Taking your dolls to school / college?

I only have one doll. A Littlefee ante Elf. I use her as a photography subject. I love all photography of BJDs I'm nervous about taking her to college but I'd rather her be with me than 12 hrs. Away from me. I'm fortunate though to be going to a college tat only has 2,000 kids. I would ever take her to class if I was asked to do so. I do plan to have many a photoshoot with her though.

 

Despite that I have said in this thread earlier I took my Sayuri to school. School year was almost over at that time but I? still couldn't take as much photos as I would I have liked. Teachers and students kept walking around. >.> I managed to make few shots but I wish I could have better photos...

 

I got my first girl while I was in my freshman (second semester) of college. She mainly stayed in her box, but I would take her out and leave her on the empty bed sometimes. My suitemate never really saw her, so I can't say if she was freaked out or not. I'm moving into a single apartment later this summer, so I won't have to worry about introducing Whes to any new people!

 

I want to take my girls with me to school some days. (i live at home and drive to school) So its not like im ever away from them for a long time, but i wouldn't mind the pretty company~
Especially next semester im taking so many art classes @.@ they might be a good subject lol

 

this sept i'll be starting college and i've already moved into my room
i'll be having roommates in sept since its still august o.o

i still dunno how wil they react to this xD

 

Would never take a doll to school or college. They are too precious to me.

Even if you trust your roommate, you can't say the same about his/her friends.

 

I took my 63 cm girl to high school one day with me! ^_^

I wouldn't say that all the people at my HS are nice, but I try to treat others the way I want to be treated so people are generally nice to me, even though I'm really different from them.

For my public speaking class, we had to do a demonstration speech, so I taught them how to change a doll's eyes. They were all really shocked when I popped her wig and head cap off! I think they liked my girl, and some people (even the boys) asked to touch her hand or hold her, so I let them. (Under my watchful eye of course).

Overall, it was a good experience, but I don't think I would have been as comfortable if I didn't have an "excuse" to bring her. ^^;;

 

well, it's been ages since i finished high school, but i do remember it as being a very wild place. stuff was never safe there...i can't remember the lot of times i took something with me and it got home in pieces. or it never made it home at all..... a lot of highschoolers are veeeeryyyyyyy immature and mean. imagine what they would do to your doll just for fun and showing off. not to mention the way they would treat you and make fun of you because "you are still playing with dolls" in their eyes, i mean, hello, even college people can be very immature, and some are very mean. i would not recommend you to take your doll to school, in the worst case scenario it could get stolen. that would be very sad

 

mmmm... no, no i dont think so, at least i wont do it, by how things were when i was in school... nop never ever in life, it would have been disastrous!

 

I bought my dolls to college Its an Art college though, so I think they'll get along fine

Also, I got a single dorm for the SOLE purpose that I won't have to worry about a roommate messing with them. I'm excited to see what people will think when they see them, hopefully all good things

 

Honestly, the first bjd I saw in person was in college. I have a tight knit group of friends who are on the nerdy side and we tend to adopt freshman in.
One freshman just happened to photographing her doll in the student lounge and we started talking. There were a few glances, but most students are so caught up in their studies most people didn't even notice.

I'm going to be a senior this year with a private bedroom, and I doubt my freshman suite mates will make fun of me when I buy a doll. I've earned my dues and honestly I don't really care if people judge me.

 

What kind of occasions would be most decent/suitable to bring forward the dolls? Because just bringing the dolls there are many problems, 1) no one knows what dollfies are 2) they are expensive dolls that aren't meant to be rough by exposing to the outdoors all day nor being played by other people 3) isn't it weird to bring them up suddenly 4) very heavy 5) too obvious as it is so big it is weird 6) risk of damages as it is not stored in safe places like home

 

I brought mine twice--once during a non-school day to shoot and another time during a small meet with a schoolmate who also had a doll. It was okay for me to bring him then because we just stayed in our org's office where bothersome people don't have access.

 

I would never bring my bjd to college or school, even if I had a friend that likes dolls to or something like that, simply because.... no.

I will quote what Lelite said, simply because it's the pure truth for me:

 

I bring my dolls almost everywhere if there is a meeting but I don't show them around very much, expecially when I'm alone, because I feel a little embarassed. The whole thing changes if I'm with friends: sometimes we sit in a park or cafeteria with our dolls nonchalantly exposed, and the best thing is that people ask about the dolls and compliment to us XD
I took them at university one or two times, because I had a meeting after my lessons and I showed them to curious friends and professors and they liked them very much^^
But consider that I studied japanese and a lot of my collegues and teachers are otakus in their own way, so no wonder they all liked my dolls... a friend of mine also wrote her graduation thesis about BJDs and the teacher who was following her was enthusiast XD

 

I've actually been bringing my YoSD-sized girl to school with me lately. I don't stay in a dorm, so I can't quite bring my SD-sized girl around too often. I still get a kick out of how amused college students are with dolls. :P

 

My two girls are at college with me, granted one is a tiny and one is even tinier. It makes sense to have them in my dorm room because they are such a source of stress relief. I might even consider bringing one to class, because my college has such a kind and respectful community, but I'm nervous because I wouldn't want to put it in my backpack. I would never, ever have brought my dolls to high school... as question-askers have said, too many idiots, I can definitely see high schoolers grabbing one and playing keep-away, or harshly judging me.

 

I've thought about this, since I'll be sending myself off out of state soon. I've decided to bring mine, but the majority of the time they will be in their boxes. I get awfully bored and will need them to customize and the like, and I really don't care if my roommate has a problem with it. Of course I'll be courteous (especially if they're irrationally afraid of dolls or something and I'll work while they're away/asleep), but we're different people and will inevitably do things that the other doesn't like.

And if they make fun of me, they make fun of me. If they steal/damage my property... I know how to and will take care of it.

 

I would take her with me everyday but because I'm an art major and we get very dirty I can't.

 

I just want to ask, for you college students who are living at your college's dormitories and live with your dolls there, how is it? Any negative experiences? Do you feel it's safe or unsafe for such a doll to be in a shared dorm? etc?

I'm going to have to be living in dorms starting next fall (and coming home on weekends) and I'd like to hear any stories/advice