Treat dolls like children, friend, or simply just as an inanimate object?

I dont exactly baby them, i see them as more of like little plastic dudes sitting around staring into space. All of them are characters though that are kind of important to me so with that said i dont treat them like just inanimate objects either. Im really careful and attached to them because they're a huge part of my imagination (that sounds stupid but thats really the only way i can word it).

But theyre definitely not anything like cbildren for me. I plan to have my own kids, and i dont want them yet so theres no void in my life as far as that goes.

 

To me, they are inanimate objects. I still love them dearly, and I do change their outfits and wigs. I love to look at them and take photos. I'd love to create characters for them, but I have such a hard time. That doesn't mean that I'm not attached to them. I know some people sell their dolls if they don't feel attached e.i. they can't come up with a character or name them. But not me. I love my dolls. And it doesn't matter to me how others treat their dolls either. What matters is that we are happy and love our dolls.

 

I'm probably one of the few here that only treats them as inanimate objects. I ensure they have a nice display & are dressed & in order, but that is about it.

 

So far I only have one, but she's very special to me. She's my BJD version of one of my favorite characters I've ever written, so in a way she's an extension of the literary version of her character. I don't think of her as a child or a friend really, but she is more than an inanimate object to me at the same time. I think for many of us there's a special place in our hearts for the dolls we love, and that space can't always be defined by the usual relationship types we have with other people.

 

Rather than, children, inanimate objects, or friends, I see my doll (and the characters that I plan to shell in dolls) as an extension of myself. My characters are part of me.

 

For me they are inanimate objects with a soul. I like to talk sometimes to my doll, but it's more like a monologue. I would never treat it like a live and flesh person, since it is not.

 

I am completely aware they are inanimate objects but I believe we transmit our energies to the things we touch often and are important for us so it's more complicated than that.
I like to hold them and sometimes talk to them but of course I don't expect an answer xD plus it will be rather odd and kinda funny to act towards my dolls as if they were babies (only one is a child, the other two are my age or older).

 

It's a combination of all the above, I'd say. It really depends on my mood.

But I do see them more as companions than just inanimate objects. This may sound weird but talking to them or playing with them is pretty darn therapeutic!

Plus I've characters for them so they're pretty alive to me

 

Personally, I treat my two resin boys as my children. I'd take them any where with me when I'm at home. We'd watch TV eat etc. I talk to them just like the way I'd talk to a person.

 

... I feel kind of weird saying this but I half treat them life they're alive half object. I like modding my dolls and taking them apart and sanding them all that good stuff, but I use them also for practice with interacting with people. I'm austistic, so interacting, while I actually do ok at it, it's really hard and scary for me. So if Im going to go out with a friend or aquaintence, I practice by talking to my dolls. Asking how they're doing, thinking up conversation topics. Before I had dolls I did it with my dog and cay, ahaha

 

Personally it is a mixture of inanimate object/children. I definitely know they aren't real or anything, but I love to take care of things and treat them like my babies. I won't act like someone had committed murder if they accidentally broke them, but I will hold a grudge if they did it on purpose.

 

For me its mostly as an inanimate object, with a bit of sprinkled conversation here and there. ^ ^

To be more specific, I don't necessarily have full on conversations with my dolls, but if say they're about to topple over, I usually gasp and go "Please don't fall!" or just outright threaten them with a "Don't you dare!" xD
Sometimes I'll get excited about them as if it was the first day receiving them, and I'll happily tell my doll(s) that they look beautiful or that they're super adorable ^ ^

But for the most part, they're just a lovely physical representation of a character I've "brought to life" through the BJD hobby ^ ^

 

While I don't treat them much like children (I have a child, and it's a very different dynamic there), I do treat them rather more like friends, especially since some of them are physical representations of characters that have been banging around in my head for 20 or more years. I do apologize to them if I have neglected them for too long, and frequently will pat them as I go by on my daily tasks. They definitely are treated differently than my dragon collection or action figures!

 

like what the others tease me Mini Girlfriends XP just kidding well rather more like a younger sister since I don't have younger siblings

 

They aren't real? The hell you say!

 

Never treated them like real life, I can't imagine doll's reaction when I talk to them, that is main reason I guess.

 

As of recently, I have not touched my doll and I feel really bad about it. He's been sitting in my dorm apartment, on the bookshelf, for a few months. I had added to him a few months back, but haven't really done anything as of late with him. I plan to do something with him once school has settled down for me and I can have more time to myself and my hobbies!

 

I feel like I tend to treat my dolls more as objects than as friends or children. I don't talk to them more than I talk to any other object! That said, sometimes I do feel bad when I ignore them for so long >.<

 

Inanimate object. 100%. They're not my friends or companions; I don't "spend time with them" aside from directly doing things to them: working on their mods/faceups/wigs, sewing for them, dressing and posing and photographing them. And they are definitely not my children: I have a daughter and I can't think of a single thing parenting and doll-owning have in common. The two things are nothing alike.
My dolls are art projects and aesthetic objects that I enjoy looking at. That's it.
It doesn't bother me that some people don't give their dolls "love", both because I am one of those people and because dolls don't need love and affection,not being alive.

 

As a person who cannot have children nor work with them, I treat some of my younger dolls like children while the others have other functions, like friends and family.
Sometimes it does bother me when people don't give love to their dolls, but yet again it's not my business, and it just encourages me to make my own little ones happy.