When did you first feel you had "bonded" with your doll?

For Abby (SWD Nana) it was right out of the box. She's my dream doll, so I fell in love immediately.
For Ellie (Yo Lillie)... well, the love's not there now, but once she gets a new faceup Im pretty sure it'll come.
For Kohaku (Yo Rengenmaru) It was out of the box love, which was a surprise since I bought him on impulse.

 

when i started making him clothes XD

 

I was kind of in a dazzled state when I first got my doll because I was so overjoyed that I finally had a BJD. But she seemed to have a quite spirit and I didn't feel too attached. But then after several months I finally got up the nerve to wire her to improve posing and after that I really felt bonded! oddly I already feel more attached to her two siblings in transit than I did to her at first :/

 

It was a really random moment. I had customized Zowie already to look more like my OC (found a nice wig, a pretty pair of eyes in the right size, the right clothes, the right piercings etc etc) and I've loved him since he made it home, but I felt a little disconnected too from time to time.
So one night I was working on the comp while listening to some music (I'm pretty sure it was Leave out all the rest x'D) with Zowie sitting next to me on the table and when I glanced over to him I felt this 'wow .. he's really mine' - sorta feeling. That's where I finally felt we had bonded.

 

My girl, Freya, wasn't even supposed to be the character she is now--she was supposed to be a different character of mine, a pilot named Euphemia. But when I got her, there was no "Wow, she's Euphemia!" moment, and although I really tried everything I could to make her into Euphemia, it became apparent that she wasn't Euphemia. So she stayed put away for a while. Then I redid her faceup, and it kind of hit me that Freya was, well, Freya, not Euphemia. That's about the time I really felt like she and I bonded--I couldn't stand to part with her now, and... she's already begging me for her twin sister. >>;;;

 

It started when I first saw his picture on Dollmore's site. [I have a Broken Ice Tears Pado Boy] I immediatly knew that he was the one and was in perfect in all aspects in my eyes. While I was saving for him I constantly would go back and look at the pictures of him, and when he finally came home I felt a lot like I already knew him. I'm not one to really customize anything, so--he didn't end up changing one bit.

But when I really knew that we had bonded was when I was online and holding him curled up on my chest/shoulder and glanced down and he looked like he was asleep. That was when I knew we had a connection and a trust, almost like Mother, child does. lol ! I think it's helped to that when I tell him something, I go through with it/don't lie to him. I think it helps build the bond up even more.

Wow, now don't I sound like some loon? lmfao

 

I started bonding with them when I began to customize them. My first doll was a limited MSD, so when he arrived he was practically....done. But when I bought my second, she was totally nacked so I had to give her more attention, looking for clothing, items, wig, make-up test, etc. After that I started to enjoy the customization process and I realized that my first doll also needed some changes so I could feel that my hand was on it and I could really feel that he was 'mine', like I was also responsible for him to be what he is.

 

I'm not sure of the exact moment that I had fully bonded with Emi. It was a gradual process. I felt almost nothing when she first arrived, but I blame that on the fact that I had blamed for her to be an entirely different character than what she has come to be. Once I realized she was indeed Emi, the bonding began. I'm still searching for that perfect wig and those perfect eyes, so that the bond can further grow.

 

This is going to sound odd, but I realized I had bonded with my dolls the moment I considered possibly selling them


This! I got two dolls really close together one an MSD and one an SD and for a while i tossed and turned thinking I should switch one out so they would be the same size...but then I would think....can I sell one of them....and I couldn't even think about selling one without getting upset.... But it wasn't until I sold my third doll with no problem that I realized I had bonded with my first two fairly quickly because I couldn't think about getting rid of either of them.

Also I agree with picking them up and feeling something....for me it just feels...RIGHT to have Carter in my arms or on my lap or sitting on the back of the couch. When I am at home it feels weird to me if I don't have one of my dolls with me.

 

I didn't bond with Sou for a while because I hadn't actually ordered him xD but I bonded with him when I was ill and stayed in bed for aaages just hugging him xDDD it sounds very silly but it was like getting close to your favourite soft toy I guess.

Although I don't think I'm that linked with him yet. I think Ladyryu's point sounds like it would be good to try out; making clothes for dolls sounds simple yet personal and I'd love to do it for Sou :3

 

i have only bonded with one of my dolls (and i've been through 8) and it was when i modified his cheeks and neck. it may have been due to the time i put into his mods or it may have been due to the two scars on my leg i now have but i know that even if i leave the hobby i won't sell lucan. he's become too special ^^

 

Aha this is a great thread!!!!!!
My doll was a suprise gift, and even when I knew about him I was expecting something completely different ^^;;
So I was... (sorry to my boy) kind of disappointed...

I don't know when it happened but eventually I just ended up really really really liking him XD I fell in love! Haha. I think it was the next day, I got him all dressed up and took him out for a photoshoot, and after that it just kinda clicked. And now I am OBSESSED X3

 

The same with me and Caché . I got him in January but once just his wig came and I got to cut it, I started to really see him come to life Just knowing how perfect he'll be just gets me all excited and I'm loving him more every day.

 

With Agares, it was probably the first time I took her out of the house about a week after she arived. I know I was unsure over her and her name at first (being my first doll), and I was afraid to do things with her; But the first outing got over that.

With Alexander, it was the instant I placed the order for him; The main point when I really realised how much I had bonded with him was about an hour after his arival when I was sitting with him on my lap for the first time.

 

Since I first saw her I bonded to her. I bonded with her last weekend. I've had Jasperella since December. I felt like I missed her and I felt bad that I couldn't get her faceup done because of the bad weather. I told her I was sorry and I (at the time) was looking for the sandpaper so I could sand down her seams. She didn't feel "evil" XDXD anymore. She actually had the vibe that we bonded. It was a very tender moment. Now I can't wait to get home to see her - though right now she's acting spoiled and wants me to get a big sister for her XD;

 

when I first pulled her out of the box in the parking lot at the Post Office (I got the box open with a jagged piece of plastic)

 

Hrmmm... Yanno, it's been different with every doll? Here's a few:

Mathonwy may have arrived first but it was Lir (SOOM supergem Lupin) I ordered first. I knew he was the one I wanted when I saw his face, and when he arrived he was gorgeous but not quite the man I wanted him to be. Since then I've got him looking quite handsome, and I thought I knew him, but he won't let me figure him out and it's been gnawing my brain a bit.

Mathonwy (DIM Torudoll Karon) surprised me with how pale he was but his sculpt is just so artfully done he's won me over. Bobbleheaded and big-eyed and all. I didn't reeeealy feel he was mine until I'd finished an entire outfit for him and reblushed much of his face. Then it was I knew I could probably never bear to part with him.

Rowena (Unidoll Suri) was much yellower than I thought she'd be but such a solid stander. I had to sand down her razor edged collarbones and eye poker nipples before I could bond with her, but everything I did just made me love her more and more, and I've always been in love with her face, fresh and young and beautiful, so unlike other dolls. I've had her in pieces recently and I've been pining to have her back with me and whole. Fortunately she's almost done.

Donovan was right from seeing EIDS to getting out of his box- such a roman-god-like physique and handsome face. I've gotten closer with him since getting his tattoos all done and doing more sewing for him.

Kevya took looooots of modding before he was himself but once he was, he's been a frequent fixture on my bed or in my studio while I work. The character and I are old friends, so the bonding bridged over from that.

Pip the puki... oh gosh, it was love and went from there to adoration. no question.

 

Fauna broke her strings right out of the box, and her BBB face-up was horrible-you could hardly see it. She was supposed to be a spitfire in my head and she came out squeaking. I was honestly having trouble-until I bit the bullet and faced her up. Then she started speaking to me in a way that was more like what I had originally imagined.

Kestrel has always been quiet, that's just the way he is. We bonded without a lot of trouble. Fauna helped, since he was her boyfriend.

Florian and Nicolette were limiteds and I didn't bond for a while because I was terrified of doing anything with them, so there wasn't an opportunity to face them up or work with them. He finally told me "Get me out of this box, woman!" Nicolette took a bit longer but started speaking to me eventually.

Danica my rescue dolly took so much work to make presentable that we bonded very strongly throughout the process. Noelle, my Beyla, was love from the first time I saw her picture.

Generally speaking, I think I could bond with almost any doll if I had to work on it.

 

I knew he was perfect and bonded with him as soon as I pulled him out of the box3

 

I was in love with Yoru the minute his bald, naked, blank face smirked up at me from his box. XD

Sage...took a little longer, really. I got him and I just didn't feel like I had made the right choice until I got his current eyes in. As soon as he had the proper eyes he felt like Sage to me, and I loved him from then on. ^_^