When You Can't Take Them With You :(

I've been experiencing that ever since I entered college. In high school I could go the eight hours without my dolls, but now that I'm in a dorm, I need at least one with me to make me feel comfortable. When I'm home, I am most at ease. Vacation is the worst for me...being so far away, I get paranoid!

 

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You just made me realize that Reason and Rhyme will be spending their first x-mas in their boxes. Damn it...

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That's good advice, I think. Thank you!

Yeah, it can be quiet a hassle to move dollies around (especially the bigger ones), I can't imagine adding kids or flight into the equation.

 

I don't get separation anxiety with my dolls any more than, say, a video game, but I do get it sometimes. I just think to myself, "I really want to play with my dolls right now... ;.;" sometimes. But I get that way about everything, where I just want to do a certain thing I enjoy.

 

I have yet to travel since having my doll. I suspect, if possible, I'd just bring him along. Sleep overs at friend's places haven't made me want him there, but that is only one night at a time. I know I'm moving soon and I don't want to pack him. I guess I would miss him too much, but fortunately I could just leave him out and keep him with me in the car when we go.

 

Hmm...I think I'd hate to be separated from my boy when I get him. Just because I know how much he costs and I want him to be safe at all times. And then I'd like him in plain sight so I can see that he's alright. I'd take him on trips when I know I'll be away for a while. But overnight stays at a friends it'll depend on who it is.

 

I do get anxious when I have to leave them somewhere for extended periods of time - if only because I'm terrified of someone getting to them and destroying them or ruining them or stealing them. You never know. :C

 

I get separation anxiety when Im away from my dolls for days. I remember I went home one summer for two weeks without my dolls, and by the third day I was missing them so bad I wanted to go home just to see them again... specially my first doll Emily, which is very important to me. I also get anxious because they are worth so much, emotionally and economically, and I dont have any insurance if something happens.

So now I`ve made it a rule: away more than two days, bring a doll... or three. XD

 

I used to go to California for over a month every year, and while I loved being there, I would dread the trip. The idea of parting with my dolls for that long was terrible. I always brought at least one of them with me. One year, just as I was heading out the door, I ran back and grabbed two and shoved them in my back pack.

I feel very comfortable in my room, staring at them all the time. It feels strange to be in a place where they are not.

 

I don't do much traveling anymore, so this isn't really that much of an issue for me at the moment. But if I were going anywhere overnight, I'd definitely take Chae-ri with me. I couldn't stand not having her.

 

I don't feel the need to take them along everywhere. They stay home when I go to work and such. But I do bring them when staying at my BF's for a weekend or when I'm going to my parents this Christmas. Just because I enjoy their company

But I am a bit anxious when leaving them at home. I've never been burgled, but I've had to deal with a lot of vandalism since I came to live here. Like broken windows, kicking my front door. All done by teenagers who have no respect and no imagination.

I'm okay with leaving them home for a few days, like when I go LARPing (no use taking dolls there) but I'm always worried whether I find my house in one piece when I get home. I've gotten kind of paranoid because of this vandalism.

 

I only had this happen once, I was at a convention center and I left my 70cm doll at my hotel. Although I never had anything stolen at a hotel- I was still pretty uneasy about leaving him there. Since he was new, I guess. Now I havent really had that issue.

 

Currently experiencing this ever since I let Miyoubi stayed in my friend's place for a while to get her hair done. But we're both so busy that our schedules could not match so we haven't seen each other for quite a long time now. I really miss Mii-tan... T-T

It's not odd to miss something, even if it's not living and breathing. The reason is different for everyone but for me, it is mostly because of how I value them. Specially since Mii-tan is my first bjd~ :3

 

I guess we all invest so much emotion (and money) into them that we all miss them to some extent at times. It's good to know I'm not the only one, though.

 

Not exactly BJD separation anxiety in my case. The feeling I get sometimes, the few ones I travel, is missing them. I have never suffered any incident of the kind, but those few times I am out during some days and nobody is home I really care everything is going ok there and my BJD are one of the main things I firstly think about.

 

to me, safety is definitely priority =x

if i were you, i would definitely not risk the damage / stolen issue > _ <

Gabriel's with you forever, so there will always be a chance where you two can be with eachother 24/7 ~!

 

Ah, yes, I know how it feels to have seperation anxiety. I just sent Harbor to get a faceup, and I am sad and anxious without her. I would probably take her anywhere I wanted to, though, as long as it was possible.

 

Fortunately being an adult has it's perks, no one can tell me what to do, and I can keep my dolls wherever I want.
I find that for travel and for work (I am at work when I have the misfortune to have to go there for at least 12 hours a day, so it's kind of like travel) tinies are just the best. They fit right in your purse(or murse lol), and are much more inconspicuous than a big old SD. I have in fact amused my BDF more than once by saying "hold on, I think I have so and so with me" and pulling one out of my bag.
And I work, I usually sit them on my station and no one even sees them.
At my last job the location was so beautiful that I brought many different dolls, even big ones, just so I could take pictures. My work mates had fun playing with them.
Sometimes I have to go away for months for work, then I take one or two with me, same for vacation. It makes me less lonely.

 

When I first started I never even thought of taking my dolls much outside my home. Now I can't see straight unless they do go with. But if I had to say go on a long trip and room or risks were to high I think I would do what Red Green did. Take a pic of my doll in a good pose. Get it printed on good stock paper, trim it to just the doll, put on a piece of cardboard and trim and make a stand in back. Then take it to places, pose and take a picture of my doll in front of buildings. I would even get extras made in case end of a trip the one got shabby. That way they are in places and still safe at home.

 

So far I haven't traveled with my dolls yet but I am planning a foreign exchange to Europe this summer and obviously can't all of my dolls with me. One of them, yes, and I still haven't decided who but I have quite a while to decide. The rest I will be leaving with my mom at her house so they'll be safe. I'll miss having all of them with me but I'll be nervous enough just taking the one on an airplane and through security. It'll be worth it though. Just think of all the photoshoots! @ w @

 

i don't bring mine anywhere unless there's something i artistically want to photograph them in front of.
or unless i'm going for a long time and want them displayed.
but i don't really consider them as "real people" like some people do. though sometimes i do think of funny things they might be "thinking". i don't think they have feelings or anything, not to sound harsh. so i don't think they feel bad getting a break from being toyed with so to speak.