Losing Interest

[djhirokun]

I look around my room and I'm starting to think, maybe I have too many dolls. I am thinking that I am going to start to sell some of them as I have too much. I am thinking it's not really natural for a guy to have too many dolls. Am I going crazy or has anyone else ever feel like this? Is this natural? Just wondering.

[Lamia of the Dark]

I only feel that way about things I've collected because my room is so packed that I can barely move without ten tons of stuff falling on me >_<

[mentalshoc]

I would only ask yourself...what dolly could you see yourself still playing with three years from now?

Sometimes i ask myself this same question. It seems to really help when making the decision <3

[DollyKim]

Some times you don't know who you'll want to keep either. I've had some dolls I haven't done anything with for a long time but I'd never part with them.

See if you can put them away for awhile then see who you miss. If you really feel that you don't want some or all then part with them but make sure its your decision and not anyone else's.

[Geektopian]

Yeah, I think this is fairly natural and you aren't going crazy. I get this periodic ennui or hobby burnout and either move on to some other hobby or an unrelated pursuit.

I've recently been on a major house cleaning/reorganization project and the question of what to do with the collection has come up again. I can't say what I'll ultimately do but that thought of paring down through sales, trades, give-away and charitable donations has certainly occurred to me.

[Kd_Bunchanumbers]

I am thinking it's not really natural for a guy to have too many dolls.

.... *bursts out laughing* I'm a guy with 165+ 1/6th dolls, over 20 ponies, 5 BJDs and too much other miniature things.
*cough*

[famedglory]

I am thinking it's not really natural for a guy to have too many dolls.

We all get hobby burn out so that's really natural. And I think the fact that you're a guy shouldn't really factor into the decision. I've been told I shouldn't be into some of my other hobbies because I'm a girl and screw that. It's unnatural to not do something you enjoy, or worse, force yourself to do something you don't enjoy just because someone says that's not right for your gender. Listen to what you want, and do whatever that ends up being.

[djhirokun]

Thanks everyone for your replies. It's just some dolls are just sitting there collecting dust in a pile. Right now mainly focused on Liv girls the 16" Disney Princesses. I like some of the Bratz but some I could get rid of (red head in gold dress, Asian girl in blue, etc). Just keep my favourites or re-memorable ones. Started to collect Monster High but lost interest in those fast. I guess it is just burn out. I like the 16" girls because I am busy sewing new clothes for them.

[Trethowan]

When I feel frustrated or burnt out on any hobby, I put it away. I box all of my dolls up so they're out of sight for a while. Maybe a week or two. Then when I pull them out again it re-freshens my view of them, and next thing you know I'm laughing about some silly idea and making a photostory. I guess that sounds strange but it helps for me to do things in bursts with breaks.

As for dolls being natural for a guy, you're talking about societal expectations for male versus female interests/hobbies and that's not fair to you. I'm a girl and I collect guns and watch "movies for guys who like movies" on a regular basis. So, does that make me unnatural for a chick? Nah. It just makes me Me.

I was once told that comparison was the beginning of self-hatred. I'll never be as skinny as my sister, or as intelligent as my mother, or as artistic as my friends, or... or... or... that's not fair. They'll never be as __________ as me. It's all relative.

I'm going off topic. Meh. You know what I mean.

You be you, dude. Collect what you want. Or don't. Just be you.

[DollyKim]

Well, there's William's Doll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%27s_Doll about a little boy who wants a doll and Sesame Street has a Monsterpiece Theater called Guys and Dolls. There's a group of people who have spent their entire lives playing with "talking dollies".