Taking your dolls to school / college?

I think that counts. I like to take my dolls to the office too if I know that it's going to be a slow day. I don't take my dolls with my to classes even though I would love to have them with me there too. I think they would distract me from the lectures. I would take one with me if I needed one for a project though.

 

I have a little BJD at my office to cheer me up. He is small enough to fit inside a cup and could be concealed easily so only my employees and the cleaning people see him. Nymphaea dolls Tit Herbe Dandylion:
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High school was a brutal time. I do not think I would have been safe to bring one to school, especially being a guy and already considered strange for other reasons. But in college people were much more mature and considerate. I think if I had an un painted doll that I was working on painting or modifying, making clothes or armor and weapons for, as an "art project" it would have been considered ok if not quite cool. I was a biology major but I hung out with people who were art majors and took jewelry making, pottery, and painting classes as electives so I think customizing a BJD would have fit in. I would have had to made sure that it was seen as a project and not me just playing with dolls. I would hope that it would be even less of an issue for a female college student. But of course, those were the 1980s and BJDs had not been invented yet.

 

Back when i only had 1 doll (msd size) i brought him with me everywhere. Including school and yes he sat in my lap all of class. I went to a total to 3 different high schools and he was allowed in all 3. I brought him atleast twice a week on average. Alooot of people thought i was weird and i became label "the girl with the doll" but it also helped me make friends with the few that were interested in him. he had alittle fan club in each school and one teacher even called him her favorite student. Also eventually the name callers would get used to him/bored with my unresponsiveness to their bullying efforts.
Once i got my second doll (msd) they both stopped leaving the house. So I never really got to bring them to college. I do find my YoSD irresistably easy to travel with. I'v brought them to college 2 or 3 times and no one ever seems to notice them.
When I get my SD though hes never leaving the house. (Except for meets of course).
also my roommate doesnt mind my dolls. She says they're fine as long as i keep them in their boxes under my bed and not like displayed somewhere in our room. College students tend to look from further away and with less interest.

but that all said i think its worth mentioning that my first baby is completely ruined from all the travelling. Hes had more falls then i can count and people would sometime grab him from me and run away (and i of course beat the crap out of them). Hes got yellowing, chips, stains and scratches. So while it was a fun filled experience for me, i wouldn't advise it. Just for the sake of preserving the dolls quality and if u dont deal well with bullies (which if u couldn't tell don't phase me xD).
If i could go back in time and do it all over I definitely wouldn't have brought him so often. But i'd bring him atleast once for the experience.

 

I used to take my MSD girl and puki with me on occasion throughout high school. There were a few of us doll fans, and one teacher who was also a fan. We had a pretty cute set up going in that teacher's classroom, so we would all bring them in and let our dollies "socialize" with each other while we went to class. They were kept under our teachers watchful eye without incident for the four years that we brought them in. Sometimes she would arrange them in humorous ways, my favourite being the exam panic-state setup we had during finals month.

I now have my own Spa room at my workplace, and almost always have my Puki Mary hidden amongst the lotions and nail polishes. None of my clients have noticed yet, but my coworkers and boss have become quite fond of her.

 

I live alone so worrying about dolls and college is moot, but I would have never taken any dolls with me to high school. People at my school knew I was weird and totally nerdy and they accepted me despite all the strange things I took interest in and that I didn't enjoy a lot of things they did. Hanging out after school, partying in Mexico on the weekends, etc etc. I feel a large part of the reason people were willing to get to know me and learn that I'm a human being like anyone else is because I didn't go around parading my eccentricities. I never hid my interest in anything and would be quite candid about them if anyone chose to ask (I'm not ashamed of what I like or who I am.) but at the same time, I chose not to purposefully paint a target on my own back. I gave them a chance to get to know me first, then my hobbies. Not the other way around. Bringing an extremely expensive toy to school would have completely underminded that, because then it's not me who they see first- they'd see a giant towering piece of resin hanging off the desk or sticking out of my backpack.

...Social interaction problems aside, my school was pretty harsh on non-school related items on campus unless it was lunchtime or before the school bell rang at 8:10 am. If they caught sight of a cellphone/video game/anything that could serve as a distraction to yourself and others they'd take it and hold it until after school. The first time, that is- and your parents/guardian had to come pick them up. 2nd time they'd hold it until the end of the school year. Especially cellphones. My school staff took great pride in being rated as the best school in the area academically and they wanted to keep it that way.

 

I usually have 5-6 dolls with me at one time when I am living at the dorms.

 

I wouldn't recommend it because they might hurt him or draw on him just to posts you off.

 

I brought my YoSD out with me (across most of a continent) for this winter semester. I knew what one (potentially out of three, actually out of two) was like, and the windows were always locked anyway, so I felt fine in doing it. We each had individual rooms that could be locked but never really were because of convenience, so on the off chance that a roommate did damage my doll, I could have retaliated pretty quickly.

For the most part though I just quietly freaked them out about him first, and they never reacted to him again. I would have brought him out this semester too, because he was really nice to have around while I was going through some health issues, except I'm traveling internationally this semester and couldn't bring anything extraneous.

So I think it really depends on the environment you're bringing your dolls into. If you feel safe doing it, then feel free to do it. I'm pretty sure I or a friend brought a BJD to high school once and nothing bad came of it, either.

 

I have brought one of my MSD's into university before but I am on an art course only two people thought she was creepy. None of them touched her they just looked I think it depends on the level of education you are in and what course you are on.

 

Oh god I would never ;A; I don't even take my dolls outside!It would make me so anxious >A<

 

Hello everyone! I don't know if this thread has already been made, and if so feel free to let me know/delete this one!

Anyway! So I go to college out of state (here in the united states), and it's a car ride away (four or five hours). Of course my dorm room is considerably smaller than my room at home, and I was wondering what people did in a situation like that. Of course I would love to have all my dolls with me, but I feel like that wouldn't be a smart decision, for numerous reasons:

1. Small small room that I have to live in
2. The constant fear of the sprinklers going off accidentally (it never has happened to me, but it can always happen and then the water is seriously damaging)
3. I probably wouldn't have anything to do with them/where to take them or something
4. I don't want anyone to take him, I've never had anyone steal anything from me. But the fear is lingering when I live in a dormitory because there are so many people around always.

I was just wondering what peoples thoughts were!

 

I would be concerned about theft and also your roommate's friends messing around with them when you're not there. If it were me I'd leave them home where they'll be safe.

Good luck to you!

 

Well I'm not in college, I'm in school for the navy, but it's a pretty similar set up. I have roommates, room inspections, and a tiny room. It is a hazard, but I just put mine away when I'm not in the room. Also, there is insurance you can get to cover your dolls. Renters insurance. I fully intend to get it for my girls.


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I would be concerned about that, but I live in a single room, so no one else is in my room besides myself. And there are also room checks, but we are alerted to them before they happen!

Yeah, for me I am just wondering more specifically about if people usually bring them all or just one or two faves.

 

areazel - I recommend getting a large opaque plastic tote (or glass kitchen canister, if you have a smaller non-resin doll such as Pullip which could react badly to plastic surfaces.) The top should close and click securely. That would offer enough protection from water, air, impact, and light damage.
Keep your doll wrapped in a clean white sheet or bubblewrap in the bottom, and keep lightweight and less valuable goods on top. (I recommend lots of packets of ramen noodles! mmmm~) People aren't likely to snoop unless you have an exceedingly nosey / drug addict of a roommate who is looking for pills (happened to my college boyfriend!)

Get to know your room / housemates first, of course. Every person's living arrangements will be different when it comes to college..
I was lucky and had very good roommates all throughout! My major mistake was actually in being gone from my parents' home for 4 years, only to learn that they had rather quickly thrown away or donated a lot of my personal items which I hadn't taken with me! The logic being, of course, if I didn't want it at school with me, I didn't want it at all anymore. =__=
Luckily I lost nothing as pricy as a BJD, but some unique and personally sentimental stuff is gone forever because I wasn't able to watch over it.

So, uh, know what you're up against.. but if there is a material good (doll, clothing, or anything!) that you would be really heartbroken to come home to not find, the only way to hang onto it for certain is to keep it in your personal custody!

 

UNI: i would bring my dolls, keep the in a cupboard in my room unless my roommate was cool with it and then i would display her somewhere nice.

WORK: in the future i recon i would bring one or two small bjd's to work, i plan to be in game design or development and if i had an office i recon it would be cool to have my dolls their as inspiration for my work. hehe

 

I commented a while back but I figured I'd toss a couple more cents in anyway.

I really regret not bringing my YoSD. I had a bunch of mental health issues this semester and it was difficult to get in contact with people to help with it. Last semester I at least had him as something to touch/work on/talk to because talking to inanimate objects is better than nothing. Lesson learned; I'm going to bring a doll with me when I come back in January. Although I'm not sure if it'll be him or if I'll bring out my new tiny... Hm...

 

If I considered living on campus, then yes I would most likely bring one doll to stay with me. It would depend on my roommates though. If I left my dorm, I certainly wouldn't leave her out in the open in case someone did get access to the room (for cleaning, etc.)

 

I'm going into senior year of high school right now and I'm a little worried about this to be honest... I just hope I get an understanding roommate if I live on campus o.o

 

I didn't own my BJDs in college, but I did take my fashion dolls and some handmade cloth dolls, as well as some other valuables, like my computer, tv and jewelry. My roommate and I weren't the best of friends, but we did respect each other's property, and neither she nor friends ever bothered my dolls. Our dorm was so tiny, we couldn't even unstack the bunk beds, so we very rarely ever invited anybody to the room anyway.

I would say maybe start out taking your smallest doll, and if you can, always keep it with you for the first week or so until you can sort of get a feel for your roommate and be sure you both agree on boundaries. I also kept a very large trunk in my closet, and it had a lock on it, so if I needed to, I could have put anything of value in it when I left the room. I ended up never needing to do that, but it was there, just in case.