How do you cope with the waiting?

I usually put my attention towards other things, like school, dancing, movie watching, and the like. But once I get the tracking number for the doll, I am constantly refreshing the page like a crazy person. >w<

 

I mostly hold the dolls I do have or do my dolls face-ups...really anything BJD since its in my head and isn't going away.

 

haha it's hard...not thinking about it. Really, really hard. I'm sorta impatient when it comes to that. Love to read all these responses.

 

I buy more dolls, especially from the MP because they arrive faster^^

 

I buy clothes, shoes, etc for the doll I'm waiting ^.^

 

I've been doing that, and I haven't even ordered her yet! And I'm gonna have a long wait. Soom does not ship very fast. I might end up buying my second before the first arrives. I'm going to work on getting everything I'll need to do her face-up. And maybe start making her pet...

 

looking for clothes and outfits, i also hang a calender for all of may waited dolls and cross a day by day and ooohhh yaa it feels good to cross them

 

What I do is try not to think about it. I find things to distract me like watching television series, or knitting or studying. Thankfully since I work I have a LOT OF distractions.

I think if ever I just set myself a timer around the time that the doll SHOULD come, so I can check if the company is delayed. That way am not being too lenient or several months have passed and my doll isn't here yet LOL.

 

If I have a doll I'm waiting for. I turn my attentions to the dolls I have, as well as the other hobbies. I do postcrossing which is another waiting hobby, as well as my penpals. But I also play video games, MMORPG such as The Old Republic and World of Warcraft so I try and level my characters. Some of the stuff I do passes the time nicely.

 

watching box openings for the doll I'm getting :P over and over and over untill doll comes and it was only 3 days bc i ordered from junkyspot if it had been any longer IDK what I would have done

 

This is how I coped with waiting the first time;



Me and my friend stole pebbles from the backyard, gathered toiletpaper, cloth and empty cans of energy drink, then we made mannequins and got to making some clothes~
... Mary and Suzy are still with us to this day, as you could see up there.

 

i browse at some online bjd store to look for some pictures.

 

I'm usually distracted with school work . Apart from that, I will deal with waiting by further developing the doll's character and writing his/her story. Or...I will just sit in a corner looking out the window every few seconds slowly going insane while I wait haha.

 

XD Whilst waiting I go about life normally, sewing sometimes, writing, roleplaying mainly.

 

My answer: I don't. It's hard.

 

I'm waiting for a doll for the first time now. I didn't think it would really be any kind of big deal whatsoever, but I find my mind wandering about it when I'm in bed and can't sleep sometimes now. D'oh!

This is going to be difficult. I'll have to use some of the tactics you all have discussed here! Wish me luck

 

I may not have a doll on the way (yet!) but there is still the waiting time of my mom deciding if she's going to get the doll of not, my dad has to wait on his paycheck (a Dal Ciel is coming out of this one), and I'm trying to confirm an order from a person on tumblr.

So what do I do? Continue to look at and admire dolls, go on tumblr, watch videos on Youtube... I continue my daily life! Honestly, if I kept thinking about the dolls I wanted to get/close to getting, I'd go crazy too! (Though I think I already am... Haha!) Getting to clean my room in prep. for them is a great way to both keep them on my mind, clean my room, provide space for the incoming doll, and still stay -somewhat- sane!

 

I look at pictures of dolls and watch box openings. Sometimes I like to play games or go to forums that have nothing to do with BJDs just to get my mind off of my dolls for a while. Since I joined DOA I would probably hang around the waiting room threads the next time I order a doll.

 

I harass my dogs or play with the ferrets lol

 

I play video games, listen to kpop, read manga, work on cosplay, and bother my friends and family about how I such at waiting and have no patience.

 

Mostly, for long waits I try to forget about it and take care of important life and work stuff.

I also make things for the doll, like clothes or special props they will need. I waited nearly ten months for a head, and while I waited I got him a body, and made him an outfit, and taught myself embroidery and then embroidered his shirt and his vest. Now he's here, and he already has an outfit ready, and I have a new skill.

 

I don't have too much experience with super long wait times, but I normally just look at photos of them and keep myself busy xD I'll have to use that a lot now having just ordered my Lati Snow Queen Miel! 60-65 days, without shipping time! The agony! xD

 

I try to keep myself busy or I draw them while I was waiting as well coming up with their back stories.

 

I make myself forget by busying myself with other things. I'm usually pretty successful at forgetting.

 

Been spending waaaaay too much time in the DoA waiting room thread and especially on the marketplace/ebay/etsy/online doll shops looking for clothing and accessories for the dolls I'm waiting for. It's dangerous I tell ya

 

Before my first BJD arrived today, I pretty much just stalked my order status and looked in the sewing section on here for tutorials of things to make for her once she came. That, plus have you heard of the song You're All I Think About These Days by Patty Loveless? that :P

 

Yeah I just bought Toni a few days ago, and I'm excited to the point of bursting with happiness...but then I think huh its gonna be months before she's here.

This is what I've been doing:
~Telling everyone, internet, friends, tumblr
~Daydreaming about her character
~Planning her welcome party
~Hand sewing her some casual clothes

I'm so excited!

 

I just preordered my first doll too!! Whoo-hoo! The wait is tough! My BJD will take 4 to 7 months!! What??!! 7 months... OMG!!! It's torture! The only thing that helps me (a little) is to look at clothes and accessories. As a first time BJD buyer I was shocked at the wait time. But she is so cute, she's worth the wait!!

 

I've had two shipping notices within a few days of each other, so I now have three dolls and a body coming to me and the wait is pretty awful.

The body is in England and customs held onto it for three days which was pretty much torture...I have no idea if I've been charged customs fees, I will just have to wait and see.

Mostly I'm freaking out and trying not to drive my fiance mad with my excitement.

 

I don't cope with waiting, I suffer through it. I am saving and therefore I am waiting to wait for when I can order my doll. This is the worst part ever. I can't wait until I am actually waiting for her to come (hope that made sense)

In the meantime I spend hours on DoA, Youtube videos, clothing shopping, props shopping and coming up with a back story.

 

Pretty much. Its such torture waiting Especially when another doll arrives before the one you're waiting for-!

 

Check the fl website daily oh gawd.

 

I generally look at or make clothing for the new doll, pick out a wig and eyes and start planning things like her personality or faceup. After those things are done I will play with my dolls at home, maybe redress them in something new or give them a different look.

 

waiting is horrible. Im getting my first SD and I already have a dress, 2 wiggs and shoes for her. she isnt even shipped yet!!

 

I'm not a patient creature... Even after years of ordering dolls, I still grumble over the wait times... But it's definitely easier to handle a long wait when you already have dolls to play with. Waiting for my first, without any others to distract me? THAT was torture.

 

I am extremely impatient, too. Millie isn't here yet. She may not get here until MARCH... I've made her a bedroom (she's only 6 inches) including a bed, a bookshelf, an end table, a couch and a toybox. I love making miniatures and each piece of furniture takes me a few days and I wait a few days in between pieces. I pretty much expect to have an entire bedroom (dresser, fireplace, a full toybox full of toys...) and a kitchen by the time she finally gets here I hope I don't run out of things to do and get bored by the time she's here!

 

I try not to think about the doll. I hate long waits because sometimes I'm so apathetic by the time I get the shipping notice that I regret ordering the doll. Once I get the shipping notice, I look up owner pics and try to get excited, but it doesn't always work. I had 3+ month wait for some Luts LE Zuzu Delfs recently, and felt practically nothing when I finally got them, although the dolls were lovely. I'd rather buy from the MP to avoid the waits!

Someone might have said this already (I didn't read the whole thread), but I'd like to add that I think it's a bit inconsiderate when people repeatedly email the company about the status of their order, unless the estimated ship time was only a few weeks and it's near the 45 day mark and you're considering a Paypal dispute. Or if you're moving or going on a long vacation and really need to know when the doll should ship. I've known people who contact the company over and over again about the shipping date, and I feel like they're often just wasting the company's time. Plus the companies sometimes give inaccurate info when asked, which gets the buyer's hopes up and leads to disappointment when they ship later than their estimate.

 

I'm currently waiting for one myself. I keep myself busy by knitting for the newcomer and buying trinkets that will make good props.

 

I'm currently waiting on one big doll (in month 4 of waiting now) and I just ordered a few pet dolls this evening. At first I would obsessively look at pictures of other people's dolls and especially box openings (terrible to do when you're waiting btw) and quickly realized that made me more impatient.

Now I've got myself occupied by window shopping (and some actual shopping) for things for my dolls (clothes, furniture, accessories mostly) and finally working through the backlog of video games I haven't touched since I bought them. I'm currently working through the original Xenoblade Chronicles.

(Did I have enough stuff in parenthesis in that post?)

 

I stalk my email waiting for the shipping notice email, and than I stalk the tracking of my doll. And slowly lose it until my doll is home safe. Not to mention the terrible nightmares that happen.

 

I sew for my other bjds and surf the web in case I discover a bjd sculptor I've never come across. I check the waiting room and my mail box too many times.

I am presently learning how to use my sewing machine, and adapting the clothes templates to it. I'm quite staggered by how easy and fast everything has become. I have more time to spend on designing better looking clothes for my bjds. and I can now provide for a potentially bigger crew .

 

By spending time on the marketplace.... Not a good idea really. I don't usually buy, but I may on occasion look for outfits for the new arrival. ^^;

 

i have to admit i spend a lot of time on here and other doll sites while i wait ^0^ i also spend a lot of time working on and rounding out their character via writing.
and i spend a lot of time talking about them with my friends
other then that i try to ignore it and pretend nothing is happening and just go on with life and then when i remember its less eeeerg its taking so long and more ER MER GERD!! I ordered my dolly! and they are on the way! YESSSSSS!!!!

 

I spend my time in joyful anticipation by "getting ready" - furniture, eyes, wigs, face up supplies, clothes. Kind of like nesting for a new baby!

 

I look up as many owner pics I can find, just generally increasing my miGHTY NEED for the doll to arrive. Then I look up wigs, eyes, clothing styles, etc. for the new doll, buy stuff if possible, and when the expected delivery date neares, I stalk the tracking site/any place where I can get any news until the doll finally arrives. Then cry because of customs fees.

 

distract yourself

 

Play videogames, watch TV shows, start up new hobbies. I need to learn to sew and crochet. Perhaps that's a great distraction. Making things for dolls.

 

im in the boat of having just ordered my first doll too, so asides from my usual hobbies, what im doing is browsing for clothes and items for my doll, then focusing on working a lot of i can afford to buy some things for him x- D the problem is that this is all doll-related, so i keep getting reminded that im waiting for a doll.... haha

 

For the first little lady, I ordered a wig and eyes in the waiting stage. I also crafted a sort of pattern base blueprint so I could make clothes for her.... Then I ended up buying a wig for the boy I had yet to order... then his eyes...
We talked about her everyday, planned photo shoots and new clothes and made clothes and collected props from other dolls that might work.
Then she shipped... and we don't have a door bell :'(
We had to wait even longer and worry about her safety at the local post office!

Now we are waiting for the boy, but we've bought all his wigs and eyes already! I guess I'll have to start his pattern blueprint and make some clothes... I still have a rough month to wait... minimum.

 

I'm in the process of playing the waiting game, myself... I just officially ordered my girl tonight, but I've been lingering on it for a week or so. I work in a fabric store (I'm a seamstress) and my coping method seems to be wandering around when we're slow and designing doll clothes in my head. In my spare time at home, I keep staring at pictures of her and looking up shoes, all kinds of tutorials, and just blankly staring at things on here. I'm not sure how I'm going to hold up until she's paid off and shipped!

 

I cope with the agonizingly long waiting time by what I do best: binge watching. I binge watch BJD box opening videos (and other BJD related videos) on YouTube.

 

I just try to forget about it.

 

I don't cope at all.... I'm still waiting for my dollzone ina... heading for 6 months in december.. she arrived at the shop a few weeks ago but had to be send back because of a painting error .. GRRRR XD
And in the meantime i spend my time looking at/ buying other dolls :P

 

I have a guy I a waiting on I ordered back in July, and I just keep trying to not think about the wait. I am just trying to focus on all my other dolls, otherwise I would start obsessing about him xp

 

I'd do all sorts of planning for accessories, places to take photos, outfits, etc, and watch reviews of people who have bought similar dolls!! It's rough though :'D

 

I just happened to schedule my doll to come after a very busy time in my life (black friday then college apps) so I don't have quite as much time to worry about my doll.

 

I'm actually waiting to save up for my first official BJD, but when I was waiting for an off-topic doll I researched different faceup styles for the model and tried to decide what I wanna do - or window shop for clothes!

 

I don't. Just kidding!
I'm actually waiting for a doll now and even though it's not my first - I'm still super excited! But I think waiting (even though it can get annoying) is part of the charm. I keep watching unboxing videos on youtube and pictures here on forum. I try to sew clothes for the new doll if I can or do something for dolls I already own. Now I decided to re-do all the face ups so when the new girl comes, I can focus on her.
Also keep listening to Kerlis songs because I have done that ever since I got my first doll on 2008 and it's kind of a tradition now.

 

I try not to think about it. Do stuff with other dolls or focus on my other hobbies so I don't drive myself crazy.

 

I remember the agonizing torture it was waiting for my first doll to arrive by mail. Even though I bought her secondhand, I had to do a layaway plan and then waiting for her to come in the mail... It was horrible! Every passing day I was so anxious and excited.

Since my first though I've started to fall into a routine, and I've noticed some things with my dolls.
-If I tell more than one or two people about the doll I am expecting, something always happens to it. Either it never gets sent and I have to get a refund due to lazy secondhand sellers (seriously I've waited over 3 months for them to send my doll and they just can't be bothered), or my post office (rated just below 2 stars on Google reviews) loses the package and refuses me my insurance.

So due to this I will now only tell one or two people (my girlfriend, who I now have my dolls shipped to since her post office is far better) and my mom xD

So wait times for me are even more hellish; I can't talk about them really with anybody, so I have to keep it to quiet researching on my end, on days when I just can't put the doll out of my mind.

I'll research what country and legend they're from (their characters are always based around lesser known characters in mythology from around the world). Then it goes to naming, and sometimes drawing concept art of how I might want them to look faceup-wise after more research on their origin culture. Then it's off to figure out their personality, and their clothing style.

I no longer buy clothes in advance for dolls either, but at this stage of the game I have clothes for a variety of sizes because of the earlier mentioned reasons (for dolls that I never received) so i have a good amount of extra clothes saved up just so they won't be naked, bald or eyeless when they arrive. c: