BJD Confessionals

Interesting thread!

I was actually sad for a day or two when I realized I just missed my doll's first 'arrival/birth-day'. It didn't last long, though. I was mainly sad because I wanted to do a photo story, and when I missed it, I didn't want to do one because the actual day had passed.

 

When my cousin was sheltering her child so much she started sending out letters to the family saying what we can't do around him, I almost sent her a letter back saying what she can't do around Loki......but caught myself before I did it.

I also buy or make cakes for their birthdays, wrap them gifts for the holidays and make sure each one has a bed/room to sleep in....

 

Not sure if this is weird but;
I decorate my doll's rooms into seasons but my own room is plain and messy, I'm not even ready for christmas ( but my doll is. LOL )! ; n ;

 

I have no problem paying top dollar for that "just right" outfit, shoe, wig etc, but refuse to pay full price for anything in my wardrobe.

 

1. My dolls have their own closet that is kept neat and tidy. Shoes on one shelf. Folded clothes like shirts and cloth pants on another shelf. And a hanging section for jackets, leather outfits, etc on the top. Not to mention a hat/wig rack, and a dresser.

You can't find anything in my closet. And absolutely nothing is organized.

2. My dolls get more attention than my cat. I don't neglect my cat, I just spend more time with my dolls.

3. I got more crazy this season about getting my dolls gifts than I did about getting my family or friends gifts XD

 

i will pay anything for a gorgeous outfit for my dollie. but i refuse to buy anything for me unless its on sale and really cheap.

 

I spend more on my dolls than on myself.

But....since the dolls are mine, I guess spending money on them counts as spending money on myself!

 

That's so true for me also, ha ha.............................................

 

haha, erm, I made a case for my doll to sleep in and am careful with its upkeep, but then have a hard time being in others' rooms as they are too messy... With dolls, things can be so neat

 

I took my doll Sophie with me on the Thomas the Train experience because it was a pretty backdrop. Those were some strange looks. XD

 

I have a better fashion sense for my dolls than for myself! ^_^

 

1. My dolls dress better than I do on a regular day to day basis.
2. Whenever I go shopping, I don't shop for myself, I shop for used things that I can use for doll fabric.
3. Christmas money has now become doll money.

 

It's reached the point where I don't want to spend money on cloths for myself as I want to put it into dolly money XD Only bought clothes this christmas as i got vouchers.

All spare money is potential dolly money.

 

This! I also resent dipping into my doll money for certain necessities of life for myself, like new glasses or shoes.

 

Ah shoes, only when socks get drenched from holes XD Dolls much more important XD

 

Exactly, or more often in my case, when my tennis shoes accumulate so much paint on them that I feel a little embarrassed to wear them to the supermarket because I look like I probably got them out of someone's trash bin.

 

Me too! I buy my doll's beautiful clothes, and do not really look at the price. But when I buy clothes for myself I look at the pricetag twice!

 

I talk about my dolls like living people, and I mourn other people's dolls when they are treated badly (like awful awful face ups...). I also get really sad when I see cute dolls on the marketplace, but can't give them a home...

 

My best friend is constantly teasing me because Chaeri has a better and more extensive wardrobe than I have.

 

My boys are far better dressed then I am xD I grab whatever out of my closet when I will spend almost an hour choosing clothing for them. I also spend more money in shopping for clothes and fabric for them then I do on myself in a year easily.

 

Sometimes my boy gets control of the remote when we watch TV together. n_n;;

 

I often find myself talking to my dolls ad though they can hear me and respond accordingly. One instance in particular, I promised my Fae king fresh-baked bread from the bakery with honey - and still intend to keep that promise.

 

I am guilty of so much on here..
I think the worst is I have payed bills late because some doll company was having an event...

 

I refuse to spend money I don't have or to use emergency money I keep for rent and other such things on dolls. . . so, in the past I have eliminated everything I could while still being able to eat enough from my food expenses for a month and for the past several months, I have put off buying a TV stand and kept my TV on a small table that is supposed to go somewhere else, so I could instead use the money for dolls.

 

I've bought so much packaged things for my dolls already that I think I'm expecting packages when I'm not.

 

LOL!! Wow that's pretty messed up for his case, XD

 

In any other circumstance, I think REALLY hard before I spend over 20 bucks, even if I've wanted it for a looong looong time.
However, when it comes to dolls, If its something I really want, I only think about it if its over 60 bucks.

 

I check my order statuses daily.

I'm attached to my email like a life line. Where is my shipping notice!

I refer to my floaty head a "The Head" and I play with it like it's a complete doll. Half-dolls need love too.

I like the smell of my dolls. I keep them in a cabinet so they still smell kinda resiny.

I use the promo pics that the company has as backgrounds to various things while waiting; my computer, my ipod, my ipad, my phone all have a pic of either my Might or my Iraki.

I dress my dolls better than myself. I envy their wardrobe.

My budget includes money for my dolls.

I think I spend more time on DoA than is healthy.

 

Everytime I hear about a large some of money I reply with "Do you know how many dolls I could buy with that.."

 

I found a t-shirt with a nice colour and texture around the house.
I made a jacket for my doll out of said t-shirt.
Only later I realized that maybe my bf wouldn't appreciate the fact I used his shirt to make doll clothes.

 

I have another confession...

For the last few months, I have been planning the purchase of a tablet computer for my personal enjoyment but also for important and practical purposes. Even though it is the one I really want, I ruled out the iPad 2 because of the price and have been looking at a significantly cheaper Lenovo model. Sometime this month, I was going to buy the Lenovo, though the thought of spending the money still pained me.
A few minutes ago I figured up that I will have enough money to purchase a doll I want that is going to cost as much as the iPad. All I have to do to come up with the extra money I don't have set aside for dolls is to further put off buying a tv stand (putting off the tv stand for dolls has been going on for nearly six months) and not buy the Lenovo this month, then I can buy the doll... that will cost me as much as the iPad I won't buy because it is too expensive... I was pleased and saw no problem with this until I came accross this thread- but I'm STILL going to buy that doll and wait on the tablet (and not to mention the tv stand).

 

As for me, I have a confession to make:

For my birthday, my mom asked me if I wanted to go on a cruise or to Disneyland and get a season pass and I picked Disneyland because I wanted to be able to take my doll with me since I know he would enjoy going too. Also if I got the season pass, my other doll mothers would be able to come as well with their resin children and we can all ride the rides together.

Another thing is that now every month I set aside money out of my check to put into a savings account just for dolls and buying outfits/face ups/etc for them.

 

I make spreadsheets detailing every last little cost of a doll, including those I know I will never buy, for amusement and to pass the time. Sometimes I wonder if I prefer the preparation and planning stage of buying a doll as I've done this repeatedly over the years, even creating an achievable budget, but have yet to actually buy a doll.

 

LOL it's great to know i'm not the only one who spend so many hours here.

I don't have a bjd yet but i'm always looking clothes and wigs for the dolls i want (pukifee ante and pong) and also watching owner pictures on flickr of the dolls i want. I even sometimes want to cry because i don't have money enough to buy dolls

 

I've told all my friends and family that in place of buying me gift cards to restaurants and clothing stores that I would prefer cards to craft stores or like the visa/MC/AmEx gift card, or if they insist on buying me an object or something I request fabrics and such.... i even told my husband that unless my next gift is a new camera I would prefer him to put the money aside for dolls or doll stuff (He said it was a great idea XD) I now I must seem horrible, but I am happier spending money on my dolls than myself unless I absolutely have to have something (like eye glasses, clothing that fits/public appropriate-wears things into the ground-, etc)

 

I feel bad when I eat in front of my dolls... I feel like they are hungry, too. Even though that's impossible! So I always avoid eating around my dolls. I have even tried 'fakefeeding' but then I just feel like a tease. It's pretty awkward... v.v

 

Don't feel bad. I do the exact same thing, lol. We're not weird.

 

Well, i hadn't been to the mall in about 6-8 months and a guy asks me on a date there. Cool enough, so we go and I assume we're having a great time until he points out to me that everything I had bought so far (about my whole budget for the day) was something I insisted my doll would love. Needless to say he hasn't asked me on a second date XD

now it's my policy that you don't just date me, you date my dollies too! >D

 

I spend more money on my dolls than I do myself. Seriously, every penny I get goes to dolls because I really want to get all of my character doll-ifed.

Even though my "Floaty Head" has a name and a charcater, which I love to pieces, I still refer to her as "Floaty Head" and she will forever be dubbed that until I can afford to get her a body

^^^ I do that too ahah!

 

I was shopping for a future doll, and was completely ok with getting her $48 boots, when my shoes don't ever cost more than $25 xD

at least she'll treat her shoes better than I treat mine e.e

 

I'm having a hard time deciding buying myself a new pair of high top skate shoes or getting one of my dolls a new face-up. Keep in mind I don't have any tennis shoes at the moment, only a pair of boots and flip flops XD

 

Simple version;
My boy is better clothed than me xD give me £50 and I can garuntee it'll most likely go on him than me xD

 

Sometimes I'll talk to my dolls just so that people leave me alone.

 

I have fantasies about my dolls coming to life and brutally murdering the people I don't like. >dreams blissfully<

 

I don't have many friends in real life because i'm socially awkward so I wish my dolls were real so I could talk to them about my problems and at the same time I wish they could murder people that I really hate or have caused me to do really bad things.. >w< Life would be better if doll could walk and talk..

 

Oceana Weirdly enough I had a dream similar to that, just without the killing part XD It would be so cool if our dollies could walk and talk.

I feel really, really bad when I spend money on myself because I'm making D wait that much longer for a dollie friend. I think he's lonely

 

I think I am more excited about having a Joann's Fabrics store near me again than most people...

 

I can't spend a lot of time on DoA writing/responding to discussions (I no longer have a computer and it is tedious to type on a phone), and even though I lead a very busy life, I still /make/ the time to trawl the Marketplace. Hourly. Sometimes I'll wake up sporadically during the night (I do that anyway because I have had insomnia since the early days of my youth) and I'll run a quick check. The best finds are always put up at night.

 

I spend much more on my doll's clothes than I spend on mine.
I take better care of their wigs than my own hair... I'm hygienic, I swear! D:
& I browse etsy and e-bay more than the average person, I'm sure.

 

My dolls cost around the same amount as the engagement ring I'm saving up to buy for my partner.

I sometimes pause when buying myself things and think how faster I could get my 70cm boy if I put the money towards him instead - but darn it, I don't fit in any of my jeans anymore (End of teenage years growth spurt!)

I secretly want to buy everybody close to me BJDs, purely because of how happy they make me, but then I realize that my mum is pretty much the only person who actually wants one of her own.

I have full conversations with my boy sometimes, and it's not for a lack of actual people to talk too.

I inwardly cringe when people pick up my doll.

 

I talk to my dolls all the time. But I guess that's not that odd to me, I talk to everything... my computer, food I'm cooking, animals, my truck...

I put more effort into doing my dolls makeup than I do my own.

I can find a way to justify expensive doll purchases but cringe spending more than $20 on anything for myself

 

I'm mad at myself that character creating is so difficult when I have a wealth of info in front of me at all times.

 

I only buy my clothes on clearence but buy my doll's clothes full price.

I secretly keep a dollie related item with me all the time.

I share my pictures with my classmates and talk about them as if they were real people.

I learned to sew just to sew clothes for my resins.

I recruit family members into the hobby to find more dolly stuff.

I can not pass by Claire's without squealing and finding something doll related. Cashier only smiles and waves.

I recruit my bestie(who is also a doll collector) to have dolly parties just to spend time with dollies.

I spend more time with my dolls than I do my dog.

I have gotten psycho if anyone not in the hobby touches my resins inappropriately.

I do believe I would be in jail if someone threw my resins in a fit of rage.

Oh the list could go on ><;

Oh! I used to browse DoA in class until the teacher found out and blocked it xDDD

 

I hate keeping my doll in doll bags, so everytime I put them into their bags / boxes, I take them out again within a week :<

I tend to handle my doll very roughly :P

 

I do this too. My husband and roommate always tell me that inanimate objects won't reply (if they did I would go check in at western psyche) but I still do so because deep in my beliefs I feel that everything has an awareness.(my parents were hopped up on eastern culture when I was little XD)

 

my two confessions are that when I'm out at a hobby lobby or Michaels, I always make a bee line to the doll section and look around. Even if I know they're too big for my boy, it gives me great ideas for things to make. Secondly, I (like many of you) talk to my boy often. I just feel he understands me best x3

 

I am better at faceups than human makeup.

Also, I'm always very careful with budgeting money when it comes to buying things for myself and a lot more relaxed about spending money on other people (especially gifts for friends)... except when it comes to dolls. I know they belong to me, but something about them sort of being little people in my head just breaks through all my normal monetary inhibitions and go a little crazy with the wigs and eyes and shoe collection. ^_^;;