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Post by The Everlasting Spirit © on Jun 6, 2015 14:07:09 GMT -5
Ok interested to see what others have experienced.
Do you partners like/dislike/just accept your collections?
Mine likes it and even encourages me to get figures of certain people so even when it's not someone I like i tend to get them anyway
However my favourite part is the interaction. I'll sometimes come home to figures being in new positions ie: Matt hardy hitting lots with s chair after she watched to documentary about her cheating on him.
Also on the way home today we stopped by Smyths Toys and picked up E35 hhh and earthquake. I then had the entertainment all the way home of her opening and subsequently playing with them. Even if she did call hhh's cape his 'dress'. She does silly stories with them but it makes me laugh and feels good that she enjoys my hobby too.
Be interested to hear other members experiences and stories.
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Post by Figure kingdom on Jun 6, 2015 14:10:23 GMT -5
Every single girlfriend ive had over the years has always supported it and thought it was awesome that I embraced it instead of hiding it. They all would get me figures too which was was surprising. Ive had nothing but positive experiences. =)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 14:11:57 GMT -5
My ex-wife hated it.
My common law wife loves me.
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Post by billybob1299 on Jun 6, 2015 14:18:05 GMT -5
I think my family just accept it but not many of my friends know
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Post by Mongo Bears on Jun 6, 2015 14:21:11 GMT -5
Cool topic. My wife fully supports my collecting. I only got into it a year and a half ago while buying action figures for my son for Xmas. I only buy elite legends/flashbacks. She doesn't know wrestling at all but she still is impressed by how close they resemble the real wrestler. She has sat and watched some of the 80s archival stuff with me and my children and she can see the moral conflicts within and sees how it captivates children. She might not be so supportive if I displayed my MOC collection but I don't want to anyway. I have DM flair on my bureau and I can tell she doesn't love that. But even still, she sees how they are very collectable and retain value. She has a coworker who also collects and she sends him pics of my new gets and must have conversations about it a lot because she knows way more than I tell her.
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Post by jayrod2009 on Jun 6, 2015 14:22:57 GMT -5
My wife hates it. At 26, I will still play every now and then. She says the sound reminds her of our kids smacking their lips. She calls them Barbies. No one in this world could give me their opinion that would make me stop collecting.
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Post by hellojoeivers on Jun 6, 2015 14:26:33 GMT -5
Aye my girlfriend doesn't mind the hobby itself, but she gets concerned at the fact that my collection grows weekly and our house does not
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Post by xavion2004 on Jun 6, 2015 14:28:17 GMT -5
My wife falls into the "just accepts" category. She never comments on my collection, and she has never bought me a figure.
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Post by Jeremiah on Jun 6, 2015 14:28:26 GMT -5
My ex fiancee would just sit there and watch me didn't care she just liked seeing me happy
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Post by ZDB on Jun 6, 2015 14:37:18 GMT -5
My wife hates it. At 26, I will still play every now and then. She says the sound reminds her of our kids smacking their lips. She calls them Barbies. No one in this world could give me their opinion that would make me stop collecting. Brutal
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Post by Searching for a Former Clarity on Jun 6, 2015 14:44:04 GMT -5
my girlfriend of 7+ years doesn't mind it at all and encourages it. She's helped pick up figure before (not just wrestling figures) including last week with the HOF series 2, we went as Target opened and there was a scalper guy that beat us to the section and she quickly jumped in and grabbed the Yoko I wanted right in front of him. She goes toy hunting with me all the time and even last week bought me an extra Paige as she knew I wanted to do a custom with it. I collect a lot of stuff and some of which she's gotten into collecting herself as well such as Funko Pops, Simpsons stuff, Kidrobots, Legos, ect... - I don't think I ever was very open about my collecting before her, in my teen years I still had a bunch of toys and stuff but really calmed down on collecting and never really talked about it so now that I'm very heavily into collecting many things, my girlfriend supports it VERY well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 14:50:37 GMT -5
My fiance accepts it and has her good days and bad days with it. If I get one here and there she is fine but if I get like 4 or 5 in one go she visibly winces All in all though she accepts it. Not that that would have any bearing on me collecting or not.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jun 6, 2015 15:13:31 GMT -5
I had a girl tell me she couldnt be with a guy that still plays with toys. I told her I couldnt be with something that bleeds 3 to 5 days and doesnt die.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 15:20:20 GMT -5
My girlfriend owns two warrior figures. Tons of divas and also has a small shield/ambrose collection.
Its so awesome because if she knows I want something she will surprise me with it. Same goes for her. I randomly find her things all the time.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 15:23:24 GMT -5
Full support from my girl of 5 years
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 15:24:38 GMT -5
I have no wife or girlfriend
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Post by The One Who Collects on Jun 6, 2015 15:25:00 GMT -5
My wife thinks it's silly but accepts it for what it is. She knows I love her and collecting this stuff is just my thing. NO big deal.
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Post by Chewdeezy on Jun 6, 2015 15:36:30 GMT -5
My girl hates it but doesn't stop me from collecting. She will also help me look for figures if she sees them on the shelves.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 16:04:37 GMT -5
My gf kinda likes it. Recently she decided to start collecting them as well. But she only wants to collect the divas. She found 2 e34 Paige's and won't even let me have one.
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Post by mikey1974 on Jun 6, 2015 16:21:22 GMT -5
my wife doesn't really encourage it, but she doesn't actively DIScourage it either. she doesn't really care, cause she collects her own stuff (purses). only time she'll say something is if I get more than one of the same character - "Don't you already have that?" type of thing.
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