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What Makes a Good BJD Meet?

Oct 30, 2011

    1. A Doll Meet? I sill remember back to the time I had just joined this hobby, big Doll Meet was one of my favourite events in a year. Honestly, I am the holder of the two biggest Doll Meets in my city. But then I realised, I did not enjoy them. Surely I met many people and got chance to see many dolls but I did not feel comfortable. Perhaps as an introvert, I prefer small meeting with good friends, where we can share many stories together and all the conversations are focus and well-talking.

      To me, large or small, it's not important anymore.
       
    2. I think an ideal meet would be held in a location that can accommodate the amount of space everyone including the dolls take up. XD I've been to some public meets where it was difficult to make it around the table the dolls were on. Sometimes there wasn't enough space for all the dolls and people had to break off to find other available seating at another table. Unfortunately it creates an unintentional division of the group. I never want anyone to think they're being left out. D: So I do try my best to be inclusive of everyone in conversation by bouncing from group to group, when I can squeeze between people, chairs, and stacked doll bags. LOL
       
    3. I've since been to multiple meetups since my last post on this thread. And it's always been so much fun, and my meetup group is always nice and sweet, I love spending time with them, and getting to know them and their dolls better. It's also been a great chance for me to see new dolls up close, and I've even met some people I've known for awhile here and on other forums in real life. They've also welcomed my mom as part of the group too which is important to me. Where everyone is welcomed is a good thing as far as meets go. Where family members are welcomed, cause my mom means the world to me, she and I are so close and she is always buying up small things for my dolls, or helping me find stuff for them. She's the person I trust with most when it comes to what dolls I bring home, and what things go better with them, so it means a LOT to me, that she's as welcomed as I am and everyone knows her by name and tries to include her.

      It just feels so comfy whenever I'm there, like all of the nervous ticks I have normally (I stutter, A LOT, I've gotten better with it since the person who caused it in the first place (dad) walked out but it's still there at times where it gets bad enough that I have to try several times to get a sentence out) just melt away. I've had a few stutters at meets but it's not as bad as it was the first couple of times I went. I just feel happy whenever I'm at a meetup. I think that's what makes a good meetup. Where everyone's welcoming to ANYONE who comes, where all kinds of dolls are welcomed, and where everyone's respectful of each other's dolls.
       
    4. I've been wanting to try hosting a meet myself and these are great ideas... I even have a shirt and lanyard that say ASK ME! on them.. I should see if I can find them. :)