Monstera Deliciosa: I need help from other Monster High fans.
My mom keeps messing with me about my Monster High collection, saying playing with the dolls rather than collecting them because I debox them and brush their hair. She says that 21 is too old for dolls. It’s really getting to me.
I know that there are lots of people on tumblr…At first, my husband and mother were a little side-eye at me for wanting to collect MH dolls because i’d never shown an interest in collecting anything besides the occasional Ironhide figure. But it brought me and my 7 year old daughter together a lot more because we watch the specials/webisodes together and gush over which dolls we like or sit and redress them. I’m 28, my husband is 35 and my mother is 60, now my mother has started collecting Abbey’s and my husband will sit and play dolls with our daughter every once in a while. He even knows which character is which, their accent and personality.
Honestly though there are TONS more people older than you, even some older than my mom is, who like MH or other doll lines. Look at people who’ve been collecting MLP since the G1s were made and released! If you’re making your own money and using the disposable income on something that makes you really happy, your mom and everyone else really shouldn’t hassle you about it. Not that that will stop her, but maybe the replies you get will help bolster your own personal resolve and help you to brush off the comments that bother you?
I’m not a specialist but some of the people in this fandom are truly awesome at giving advice on things like this. One of which lives in the same city as me, i know you know who you are ;), so i’m sure she’ll pop up and add her two cents too.Just try not to let it get to you i guess. Besides, they say keeping that inner child alive is what helps you live longer. If that’s true, every doll collector here will be alive when they finally decide to release Manny Taur’s doll!
Reblogging for that beautiful comment ^^^