Um, is this a thing?

[tarheels]

A friend/acquaintance of mine - a woman who's probably 28 years old - just posted a pic on FB posing with her American Girl doll Felicity, saying "We're dressed and ready for Christmas!"



Is it a thing for adult women to have American Girl dolls? And to dress them up? And post public photos with them? Or is she going to be one of those weird old women who collects those Franklin Mint "lifelike" infant dolls?

ETA - no kids

[kaylie]

That's really freakin' weird. As in we should expect to see a character based on her on Criminal Minds sometime in the future.

[Deleted]

I'm voting weird.
Unless it was actually hers as a child, she just found it and was having 10 minutes of fun. My sister and I just found a bunch of junk of ours from childhood and were having a field day over the weekend.
Otherwise, Franklin Mint for life.
ETA: Sister and I both of silly, good time personality, so people would totally get we were just being dumb. I take it the FB isn't like that at all usually?!

[kaylie]

Wait, they already made that episode: www.imdb.com/title/tt1560814/synopsis

[sierramist03]

I'm voting weird

[thatgirl2478]

I vote weird... completely weird.

[pitterwoo]

wow, I wanted an American Girl doll (Kirsten) terribly when I was a kid. Does this mean that my window of opportunity isn't really closed?? Should I go get one and sew us matching outfits?? And yeah, I'm voting that it's weird unless she's just trying to be silly or found a bunch of stuff from when she was a kid like a pp said.

[adhdfashion]

Nope, that is not a thing. She is crazy. :-|

[EloiseWeenie]

No. I've never worn the same outfit as my dolls. Ever.

I have 4 AG dolls that I'm excited to give my daughter, but I've never matched or even taken photos with them. Sounds like girl has some issues.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Tarheels, the more you post about your FB feed, the more scared I get.

[peach]

Has anyone commented on the photo? :-|

[tarheels]

Nov 11, 2012 23:41:56 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

Tarheels, the more you post about your FB feed, the more scared I get.

LOL. No, no, my feed is full of plenty of normal things like baby and pet pictures and football tailgating and some ecards and news stories. I think it's just the outliers that are quite...out lol.

[tarheels]

Nov 11, 2012 23:48:31 GMT -5 peach said:

Has anyone commented on the photo?

No. Someone above the age of 60 has liked it though. Seems fitting. <gigglesnort>

I'm SO MEAN!!

[bunnymendelbaum]

You NEED to ask a question. Like where she got the fabric or something.

Those dolls freak me out. I never even heard of them until I was in my 20s and walked by the flagship store in NYC. Our super shady office assistant used to sell ones that 'fell off the truck'.

[bg09]

I think it's weird, unless she was joking... but if I were to post a picture like that I would somehow make it obvious that it was a joke, so yeah... weird it is

[mrs.jacinthe]

My MIL and GMIL (who has since passed) collect American Girl dolls AND their attire. Apparently this IS a thing. Although R and I still give it the side-eye.

MIL claims it is so she has them for future grandchildren. Since R is her only child, what she really means is "hurry up and gimme a grandkid, yo"

Unfortunately, she is the type to make these dolls "look but don't play with." So ... yeah, this is a collection for her, not her future grandchild(ren)

[emoflamingo]

I won't lie.. I wanted an AG doll when I was a kid but my parents couldn't afford them (I have 3 siblings, 2 are girls) so I would totally play with one now. My niece has 2. I want to steal one, actually, just to play with. Not a chance in hell I would advertise that on FB.

[Deleted]

That's just weird, creepy and scary. All wrapped into one.

[Susie]

Yikes. It's not a thing in my world!

[bunnymendelbaum]

When I read this last night I somehow thought she made herself a matching outfit! Haha! (Explains my fabric comment).

Still weird, just less than I thought.

[emisi]

Okay fine, I'll be the one who confesses that I still have my AG doll. I freaking loved that doll as a kid. She's packed away, I'm hoping that maybe this kid won't be the only one we have so that I'll have a daughter to give her to (the baby's a boy), and I enjoy looking at the AG catalogue sometimes.

Ha. Although no, I don't dress her up and take pictures with her, that is a little odd.

[emoflamingo]

I now have an ad for American Girls on Proboards. Stop taunting me!!!!

[mrsgoody]

Nov 11, 2012 22:33:47 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

wow, I wanted an American Girl doll (Kirsten) terribly when I was a kid. Does this mean that my window of opportunity isn't really closed?? Should I go get one and sew us matching outfits?? And yeah, I'm voting that it's weird unless she's just trying to be silly or found a bunch of stuff from when she was a kid like a pp said.

sorry to say, your window of opportunity is closed Kirsten has been discontinued and a whole new line of historical dolls has been introduced. I sound like a crazy AG person myself, but believe it or not, I never had one as a child. I just have a 6 year old daughter who is crazy about them, we get their catalogs every month, we went to the AG Place for her birthday this year, etc.

[Deleted]

WEIRD! I wanted those dolls so bad as a kid. I could see keeping them if they were hers as a child and leaving them on a shelf or packed in a box somewhere but dressing it up and publicly posting photos is insane.