Would you lie about your BJD?

I hate lying but I lie about my dollies all the time
Especially about how much the cost and the amount of clothing I get for them!
My collection kinda exploded out of no where and I definitely don't want my familia to think i'm a shopoholic! Which I might be but no harm no foul!

 

I .. uh .. may lie about the cost. Especially now that the significant other has lost his job.

 

I am not going to tell my parents about the doll I am buying. (I don't have her yet; still saving up!) If they are at my house and notice, I don't think they'll ask about it. I can't imagine telling them the price, because they'll think it's a total waste, even though they spend a ton of money on their own interests. I am trying to get more comfortable with telling my friends. At first I was a little embarrassed by the hobby, so I'm practicing telling people slowly. So far, everyone has been really encouraging. Some of the people I know would be more judgmental than others, so I have to feel out the situation carefully.

 

Same here! My dad gets into a new sport like every other month. He buys all the equipment and stuff but then just leaves everything to rot when he gets tired of them. But I buy a doll, which I truly like, and he goes all ballistic about it being useless.

Well my parents had the same feeling about cosplaying but what I did was to pay for my own costume first then when they saw how awesome that turned out to be, they started supporting me. Hope the same tactic will work on BJDs! I'm ordering my first doll next month!

 

I don't really think there is anyone I would lie to about having my dolls. I'm a pretty open honest person. But there are some people I wouldn't bring it up with just because I know there opinions would be very small minded and I wont feel the need to start a heated discussion. However I do tend to bend the truth a little when it comes to price, mostly because I don't like to feel like i'm bragging or have people pass judgement on how I choose to spend my own money which I worked hard for.

 

I... don't exactly lie to my parents, and if they ask me if I have a doll, I will say yes, and then endure the hours and hours of ranting on how I justify spending money on that (which I don't, he was a gift) when I don't have a job and always fret about how I'm gonna pay my rent... so, I'm not going out of my way to tell them about him, at least not until I do have an income other than my student loans, and have learned not to talk to them about my money issues. And even after that, I will most likely lie to them about how much money I spend on dolls... I know, it is a bit sad, and I shouldn't, but well, you don't know my parents...
It's only them, though, I'm quite honest about it with my friends, and with the rest of my extended family that won't go blabering about it to my parents

 

I don't have to lie about my dolls.
I don't lie about who I am and hide myself from the world.
Cultural homogeneity is not the way to be!!

Sometimes I'll put my dolls away, but everyone knows I have them. As long as bills get payed and some money is still put away, it's none of anyone's business. More people are actually interested in the dolls than are ready to criticize me anyway. My grandmother was someone I thought would be annoyed at me buying something like these dolls, but she thinks they are beautiful and likes to pose them and brush their hair. I think some people protest to them in a way that reflects on problems they have with themselves and now with me, so I don't worry about it.

 

I lied to my parents because they were helping me through college. However they let me use whatever money I made during my summer job to buy whatever I wanted. I felt that if they found out how much one doll cost, they would probably be mad that I "wasted" my money on something that doesn't do anything or serve any purpose. I'm moving out in a month, so at that point I will gladly say how much a doll cost because I will be on my own.

 

I indirectly lie about their cost to some friends and random people. For example, I hired some people to help me move, and one guy saw the doll boxes. He was curious because I kept guard over them and didn't let the movers touch them. I finally showed him the picture of a doll on the cover of one box (I think it was Crobidoll Yeon-Ho). He seemed genuinely interested in the dolls and seemed to be a very friendly, nice guy. However, I wouldn't tell him how much they cost. I implied that they weren't expensive. My reasoning: I didn't really know him, and I was worried he'd try to steal them. This may seem paranoid, but admitting you have thousands of dollars worth of stuff in boxes to a person you don't know well is a bit risky. Although I don't imagine that a thief would be able to sell them easily- they wouldn't have enough knowledge about the doll and potential buyers would probably realize that the doll was stolen.

A lie I told my parents in the past is that these dolls don't depreciate very much. I believe I did this because generally collections are expected to increase in value, which isn't true for the vast majority of BJDs. I eventually told them my mom the truth, but my dad still doesn't know.

 

To me honesty is VERY important. I would never purposely lie about anything. If I didn't want someone to know how much my BJD cost I'd simply tell them "A lot". If they pressed me further I'd use one of my best friends lines "Don't worry about it." xD And then change the subject.

 

I pretty much don't discuss my dolls with people I know in real life anyway.

 

If someone is asking me about the price of something, because they want one too, I usually just refer them to the company, or store. When I speak of dolls I also let them know that there are different price ranges for different types of dolls, and give them options, but I don't always talk about the prices of my dolls directly with stranger, that has the possibility of encouraging theft.

 

Yes, I do. Most of the time about their price and how many I have on the way right now^^

 

I am not liar myself, but I think I would lie about my first BJD since it costs just way too much... And I certainly wouldn't tell that to my mother! Since I think she will get a heart attack once I tell how much I am going to spend on him! But that's just me...

 

I won't be telling my parents about them....Ever. If I can help it lol. I have a contingency plan in case that goes awry. My DD that I'm planning on getting will both be comic book characters. My family has basically signed off on comic books and comic related things b/c they're "normal/mainstream". They will never know the actual cost...Never. My other concern is that well being a guy I don't really feel like having the gay/your messed up talk. I already got an hour long lecture when they discovered I sewed a Halo Plushie. Sooo yeah, I'm not gay at all, so I don't feel like being accused of being so. Nothing wrong with being gay or anything but I don't like being called something I'm not. I've seemed to notice that there are less guys on here than on Dollfiedreams so maybe that's not really an issue around here lol.

 

I wouldn't lie about the cost...I would carefully maneuver around telling the truth though! My mom already doesn't approve of dolls in general at my age.

 

I have told people around me but it was a pretty bad idea, my parents and friends couldn't really understand how they cost so much. People wonder if I'm crazy and ask why I spend more money on doll clothes rather than on myself.

 

I told the truth to one member of my family and i hated the way it went, when she found out the cost of one of my doll she told me to put it immediately on eBay and get my money back, I was devastated. I think my best friends thinks i am crazy since she knows i collect dolls. So I am seriously thinking about hidding my hobby to family and friends, I mean it doesn't at all change who I am and yet it completely changes the way people sees me.

 

The only person that knows specifics about how much my dolls cost is my husband, and that's because we share a bank account and there's no way I'm dropping several hundred dollars without his knowledge or consent. My mom has seen them but I haven't told her specifics of how much they cost, and my sister and brother-in-law know I have some but haven't actually seen them. I haven't showed them to my mother-in-law yet, but she's about the only one that I wouldn't want knowing how much they cost. She's the single mom that used to work 16 hours a day to support her son (i.e. my husband), doesn't buy anything unless she really needs it and has fussed at my husband for buying a $30 pair of headphones off Amazon. I shudder to think of how she'd react to the news that I've spent hundreds on dolls. xP

As for lying, I don't tell people untruths so much as I simply do my best to avoid the question, especially with "muggles." I don't want someone trying to steal my doll or judging me for what I spend my hard-earned money on. If someone does ask, I usually tell them my dolls cost "quite a bit."

 

My mum and my step-father was both made aware of the crazy price before I bought my boy (and he was even quite cheap!) and it was really quite comical to watch their reactions... but I assured them I had saved up every dollar on my own and this was a Christmas present to myself. Later the same day mum said she would give me back a little over half the price of the doll as a Christmas present from her, my siblings and my S-dad. (but this had to kept under wraps so S-dad wouldn't know. The poor man has the unhealthy mantra of 'bills first, food later')

To everyone else I generally just say 'Mm, he was quite expensive alright? But I paid for him myself so it's really none of your business' in a alternatively ruder or kinder tone depending on who is asking and how they are asking. So, no, not really lie as much as just not disclosing the full truth.