How will they react?

Are you worried about telling your friends? What if they think the hobby is a waste of money? Well that's just fine. As long as it makes you happy, why worry about them?

Although, I (Katie) must confess that I was one of these friends. When OC told me about these dolls I thought she was crazy to even think about buying such an expensive doll. I didn't see the point in it. But of cours, at the time, I was majorly into roller skating and chose to spend $500 on a pair of skates. Unfortunately for me, the value of my purchase depleted the second I put them on. Her's, however, increassingly goes up as time goes by.

Anyways, back to ball jointed dolls... Everytime I would go and visit her, she would talk my ear off about face ups and moding, but me, not understanding any of it, just judged her about what I thought was a rediculous hobby. Little did I know, that
soon I would be just as into it as she was.

Later on, I ended up moving in with her. After only a month, I found myself looking them up (in secret of course...I was a little embaressed :/ silly me) but without her help, I really didn't know what I was doing and was soon glad that I had her to help me.

So, what's the point of all this? Well, no matter how much someone can be against something, opinions are rarely set in stone and can be changed. It may just take a bit of time. For me the major change came when I was around it everyday. Not to mention the fact that I quickly bonded with my best friends Soom Heliot, Siren.

Do you haveanything to add OC?

Of course I do Katie! This is probably one of my favorite posts so far, as well as my favorite BJD related story to tell. A lot of people in this hobby struggle with other's opinions. It's hard not to be upset when you put so much thought, money and time into something you really love just to have someone put it down. Not everyone is going to change their minds about your dolls, or this hobby, but my advice would be to remember they only have as much power over you as you give them. Not everyone you come across is going to be supportive of everything you do, you just need to learn how to shrug it off and remember its just their opinion, not a fact. If you let everyones opinion get to you, you will never be happy in anything you do.

I just remind myself that my doll makes me happy and thats what counts. I did not buy him to impress other people so it doesn't matter if they think he's a waste of money. It's much more fun when you have a friend who loves these dolls just as much as you. So I'm glad Katie changed her mind, but if she hadn't I would still love Siren and not let anyone's opinion change that.