How does your significant other feel about your pony obsession?

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My boyfriend knew about my collection when we met years ago. He collects action figures, so we have our share of childish obsessions! We are both collectors since childhood. He trys to keep up with all the ponies, and does quite well sometimes! I was surprised when he found my stowaway (the pony I keep in my purse and bring to school/work) and said "Hello Baby Lickety Split!"Quite impressive that he remembered her name and knew who she was. I have so many ponies, and I talk to him so much, I am surprised he even listens, let alone remembers. Today I caught him mumble-singing "Shoo be doo shoop shoo be do..." while playing a video game. It's even more amazing when he knows to buy the ones I don't have. He should know me like the back of his hand by now, but I don't know anyone who can pick out which ponies I don't have.

I was wondering how your significant other feels about your ponies?
 
Uhhh...I've been with my husband for 8.5 years, we got married in 2010 and he knew about my collecting the whole time...and he hates it. His favorite phrase seems to be: "sell them all!" I keep saying, "if you don't like it that much, you shouldn't have married me!" It's not a "fighting" issue, but it gets depressing from time to time. He thinks its really weird for my age (31) to collect toys. But I guess if that's our biggest issue, it's not so bad.
 
I can't remember when I told Mr. Skeen about my ponies, but he knew well before we were married. He's from Australia so we had only met in person once before our wedding. I sold the majority of my collection to help pay for moving expenses so we could live in Oz after our wedding, and he helped me box up and clean and ship them.

After we got married I wanted to collect again and he's all kinds of supportive. We bought the house we have because it not only had a spare bedroom for his Man Room and one for my Pony Room, but it also had a loft I could use as an office so I could devote my entire other room to ponies.

He buys me ponies for holidays and always gets me a pony cake for my birthday, and he can name most of the G1's on sight. He also watches FiM with me (he likes Pinkie Pie the best) and most importantly he hasn't killed me over the amount of money I spend on ponies, lol!
 
Since I've been with my boyfriend for over a year, and I only started collecting a few months ago, he's been there from the beginning... it's even indirectly his fault. His aunt posted a custom MLP on Facebook she found somewhere on the internet and I told her I would make one for her. I bought a bunch because I wasn't sure which one I wanted to paint. (Baby? Adult? And so many poses!) After I did her custom, I was left with 7-10 ponies and I didn't want to part with them.

He makes fun of me sometimes but overall he doesn't mind. He says that when I would rather play with ponies than spend time with him, that is when he will disapprove. Right now it gives us stuff to do together (thrift stores, etc.)
 
my husband teases me about them, but he tolerates them - he'll watch the show with me, and go shopping with me for them. he even knows the mane 6 in FIM. ;)

he is also very understanding of the amount of money/time I put into swaps ;) 'you're buying all that, and it's not even for you??' lol
 
buddafly said:
he is also very understanding of the amount of money/time I put into swaps ;) 'you're buying all that, and it's not even for you??' lol
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I think my boyfriend will have trouble with that one when the Halloween Swap gets started up. He didn't understand why I bought blind bags and trading cards just to trade with people on here if I wasn't going to seriously collect them. I explained how some are harder to find and that if I could help someone it would make me happy vicariously and he was just kind of like "Uh... okay?!"
 
From time to time mine has put his foot down about buying things (and oddly enough, it's usually two dollar thrift store finds vs. $15 store finds). LOL But generally he's really good. He even bought me ponies during my brief non-collecting phase (nearing the end of the G3s) because he knew how happy they always made me. It helps now that the girl is as into them as I am. :D After all, its way harder to say no to two of us, than it is to say no to just me. LOL
 
My guy whines every now and then, but mostly just tries to pretend he doesn't see them. Hehehehe.
 
Mine is very accepting. Like others here he actually was the one who encouraged me to start up collecting after I had brought bits of merch featuring the G1's. In fact he has not only brought me loads (I had 23 for my birthday alone!), he brought the cabinets and they take up half his office - he really can't get away from them!!
 
My husband doesn't mind, although I don't think he has room to even try to mind being his collection is so huge as well. His stuff is towards the end of my endless collection pics here-> http://www.mlptp.net/forums/show-tell/93237-hubby-my-collection-room-pic-heavy.html
He knows alot of the ponies names, and buys me ponies for my birthday and Christmas and everynow and then one just because. The only thing he says is that he doesn't understand them because they are the same thing over and over again just different colors and pictures.
 
Sailorstarpony said:
Uhhh...I've been with my husband for 8.5 years, we got married in 2010 and he knew about my collecting the whole time...and he hates it. His favorite phrase seems to be: "sell them all!" I keep saying, "if you don't like it that much, you shouldn't have married me!" It's not a "fighting" issue, but it gets depressing from time to time. He thinks its really weird for my age (31) to collect toys. But I guess if that's our biggest issue, it's not so bad.
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haha, my husband knew about mine before we got married too, but every time i get a new one its "so you gonna sell it?" or "so we are gonna sell them and make a bunch of money right?" "why collect them if your not going to sell them?" lol but its all in good fun, he is just trying to get me worked up.... if we are in walmart and i look toward the side of the store with the toys and give him the puppy dog eyes he always laughs and says i can go look.... and when i think oh, ill have to wait, i cant justify $15 right now he always lets me go back and get it. he even simpathises when they dont have what im looking for.
 
I've been with my fiancé a little shy of 3 years and I just started seriously collecting about a month ago. He thinks I am a little silly for collecting... we're getting married next weekend so he will be stuck with me... and my little habit! Heh heh heh ;)
 
AyriannaBee said:
I've been with my fiancé a little shy of 3 years and I just started seriously collecting about a month ago. He thinks I am a little silly for collecting... we're getting married next weekend so he will be stuck with me... and my little habit! Heh heh heh ;)
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Congrats!

I think alot of guys just accept it as "Girls will be girls". I mean, we don't understand men most of the time. It's a very feminine thing to like My Little Pony, as goes for many doll collectors. Men may never understand that, and why we need new shoes, purses, makeup, or whatever else we convince ourselves we don't have enough of!
 
It will be five years next March that I've been with my fiance. He picks on me about a rainbow of things, but the pony thing is his favorite now. When I first restarted collecting (I collected G1's as a child and stopped until G3, then stopped again until this past spring), he asked me "Have you always been THIS obsessed with My little pony?" I told him all about how my grandmother used to take me to buy new ponies as a kid, and how much they seem to keep my depression under control nowadays... it's so odd, but I'm thankful about that latter part (he knows how difficult it has been in the past for me to keep from being moody... he has been with me through a ton of insane swings). Now he's gone from "stay on task, no ponies" (just teasing, of course, when I go into Wal-Mart, Target, etc.) to actually buying one for me at a swap meet a couple of weekends ago while I was still strapped for cash, waiting for my first check of the new school year. (I told him afterward that it was a very special pony to me because he bought her for me... and she is.) So now, he teases me every weekend, "So... I guess you're going to take me all over the place looking for ponies, huh?" I give him a big ol' Big Mac "Eeyup" and we're on our way lol
 
Pinkie said:
Congrats!

I think alot of guys just accept it as "Girls will be girls". I mean, we don't understand men most of the time. It's a very feminine thing to like My Little Pony, as goes for many doll collectors. Men may never understand that, and why we need new shoes, purses, makeup, or whatever else we convince ourselves we don't have enough of!
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Thanks so much!

I tell my fiancé exactly the same thing... He is the ultimate man's man and can never have too many cars/tools/chainsaws/ etc. I tell him his obsessions are no different than mine. Plus, collecting MLP's is pretty harmless... I always tell him if this is the strangest/silliest thing he has to deal with he should consider himself lucky! :tongue:
 
My hubby is great about my collecting! He buys me MLPs as gifts and even got me tickets and went with me to MLP live for our first anniversary! I have been collecting my whole life so he was well aware before we tied the knot! :)
 
Lucky ladies!!! I ain't got a significant right now, but when I did...well the first one we got into a fight and he threatened to cut their hair...the second one actually liked my collecting so much and how much pleasure and joy it brought me that he began collecting coins!, my third...yea that was not gonna work....I think a guy for me would have to accept first that I have 2 kids and second I have a million adopted others!!! you gonna love me you gonna luv them all!!!

good question!!
 
nsunshine said:
I ain't got a significant right now, but when I did...well the first one we got into a fight and he threatened to cut their hair...
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OMG what a jerk face! You definitely need someone who loves you for you... as I said before, if a pony obsession is the worst thing your significant other has to deal with in your relationship he should consider himself **** lucky! It could be way worse!
 
Its a love hate relationship relationship my husband has with my pony collection. He hates MLP but loves the positive influence they have on me. Especially how customizing ponies helps my mental health a lot. I think he has seen enough customized ponies to have a real appreciation for the art. He has learned to tolerate the hundreds of eyes that stare out in our room. Sometimes I find him setting out his own collection of toys in attack formation just to keep my ponies in line. He also likes to tease me by pointing to my collection and calls each pony "evil". FIM has also helped redeem the many episodes of the old show he had to sit through as a young kid.
 
My partner thinks it's a little silly, but amusing. He's more likely to tease me than anything else, though he respects why I like ponies so much :)
 
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