When You Can't Take Them With You :(

if the place is very noisy or some young child inside i will not take them with me, the young children are very easy make you doll be break.

 

I just moved to Sweden from Canada to be an Au Pair here for a year, and I left them all at home. It was hard enough fitting your life into two suit cases. I just could not do it. But I missed them. I have a friend coming to visit in a few weeks and I am having him bring along two of my smaller girls so I can have part of my doll family with me, and I ordered a few new kids while I am here, just to keep the family growing. Its hard leaving them. But everything works out for the best. They are happy with my roomie at home for the next year I think.

 

I think if the doll is small enough i can take her everywhere, but if she is too big its better to let her stay in a safe place! Well, for me i take some of my doll to all places i visit and take pictures of them!!! I love it to take them to new places ^^ i would miss it to travel without a doll ^^

 

When I had one doll and couldn't take him with me on vacation or some other place for a longer period of time, he stayed at my friend's house. Now that I have more than one, I'm not sure my friend is willing to have both of them... and it wouldn't feel fair to ask her to have just one of them (what about the poor doll being left home alone?). So now I put them in their boxes if I'm away for a long time.

 

I don't know what I will do when it's for a longer periode. I'll probably put them in their boxes and put them in a save place. Maybe I take them to a family member I trust. The idea of leaving them for a longer period, makes me feel weird. I don't want to part with them for long, I probably try to take at least one of them with me.

 

I used to live in the dorms before, and it's very much far away from my home. At that time I had to bring my boys with me because I only went home once every few months. I usually keep them in my cupboard and lock it whenever I went out to class or to the town unless my room mates are in. A good thing they're okay with dolls.
As far as vacation, I doubt I'd be bringing my boys along with me again. They'd ended up staying in the room and made me worried. My family will pretend not to know me or treat me like some stranger if I bring my boy along. So it's kinda hard. Plus, there's the danger from little kids as well. They'll go "I want that-I want that!!", and starts to scream.

 

Personally, I would rather leave them at home and rarely play with them at all then take them somewhere where they might get damaged. Sure, I'd miss them and everything, but I would be even more upset if they got broken because I didn't want to leave them behind. Better safe than sorry, I guess.

I will probably only tote my dollies around at doll meets or if I need to shop for props and want to make sure they're the right size. And with the shopping thing, I'll probably feel much better bringing a tiny. They're easier to tote around, and I can just hide them in my purse/hoodie/shirt pocket when I don't need them, rather than risk them getting lost or stolen, because I sure as hell ain't leaving them in my car(the weather here is usually pretty extreme).

 

Um well...I usually stuff my 50cm in my bag and bring her anyway... I take the bus sooo I usually have a bag with me anyway. So I just take her because I need something to keep me from freaking out. I don't want her to get broken but... I also love them soo much that I don't mind dragging them everywhere.

 

I have five (soon to be six) SD sized dolls, and am attending college this fall and living in a dorm (or an apartment, hopefully!). Regardless of where I live, I'll have a roommate. I doubt I would bring any of them with me for fear of freaking out my roommate or more fear of them yellowing or getting damaged. Luckily I'll only be about 45 minutes away from home so if I want I can go home on the weekends to see my resin lovelies. I will miss them when I do homework and surf the internet since I usually have one out sitting with me.

 

I moved from Turkey to US for college about 4 years ago and sadly, had to leave most of my dolls back at home. I only brought four of them with me and bought two more while in college. I used to go back home every summer but school has been keeping me incredibly busy lately and I haven't been home for about two years now. Once in a while I tell my mom to take them out of their boxes and see if they're doing alright but that's pretty much it. I miss every one of them. I have my own place and plenty of space for dolls so that's not really a problem. However, I've been moving a lot and it would be a great hassle if I've had all 20 of my dolls here with me... -__-

 

I'm going away for a year next year for study abroad, and I don't know what I'm going to do with my dolls then. >: I don't want to leave them, but I feel bad taking just one (Haha, they'll be jealous), but on the other hand, I don't want them to get damaged... I guess I'll decide when the time comes. Dx

 

I was just thinking about this.

I will always bring my dolls to college. Most of my doll activity occurs there (meetups, cons, friends, etc) so leaving them home would make me miss a huge chunk of the hobby (not to mention I'd only get my dolls 3 months out of the year then).

I'm lucky my roommate is very nice and honest, but even if she wasn't, I'd still take my dolls. I would never show my roommate them if they were untrustworthy, and never mention price or anything of the sort. I'd stash them away under my bed or in my closet.

I don't worry about them getting stolen because, honestly, I've got a Canon Rebel, a Macbook Pro, tablets, and a whole bunch else that would be priority when being robbed. It's a little naive, but I trust that any robbers (which I don't expect any anyways, I'm almost always in my room, and we lock our door twice) will only take things like my laptop, camera, etc. Since I hide my dolls, I bet they wouldn't even be able to find them or think they have any true value at all. I know my dolls won't get broken, because they'll only be in my hands, in my room when I'm alone. So if they break, it's because I did something stupid.

 

well i never travel when i has my boy but i'm planning to go to Korea then Singapore soon , maybe if the vacation last for a week or 2 i can leave him in my house where i know he is safe and sound inside my dark locked closet

but even if i want to take him i don't think i can because the bags for the clothing of my self already huge not mention another carrier bag for 68cm doll ...
but i think i'm gonna bring my Nana (soon-to-be-mine) since she is tiny ~

 

In summer I go on a vacation for two and a half week, and my boy has to stay home. Since it still a long time till then I feel bad about leaving him at home. But I will make him as comfortable as I could and I think he will be okay.

 

Whenever I go on vacation and I can't bring my dollies I usually will leave them with one of my friends who also owns bjds. They know to take good care of them and I trust them. I usually come home to find some great pictures that they took with both of our dolls.

 

i actually dont have my bjd with me. he's back home mileesss away and i wont be back for a few months, and i miss him so so much. So i would edit the scarce photos i took of him id give him a new faceup and stuff it helped for a while but i stopped and whenever im out shopping with my fam i always try to look for miniatures or craft stuff for him, and whenever im out in scenic places i like to imagine all the different shots i can take of him when i come home im sooo gonna spoil him tonss i cant wait~! i should make a list of all the stuff ima craft for him~~ ~runss to make a list~

 

A few years back I went to Japan to live for 1 year. At the time I just had my two SD sized dolls. I ended up making the decision to leave them at home. Weight was a problem already and I would absolutely hate for them to have been damaged on the way. So I decided to pack them into their boxes and say goodbye for a year. It was such a hard thing to do, but I don't regret it. I just put the hobby on hold while I was gone and focused on other things. Living overseas for a year certainly gives you plenty of other things to do! If I had small dolls I may have taken one along, but 60cm dolls were just too big.

 

Mine has been in the closet for like six years now, so I don't think it'll be a problem. XD Maybe I'd bring it places if I had a smaller-than-70cm doll, though. Definitely not in public, though. He's freaking huge, heavy, and way too valuable to risk it. Plus I don't really go places where I can lug a doll around - and I'm the type who doesn't even like carrying a purse. Pockets all the way!

 

I just leave mine in their original box until I come back, that way I can be sure they're safe and sound.

 

Having lived in an all girl college dorm for four years I can say; Do not take them with you. Take lots of pictures and show them off to everyone- like a mom/dad might do with loved kids. I take my doll almost everywhere with me now, but I live in my own house with my wife. I lived with her in college, but I lived with her outside of college too. I can honestly say if she had been anyone else, I don't know that I would have trusted that she'd lock the door when we weren't home.
We also experienced a lot of dorm issues- she had a pair of earrings stolen out of our locked room sophomore year. Not to mention flooding from upstairs that almost destroyed my cello (insured), and too many fire scares to count. At least in my own home I have some literal monetary insurance.