The most supportive

for me its my mom and my grandma ^_^ my dad dosent care what i spend my money on as long as I'm responsiable about it my mom supports anything that makes me happy and my grandma is the one that got me started collecting dolls i have a huge ceramic doll collection thanks to her and she thought these were so neat because I can actualy do things with them and they dont have to just sit on my shelf like my other dolls

 

My mother is extremely opposed to my dolls, and once threatened to smash my favorite.

My housemate, Carrie, is the greatest, she is so supportive, and generous, she will drive me to doll meets ( I hate to drive) and keeps buying me dollie goodies, and since she is a silver smith she even makes me doll jewelry, extraordinarily beautiful things. I am so lucky to share a house with such an amazingly kind, generous person.

My older sister doesn't get it, but is very tolerant: I occasionally have dolls shipped to her home, since she is always home to sign for packages, and I am always at work.

My younger brother's reaction to seeing one of my doll's for the first time was hilarious, he was like ," Wow! What T & A ! Do you think she'd date me?!"

The women in my knitting group insist that I bring along any new doll I get, so they can see her, so my dolls go out to dinner with us to Panera pretty often. They are so sweet and supportive. They make my dolls booties, and mittens, and hats. They are very kind. They are almost as fascinated by doll shoes as I am.

 

My parents haven't said much, but I'm pretty sure they think it's a waste of money and time, lol. Which is ridiculous on my Dad's part because he spends so much on his bicycles. The most supportive so far is my grandmother, who seems really interested in how I'm making BJDs from clay. Other than them, no one really knows.

 

I know very few supportive people. Most people who ask me about my bjds are either appalled by the price or don't understand why someone my age would want a doll. Especially my dad. He has a very hostile attitude toward the entire hobby, can't remember their names (he has called my Rodya "Rogaine" before, on purpose) and is constantly exaggerating the prices and telling me I'm stupid for preferring bjds over cars and electronics and junk. I can't really trust him around them either. Two minutes into meeting my first bjd and he stepped on his foot. I just about died, but tried not to say anything. He told me when I got my first bjd he would be "sitting on a shelf collecting dust in six months." Rodya is just a week away from his first birthday, just got a new faceup, and now has a brother and a girlfriend.
But on the upside, the two most supportive people in my life are definitely my mom and my best friend! They give my bjds presents on holidays, comment and critique my photos, and even help me with shoots! They talk about my dalls with 'he's and 'she's rather than calling them 'it's. It meas so much to me that at least not everbody thinks I'm weird and childish.

 

No one in my family is particularly supportive.

My dolls and everything that goes along with them have essentially taken over my room, this bother's my mom. My sister simply doesn't understand, they might as well be Barbies and my dad is more interested in sports-related hobbies like cards and memorabilia. None of my immediate family show interest in knowing my dolls or collection, I wish they did.

My boyfriend has more knowledge of my collection but he's sort of indifferent towards it. If he were to ask me what I wanted for my birthday, Christmas or anniversary and I asked for something doll related he would get annoyed. I also haven't met anyone in my area who's into BJDs, I would really like to find someone in real life I could talk to about BJD related things.

 

My husband is very supportive & as long as the bills are paid & there's food going in our mouths, he's happy for me to buy dolls

 

Most of my family don't find the idea of dolls being a good hobby. In fact, they steer away from the idea. It's not that they avoid it, but they just have no interest. The one most supportive is my friend. Of course, both who have dolls and don't all want to pitch in to help me. Haha! It's really nice.
I believe, though, that my mum will end up supporting me a lot more. She is just hesitant because of the price for the dolls. She'll warm up eventually.

 

My mom is the most supportive of my hobby, she's even bought me some as presents. She loves that they make me happy and have really helped with my characterization skills. My mom is the only one who knows how much my resin buds cost and thats how it's going to stay. My sister tries to be neutral on the subject, but she's convinced my dolls are possessed and keeps telling me to sell them... So she's probably the least supportive.

 

My fiance is the most supportive, though my mum is a close second. Today I casually mentioned to my fiance that when I get some of my inheritance from my dad selling his home (and giving me and my brother a quarter of the profit) I'd be upping my doll total from one to four in one go and he just nodded and said "it's your money, go for it". He loves watching me sew for Clara and though he doesn't understand why I think certain outfits wouldn't suit her (she's too demure) he doesn't call me crazy for believing it.
My mum was the second person to hold Clara when I got her and she was in awe of her and loves seeing what I've sewn for her. When I tell her about dolls I want she lets me chatter on without saying anything and is very supportive.

 

My Gramma is the most supportive, family wise...but my mom is pretty cool with the hobby as well. My gramma is the one who will point out doll sized things to me, or bring stuff to me that is perfect for my dolls. My mom just likes looking at my dolls, but recently has been wanting me to show her some places that sell dolls, as she is thinking of getting herself one.

Then of course, there are my friends in the doll meets!! But I don't know if that counts as they are all super supportive and we're all just bonded together. lol

 

My siblings have said almost nothing about them, which is odd considering we all take any opportunity to poke fun at each other, and I know my mom doesn't particularly like them but she's never outright opposed me having them; at first she thought they were ridiculous expensive, but now she doesn't even blink at the prices and it's sort of a "you enjoy them and it's your money, so do what you want" thing. My dad's probably the most supportive. He collects expensive music facsimiles so even though it's a different hobby, I think he understands the appeal in spending a lot of money on something other people just don't get. Though I don't think he quite understands the sentimental aspect of owning a doll because he keeps coming up with ways I could buy and sell them for a profit lol

 

Hmm... it's hard to say. Probably my boyfriend. He understands they make me happy. He also said he would buy me one but I usually have more money(we're both college students so money is rare). He helped me pick the skin color of my first doll and the name of my second. He just doesn't like the price, but who does? I just put a MNF fullset Rix on layaway. If you don't know, he's $635 with out shipping. I told him that and he just stared at me like I was crazy. Even with that he understands it's my money and I'm free to do what I want with it. But he'll sneak in "you should save your money" every once in a while. I don't mind, it shows he cares about my future. And before someone thinks he wants my money for himself, he won't even let me buy him a drink.

 

For me it would have to be my family,especially my parents. When I told my mom about them, she didn't question it and she was very supportive and even got me my first doll as a Christmas present! My dad is one that will supportive me in anything I do, but he was a little weirded out, but then realized this is something I enjoy doing. The rest of my family are supportive too, I think. I say that because I feel like when I bring my doll up they just play along, but don't say anything negative about it, so I guess that is good? I rarely bring my doll up anymore for that reason, I guess haha. The only people who don't like them is my sister and my boyfriend. My sister just won't look at them,price isn't an issue with her, just the doll itself. Although she doesn't say anything negative about em so it doesn't me hurt or anything. My boyfriend is just afraid of dolls, but he understands my love for my dolls and is slowly getting use to them being there. He doesn't say anything negative about them, but the telling him the price he just gets shocked I spend that much, but then just accepts it and supportive me in my hobby as he does too spend a lot of money for things. All in all I am happy that the people I know around me support me in my doll hobby and have yet to come across a negative nancy, even then oh well! I love my dolls and nothing can stop me from doing so!

 

In my. Case I don't have anyone who supports my hobby except my fellow doll lovers and some friends my family thinks my dolls are weird and well in the town I'm in when they see them o get so e positive comments and a lot of negative ...


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My dad seems to be supportive of it. He likes action figures and comic books. He's even willing to help me get one. My mom doesn't like the price though. My cousin doesn't get it but she's a tomboy so... But my grandma thinks they're cheaply made. Haha wut? Yep $600+ for doll, must be crap. My aunt, uncle and other cousins are very supportive because my mom showed them pictures of doll images I saved on my iPad ( mostly dollfie dreams).

 

When my husband died I retired from work and so although I have four sons I am quite alone at home. I have collected quite a few Bjd's I post pics of clothes I make on fb I was recently really surprised when after being invited to go to one of my son's school reunion he asked me to bring one of the dolls. This delighted me because he really likes what I do I had never discussed them with him. Another of my son's is really supportive too just because they make me happy, the youngest is tolerant but not really interested only the oldest really dislikes them and can't understand my fascination at all. I am old nearly 70 now initially bought them because I love sewing it means I am never bored. I do worry though that strangers might think I am senile.

 

Sticking to immediate family, my younger sister seems to like them, but not interested enough to have any of her own. She asks me questions about them and knows enough from my chatter to distinguish what an SD, MSD, and YoSD are. haha~ XD

 

That would have to be my husband and my mother. They are both very supportive. My mom and I both love dolls and she has collected a small amount of barbies for awhile. Once my first BJD arrives next month I bet she will want one too.

 

I don't live with my family and dolls aren't really something we talk about when I do meet with my mom, dad, or brother. However, everyone was always tolerant of my doll-collecting when I did live at home (I've been into dolls my whole life, so we're not specifically talking BJDs here). My dad is a huge collector of luxury items himself so he probably "gets" the hobby the best, whereas my mom had dolls as a girl so she understands the appeal more. I would never invite my dad or brother to anything doll-related, but I've often thought my mom would probably enjoy going to a BJD convention just to look at the pretties and spend time with me.

 

I have a good friend I met through work that supports my hobby, we both liked Blythe dolls so that was the initial spark that lit the fire. I had been eyeing bjd's for years, though, ad weather anyone else liked them or not didn't really matter much. When I go on little hiking trails or walks through wooded public parks I like to bring my mom or a friend with me and in return they get an entertaining afternoon of my trying to get some good pictures of my dolls.