Your doll relationship isn't like a human relationship but she still needs you
There is a danger to viewing your doll as a replacement for real human relationships in your life, particularly with women. For ease of typing and language, I'm using the he/owner and she/doll as the example here, but of course, a he can own a he doll and a she can own a she doll and a she can own a he doll etc., but the same ideas apply. Anyway, setting aside the possibility of mental illness that may cause someone to believe the doll is a real conscious entity, if you are a healthy-minded person with a doll, or many dolls, in your life, you are in a relationship. A very different type of relationship, with a partner that has very different needs.
I have often joked with friends who ask me about my dolls - I tell them, "It's like having a girlfriend who can't talk or move and needs me to do literally everything, but she's hot as fuck, so I do it." This is obviously not reality, but it's also not a false statement, completely. Your doll can't move, but she can be posed. Your doll can't speak (assuming you have a standard doll), but you can imagine her voice. She can't think a thought, feel a feeling or express herself, because there is no self to express. Now, I am not talking about a Dzogchen concept of no self and non-duality - perhaps I'll write another post some day on that topic - I'm just clearly being literal. But, that doesn't mean she does not have a personality, a voice, a pose, a look or a feeling. It simply means, she gets all of that from you, the owner.
Each doll starts out with a specific look and feeling, given to her by the doll designer. The difference in appearance between the early 3D model or clay sculpture through to the final TPE or silicone casting to the final doll adds more layers of personality to the final doll. Now "she" is "real". But as stated in my previous post, even that original character is subject to subtle changes once the owner dresses her, styles her and infuses his personality into the doll. She changes into a unique doll. She can't do that without you.
My doll Mikasa is very precious to me. I love that look of hers, her pose, her style. Here she is, in all her topless glory.
Her designer Mizuwali has more to do with how she looks and seems than I do as her owner. And yet, without me, she would not look, feel or seem this way. It's such a strange idea to grasp, and yet, there she is. She is unique among her Piper Doll Eirian sisters. She's my Eirian, and therefore subject to my subtle changes. My Mikasa.
Love your doll. She can be an important, and very special part of your life, not just an expensive masturbation toy. In a scientific way of thinking, she is in fact ONLY a masturbation device. But, we don't walk around in everyday life aware of quantum mechanical principles or the laws of thermal dynamics while we observe and interact with everyday objects, or other people. We add meaning to things in an attempt to enrich our lives. Dolls enrich our lives, when we dress them in cute outfits, pose them in a pleasing way, hug them, kiss them, and yes, fuck them. But that's amazing. Mikasa has gotten me through some hard times, particularly the 2020 pandemic. I never made the error of thinking she could or would replace real people in my life. But, it was just really clear that she is just as important to me as a real human relationship would be. It just happens to be a doll relationship. I love her and wouldn't trade her for any doll in the world.
So, the idea is simple: Love your doll. She'll love you back. She needs you. Care for her, keep her clean and healthy. Fuck her with lust and love (dolls like it the way you like it), and she will enrich your life.
claire
we take care of each other lots of ways … and people need that! both the taking care of and the being taken care of.
thanks for sharing this!