Does your significant other support your collecting?

[sliop24]

Me and another DP forumer were discussing this topic and both realized we have supportive girlfriends who also fuel the fire of our collecting. I was just wondering if this is true for others as well.


This is her btw
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[dj898]

no but then missus tolerates as long as I keep most of my collection out of the way - which means most of them being locked and stored away... :(

[drewbrim]

No, but she has little room to bitch since I never spend any of our salaried income on it. I only spend what I make from selling stuff on ebay or wherever.

[Pantechnicon]

I'm happily married, which raises the stakes somewhat. Anyway, Mrs Pan doesn't mind my collection so long as it's:

a) Not creating a clutter - which it was but I've got it much more organized now (Room of Doom pics coming soon!).

b) Not a financial imposition - 75% of my collection came from the thrift stores at acceptable pricing levels. The remainder was paid for out of the hobby itself (trades, Ebay, etc.). Only once did I have to use "our" money to get an item, but I wasn't about to pass up a $75 Vectrex 8-).

Like so much else in a relationship, there's a degree of give and take involved. A happy balance can be acheived.

[Haoie]

Well, I don't have a significant other [marriage wise]. I've told my GF about it, and she doesn't seem to care.

Still, it's not something you bring up on dates is it? "Hey honey, I got a new thing for my collection." Well who cares.

Collecting games doesn't instantly make you a geek, but it works.

[stressboy]

My wife is somewhat ok with it. She fears me one day having my own room of doom, but as long as I don't spend every dollar on it, and it doesn't take up too much room, she doesn't care.

Now I just have to get her to let me purchase a Turbo Duo @_@

[SKVermin]

My wife isn't necessarily happy about it, but she is supportive. She doesn't go out of her way to contribute to the cause, but does keep an eye out for deals on current-generation stuff. I think because she doesn't know how to place value on the older items.

She's not too keen on the idea of me building a Room of Doom, but is starting to come around, knowing that if it's better organized, it will seem less intrusive. Naturally she'd probably prefer I spend money on other things, but like I tell her, it's better that my vice is collecting old games rather than being into heavy drinking or doing drugs, right? And besides, my kids really dig games, though they're still a little young yet to truly appreciate the history lesson I'm building for them.

[dj898]

And besides, my kids really dig games, though they're still a little young yet to truly appreciate the history lesson I'm building for them.

and I use the same excuse too!

"...darling! but all these will be hers one day and besides she loves to play..." :p

[Videogamerdaryll]

Does your significant other support your collecting?

Yes..

She Collects Coca Cola items,so she's into collecting things herself..

[InsaneDavid]

Well my girlfriend really doesn't play video games (must be love) however she's never been opposed to them. Additionally she's doing the artwork for my MAME cocktail (and eventually MAME upright) based upon her interpretation of classic games based upon seeing the games in action and me explaining the objectives, etc. which has lead to some very unique artwork thus far.

She's actually worse at adding fuel to my collecting fire than I am. She'll pick up game items not directly within the realm of gaming (TRON action figures, game t-shirts, etc. as well as games) or end up trying to talk me into picking up games I've been looking for when I should be saving my money. For instance I'll find some stuff I'm looking for on eBay and I'll tell her not to let me spend money, which she's supposed to be preventing me from doing. I should be saving my money or spending it on her - that's me talking and nothing from her, she always argues with me about this. So many times after trying to talk me into buying something and I don't, then a week later a box will arrive - SHE ended up winning the damn auction for me. :angry: Oh well, how can I be mad at her. LOL

I have got her using Visual Pinball / VPinMAME lately however. :)

[Cryomancer]

Yes.

[Yamazaki]

If I had a gf :(

My last gf supported it somewhat (she liked playing Realbout 2 and other NG-stuff with me). But it was always a little fight when I wanted to spend some time playing instead with her.

[Tron 2.0]

She's actually worse at adding fuel to my collecting fire than I am. She'll pick up game items not directly within the realm of gaming (TRON action figures, game t-shirts, etc. as well as games)
Money well spent right there ;)

I got no wife or gf so i don't have to worry.On my gaming habbits at all :D

[ClubNinja]

LadyNinja is such an enabler, it's almost scary. When I'm on the fence about a game purchase, she's the one who says "GET IT!" She *insisted* that we drive to New York City last year (from near Boston) so I could pick up an arcade game I wanted. She plays my Pac-Man machine more than anyone. She plays SAMURAI SHODOWN more than I do. I was house shopping earlier this year, and besides the obvious requirements in a home, she refused to look at anything that didn't have enough space somewhere for me to set up my arcade. Top notch stuff right there.

(No trade offers, please.)

[maxlords]

Accepts, but doesn't SUPPORT. I routinely hear "You could sell all that and buy a house!" Course, then what would I have to do? :D

[Oobgarm]

Absolutely. Then again, my fianceé kinda collects games herself (plays them moreso, collecting is a side effect) and is a member of these here forums (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1440).

[vulcanjedi]

Hmm

My wife is a little on the fence. She likes the idea that the kids have hundreds of cartridges to play. And she likes playing worms and animal crossing and a half dozen other newer games.

But the hundreds of games all boxed and stored are an enigma. She can understand my saving games I bought originally but not picking up new ones just to add to storage :)

VJ
p.s. my games are neater than her closet so she can't complain there..

[Flack]

Does she support it? Yes.
Does she understand it? Sort of.
Is she interested in it? No.

[WanganRunner]

My gf doesn't have any problem with it, she thinks the collection looks cool when it's all displayed nicely.

She doesn't play any games, or know anything about it, but she certainly doesn't negatively impact the actual collecting process, other than the fact that I spend a lot of cash on her, but I do that of my own accord, she's actually not demanding at all.

She collects some hello kitty stuff, chopsticks, and some other things, so she understands.

[tritium]

Soon to be Mrs Tritium is a bit of a Mario Party addict. She likes the whole videogame, but I don't think she gets the whole collector thing.

[Arcturius]

I'm lucky here as both my partner and my housemate are both avid gamers so the growth of my collection means they get more stuff to try out, plus it means they both keep an eye out for stuff I'm after or anything that fits what I'm collecting too.

[brykasch]

Yes, the mrs plays games as well as I, not as much as I do, but does all the same. helps me find good deals etc. She loves videogaming damn near as much as I do. Kinda scary hehe

[Jibbajaba]

Does she support it? Yes.
Does she understand it? Sort of.
Is she interested in it? No.

Ditto.

She doesn't give me grief about it (well, every once in a while). As long as the doom stays in the room, it's not a problem. She doesn't EVER pick stuff up for me, but then she never goes into the kind of stores that sell games and stuff. I don't think she has every bought me anything game related except for Final Fantasy IX. She bought that for me when it came out.

The bottom line is that she understand that it is my hobby and she's cool with it as long as she gets enough attention from me. If I stay shut up in the roomage of doomage for too long, she starts to get pissed. But as long as I keep her happy and take her out and whatnot, thhere isn't a problem. I don't think it would be any different if it were a different hobby, like model railorads or coins or whatever.

Chris

[Simply Dave]

My wife is totally cool with it as long as I keep all my games and systems tidy.

The only time she gets irked is:

1. There are 4 different systems in front of the TV on the day she has to vacumn LOL

2. The games she buys me as gifts sit on the shelf unopened (which has quickly gotten into the dozens).

[slip81]

She doesn't mind as long as I'm responsible with the spending.

[Mog_the_Destroyer]

My wife supports my collection. she loves the idea of being able to put down 30 bucks at a Game Crazy and get 15-20 games for me that i can keep or trade. makes easy b-day presents of anniversary gifts. plus she likes to play all the NES games i.e. Mario, Kirby, and Zelda are her favs. If I didn't collect she wouldn't have any idea what to get me as a gift.

[suckerpunch5]

I keep a list of games I want to add to my collection in my office. My birthday was last week, and my wife sneakily obtained my list, and bought a few games on it, and then let me drive around and buy some more.

She's a total enabler. She always says, "Hey, its fun for you." And you know, it is.

She like the older games, like PacMan and Mario Bothers.

[8bitnes]

Mine's great. She finally gave up complaining 2 years ago, last year she started playing a lot and now she almost fully understands it.

She was the reason I got back into gaming 3 years ago too. Something like, "We should get an old Nintendo with Mario 3" ... 3 years and roughly 5000 games (not all unique) later is where we are today.

We've gone from a small apartment, to renting a small house, to buying a great 5 bedroom house with tons of storage. I get 2 rooms in the basement and she has the rest to do what she wants. The one complaint I get is to get my arcade cabinet downstairs, but I think the only way it will is through an egress window .. its too wide for the steps.

[RJ]

Me too- I usually watch myself on the spending, but she's been known to say "GET IT!" too, like when I found GTA3/VC for $15, or my $4 Goodwill SNES (well, that one took a bit of pouting on my part!) LOL I try not to spend MUCH more than I make back on eBay.

I keep most of my systems/collection in a spare bedroom (pics coming soon!) but both PS2s take advantage of 2 of the better TVs in the house (one has S-video/stereo/27", the other a 600-watt surround system/25" TV). Even then, I have most of their accessories/games hidden or out of the way.

She had me make a list for her of what games I want lately, subject to change. That way she knows what to get for gift occasions, or to nab something if she sees it.

She's also surprised me in the past w/ completely UNSOLICITED buys, just bc she knew I wanted this or that.

I think we've recently hit the high point- there's no way she'd get through a survival horror title alone, simply due to gameplay mechanics, but we've worked through a few of Silent Hill 3's Hard Mode puzzles together this week- the first one I got stuck on dealt w/ Shakespeare plays, & she's an English teacher & knows all that stuff. She even got to move Heather around a little!