https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 18:09:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-653276 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:35:30 +0000 jmarionsmith 653276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>while i do feel it's strange i guess i'm of the mindset if it doesn't hurt anyone else, who am i to judge?</p> <p>there is a whole community of people out there who order life like mannequins that they see and treat as real people, even going as far to call them their lovers. normal? no. wrong? i can't say that it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-653259 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:23:22 +0000 chopsuey 653259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I shouldn't have clicked on the link :T </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-653247 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:16:49 +0000 Mrs. Popcorn 653247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: I completely agree with you about taking issue with the photographer. @T.H.O.U.: I guess these ladies feel the same way as your grandmother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-644481 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:24:15 +0000 purrpletulips 644481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i find it creepy and wonder why anyone would want to have a "baby" that appears to always be in the midst of a crying fit </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-644032 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:32:09 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 644032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like dolls at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-643939 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:08:15 +0000 T.H.O.U. 643939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soooo.... </p> <p>This past Christmas, my grandmother (who is getting older and starting to pass down family items) gave me a gift. She had 6 sons. She always wanted a daughter. Her first grandchild was another boy, but the second grandchild (me) was a girl. I have always been a bit special to her because of this. </p> <p>So, this past Christmas, my grandmother gives me a box and starts to cry. She tells me that this was a gift from her brother (they were very close and he has since passed) and she wants me to have it. I open the box and it is an infant baby girl doll. She tells me that this was her "pretend daughter" that she used to dress up and keep neat and tidy (never letting her sons play with her). My grandmother spent her life on her boys, and hardly has anything nice/special for herself except this doll. </p> <p>Now the doll is no where NEAR lifelike of these dolls, but it is a very nice expensive doll especially for the day in age that it was made (probably 40 years ago). As I mentioned, my grandmother treated this doll like a daughter in some sense. I am not sure yet what I will do with the doll, but I obviously will always treasure and hold onto it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-643891 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:58:37 +0000 boiledpnut 643891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That disturbs me on so many levels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-643804 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:38:28 +0000 Honeybee 643804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The dolls don't bother me, but the photographer's "study" discussed in that article bothers me a lot. She's basically exposing unsuspecting strangers to a very raw and emotional experience without their permission and then tries to write it off like there's some kind of value beyond shocking and disturbing people. That bothers me a lot more than the Reborn culture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-643766 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:26:42 +0000 Ms.SK 643766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-643730 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:15:19 +0000 Mrs. Popcorn 643730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure what to make of it all... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639720 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:43:50 +0000 keiki_mama 639720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll pass... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639718 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:43:24 +0000 anbanan15 639718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I completely agree!! The first time I came across reborn dolls was on a forum for grieving mothers. Personally it just doesn't make sense to me, but I've never been in that situation, so to them it might. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639700 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:38:02 +0000 pui 639700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: The trouble is that in order to truly recover from a loss you eventually have to reach acceptance and learn to live on. These just make these people cling to their trauma. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639695 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:36:41 +0000 MamaMoose 639695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It makes me very uncomfortable. And I actually think creating a bond to a fake baby would be an unhealthy way to deal with the loss of a child or infertility. But I have never been in their shoes so it's not for me to judge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639676 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:33:06 +0000 anbanan15 639676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could see how this could possibly be therapeutic for someone who has lost an infant. In a similar way that people get their beloved pet stuffed. However, I do not think these dolls would ever be for me personally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639657 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:28:41 +0000 mrsjazz 639657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No no no no no. I find this to be very creepy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639572 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:08:28 +0000 loveisstrange 639572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think its really kind of creepy. I read a news article not too long ago about a woman in the UK who had like 50 of these dolls and she ignored her own real children so she could "take care of" them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639564 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:07:03 +0000 Reese 639564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They have dolls that are supposed to look like 5-7 year olds..</p> <p><a href="http://www.ebay.ca/sch/items/?_nkw=Reborn+Baby&#038;_sacat=&#038;_ex_kw=cheap&#038;_mPrRngCbx=1&#038;_udlo=&#038;_udhi=&#038;_sop=16&#038;clk_rvr_id=458774420118" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.ca/sch/items/?_nkw=Reborn+Baby&#038;_sacat=&#038;_ex_kw=cheap&#038;_mPrRngCbx=1&#038;_udlo=&#038;_udhi=&#038;_sop=16&#038;clk_rvr_id=458774420118</a></p> <p>it gives me the heebie jeebies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639531 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:58:38 +0000 pui 639531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've known about these for a while. </p> <p>Part of me thinks they're neat/cute, but the other part of me is creeped out by how people treat them.</p> <p>Check out this YouTube channel:<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/littlexloves" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/littlexloves</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639517 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:56:01 +0000 MrsTiz 639517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you don't have anything nice to say..don't say anything at all.</p> <p>I have nothing to say. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-reborn-community#post-639506 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:53:57 +0000 Mrs. Popcorn 639506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wasn't sure which board to put this on, but I just came across this new phenomenon/sub culture: </p> <p><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671923/eerie-photos-of-a-subculture-devoted-to-life-like-baby-dolls#1" rel="nofollow">http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671923/eerie-photos-of-a-subculture-devoted-to-life-like-baby-dolls#1</a></p> <p>What are people's thoughts about this? </p>