone I didn't know with my dolls, however. I only had a roommate when I was a freshman, and she was really pissy. She hated my beta fish, so I can't imagine how she would react to a doll. She also had weird people in and out all the time, and I don't trust drunk people around $300+ dolls!

My Advice: Tell your roommate how expensive the dolls are upfront. Ask them to be careful. Tell your roommate to make sure guests are respectful of them if you're not there. Remember, bringing them is a risk. My boyfriend's roommate got drunk and decided his fish could use some alcohol in their tank. Well, they were dead when we got back from Thanksgiving break, since fish don't drink Fish are fairly easy to replace. Dolls, not so much. People get crazy and reckless, so I would recommend bringing their box along to store them if you're leaving for an extended period of time (especially during the weekend).

 

I've been thinking about this as well, although I don't have a doll just yet. As I'm going to be ordering my doll soon, I've been debating whether or not I should bring her to my dorm since I will be there for the whole week and possibly some weekends. Plus, since I will be sophomore in college, I will be moving into a dorm where I will be getting my own room (four people to a dorm, but each have their own room that has a lockable door). I figure I'll probably just bring her and lock her in my room, but I'm sure my mom will protest to that and carry on about how expensive she is, etc. Of course, this means I will need to find a bag to put her in and keep her safe. But I agree with others: if you're sharing a room with other people, warn them before you just bring your dollie as it's expensive and some people think dolls are creepy. But it's up to you whether you think it's safe or not.

 

Personally, I wouldn't bring my dolls away with me to school unless I fully knew and trusted my room mate. Even then, you don't know who your room mate will have over and how they'll behave. My suite mates used to leave their doors unlocked and things would occasionally get stolen in our building so I wouldn't have felt safe with my dolls there. If you do intend to bring them then talk to your room mate about what they mean to you and how expensive they are, also how important it is to keep the door locked, haha.
But when it comes down to it, you know best and I totally understand wanting to have your dolls with you.

 

I started collecting dolls when I got out of school, so I didn't have the chance to bring them with me to school. Had I started when I was in school, I don't think I would bring them either, at least not to my dorm. I rarely stay in the dorm, and spent most of my time outside. And my roommates had lots of friends coming over everyday. I won't feel safe letting my doll stay there when I'm not at the dorm. I would worry too much. But if I could, I wish I could bring my dolls with me to my school, especially for pictures.

 

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I loved this, couldn't have said it better myself!!

 

Hey guys! I'm moving to campus living at the end of August, and I'm excited! However, one of the things I'm most nervous about is bringing my dolls with me. I only have one right now, but another is on the way. I'm nervous about my roommate with them, and stuff like that. But I don't want to leave them at home, either What do you guys think?

 

I had mine delived to me on campus. My room mate never bothered my boy and just kind of ignored him. Trust me, its better to bring them with you, because you will also feel guilty if you do. I couldn't stop worrying when I left him at home for a while.

 

Thank you! Yeah. I'd much rather bring them with me. I guess I'm mostly worried about what my roommate will think! But oh well, I guess.

 

You'll miss your doll if you don't bring him! I'm pretty sure that the pain of missing him will be greater than your room-mate thinking it's funny or weird! Who knows maybe they'll like BJDs too. Always think positively!

 

I didn't realize this was already a thread-oops! anyway though, I think I am going to bring my dolls. My mother is actually on campus police where I will be going to school, so if any of them get stolen, I know who to go to! lol x3

 

I am extremely lucky in that I live on a specialty hall of otaku. Not all of them find dolls as interesting as I do, but they're all at least very accepting and respectful about it! My roommate next year has seemed pretty neutral-positive on the sculpts I was showing when I was debating which doll I wanted, so that bodes well also. I'm definitely bringing my boy with me next year (as long as I can figure out how to safely transport him through air travel... maybe he'll just have to be my carry on bag?)