Originally posted by jennifermarym:
I called my sister up asking her opinion on where I could install a shelf. She went on this tirade of how the room already "looks like a 12 year old lives there" and then proceeded to tell me I should start collecting teapots instead, this way at least I collected something "more age appropriate."

I called my BF and asked him his opinion which started out as "who is going to be in there but me" to "it does look like a 10 year old is living there right now."

Arghhh...
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I am so sorry to hear about this lack of support. Still being 10 on the inside, I don't see anything wrong with what you want to do, but am particularly put out by the insensitivity of their comments. After all, it is YOUR hobby, not their's!

Originally posted by jennifermarym:
I just got so upset that I took everything AG out of the room and packed the girls in their boxes and put them in the closet.

I am sad about it, but how much ridicule from family members can I take?

Does anyone have any advice? I am not even excited about Lindsey coming anymore because the way things are going she is just going to end up in a box...
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You need to put up shelves and take your dolls out of the boxes. Having moved to a new cottage and having kept the dolls in boxes for two months before I got shelves up and freed the dolls, I can tell you from personal experience that you will be much happier when YOUR dolls are available again.

Originally posted by jennifermarym:
Oh, forgot to say that sister said it is creepy how she'll stop by and they will be wearing one thing and the next time she comes over they all have on new clothes. I tried to explain that I have many outfits for "the girls" as I like to call them, and that at $20+/per dress they better get shown off.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Her issue makes as much sense as people buying an Xbox and then only running the one game that came with it. Hello! They are not called "play dolls" without reason...

Taffy