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

I am their mommy, but they are not my children, they are my babies. I kiss them and tell them goodnight every night, read them storys sometimes, take them to movies, I can't just do/buy a thing with/to one doll, because then the others will get jealous... I am really, really cheesy. XD
But it makes me happy! And a silly thing, but when I hold and look at my dolls... I get warm and happy, they make me so happy!

 

Elisia is defiantly inanimate. I don't think of her as alive in any sense of the word. If my house were burning, say, I would worry much more about my family, dogs, cat, and maybe even my computer than I would Elisia.

Saying that, however, she isn't just decoration or another doll. She's a character, a story. I talk to her, I cuddle her, but I have no doubt that she's a doll - and always will be. I wouldn't say she's just an inanimate object because I love her very much, but she's not alive. It's kind of complicated, I suppose. I think that it's the personality I have in my head given a physical form that I love, so I treat her rather like that personality... but not to the extent of her being 'human'. She's a doll, not a human, not alive, but I love her.

 

Me and my boyfriend's dolls are our children and our friends. (: We love them all very much and they're super special to us. We talk to them all the time, every day and kiss them goodnight.

 

when other people are around i go for the inanimate object that i like to change, she sits with my extensive anime model collection so people dont tend to notice her, when im with my boyfriend i like to play and make her talk to him and he plays back (were a funny pair when alone) when im alone, i tend to treat her like my child preening her, dressing her up and somtimes talk to her (tho i don't actually want real children.) its a strange relationship. and maybe to be a BJD owner you have to be slightly insane

 

I treat them like my children/friends/inanimate objects I suppose... I do tend to chat with them on occasion (eg. Make remarks when I feel they aren't "cooperating" when we're doing a photoshoot..), but I never respect them to reply back. It's hard to explain, and partially because I tend to attach myself emotionally and strongly, I sometimes feel like they understand me..? But not in a creepy way haha~~ I think it's because they look so life-like it's easy to find yourself thinking of them as being a little bit alive~

 

I'm certainly aware of the fact that Chaeri is not alive, but I do fuss over her and carry her about with me, at least inside my own house. She's very dear to me, alive or not. And I pretend she calls me "Mama". (None of my other dolls do that.)

 

Objects, all the way. Pretty and expensive objects. On one hand I feel about them the way I feel about beautiful expensive jewelry, and on the other I feel the way I do when I look at art that I am very proud of.

 

For me it's between friend and inanimate object. Kinda weird, I guess. Its like, I think of them as my friends. But I don't really talk to them, and they just usually end up lying around in boxes because they'll get dirty in my room and I don't want that.
I care about them like my friends, and they help me relax.
I guess it's more on the inanimate object side, but I still love them and care for them.

 

I love my little ones, but they are definitely inanimate to me. I have 3 'living' kids ages 6,7 and 10. My dolls and kids arent even on the same plane. Human life holds a much higher value to me, any human. Though on a personal level, i like my dolls alot more than i like alot of people! they bring me a great deal of pleasure in life and after family photos would be one of the first things id grab if there was a fire.

 

I've always thought of my dolls as my "babies," though I don't really act like they're real children or anything like that. It's just that they're more than simply inanimate objects to me, and they mean a lot to me.

 

I think I have it just like that too
Expensive and lovely things, fun to dress and take photos of.

 

For me I tend to think of them as just inanimate objects, although I do give my dolls a sort of identity so they are more individual. Personally though I think it just depends on the person, and their level of attachment to their doll(s).

 

I think when I finally have my dolls, I will treat them as something sweet and simple, perhaps an angel that can listen to me. I speak to a lot of my dolls. I think, however, I will be a lot more attached to one I help create.

 

My Dollie is sort of a stuffed animal... A fragile, expensive stuffed animal. He usually just sits on a shelf but I go in phases and for maybe a month I'll fuss over him a bit and want to pick him up and pet his hair, but then he'll sit on my desk for a few weeks. However, like other characters I draw or role-play with I consider him my baby or "brain-child" but this doesn't mean he gets treated like a human. Either way I love him!

 

I treat them like my babies.

 

It depend on my mood and situation. Normally, if I was talking about bjd in general I would use "it" but when I'm talking on DOA talking about specific doll, I usually regard them as a boy/girl and use she/he/her/his. When I'm alone with them don't really say anything out loud but I do think things like "Ouch! You pinch me, you little jerk!" "Aww~ he's so cute!" and stuff like that. Then when i'm with my friends, I address them as "he" almost as if he's my friend that I don't talk to. lol ^^

 

For me, too - my kids, my cats, my family photos, my vinyl doll that I've had since I was born, and then my BJDs. That particular vinyl doll was my 'friend' when I was a child, and she's more special to me than any of my BJDs.

 

Well, I don't say it out loud but sometimes, I think I do treat them like children in a way, when I go shopping or vacation, I would thing what I should buy for them and I would bring them out once in a while n___6

 

Considering I almost near practice Shintoism... Ahaha... not quite but close enough. Ever since I was very little, almost everything and anything has had a personality to me. Trees, tables, rocks, dolls, food, etc. I treat everything as if it were something very precious to me. I yell if I'm angry at something (well I don't really yell- I'd feel guilty), I apologize if I "hurt" or damage something (heaven forbid!), and I thank objects and/or things for working correctly or for serving their purpose. I was always a strange child, which emulates in me as an adult. I don't think of my doll as my child, nor as a friend, but neither do I think of it as an inanimate object. My doll is very precious to me, he is his own unique self, and I feel and appreciate this every single day that I have him. He serves more than one purpose, and I am grateful for his presence in my life. My doll is more of an extension of my spirit. My spirit giving him his spirit. If that makes sense. Haha. Just a few thoughts.

 

Eh, I treat mine like the inanimate objects they are. I'll often refer to them in conversation by name, and joke about whatever it was they happened to be doing (like refusing to wear a wig for example) as part of their personalities. Sometimes I'll carry on little conversations between them, but I play D&D and other rpgs so it's sort of habit to get into character. I'm fairly rough with my dolls...one has a chipped knee and the other has a broken elbow joint somehow, because I play with them all the time and try to test the limits of their posing. When they aren't being played with they sit on the shelf and look pretty. I like to pose them holding things (Verdandi has her book of shadows and her tiny rune set, Poe has her violin and ouija board, and Munin always has a soda or other food in her hands). I just enjoy seeing their little personalities play out, even though they are just dolls. The fun part is pretending they're somehow more than that. Does that mean I treat them as something more than an inanimate object? I don't really think so, but maybe. I'm a weird person and always have been. My friends and family are always entertained by my dolls and my weird relationship with them. :P