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Things your family cannot stand about BJDs

Jan 27, 2015

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    1. Yeah that's true, I see what you mean. I guess it's just when they asked you "why do you like them?" and stuff like that and I feel I can't justify it. But then again, like you say it's not like I have to! As long as I'm not getting myself into debt over it I don't see what's wrong with it. Especially if it makes us happy.
       
      #81 Viivi, Mar 29, 2015
    2. My mom in the beginning was pretty confused and surprised that I dress up my boy girly and give him girl clothes.


      But now she accepts it and likes it. When she always sees the photo's I made after photographing him, she finds them beautiful. But I think I have kinda the benefit that my brother is gay and dresses up like a dragqueen sometimes so, it wasn't really surprising for her.


      She now also understands that I'm more into homosexual couples, finding them more fascinating than heterosexual couples.



      The only thing which bothers her, is how much they/everything costs xD.



      But I think you should do whatever you wanna do. Pretty boys are nice! Do whatever makes you happy and not to satisfy them because in the end, you won't get happy from that.
       
      #82 YuuxSan, Mar 29, 2015
    3. ......my bf doesn't like giving them space to spread out. He wants them in the closet. Lol, funny. But yeah, I hate that but gotta keep a happy home.
       
      #83 racoondevil, Mar 30, 2015
    4. hahaha all. Mama feels like entering a spooky castle when she comes into the rooms I got my dolls. She can not understand this hobby. For me it combines 3: sewing, photographing and wrting. Which other hobby can do this? I don't know G*
       
      #84 greeneyed-soul, Mar 30, 2015
    5. My dolls are pretty much hidden away most of the time (YOSD and SD) so there aren't a lot of people who know about them. I think my current partner and his children are the only ones. The family-in-law always makes fun of me when the kids talk about my dolls. I don't care to talk about my beautiful treasures with them so I usually sit there looking embarassed to try and make them stop.

      My partner often 'jokes' about me being childish (not just because of my BJD) and it actually hurts my feelings a lot. I don't think he realizes this because he's actually pretty supportive on the other side. He doesn't like me purchasing them (because of the price and the fact they keep multiplying) but once they arrive he's almost just as curious as I am. I hope I'll be able to snag a tiny doll in the future that I don't have to keep hidden all the time. I'm not sure if he finds them creepy in one way or another but he did ask me not to leave the SD in the room at night unless she's boxed.
       
      #85 Siara, Mar 30, 2015
    6. Haha yeah I definitely think the main thing seems to be that people don't understand why one would spend so much money on such a thing. But I guess you could say that about any hobby really!
       
      #86 Viivi, Mar 30, 2015
    7. It's a bounce between that's too expensive and they look too real
      If I let my mom ever know how much these dolls are she would poo her knickers. Even as an adult if I let her know I bought something for say 5 dollars but it wasn't something important per say, she would tell me all the things wrong with the purchase. So imagine her figuring these dolls are hundreds of dollars
       
      #87 LYCHGATE, Apr 22, 2015
    8. My wife complains about:

      1. The cost.
      2. The space.

      She used to complain about how much time I spent dressing, sewing, setting them up- but then I started playing WOW (World of Warcraft) and was entirely obsessed and addicted. Once I recovered and turned back to dolls, she has been fairly good about not complaining or shaming me.
       
      #88 Galacticat, Apr 22, 2015
    9. I know right?!?!? My mom is the same with clothes,shoes and purses!!!!! She loves to buy Coach, go to Northstrums and spent a crap-ton on her things but when it comes to me spending a lot of money on dolls? She gos nuts!!!!(Although she is getting a bit better) And the thing is she would be perfectly fine if I went and blew that much money at the mall in one sitting because" I get what I payed for right then and there". When I told her I was going to buy a second one she flipped. We fought for two weeks over that until we agreed that I woud do a layaway insteed out paying in full. That was four months ago. Next month I am buying two Lati Yellows and I have told her and showed her the dolls I am going to buy and she seems ok with it but then again she was the same way until I went through with it.....lets hope for the best!
       
      #89 SmilesEvily, May 4, 2015
    10. Price and the fact that they're dolls, then again I've never owned one or even talked about them much, so maybe I don't have much say in this :XD: but now I think my dad likes i more because it gets me doing more things then just siting on the couch addicted to YouTube. :sweat
       
      #90 cocopopx3, May 5, 2015
    11. I think I'm like with most people here, the problem they have is the price which is why they don't ask and I don't tell them lol all they know is that they're expensive. Oh but mum does have the issue that I don't have enough space and I shouldn't get so many.
       
      #91 narurin, May 6, 2015
    12. My mom is always pointing out how all my dolls are dressed better than myself :sweat I'm simple with my wardrobe while she is a fashion lover. She has like 30 shoes/boots/high heels, designer bags, and lots of dresses while I only like/have jeans, shirts and a pair of sneakers. I'm not girly nor do I care for what's in but she wants me to be like her. So, she is always saying things like "why don't you dress like you dress your dolls?", "instead of spending money on doll clothes why don't you spend it on yourself...you need to change style".

      But it is not like she hates them, she actually like my dolls.^^
       
      #92 yumi~, May 6, 2015
    13. I think my parents are creeped out. Especially because my dolls are rather exaggerated in character. I think sometimes they worry that the elaborate characters says something more about me than the dolls themselves.
       
      #93 americanseamstress, May 6, 2015
    14. My dad doesn't like how realistic they are sometime. Not to mention, just how much money I am willing to spend on them. :XD:
       
      #94 ikittycat, May 6, 2015
    15. They can't stand the price, or should I say, the money I spend on them.
       
      #95 yuan_mdx, May 6, 2015
    16. my parents can't stand the price ... and my brothers can't really stand any type of doll .. because he thinks dolls are creepy ...:pout:
       
      #96 soralimit, May 6, 2015
    17. when i got back into the hobby at the start of the year my dad hated it, he didn't even want me to talk about my doll's in his presence he thought they where a waste of money, but when waiting for my Iplehouse shane to
      arrive we got to talking and slowly over the last couple of months he's become so much more encouraging and okay with this hobby. he even gave me the money to buy my Iplehouse Bliss.
      he told me that the reason he's become much more okay with the hobby is because he has seen how much joy and happiness these dolls give me. :)
       
      #97 shiro1kyo, May 6, 2015
    18. The price that the doll costs, my dad can't stand lol
       
      #98 Crimsincuttie, May 8, 2015
    19. If any of them have an issue with my dolls or this hobby then they are great at hiding it.
      My boyfriend, though, hates the price. And he wants character bjd, like Chi from chobits, but doesn't understand that he would have to put some work into it to get what he wants out of it.
       
      #99 jessimer, May 9, 2015
    20. Price.Dolls are too expensive for my parents tastes (Despite the fact that they have expensive tastes when it comes to collecting too! XD)
       
      #100 Ivis, May 9, 2015
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