Weird things non-BJD owners say

My mom: *seeing a boy doll for the first time, the doll is naked* ... How unfortunate, I hope he's a grower. Can you modify -that- to be... better?

My dad: ...Just so long as its not a real-babydoll-thing, it's fine. Also save your money for college stuff and videogames first.

My stepmom: *seeing resinsoul pixiu photos* WOW THATS AWESOME ITS LIKE A DRAGON, HOW SCARY-DORABLE! (scary and adorable)

My (now ex)stepdad: You're too old for this, I'll just have to throw it away when you're at school. (he was a bully to me for more than half my life, I hate him and I'm glad my mom does now too!)

 

Most of my closest friends also are in the BJD hobby with me, so we know the talk, but when we go on talking about them, curious people look at us funny and we go on to explain to them, that they are not Barbie, far from it since they are completely customizable...but it seems most people get a bit freaked out by the mentioning that their heads come off and the fact that the eyes can be changed. Most the people that approach me or my friends are usually the ones that actually really like the dolls and start asking tons of questions and commenting the dolls handsomely.

*sigh* it's a bit irritating when other BJD owners mistake my girl for a boy and my boy for a girl....even as they are wearing clothing fit to their gender.

 

I was on Skype video chatting with one of my friends and I had gotten my newest girl in so I decided to open up the package then, she finds them creepy sometimes but usually thinks they're cute and at this point knows their names when I refer to them.
Since it was a new doll I was opening it didn't have any clothes on so my friend was commenting on how well sculpted my doll's ass was and that she had really nice titties. She was really taken back when she realized it had a "vagina line" even, which even I haven't really paid attention to before so we were both cracking up and crying.

Also another time I went with my dad to a con and I decided to bring my Littlefee with me, we also met up with one of his co-worker friends who was at the con too. Then at one point I had to do something and search something up on my dad's phone, so while I was doing that I asked him if he could hold my doll. His co-work then made a remark about how funny my dad looked since he was a 6"2 bald man holding a girly doll with pink hair and we were laughing about it trying to get my dad to let us take pictures of this, placing my doll on his shoulder telling him it can be like his little elf companion.

My 12 yr old little brother also always likes to make comments when my dolls don't have their wigs on, even if it's for just a moment, about how they look like cancer patients.

 

Everyone who isn't a doll person thinks that my poor Angelo is a girl. I don't get it, seeing as most people who said that said it after seeing him without a shirt on! He also wears masculine clothing. And, I've always thought that he had such a nice, masculine face (He's a Bobobie Apollo, but I'm that you could guess from my signature.)... Especially when you put it next to Lily's face... That's probably the most irritating thing that non-doll owners say about my dolls. It usually leads to showing off his boy-bits, and then they're just freaked out.

 

Right after I started a layaway for my first doll I showed my aunt a picture of him, and she said, "He's staying in your room! And I swear if I start hearing screech screech, I'm going to burn him."

Also another one when I showed my mom a picture of a BJD with no wig. "Oh, he looks like a bald baby." xD

 

While the most common thing I run into is people calling our boys "she" and "her" (even when Cyr had no shirt on and see-through pants), the funny one to me was when my mother met my dolls for the first time. She said, "They all look kind of...gay." Okay, so most of them are, but it was still funny to hear.

 

I mostly just have people saying they are creepy and when I used to have them in my room people would always ask 'how can you sleep in here with those things?' And 'what if they come to life at night?' Just silly stuff like that. My husband was amazed when he was looking at one the other day and realised that she even had 'girl parts'. I think he thought they'd be like Barbie dolls or something

 

Once I was talking to a friend about a girl I met online who thought my boy was straight, even though he is quite visibly gay. This friend of mine doesn't understand much about dolls, but he knows what I'm into and when I told him that, he replied "Oh, but there's no straight dolls!" and it was clear he was not kidding, he did think there was no such a thing like straight dolls! I laughed and kindly explained him that the doll's sexuality was an owner's choice, there was a lot of straight dolls around and even I had a straight doll myself. He looked so shocked that I thought he hadn't still understood. Then he finally said "I thought all them were gay" looking so genuinely disapointed I just couldn't avoid laughing while petting him on the head and saying "sorry for showing you the truth, mate!"

 

I have to say that ive gotten some pleasant comments about my dolls before, but my absolute favorites were the Scream and cringe combo and
"Hey, Starley?" "Mm-hmm?" "I heard your doll has a penis" "Uh- huh...? Who told you?" "Taylor. Can i see?" then the person in question gently grabs my doll and yanks down his pants.
I dont think it would be all that strange if it wasn't a 7th grade boy who wanted to see the parts in question. This happened to me a few more times over the course of the day.

 

I came home at the same time as my mailman was delivering our mail and saw that the eyes I ordered for my doll had come in. I was super excited and he asked what it was and I (oblivious in my happiness) told him the eyes that I ordered had come in and hopefully the wig wasn't far behind. He had the wtf expression on his face until I explained. It was funny..and now when he comes up the street when I am home he tells me if more parts have come in..lol

 

I always get the Chucky comparison. Which I find weird, since Chucky was a Cabbage Patch doll. And no one finds those creepy. I think people are just creeped out by dolls because its a popular fear. I did have a boss that was creeped out by the fact my doll was a cross dresser. I bought a male MSD, but all the girl clothes are soo cute!! So he usually is dressed like a girl. I'm hoping that changes after I get a girl doll. -_-

 

"Why does it have nipples?!"

 

"Why can't you name it something I can actually SAY with ease."

 

Actually, Cabbage Patch Kids can be very creepy, especially in large groups. (My late aunt collected them, and while one or two alone are cute, the more you get together in one place, the creepier they get.)

I haven't gotten to take mine out for quite a while, but one of my coworkers came by a while back to learn to take care of my cat, and ended up looking at and handling a couple of my dolls, and she was absolutely fascinated by them (though a bit freaked out by the price when she asked). She thought they were amazing, though; I love when non-BJD owners have that kind of a response!

 

Haha I got my new doll this afternoon and the outer box had a fragile sticker on the side... My Dad went.. FRA-GI- LE, must be Italian... lol I was like ugh dad... really?? He then went... I bet it's a lamp! Total facepalm... lol I own a lot of MSDs and some pukipukis... So my family has all been used to small dolls... so we when I showed them my Junshi, they all went HOLY CRAP! He's HUGE!!! lol

 

I've got another one.

I brought my Delf boy Ashera into my mom's room this morning. I had gone to Michaels and purchased one of those 18" doll clothing sets (a blue t-shirt and a white pair of leggings) and wanted to show her how well the leggings fit. (They fit like bermuda shorts but that's quite alright by me) I didn't realize when I was putting him on the shelf last night that the waist-band part of the leggings got caught up in his hip joint and pulled down so his dolly-bum was sticking out.
So she says... "What happened to him? Did he have to go to the bathroom in the middle of night??"

 

Oh my gosh, my brother said almost the exact same thing when I got my first BJD! "Ok, but when it comes alive at night, I'm killing it." That's crazy!! Of course, he's seen Chucky too.

 

there's this annoying colleague of mine asking if bjds will turn a person insane, like becoming a serial killer or something. what a stupid mind she has isnt it? >.<