VeniteAdoremus Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 My ex roommate got one of those a few weeks ago! ...only hers cries and moves and wants food and stuff. Oh, and he actually grows. It's pretty neat. I think these are creepy. But I was never much of a doll girl anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I had 5 older brothers. They didn't hand down dolls, I got GI Joes and matchbook cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1625612' date='Aug 13 2008, 03:11 AM']I had 5 older brothers. They didn't hand down dolls, I got GI Joes and matchbook cars.[/quote] *high fives* Although my brother didn't really like me sticking his GI Joes up my nose. (Hey, I was like two.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Vengier Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1625482' date='Aug 12 2008, 03:58 PM']I agree. I saw the same kind of hobby featured on 20/20 with monkeys. It was primarily women who did this... they babied them, took them everywhere... weird.[/quote] Oh, I read about those! They are called "monkids". It was so disturbing, these women carrying on about these monkeys that they refuse to call pets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) No this is a real creepy doll [img]http://api.ning.com/files/w5H0-bi4TxmNg24lTZwRUzTp6gu4zxF-ila66uOFEs4_/ScaryDollRedEye.jpg[/img] I'd suggest bottle feeding that one... Edited August 13, 2008 by KnightofChrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 That looks like something from that movie "it's alive" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Catholic Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Some of the dolls are cute but oh my goodness I would totally be creeped out by one of those dolls in the middle of the night in the dark lol. It is sad that people are so self asorbed that they are willing to pay all that money to have the idea of the baby but are (for some) not willing to take care of their own lil blessings calling them mistakes and inconvient so sad. I only mean that for those who act like these things are there babies it is sadand scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 [quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1625790' date='Aug 12 2008, 10:43 PM']I'd suggest bottle feeding that one...[/quote] Okay... a little warning next time, huh?... I'm sitting here in the early morning... no one else is awake... it's dark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dusk Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I had a bad dream about those dolls!!!!!!! Literally! like last night! Plus the "reborners" tricked me and cut my hair to use it on their dolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Reborners are cowardly females who don't have the guts to get married and produce a family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prose Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 OR hurt and pained females who have experienced a loss that we can not begin to understand and are so desperate to stop the pain that they would do something like this, which seems crazy to us. I watched that video clip. How desperately sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 [quote name='prose' post='1626041' date='Aug 13 2008, 12:48 PM']OR hurt and pained females who have experienced a loss that we can not begin to understand and are so desperate to stop the pain that they would do something like this, which seems crazy to us. I watched that video clip. How desperately sad.[/quote] Maybe if they tried Confession or therapy instead of avoiding their issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 The lady at the end of the clip I linked to showed the camera pictures of her grandson and talked about how much she missed him and wished he could be here again. Throughout the documentary, there's the impression that her grandson is dead and she's using reborning to grieve. But then towards the end, its revealed that her grandson is actually very much alive. She looked after him while his mother had cancer; it went into remission and they moved to New Zealand. So he couldn't be Grandma's baby anymore. Instead of participating in the real life of her (now 6 year old) grandson through telephone, letters, and visits, Grandma spends thousands of dollars on a reborn doll so that she can rehearse, ad infinitum, her previous role. Some of the women do in fact participate in this hobby because they are bereaved and use this as a coping mechanism. But whether their children are deceased, or grown up, or moved away, its a really unhealthy way to cope, as self-medication usually is. I don't know of any therapists who would recommend this as positive behaviour modification ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlesister Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Agreed, Prose. Terribly sad to have to meet terrible need and/or loss with an inanimate object when so many living babies could benefit from the attention. It would be interesting to know how many post-abortive women this appeals to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selah Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) aww, they're kinda cute... [quote]She looked after him while his mother had cancer; it went into remission and they moved to New Zealand. So he couldn't be Grandma's baby anymore. Instead of participating in the real life of her (now 6 year old) grandson through telephone, letters, and visits, Grandma spends thousands of dollars on a reborn doll so that she can rehearse, ad infinitum, her previous role. Some of the women do in fact participate in this hobby because they are bereaved and use this as a coping mechanism. But whether their children are deceased, or grown up, or moved away, its a really unhealthy way to cope, as self-medication usually is. I don't know of any therapists who would recommend this as positive behaviour modification ...[/quote] wow Edited August 13, 2008 by Selah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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