Is it Okay to Ask For A Doll?

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Whoa, whoa, whoa. What?!




“You’re so selfish, I thought you were nice.”




7 Responses to “Is it Okay to Ask For A Doll?”

  1. K. AKA @MaidenCanada

    I think that if someone asked me something like that they would get a list of expletives as long as the Mississippi River and about 50 times as deep! No matter what the hobby or passion you have in life someone will always have more or less. That’s life…don’t be an ass and assume that someone who has more is just going to give you something.
    Eggplant is a dbag and ridiculous for calling you selfish.

  2. Kirsten AKA @lady_kire

    My parents taught me that if you really want something, you earn enough to make it happen. Don’t expect that someone will give you something. I have never once asked my family or even my fiancee to get me a Blythe doll because I know that I can save up for one. Eggplant is rude for calling you selfish.

  3. Anne AKA @anneheathen

    I have to wonder about this person! On the one hand, perhaps they are just very young/inexperienced and don’t know that this is a ridiculous thing to ask a stranger on the internet? Or maybe they are just a scam artist. I can’t imagine ANYONE giving someone a Blythe without having established a relationship stronger than the exchange of a few emails. I would have been offended by their response, too!

  4. Katie AKA @kultofkulta

    I’ve also have a few n00bs email me asking where to buy a doll, whinging about the price and then asking me to give them one. I never replied. I hate this self entitlement that some people have. I work in 3 jobs and pay for my own stuff. If I were giving away a doll it would be to someone that I know will appreciate what I’ve done. If you’re asking strangers for dolls them clearly you don’t. Recently some fuckwad left a comment on Blythopia insulting me and calling me a snob because I like stock dolls and don’t like fakes… take your fugly fakes and fuck off “anonymous”.

  5. Katie AKA @kultofkulta

    I totally thought this post was going to be about people hassling to buy other people’s dolls lol…not just get them for free.

  6. Happyblythes says:

    Interesting read. And I would be taken aback if someone asked me the same question.
    I do have a number of people asking me questions about Blythe partly probably because I started the local Blythe FB group and am quite active in it and in meets and so forth. I try my best to answer all questions but sometimes people just disappear without any word or any thanks and pop back again when they have another question and the conversations never get deeper than having their questions answered. and I feel used. Sometimes the questions are just very googleable and I wonder why I have become Google. Maybe people need to stop and think why they believe others are obliged to help them get into the hobby. We help because we want to, not because we have to. It’s been pretty thankless and I still continue to answer questions and update my blog posts but this kind of self-entitlement as described in this post is beyond me.

  7. Ekaterina says:

    Wow, just wow. That might be some kid who didn’t find out from her parents that it’s impolite to ask strangers for freebies even if you want something real real bad. In my local doll collecting community I only saw kids who were asking for Monster High almost exactly in the same manner. Grown-ups sometimes try to kick off prices on dolls, even the ones very reasonably priced and the cheapest of collectibles like Barbies, by complaining that doll hobby is expensive. Well ok it is. And it is indeed a luxury hobby, as you stated. Making up wishlists helps!
    I personally gave away several of my dolls, less expensive than Blythes though. But I can only do that to a close friend, someone I love. And that can’t be a doll I have a tight bond with. But I won’t play a role of a good girl from an old-fashioned book who gives away her beloved something to a stranger who just wants it in order to act as a little saint…

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