Whose the worst to detail with re your Collecting - Parents or Partner?

[Grange Wallis]

My girlfriend (Possible the girl I'll marry) is cool as anything with it... My parents get onto me about it. They think it's a hobby I should have grown out of by now... (I'm 24 this Sunday) They not that anal about it. But they don't support it...

 

[The Mike]

Is there a selection for neither? My friends have associated a lot of my pieces with me directly and when they see them out and about they always mention that they thought of me at that point. My parents have always accepted it and my father actually laughs at the still living little kid in me that hunts these things so zealously. My wife even when she was my g/f never really gave me too much crap about it, she often buys me MR and SSC pieces for birthdays, Christmas, Anniversaries, etc.....

 

[darthviper107]

My parents don't really care. But my siblings are a little different. My sister hates them.

 

[pixletwin]

My mom is an enabler. My wife is a destroyer.

 

[The Josh]

My parents give me greif but not in a mean way. They like my stuff and kid with me about it.

 

[Agent0028]

I'm single at the moment, so I'm all clear on that front. My mom is okay with it, even though she thinks most of the stuff is ugly. The thing that bothers her most is when she looks at my stuff she sees money that could go towards on down payment on a house. She's right, but I never let a little thing like that stop me.

 

[carbo-fation]

My mommy and daddy.......

 

[Nitro]

My parents....

I'm 29 years old, married, living in a nice home away from my folks (and have been since 2002).

They can't stand my collecting of anything and kinda like to poke fun at it (they call statues "action figures"). My wife on the other hand, doesn't mind it...as long as I pay the bills on time, she pretty much doesn't care since she's a shoe-a-holic herself.

 

[Memnoch]

Oh its definatly my parents that give me the hardest time about it. Having no girlfriend makes it that much easier on that end.

 

[Batty]

My wife totally supports my collecting habit. And my parents realized I was a SW junkie back in '77. My dad is impressed by the PFs.

 

[Polystoner]

she pretty much doesn't care since she's a shoe-a-holic herself.

Yes, this is definately the way to go. My wife is into electronic gadgets, which is good because they cost as much as Sideshow stuff. However, statues last a lot longer than her stuff.

Plus she goes to the geek programming and OS boards, so she doesn't mind my "Toy Freaks" board time.

 

[customizerwannabe]

You needed a 3rd choice chief. No one F's with me about my collection. Wife just asks that I don't tell her how much I'm spending. No problem!

 

[Darklord Dave]

My financial advisor...

"You bought WHAT?"

 

[Darth Loki]

Ah, the joys of living on your own. I don't have to listen to any b!tch and complain except IronMan1188 (inside joke)

 

[Agent0028]

Dang, he really pushed your button, didn't he?

 

[CAhobbit]

I live at home and never really heard a peep out of my mom until a week ago when I started a project to put up new shelves in my room to better display and hold my collectibles. The exact comment made to me was:

"I think you have enough, you should really stop."

I laughed it off but honestly it's not like it's totally taken control of my whole room (not yet, at least hehe).

 

[spaceman]

My wife on the other hand, doesn't mind it...as long as I pay the bills on time, she pretty much doesn't care since she's a shoe-a-holic herself.

Also married a shoe-a-holic!

My wife thinks the collection is pretty cool, which is great. I would hate to be at odds with her over it.

Parents appreciate the figures too, but I suspect they think I go a bit overboard. Actually, my Dad has the latter three Hero & Rider Sideshow*Weta LOTR sculpts in his Basement theater, plus a PF Connery Bond I bought them, and thinks they're great.

 

[swabie2424]

I guess I'm lucky. My wife not only enjoys my collection... but will buy me stuff from time to time! Sometimes I'm like, "That's too expensive... so I'll pass on it." Then it shows up on my doorstep. As long as I spend plenty of time with her and my daughter and all other responsiblities are taken care of (which they are because I've always been a responsible guy) then she's on board. Heck she let me build an entire building for my collection! Sweet!

My folks are also supportive. They're clueless as to what everything is and all (from a collectible POV) but they love Star Wars and LOTR and think it's all a hoot. They were the ones that started me off by buying me over 100 vintage Star Wars guys as a kid. Of course, they weren't "vintage" then... they were just toys. Funny, when they see my collection they're like, "Where are the ones we bought you when you were little?" I point them out, and they are happy to know they helped!

My siblings marvel at my collection. They're not collectors... and they think I'm zany... but they enjoy it. I get the occassional joke, but that's part of the fun. :chew :chew :chew

 

[King Darkness]

No body gives me **** about my collection.

 

[Jen]

At first I shared my collection purchases with everyone...now I feel like a dirty addict reduced to making deals in the back alleys....My parents and boss just roll their eyes - but I know they think I've lost my mind...though now that I think about both my parents had their own collections of different things...so they can't say too much about it...plus I'm 35 so really, there isn't much they can say to me at this point anyway so they pretty much keep their mouths shut. I have some friends though that feel I have a serious spending problem (they are total conservatives when it comes to finances) and feel I may need an intervention....SERIOUSLY I KID YOU NOT.....so now I don't tell anyone but a very select few of my purchases....someday I'll invite my conservative friends over and watch them sh*t their pants when they see all the statues/figures I have...but I'm an adult, I'm single and really I've dealt with enough b.s. in my life that I don't care what anyone has to say about it...I'm gonna do what I want and buy what I want, and those people who really know me, know that once my mind is set, there is no turning back.