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08-11-2008, 01:40 AM | #11 |
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If your parents can't accept your hobbies there may be a stronger underlying problem here. Also I was a broke jerk living in an apartment once also, I didn't free-wheely spend my money on stuff I didn't need like action figures.
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08-11-2008, 01:41 AM | #12 |
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My mother was not surprised when i started buying the Valor Vs Venom and Spytroops lines. She always tells me that men always try to hold on to their youth, that is why they collect toys and date younger girls. She didn't agree with it and always told me to spend my money on something else...
Since the 25th line, my wife has gotten a lot better when it comes to finding and buying these things. In fact today i was planning on watching the race and not leaving the couch. She had a couple errands to run and asked if i wanted to go and look for joes. I was shocked and decided to go with her. It isn't often she wants to hunt with me. She even made me a spreadsheet on the computer to show what i have and what i need. That is cool... My mom still knows i collect and knows i collect for my son. She still laughs at me to this day and says men just want to hold on to their youth...
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08-11-2008, 01:44 AM | #13 |
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Scoop is right. You could be spending it on a lot worse things. Box em up for the visit. Good luck!
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08-11-2008, 01:44 AM | #14 |
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I can just imagine my mom after I say I don't have enough money.
Oh why don't you go sell that yellow guy( MOC yellow stalker) you said was selling for $300 on ebay. LOL. |
08-11-2008, 01:46 AM | #15 |
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She had a couple errands to run and asked if i wanted to go and look for joes. I was shocked and decided to go with her. It isn't often she wants to hunt with me.------VIPER 48's quote
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08-11-2008, 01:47 AM | #16 |
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Hey, everybody has the right to collect things and Joes are yours, as long as you cover your expenses, they can't argue in what you spend your money, tell them this is much better than going to bars and spending the money in alcohol or drugs.
Besides, at the end its your hobby and no one can take it away and remember, parent will always complain about something so if its not this, it will be something else. |
08-11-2008, 01:48 AM | #17 |
Father of a little Viper
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I know. She totally blew my mind when she asked me that...
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08-11-2008, 01:50 AM | #18 |
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I'm pretty fortunate, everyone in my family, as well as a number of my friends, help me collect my stuff. They've all seen my collection and seem to want to contribute in any way they can. Leads to a lot of duplicates, but I'm always grateful.
On the flip-side, I also see your dilemma. My financial situation is nowhere near where it was a couple years back now that I am a full time student. What I did was cut seriously back to only purchase the 'necessities' of what I 'need'. For instance, once the Joes hit, I cut back on my comic book collecting, completely halted my Transformers collecting and stopped picking up Prequel Star Wars figures. I also decided early on not to pick up the comic packs unless they contained two completely new figures (or they contained an Iron Grenadier and Tripwire). Chances are pretty strong that somewhere down the line Hasbro will release individual figures of all the comic pack figures... they are the kings & queens of the re-pack! |
08-11-2008, 01:58 AM | #19 |
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Lantern Lad.
I stopped collecting comics, stopped getting my hair cut for $12. and now I think I am really close to being able to say no when I see Joes I want at wal-mart. DAMN you hasbro!! ...boxing up my joes now..well most of them Last edited by young1nj; 08-11-2008 at 02:01 AM.. |
08-11-2008, 02:00 AM | #20 |
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Heh... me too...
Now I have my mom cut it for me... saves money, she's happy because I'm hanging out with her, and the conversation usually ends with "so, any toys I should be on the lookout for?" It's when you stop having enough money to eat... that's when you should worry. ;) |
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