I thought it would be that sort of thing but not really. One woman was a grandmother whose daughter had gone to live in Oz and taken the grandson with her. She had a doll made up to look like the grandson when he was a baby. It was soooooooooooo weird. Even her husband wasn't happy about it. She was taking it out and pushing it along in a big fancy pram looking all proud
Another woman had gone with her mother to "take delivery" of another doll (she had lots) from the states. She spent TWO DAYS bonding with it in a hotel room before she realised it had a crack in its head!! She'd spent money on a pram, designer clothes, the lot.
She didn't want her own children because she couldn't guarantee they wouldn't behave how she wanted.
It was odd - I just didn't get it at all.