I'm sort of back. I took a long break from my dolls. I think it's been about 5 years... I was just really not happy with my dolls anymore (I still have them though). My dolls were being made fun of and it really put me off. Someone alerted me to a website that was dedicated to picking on people and their dolls and I found a couple of my dolls on the website. It was just more than I could handle at the time. My grandmother had passed, then my dog that had been with us for 13 years, my great uncle that I was close to. Then to top it all off, I saw that website and the mean comments that people were saying. I've never had the best of luck with my "doll experience". I just started too young and a lot of people took advantage of that. I wasn't ready for this kind of hobby, one where people take their beliefs to the extreme and demand that you follow their example or get chastised for interacting with your dolls how you want to. (I could write a novel on this stuff, but I think I've said enough)
So I set the dolls in their cabinet and moved on with my life.
Graduated in 2013 with a Bachelors in Arts and had 3 or 4 jobs. I've finally settled (for now) with a permanent part-time that makes decent money. I'm still living at home with my parents (student loans, ugh), and honestly I have no burning/pressing need or desire to move out. I get along well with my parents and two brothers and if I'm being completely true to myself, the thought of living alone kind of scares me. I'd definitely need a roommate, but that's another matter entirely.
Anyway, all of that to say that I'm finally ready to come back to the dollieh world (maybe slowly at first) and have fun with my dolls. Because, to me, that's all that matters. As long as I enjoy my dolls, the way I want to, then it doesn't matter what others say. They are my dolls and I will faceup them, dress them, pose them, hug them, ect., however I darn-well please.
(hi everyone, I missed you!)
