Ladies (and gents?) as a child did you play with dolls?

Elsie

Elsie

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I remember having one doll which the only interest I had in it was to paint its fingernails. I'd also pull its arms away from its body to peek inside it to see what held the arms, legs and head together. I sure gave no sign I'd make a loving mother. lol
 

I had baby dolls til I was older. Then I went on a Barbie kick til mom gave my Barbies to my aunt without my permission.

She decided I was too old to play with them. I hated her for that. Never forgave her for it.

Later in life I started collecting then some things happened and my collection got screwed up and I had to unbox them all.

I ended up selling them to pay bills and then Barbies got too expensive and I had no way to showcase them in my small apartments.

Now I have 2 stuffed animals.
 
Grampa Don said:
When I was a kid, most boys wouldn't be caught dead holding a doll. There were no G I Joes or superhero dolls then. There were little toy soldiers, so maybe they count.
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I think little toy soldiers didn't really count as dolls. We played with those with my uncle when we were younger.
 
Oh, yes! My sister and I had Betsy Wetsy, Thumbelina, Chatty Cathy, and Barbie and Skipper. Our mom sewed beautiful, complete wardrobes for our Chatty Cathy dolls. My favorite was Chatty Cathy. We also had dolls that my mother had when she was a child. Mine was Peter, and my sister had Felizia. The heads, arms, and legs of these dolls was something breakable. They had real hair, and cloth torsos.
 
Ruthanne said:
Yes, I had lots of dolls! Baby babbles was my favorite until my brother tore her head off... don't know why he did that 😌
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I found out by accident that my baby brother was terrified of my cheap barbies with no heads (Midge). The heads were on a ball and popped off easy peasy. He freaked out and I thought it was hilarious so I'd chase him around the house with them or scare the bejesus outta him in the middle of the night. LOL
 
In my cupboard are some Sindy dolls wearing original clothes. I know I could sell them but, I won't. I used to love making clothes for my Sindy/Barbie dolls.
 
I loved my Barbie dolls... had the pink case and lots of clothes for them. My favorite was attacked by my little sister... got ahold of a pen and put ink all over my Barbie's face so she could "wear makeup." I still tease my sister about it to this day... but I haven't forgotten. :LOL:
 
Dolls are part of my childhood tramau.lol

One day my big bad biker older brother caught me carrying a couple of my sisters dolls out of the house, this resulted in him tossing me around the yard questioning my manhood. (I was probably ten or so)

I was in a real conundrum. The reason I stole the dolls from my sister was to take them over to the gravel pit and smash and bash them in landslides and cliff falls, the dolls were going to be victims of catastrophic accidents 😉

So what could I say that wouldn't result in a beating? I stole the dolls to destroy them just for the fun of it? Or I was sneaking them out to play with? No way I could get out of trouble so just kept my mouth shut I took my licking.
 
Some of the large size dolls seem kind of creepy to me. Some of those dolls on Antique Roads Show are worth thousands, but I'd toss 'em in the trash.
My kid brother is ten years older than me. I can remember when my parents bought a G.I. Joe for him. He got a DOLL!!!! OMG a DOLL!!!! YUCK!
But when nobody was around, I played with it.
 
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