Craigisnutter
Freakzoid
Apologies is this is the wrong area to put this, but as it's general....i spose it counts.
I've always been a collector, right from a youngster. I went through all the phases kids did at the time; Turtles, Power Rangers, Pokemon etc. But throughout the 80's and 90's there was always the underlying love of Star Wars. Consequently, i amassed a rediculously large Star Wars collection and not just figures. I had posters, masks, towels, Pepsi Cans, Advertising signs from supermarkets....just about anything Star Wars. To the extent that at 1 point in time i only had a 2 foot by 2 foot area of my room that could actually be stood in (just enough to open my bedroom door). I took over the house, it was everywhere.
I downsized considerably about 5-6 years ago, when i started getting heavily into my wrestling. Not only did i unsuprisingly have a new Wrestling collection to make way for, but with my training etc, it just felt time.
Around 4 years ago now, i started a relationship with a girl who couldn't understand collecting. I tried my best to explain the love of the plastic crack....but she just couldn't get it. It got to a point where she was pretty much trying to blackmail me to get rid of my collections 'if i loved her' etc.
Luckily, about a year ago, we broke up. Now a month and half ago, i met a new girl. Not only is she just generally nicer and my parents actually like her, but after not grasping collecting at first, she now loves it. She's actually encouraging me to collect and as i recently left my job to go back to Uni come october....she's actually going to be funding my collection too!! I've even got her to start a little collection, nothing fancy, just she loves Spongebob, so she's got a load of figures and beanies decorating my room.
Are there actually a race of women who 'get' collecting, or have i just hit 1 hell of a jackpot here?
Anyway, just thought i'd leave a note, incase anyone else was having the experiences i had before. Being pressured to lose the collections. Don't do it!
I've always been a collector, right from a youngster. I went through all the phases kids did at the time; Turtles, Power Rangers, Pokemon etc. But throughout the 80's and 90's there was always the underlying love of Star Wars. Consequently, i amassed a rediculously large Star Wars collection and not just figures. I had posters, masks, towels, Pepsi Cans, Advertising signs from supermarkets....just about anything Star Wars. To the extent that at 1 point in time i only had a 2 foot by 2 foot area of my room that could actually be stood in (just enough to open my bedroom door). I took over the house, it was everywhere.
I downsized considerably about 5-6 years ago, when i started getting heavily into my wrestling. Not only did i unsuprisingly have a new Wrestling collection to make way for, but with my training etc, it just felt time.
Around 4 years ago now, i started a relationship with a girl who couldn't understand collecting. I tried my best to explain the love of the plastic crack....but she just couldn't get it. It got to a point where she was pretty much trying to blackmail me to get rid of my collections 'if i loved her' etc.
Luckily, about a year ago, we broke up. Now a month and half ago, i met a new girl. Not only is she just generally nicer and my parents actually like her, but after not grasping collecting at first, she now loves it. She's actually encouraging me to collect and as i recently left my job to go back to Uni come october....she's actually going to be funding my collection too!! I've even got her to start a little collection, nothing fancy, just she loves Spongebob, so she's got a load of figures and beanies decorating my room.
Are there actually a race of women who 'get' collecting, or have i just hit 1 hell of a jackpot here?
Anyway, just thought i'd leave a note, incase anyone else was having the experiences i had before. Being pressured to lose the collections. Don't do it!
..............batty strikes again.
