Would you loan someone your doll or ask to borrow one?

Nope never!! I don't even like people touching my dolls at meets!

 

Only if it was someone I knew very well! And if they lived in the area. I can't see myself letting my dolls go that far away from me with someone else. That being said, there are probably less than a handful of people I'd even consider lending a doll to and I can't see myself ever asking.

 

For me it would totally depend on the person!
My friend did once lend me her doll for making clothes for that doll (I was totally shocked when she said she would just leave her with me!!!)
And I have left one of my dolls with the same friend for an extended period of time, just because I was moving and wasn't going to have much dolly time. And I know she likes that doll very much!

I also once offered to send a doll to my long distance girlfriend, because she was thinking of getting a doll that size from the same company. Because she wasn't sure she would like the doll/size once she got it.

Otherwise it would totally depend on the person! Both of these people are people I know really well, and I know they treat their dolls really well, and they would treat mine with the same care.

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Never, my dolls are like my babies.

 

Nope! I don't even let people touch my dolls, never mind letting them borrow a doll! I might be a little more lenient with my playline dolls, but even though they were cheap I spent a lot of time picking out the right ones and styling their hair-I don't think anybody will be able to handle my dolls better than I do.

I had friends (who I'd gotten into dolls) when I was in high school that would bring me their Pullips and Monster High to style and fix because I'm good with doll hair and they weren't very experienced with caring for them, but I never once let them take my dolls home. They're too special to me. We had a doll meet once, and I couldn't stand them touching my Blythe!

I would go absolutely bonkers if I let a person borrow one of my BJDs! Some of these dolls cost more than my rent!

 

I have loand my doll to a friend who was ordering the same body and she borrowed it so she could make some outfits for her doll. I got a free dress for it!

 

i think i would die of worry too. i wouldn't even loan my dolls to another doll owner if there's a meetup it's another story. people can hold my dolls and take pictures of them, but only if im around to see!

 

Hm, well It actually depends. If the person I was loaning it to lived across the sea and far far away I probably woudnt, if it's a close friend that lives.. lets say, in a close city to mine or in my city I would!

 

I don't think so. Not even in the case of a very close person.
My BJDs are something very personal for me; I do not let many people touch them, and I always have to be present in that moment.

And in the other direction I would feel the same.
Having other's people doll is not appealing, I would feel too worry taking care of it and I wouldn't be happy with it.

 

I'd have to say no. I have three Lati yellows with company face ups.... I'd hate to have them messed up from some kind of mishab. I don't even like my husband touching my dolls... And I married him and trust him to hold our babies. XD

Their just so much money and limited face ups that you can't just send them off for a new one.
I don't think I'd ask anyone to borrow a doll either. If someone wanted me to watch their doll, I'd do that. Just because in super carefully with sun light n storing them. Other then that tho... That's about it.

 

Only one person even gets to touch my dolls, and that is my friend Cory. I had her doll for a few days while I drafted patterns for his clothing, and again when I did fittings. Also she had one of my dolls for a couple of days while she made some jewelry for her. I was a nervous wreck the whole time my doll was gone. And while I had Cory's doll, she came over every day to "visit" him. I know she was missing him, as he's her only doll.

I've had other friends come in to my room and want to touch my dolls, and I prefer they don't unless they prove to me that they are going to be respectful. I had one friend who I thought I could trust. She let me hand one of my dolls to her and she held it gently, so I thought it was ok, but when she was done holding him, she actually threw him back on the shelf and I almost fainted. Now she only looks without touching.

 

Nope. No. Definitely not. And No for good measure.

 

Depends on how well I know them. It wasn't uncommon among my group of friends to have dolly sleepovers - where we'd leave a doll with someone for a few days or so. But that was because we trusted each other to care for our own dolls as if they were their own.

 

I don't think I would trust any of my friends with my dolls. It's not that my friends are not trustworthy, it's more that I'm anal about my dolls.

 

Just my mother. It's not that I wouldn't trust my friends, it's just that I don't see any of them very often so what should only take a few weeks would end up being months. I just couldn't live without my dollies that long.

 

That's a tough one. I think it would have to depend on who it was who was asking. If it was someone I knew very well and for a long time, I don't think that I would have a problem if they wanted to borrow my doll just for a bit.

 

Going back to the original post question background, I've had people try to make me borrow their dolls, and refused, because I can't handle the responsibility of someone else's baby. If you know someone who's clothing fits your incoming doll, it would be less nerve wracking all around to borrow clothing rather than the doll. And there are always measurements. Den of Angels is super for getting measurements. Then again, I have a couple of lodgers from a friend who can't keep her guys with her at the moment. Poor things live in their boxes.

 

No way, I would rather lend out my car.

 

If it's someone that has been in the hobby for long and knows how to handle them with care and that i've known for a while and can trust then ok why not as long as they return it just the way i gave it >_< but i'd still be quite skeptical..
I wouldn't ask toborrow someone else's doll tho , it feels so wrong xD it'd feel like asking my neirghbour if they can lend me their children LOL...

 

Only if I know I could trust them. At the moment I don't prize any of the bodies I have but if I didn't and someone I trust asked to borrow I would probably say yes. I would worry the whole time though lol. I'm not a clothing creator so I would need to ask to borrow a doll for that reason, I am a photographer with very little money so I might ask to use one in a shoot as I can't just buy dolls. Though I don't think I'd ever ask to have the doll longer than maybe an hour, so that's a different thing.