I’m a 26-year-old who still spends hundreds of pounds to play with dolls

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 26-year-old woman who “just never stopped playing with dolls” now has a reborn hyper realistic doll collection, often “dressing them up” and thinks her “fun and therapeutic hobby” is something more women should do as “men don’t have to give up their hobbies” as they get older. At 17 years old, Rochelle got a second-hand reborn baby, which she thought was the “best thing ever” and she now has six dolls in total, with the most expensive doll costing 1,000 Australian dollars. “Men don’t have to give up on their hobbies.” When Rochelle was around 12 years old she saw an advert for reborn dolls on her mother’s computer and became desperate to own one. “I played with it all the time and I started to get into the reborn community.” open image in gallery View of super realistic dolls during a gathering of collectors and producers in a mall in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on November 6, 2022 Rochelle’s family were not too surprised about her purchase, she explained: “At that point, I was buying doll parts and repairing them so it didn’t come as much of a shock.