tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post3266336808420109566..comments2024-03-27T21:17:11.920-04:00Comments on Shybiker: Playing With DollsShybikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-52017489268180313002014-09-15T11:23:41.533-04:002014-09-15T11:23:41.533-04:00Yup! It wasn't until adulthood that I realized...Yup! It wasn't until adulthood that I realized what a progressive child I was, haha :PEmmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034234729214154096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-44142712583620051392014-09-11T17:46:27.314-04:002014-09-11T17:46:27.314-04:00I played with Barbies. Those were my favorite. I...I played with Barbies. Those were my favorite. I also like Polly Pocket. I had a HUGE imagination and couldn't wait to play with all my friends after school. I'd play with Beanie Babies with my little brother too. <br /><br />But all that playing stopped when it became boring to me. I stopped playing with Barbies when I was...maybe in the 2nd grade. It just wasn't the same as when I was younger. Plus, most of my friends outgrew them before I did. I still collected Barbies for years after :)<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your story! Wearing a tutu while riding a motorcycle sounds fun lol.<br /><br />xo Azuravenlockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509628968288774445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-66358881011429324362014-09-11T17:42:48.389-04:002014-09-11T17:42:48.389-04:00I used to play with My Little Ponies, too! In fac...I used to play with My Little Ponies, too! In fact, I managed to keep a couple of them ;) They were always my favorite. Remember the scented ones? lol.ravenlockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509628968288774445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-32729251773277021612014-09-11T11:01:02.922-04:002014-09-11T11:01:02.922-04:00Dolls are practice for adulthood. Baby dolls prep...Dolls are practice for adulthood. Baby dolls prepare us for babies, and Barbie prepares us for fashion. What else is there?Connie Staccatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362169672799992473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-22989290963098981452014-09-11T08:38:17.599-04:002014-09-11T08:38:17.599-04:00I like the mannequin idea. I've stared at the...I like the mannequin idea. I've stared at them longingly but never thought about playing with one. Thanks for the idea!Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-24990940833592010052014-09-11T08:36:02.743-04:002014-09-11T08:36:02.743-04:00I've heard of Bronies! That's cool. I on...I've heard of Bronies! That's cool. I once saw real wild ponies at a famous refuge here; they were beautiful.Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-69848003605666714602014-09-10T20:09:26.034-04:002014-09-10T20:09:26.034-04:00I remember being 6/7 and i had all the my little p...I remember being 6/7 and i had all the my little ponies. A lot of the photos i had long hair, i don't know if my mother wanted a daughter lol. I still have a my little pony that my wife bought for me 10 years ago. Brony for life :)melbournebeantasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915772854171023633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-20379324895086370112014-09-10T19:47:40.849-04:002014-09-10T19:47:40.849-04:00I'm a bit late but I am going to chime in anyh...I'm a bit late but I am going to chime in anyhow. Yes, I did play with dolls. I had baby dolls and Barbie dolls and played with both until I was around ten years old. I played on my own and with a friend and liked that equally. Probably that has more to do with being an introvert. I am guessing extroverts like massive crowd doll play. ;-)<br /><br />When I was younger I liked playing with baby dolls, pretending to be a mummy and feeding, bathing, carrying around, pushing in a pram, playing house sorts of things featured most. After the age of eight it became more about Barbies which was a form of playing at being a young single woman instead of a mother. Really the most fun about Barbie was dressing her and I also made clothes myself, quite badly but it was fun. The playing part generally involved acting out a lifestyle that my young self imagined a twenty-something single woman might have. Barbie mostly went on dates, hung out with her friends and tried on different outfits. She was sexually inexperienced and naive. Since I was a child of the seventies, my Barbies did not have big hair and glittery dresses, they had long straight hair and long denim skirts.<br />I also had a toy I loved that I simply called The Head. It was a life sized head that looked somewhat like a Barbie though mine was not the Barbie brand. The purpose of it was just to style hair. I brushed, curled, washed, styled hair on this head. There was a fancier version that I think was Barbie and you could put makeup on it too. I also played with paper dolls a bit.<br /><br />I would love to have one of those dressmaker's mannequins so I can dress it up in the outfits I don't war myself. Essentially that would be my adult version of playing dolls. I think you should do that too.<br />xoxoShawna McComberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296162660865309624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-85697329722924329092014-09-10T19:22:53.928-04:002014-09-10T19:22:53.928-04:00Dolls to play with, I never had. All my dolls were...Dolls to play with, I never had. All my dolls were antiques passed to me from mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers & aunts. They sat in display cases and they do to this day. Barbie dolls never interested me. I do remember a stuffed animal or two. As kids we were encouraged to play outside and do board games & puzzles on rainy days. I could bounce a mean pogo stick back then. :)Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-18133663791442643932014-09-10T16:59:50.970-04:002014-09-10T16:59:50.970-04:00You had a transgender Ken! He started out as a gi...You had a transgender Ken! He started out as a girl and ended up as a boy. That's too funny.Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-18908281447747675052014-09-10T12:56:06.865-04:002014-09-10T12:56:06.865-04:00Oh and I forgot to mention, my Barbie play was abo...Oh and I forgot to mention, my Barbie play was about 50/50 a shared experience. Half the time I collaborated with my sisters to come up with scenarios and act them out, but I was equally happy playing the parts of four or five Barbies at once--just picking up the two who were "active" at the moment. I was a weird kid, though :)Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034234729214154096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-61642349127964072612014-09-10T12:53:43.021-04:002014-09-10T12:53:43.021-04:00My sisters and I had a few baby dolls when we were...My sisters and I had a few baby dolls when we were really young. We mostly played "mommy" with them--we'd pretend to feed them, rock them, change their diapers, put them down for naps. One doll had a mic in it, and if you were too loud when she was "sleeping," she'd wake up and cry. Another had a tube running through her, so when you fed her water from a bottle, it came out the other end into her diaper.<br /><br />When we got older, we switched to Barbies. With those, it was more scenario based--Barbie and her friend Barbie hang out in their house, or go shopping, or meet their other friend Barbie for an adventure. Sometimes they climbed mountains (our beds) or went bungee jumping down the stairs. We were short on Ken dolls (maybe one Ken for about six Barbies), so we chopped the hair on one and made her a him. He wore sweats and I think we called him Underdog, for some reason. <br /><br />My youngest sister is eight, and I don't think she really plays with dolls at all. I'm not sure if she ever did, though I went to college when she was just six months old so I didn't get to see her grow up really. I know she now has video games and stuff that mimics the same kind of playacting activities.<br /><br />Thanks for the excuse to traipse down memory lane. I hadn't thought about the dolls I used to play with in a lonnnng time.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034234729214154096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-60525110041479123972014-09-10T01:34:15.637-04:002014-09-10T01:34:15.637-04:00I never got into Barbie, although I did own a She-...I never got into Barbie, although I did own a She-Ra doll (probably because she came with a horse!) Speaking of horses, most of my play involved either My Little Ponies or stuffed animals. The ponies had all kinds of fun clothing and you could braid their tails and manes, decorate with ribbons, etc. I don't think I ever played with ponies or stuffed toys by myself, as I have a twin sis and a cousin fairly close in age. The ponies even had a pink castle that was the scene of many convoluted plots. Spending hours in imaginative play is one of my fondest memories of childhood, and something I hope my future offspring will enjoy - I think electronics has really pushed out this kind of play, which is too bad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02581539654647664405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-12759398079896118452014-09-10T01:11:29.666-04:002014-09-10T01:11:29.666-04:00I played with both baby dolls and Barbie dolls as ...I played with both baby dolls and Barbie dolls as a kid. I played with baby dolls much longer than normal kids. I had a bitty baby and would dress it and have a diaper bag and stroller and all the mom gear. I played with it like it was my own baby. That was the point with baby dolls. Funny thing is, once I grew out of that, I realized I don't like babies and don't want one. I can get fun accessories to take care of my dog, instead. She's needy too. I also played barbies and just like every one else, would dress them and have them do stuff and go places. I didn't have a Ken doll so there was a lot of lesbian action going on with my barbies. With either doll, it was more fun to play with friends. Barbie would be more fun now since the baby thing was novel when you didn't know what a pain in the ass real babies were. MaggleBishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184116728566243694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-78182438379314237852014-09-09T21:46:40.891-04:002014-09-09T21:46:40.891-04:00I mostly just played with Barbies. For me I was ju...I mostly just played with Barbies. For me I was just into styling their hair and dressing them. Barbie fashion was the best and there were outfits and accessories you could buy for her so you weren't stuck with whatever outfit she originally came in. At any given time I had about 8-10 Barbies which I think is norm for the average little girl. I liked to come with with scenarios for them like, Teresa and Molly are going to the mall or Barbie and Stacey are going out on a date with their boyfriends and then I'd act them out.Hollie Black-Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927017366538054210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-37096987283427422122014-09-09T19:56:59.654-04:002014-09-09T19:56:59.654-04:00i had a suitcase full of barbies...most of them pa...i had a suitcase full of barbies...most of them passed down. in fact, i don't really remember buying new ones. there was a period when i enjoyed them and liked dressing them...changing their clothes...i remember those darn little shoes - some would never stay on! i also like having the barbie houses. i think i just enjoyed the fact that everything was miniature! i was seven years behind my sisters, so i played mostly by myself at home. when i did play with friends, to be honest, i don't remember what we did?! i remember playing outside with them, riding bicycles. <br />i didn't have any other kinds of dolls.oomph.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07167475589041134144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-54036415631020739382014-09-09T19:12:54.461-04:002014-09-09T19:12:54.461-04:00Ally,
Check this event out
http://teddycon.org/
...Ally,<br /><br />Check this event out<br />http://teddycon.org/<br /><br /><br />Is it fun to play with dolls? For me not really, but seeing other people yes<br /> What, exactly, does it involve? Anything and everything you want, Remember it is all about imagination and being creative, going into your own world<br /> HOW do you play with dolls? I dont<br />Is having a playmate better than being alone? Yes<br /> How many dolls did you have as a child? I had a few cabbage patch kid dolls, and some barbies, but i used to cut their hair and chop off their head and pull off their legs<br /> What kind were they? Barbies? Chopped them all up Bratz? Didn't exist when i grew up <br />When did you stop playing with dolls? Never really played with dolls<br />melanie lightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-43146957819523096622014-09-09T16:49:35.645-04:002014-09-09T16:49:35.645-04:00I had some barbies and a Sindy (and my Stepmum'...I had some barbies and a Sindy (and my Stepmum's Tammy). I liked fashions shows occasionally and spent a lot of time getting them dressed up in loads of different outfits (we had a whole bag of clothes including knitted ones from my Step-grandma) but I guess I just enacted daily life, dramas and melodramas etc. We had a beautiful Sindy wedding dress, so I often did weddings with my favourite Barbie who looked like Kim Basinger in Never say never again. I also didn't have a Ken so in the wedding, poor Barbie would have to get married to a glow-in the dark green jelly-skeleton! That was the only vaguely male toy I had at my Dad's house. xKezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705356707599121605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-63939836884199794782014-09-09T16:13:30.888-04:002014-09-09T16:13:30.888-04:00I remember seeing pictures of Francie dolls in my ...I remember seeing pictures of Francie dolls in my childhood. And don't feel "weird" about stopping play at 13/14; I'm just starting play at 56!Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-34445462469809688612014-09-09T16:11:25.029-04:002014-09-09T16:11:25.029-04:00You're not alone, Lorena! Lots of women have ...You're not alone, Lorena! Lots of women have hung on to their dolls in adulthood. I understand why. It's hard to part with the simple pleasures of childhood.Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-618515481735416382014-09-09T16:09:44.072-04:002014-09-09T16:09:44.072-04:00Great stories. Kissing table legs! I love that. ...Great stories. Kissing table legs! I love that. I need to look up what Fashion Plates is.Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-23620704813352118972014-09-09T16:08:19.430-04:002014-09-09T16:08:19.430-04:00Thanks for the explanation. I didn't realize ...Thanks for the explanation. I didn't realize until reading comments that girl's play with baby-dolls differs from their play with Barbies, as you describe. It makes perfect sense, though.Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-85936571062924110632014-09-09T16:06:38.117-04:002014-09-09T16:06:38.117-04:00I'm so glad you're courageous enough to ad...I'm so glad you're courageous enough to admit it! I know several middle-aged women who have confessed to secretly still having dolls in their home. It's not shameful to do what makes us happy.Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-20068510579874243072014-09-09T15:11:37.611-04:002014-09-09T15:11:37.611-04:00I played with all kinds of toys from Transformers ...I played with all kinds of toys from Transformers to Barbies to Legos. I even had my Mom's Francie doll from the 50s/60s. I still do. I remember liking having my dolls do adult things like going to work and having relationships. I did enjoy dressing them up but it wasn't my big thing. I used to make cars out of shoe boxes and they would ride ceramic horses from the flea market. My favorite dolls were Madame Alexander, which I also still have. They are so beautiful but I wasn't really allowed to play with them much b/c they were expensive. I hope to pass them on to a daughter one day, not sure if I could let her play with them though. Old habits die hard. I think I officially stopped playing Barbies when I was about 13/14. Maybe a little old but I was a weird little kid.Destrehan's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290026646001828215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885867892898159023.post-52843565492253474112014-09-09T15:01:32.226-04:002014-09-09T15:01:32.226-04:00Well, crazy as it may sound, I still have my dolls...Well, crazy as it may sound, I still have my dolls.<br />I have at least 4 Barbies left and others such as Cabbage Patch Kids that I take out of the box on Christmas, dress them in Christmasey prints and let them sit in the living room for the entire month of December.<br />I remember loving dressing them up and doing their hair. They would cook, rider their convertible, play in the swimming pool and even ride their pony. Lorenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720997862417551402noreply@blogger.com