A Family Affair: Do your loved ones love dolls too?

Well where to begin......I've always loved dolls never got the ones I wanted as a child Feel I'm living my second childhood !!.... I have 3 sons that love my dolls and my youngest is only 9 and wants his own!! My youngest sister has 3 my 12yr old niece has 2 my 9 yr old niece is waiting for her first BJD to arrive as a Birthday gift from me and my darling niece who is only 4 also wants one too My parents think they are beautifull and partner is forever supportive and can reel off any amount of Dollfie sculpts when questioned!
My sons girlfriends also want one!! I generally inflict the dollfie bug on most people who enter my home and find that they are an **ENIGMA** of happiness for most and something that makes me very happy which above all is the most important thing ....... I am eternally gratefull for all the love I receive from my family

 

My Mom collects as well. She started collecting resin dolls (but not BJD) way before resin was popular with the masses. She completely introduced me to the hobby. It's nice to have someone to share with. And my daughter who is 6 is totally into it too. She has a couple inexpensive BJDs dolls in her room that she doesn't play with, but imagine in a few more years she will.

 

I'm the only one in my family who:
a) ever heard of BJD's
b) loves BJD's
c) isn't afraid of buying one just because they cost much
d) actually bought a doll house, just for the doll
e) doesn't think of BJD's as creepy dolls

But! I must say that my boyfriend was the one who bought my very first BJD (a Fairyland Pukipuki Pongpong). He knew how long I had been searching for the perfect first BJD, and the last few months before he bought me one, I was in love with Pukipuki's.

So... He decided to buy me one as a New Years Eve gift.

He still finds them expensive tho. His quote at that time was "one only needs to be crazy enough to buy one, and in this case I'm that person who was." I love that quote. XD

 

Back when, I had seen dolls on and off and was curious about them, but I figured they were way too expensive, and that I'd probably never end up with one. Then one fine year, my sister caught wind of them at an Anime Convention, and she kept bugging and bugging to have one... Finally I landed myself a paid Internship, and after saving some funds, we got her one. _xD After taking that first step, I was finally brave enough to grab one for myself a few months later... Now, together, we're at... like... eleven. -gigglesnort- She's into dolls, yeah, and we both sit down for the box opening ceremony if a new doll comes in.

 

my mum loves dolls!!!she doesnt own our kind of dolls but she love looking at mine and helps me with the clothes and stuff!!!

 

My mother is slowly getting into dolls after the three years I have had them. She takes me to meets and owns a few herself. My father thinks I should use them as a profit margin and my boyfriend does not take much interest.

 

I can't say that my parents loves this hobby, they tolerate it and understand how much I love dolls.
My mum likes to look at my favourite dolls on the internet, sometimes my sister gives me advices on doll customizations and I really love to listen their opinion. I kinda think about my dollies as a part of my family! ^w^
As for my boyfriend, the first time he saw a bjd istantly asked me to customize one of them like one of his favourite characters from Final Fantasy... -.-"

 

Other than my sister who started this whole affair :p, my mum actually quite likes them. She's pretty good with the whole collectables thing. She has her own collections of Franklin Mint plates and Dragon statuettes.

 

My husband (late husband, I guess... still weird saying that), was always supportive of my doll habit, even though he didn't understand my burning desire! Every time I get a new doll or a new outfit I think about what Gary would have said...

 

My boyfriend absolutely hates them! Though he might be a little jealous I spend hours looking for male 72cm outfits on sale/learning patterns when I don't help HIM shop for fashionable clothing. -_-

My mother thinks it's a huge waste of money and gets angry at me when I talk about it at all.
My grandmother has no idea what they are but likes the girls because she collects porcelain dolls. ^_^ (too bad i'm getting a boy... with pose-able man-bits! XD)

 

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i'm the only one in my family that collects bjd's though when we are out on "photohikes" my husband will sometimes take pictures of shots i've set up and most of the time doesn't mind waiting while i set up/take pictures unless i'm REALLY slow. but he would never get one for himself. i've tried to convince my son's girlfriend that she should get one as she is in to photography too, but so far no luck i have some friends who think they are cool but wouldn't get one for themselves either. luckily all my friends and family have know i was weird forever so no one thinks i'm any stranger than before i started collecting and often don't notice the number of dolls mixed in with my extensive teddy collection

 

My mom and step dad are very supportive of my doll ^^ they're always asking about her, which makes it alot of fun ^^
Any guy that comes and hangs out with me and is interested in dating me, i always say, you date me, you except her haha xD
They always laff and seem amused, i think they like that im not ashamed of my (awesome) hobby :P

 

I actually met my fiance here on DoA! *Thanks, DoA ;D *
We live together now and have a hoard of resin kids. Even her mother has a doll.
It's nice to live with someone that likes dolls as well. OTL

 

My husband thought they were creepy at first, but has learned to accept them. I think he's intrigued by them. He's talked about getting one to mod into a steampunk character, but he doesn't like the price.

He collects action figures and plushies, though. ;-D One of his earliest gifts to me was a stuffed Cthulhu.

 

me and my mum are both equally into the hobby i was interested first,and found DOA and she bought me half of my first and loved her so much she got her own! she now has a million more than me and is probably more active than me on here and on flickr :P

 

I was really surprised recently when my cousin who is like late teens and a total gamer guy commented on some of my pictures confessing he loved my dolls. It was so neat coz he was the first of anyone to say so.

 

My mom doesn't like bjds, she finds them too creepy She says they look too realistic for her tastes

 

Both my Mom and my Son have come to love BJD's....
and even my boyfriend has made the comment if one
company makes an overly muscular body builder male
body doll... he would get one.... and he is a total gamer & computer geek.

 

Ive certainly influenced people Ive met into buying dolls.
As for family, well I lived with my ex for 3 years and he got himself a doll because he thought they were neat. Im sure his mom would have gotten one too eventually but I haven't talked to them in a while now, lol. It would be neat though to have a family member in the hobby with you.
You could share doll clothes and wigs and you get the chance to play with different dolls lol.

I don't have any real life doll buddies yet, it would be a really fun hobby to share with other people so I'm looking forward to going to meetups in the near future.

 

At first my mom was aginst the whole doll thing, but I suppouse it was because of the monney the cost, and seeing it as a passing fancy of mine that she would pay for.
I bought my first doll after living on my own and managing my housold for over one year, with my own money. I don't know if she was proud of me, but she really acepted my first boy. She thinks my other dolls are part of me going overboard and to excited^^. I stopped at 3, and even thou I look at new dollies, I have no real desire to have more (nither do I have the space).
And my sister is going to get her firs doll soon, do I need to say more?????
My dad, I supose he just accepted them as part of my crazy self.
The last partner I had .... well I give him the credidt for trying, not really understanding, but trying.

 

My mom thinks they're pretty cool. She's excited to make jewelry for them, but other than that she isn't much interested in dolls. (She'd rather pay that amount for handmade, big jewelry, haha.)

 

My parents don't really care too much about whether I'm into this hobby or not. My mother actually really likes them even though it's unlikely she'd ever own one herself. I'm sure they think I'm a little crazy given how expensive just one doll is, but as long as I'm not digging myself a hole of debt it's my money and it's not harming anything.

 

They don't have dolls and they're not part of the hobby... but, my family sometimes "play" with my BJD.

My father plays with my puki and he helps me with stringing. He asks what I want to buy because sometimes he says "don't buy it, I can do that", and he gets so excited when a package arrives, he says "open it here, I want to see". So funny.

My mother made a dress for my girl once, but she's not that active.

My sister sometimes plays with my BJD. She also said that my girl is her daughter because she liked her dress and shoes (something she would wear) LOL.

My baby sister loves to play with them and she wants one. I told her that someday I will give her one... But she just have to wait for me being millionaire. xD

My friends just ask me things about BJD, but it's awesome that they don't attack me because of my hobby.

 

Both my sis and mom collect dolls as well. Our resin baby family is quite large and growing! I started the obsession, but it didn't take long for it to catch on. We all have our own taste in style and looks so we rarely like the same doll which is interesting, but we all admire each other's and ooh and aah over all of them. I'm very happy they enjoy the hobby as much as I do =D

 

My mother and brother are in the hobby. Mom has three dolls, I have five (with two on the way) and brother has one on the way and is eyeing another. We all have our own tastes, but it's a lot of fun! Brother and I like to ooh and ahh over the engineering and all the fun things we plan to do with the dolls. Mom likes them to sit around and look pretty. To each their own.

 

Nope, everyone in my family thinks im crazy for getting one, especially on the first day, but now they act normal seeing me carry my Msd 1/4 boy.

 

Right now it's just me but several family members admire my dolls.

 

My sister would like one. She came over last week and she hadn't seen my dolls before (we usually only ever meet at our parents' place, halfway between where each of us lives) and she said if BJDs weren't quite as expensive as they are, she'd get one. When I get a decent job I might just give her one. In the meantime she can be a good aunt to them and make sure I spoil them like they deserve. We went shopping one day and she kept pointing to little things and saying "wouldn't your girls love this?" or "if I were them, I'd totally need that!"

 

My oldest daughter used to collect dolls too, but at 12 she decided she was too old for that and she doesn't want to be like me that way. My youngest is now 9 and still likes dolls, but not like me. Looks like I will be alone

 

I do!! I am the one who discovered the BJD hobby and am joined by my sister~
we have even welcomes our first own BJDs together^O^
Since then I share this hobby with her n we have someone to talk to about it!!

Our parents accepted that this is what we love n they are fine with it~
I guess they just get used to them being around the house

 

My family don't care for these dolls, although they do think it's a fun fact that I'm making my own. Sometimes I wish I could share these dolls with someone close, but I'm happy enough as it is that my family supports my starting business. I can't complain.

 

My Mother and Aunty both love BJD's ^^

 

I don't have anyone in my immediate family who would claim to love dolls (although both my husband and my sister have been known to pose mine in amusing positions when they have the opportunity), but my mother's two sisters both collect dolls. One of them collects antique dolls, repairs play dolls from the 1960s, and makes fabric dolls that she sells, while the other has a (relatively small) collection of Madame Alexander dolls.

Amsuingly, I'd say the vast majority of my family is fairly minimalistic, so they aren't terribly interested in stuff in general, so it's funny that there are as many collectors as there are!

 

My boyfriend doesn't full understand the hobby, but he is supportive of it. As for the rest of my family (mom and sister) they love my dolls that taking the head cap off freaks my sister out every time. I am luck t be in an understanding family. Though they do not understand when I buy things for them ._.

 

My brother teases me by hey, he's my brother so he's gonna tease me for life! My parents are neutral and my boyfriend finds the whole "doll" thing creepy but he's not stopping me so it's all good

 

My fiancee teased me about why I'd wanrt another doll (I had an ellowyne wilde and delilah) so when I was looking to get my first bjd that's all I ever heard from him. I tried saying it wasn't any different than his transformer collection but he just didn't get it. I got to hear many times how he microwaved his half sister's barbies and that was all they were good for. Then one evening of showing him doll pictures ("yeah.. ok... why are you showing me?") I showed him Resinsoul Ai. Needless to say, that caused some major soul searching for him. I got to hear "I want her. I have no clue why, but I want that doll!" Constantly till he got her. He actually got her before I got mine! Our son almost cried when I got my second because he decided he wanted a doll were you could pop the head off and change eyes and wig, so he ended up with a 27cm obitsu.

 

I'm still saving for my first BJD, and even though my husband isn't nearly as excited and anxious as me, he is still interested and is a good listener. And he made the cutest face when he held a BJD for a first time. It was an 1/3, and heavier than he expected, so he looked as awkward as if it was a newborn baby

Family just has the "You're not really going to spend money on a doll at the age you should be having babies, are you?" attitude.

 

Nobody in my family really likes dolls besides me. My sister and mother think some are okay, but aren't really doll people. My boyfriend is freaked out by them, but tends to respect it and my dad just sees them as way too expensive so... XD

Regardless, this means I got a lot of old porcelain dolls from my grandmother which was nice.

 

I actually had a conversation with my mom about the hobby and when she found out some families don't support even hate the hobbies their children/siblings/other family members are in she was stunned.

These are her words: "How could anyone hate a hobby? Their not hurting anyone and it's so much more then a doll it's a piece of art. Your sewing, doing photography, stop motion animation, your meeting people, if you weren't in this hobby you wouldn't have taken an interest in sewing or crochet. It's expensive yes but it's like buying a piece of art when you buy these dolls. I can't imagine why someone would dislike it."

Did I mention I love my mom?

 

Johnny isn't here yet, but I can already predict how my family members are going to react.

*My mother isn't in love with the price tag, but she accepts and encourages the hobby anyway. She's even bought my Johnny some new clothes, and she's excited for him to get here, just like me.

*My grandmother has encouraged doll collecting from Day One, so she'll probably love him.

*My sister is terrified of dolls. I am 99.9% sure that she'll hate Johnny's non-existent guts.

*My brother-in-law likes to tinker around with stuff, so if anyone in the family were to get into ball-jointed dolls, it would most likely be him. He'll probably admire the artistry and the construction of the doll. Then he'll say "Does he have a steampunk outfit yet?"

*One of my uncles only cares about things he's interested in, and he's been tacky about dolly blather in the past. If it's not a spy or a scantily-clad female pop star, he doesn't want to hear it. I won't show Johnny to him at all.

*My other uncle doesn't care either, but he's a lot more polite about it. He has a very "do what you love" attitude, but I probably won't show Johnny to him either.

*My grouchy great aunt thinks it's time I started finding a man instead of playing with dolls, so she won't get to see Johnny either. Ironically, she is a doll collector herself!

 

I may have answered this before, but by sister has dolls, though most of them she's gotten through me. She doesn't do a lot with them right now, and she's not active online. I'm not sure she was ever super into it, though, I think she was doing it for awhile when I first got into it because I was into it.

 

Nah, it's just me, unfortunately.

 

Well, I'm a married & in my late 20s, so my answers might be a lot different than other peoples'. ^^;

When I was in the hobby 8 years ago, my mother enjoyed the dolls but she had NO idea how much they cost... I kept it that way. My father is okay with pretty much anything that makes me happy & my husband actually loves them. He even has his own doll on its way & he loves to help me pick out clothes, eyes, wigs, etc. for my current girls.

 

My daughter and I are doll buddies. I sew and make wigs for both her dolls and mine, and she does faceups for both of our collections. We pretty much enjoy all aspects of our doll hobby together. It's pretty rad actually.

 

My sister is in the hobby and has about the same number of dolls as I do. No one else in the family is an active doll owner, but my mom likes to sew and do crafty stuff for the dolls and goes to meets, and my dad makes furniture and props for them. My husband fully supports my hobby and will sometimes go to meets with me, but isn't active in any way except paying attention when I talk to him about them. I also have a cousin who thinks they're cool and is interested to see the things I make for them, but I think it's more to get ideas for her daughter's dolls' props and accessories than anything.

 

Kind of.

My husband is also a toy collector. He has several fashion dolls of his own, but no BJDs yet. But he helps me with my BJD. He keeps an eye out for 1:4 scale props, and he taught me how to sew so that I could make clothing for her and my other OT dolls.

My daughter is too young to own her own BJD right now, but she's already showing an interest in them and loves looking at photos of them with me. I fully expect her to join me in the hobby as she gets older.

While my mom is not a collector herself, she sometimes makes crocheted accessories for my girl.

 

Not really, but they tollerate it. Which is Good enough

Wow

, looks like you and your family make a great team ! You're Very lucky ^^

 

They are pretty awesome, but it hasn't always been this way. My parents were very much against the hobby when I first became interested, and thought it was absolutely insane to 'waste' so much on dolls. After they saw that I could be responsible, budget safely, pay my bills and buy dolls without asking them for anything, they started to come around. Once they saw all the work and creativity put into them, they started asking questions, and liking them more. My sister liked them all along, and had seen them in person before I had. She sort of encouraged me and said they were worth it, but she didn't order her first until a week after I ordered mine.

 

Well, i think that's understandeble. I think That a lot of parents react That way at first. Because the hobby is expensive and a lot of people don't know how much creativity you can put in it. But cool That you have a sister to share the hobby with! ^^

 

List of family who owns dolls
My mom Osaka
My dad PherretLord
My uncle Wotan
My roommate Rorek
I've got a huge HAPPY family of doll friends.

 

My mom is okay with them (but she prefers other types of dolls) but my dad is weirded out by them lol and it's pretty annoying sometimes but I just ignore him ^^

 

My mom crochets my dolls things sometimes, and while I'm sure both of my parents think the prices are ridiculous, they keep it to themselves. My main support in the hobby is the love of my life, who has a tiny I gave her and is soon to get another. She's not on here, so I can spoil the surprise, but I'm actually considering proposing to her with a tiny... That or the dedications in the front of my book, if I ever finish...

 

So my family is very mixed on my doll. My twin sister loves her and wants one but she hate when I talk about mine. She's a bit narsicist but I dont care, as long as she doesn't steal my doll Im fine. She is the only one I trust to hold her. My step dad really doesnt care. He is fixing a chair I bought for her and making her a bow and quiver for her arrows. My mom is the most confusing. She loves my doll but hates the cost. She likes that she brings us together. My mom loves to make stuff for my girl and plan everything

 

As I know nobody in my area who's interested by dolls in general, I'm pretty happy that my daughter loves them too ^-^
My husband is mostly indifferent, and about the price well , that's my savings after paying bills , charges and necessities, so he's ok with that .
For the rest of my family and friends, we have other interest in common , but nothing about bjd !

 

Oh my goodness! Both of those would be amazing proposals!

 

Thanks! I've always got a few ideas... I just really hope, whatever I do, that it works out.

 

My Fiance has three SD size BJD but isn't really that interested in them other than that they look good.

I think the company and the sculpt names have long since been forgotten - they're just referred to by their names , Tony (Volks SD16 Yukinosjo), Angelo (Limhwa tan Mano), and Yoshi (Iplehouse Ryushin). See, I remember them (except for what Yoshi is short for - that always escapes me).

I'm not complaining it means they're in the house and sat with my mob of (much younger kids) without me having to spend out on buying them.

Teddy

 

My mother likes my dolls but don't encourage me to keep in the hobby, father doesn't care, whit my brother and sisters is the same but the last one she really likes my dolls she even wants some doll chateus.
Also i have a friend who helps me for taking them out for photos ^^

 

I'm lucky enough to be able to share the doll hobby with My two younger daughters who are still at home. The older one is getting her first BJD for her birthday this month, and she also wants to learn to do faceups.