Current mood:

contemplative

Kids and Lolita?
I dropped out of the Lolita scene about 2 1/2 years ago, give or take, as I got pregnant. Looking at tiny Japanese girls in lovely tiny dresses got kinda depressing as I became bigger and bigger. And then once I had her, I went and had a second kid! So it's been a while, to say the least. I used to design Lolita clothes all the time, but I'm only recently getting back into that, along with otherwise trying to be a thrifty sort of Lolita again.

I'm curious, though: does anyone else in this community have children? And if you don't, what do you suppose you would do if/when you did decide to have them? Would you don the frills and lace the moment you could fit back into them? Would you opt for a more mature, aristocrat/neo-Victorian look? Or would you get rid of your dresses entirely, now that you've become a parent?

Personally, I've always preferred the Gothic Lolita look above all others, along with Aristocrat, so I don't feel too bad about wearing what I have, although what little I have isn't *quite* Lolita. I imagine that if I did have name brand dresses and head-eating bows, I would still wear them. Doing so in public, though, would be another matter. I'd worry that with two little girls next to me, I'd go from just being a "weird girl," which I could deal with, to a "deluded woman" or something.

Anyway, I'd like to hear the community's thoughts on this topic.