How does your significant other feel about your pony obsession?

[Truly]

I wish I had a significant other lol But I know the closest person I have, my best friend, she buys me ponies as gifts and I buy them for her too The last one I got for her was baby Crumpet (who she adores so much and has on her bedside table) oh and Medley XD

 

[bluerose9978]

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.

This is almost exactly my story as well! And I've been married for 10 years...

 

[StarBlaze]

My hubs tolerates it, especially if I find a valuable pony and decide not to keep it. (He wants me to sell my porcelain Glory figure I found last weekend...) We've been together since freshmen year of highschool, so he was there when my collecting got started. He's never been harsh about it, but he sometimes prods me jokingly.

My collection has been downsized to a handful of G1's but I really want to collect the G4's now... (And he totally wouldn't let me get Lyra last night at Target... *pouts*)

On a side note, I was having that feeling last night that all the things I like... well... I'm getting too old for (I'll be 29 in December), but I don't wanna stop liking what I like just because of my age! (Not just ponies... taste in music, clothes, recreation, etc...) He didn't make me feel that way... I just... did, I guess. But I'm not gonna change who I am just because I age! I've always been kinda weird, so accept me or not, I'm gonna be true to myself!

 

[Melissa]

I was having that feeling last night that all the things I like... well... I'm getting too old for (I'll be 29 in December), but I don't wanna stop liking what I like just because of my age! (Not just ponies... taste in music, clothes, recreation, etc...) He didn't make me feel that way... I just... did, I guess. But I'm not gonna change who I am just because I age! I've always been kinda weird, so accept me or not, I'm gonna be true to myself!

The bottom line is, if it makes you happy, you're not "too old" for it. I'm 23 and I still shop in the juniors section sometimes (I'm only 5'2") and obviously I collect MLP, plus most of the authors I love are considered to be "teen" writers: Libba Bray, Meg Cabot (I don't like her "adult" books as much), Sarah Dessen, Eoin Colfer...

It's one thing if you collect MLP to try and relive your childhood (i.e. actually BE a child again), but if you collect them because they make you remember the good times in your childhood or they are just so darn cute that they make you smile, then whatever, who cares?!

 

[josiekat]

My husband teases, but I think he likes that I am so interested in something. He buys me ponies for holidays, birthdays, for no reason. We just bought a house, and he is going to build shelves so I can display all of my ponies together. He's so cool about it all.

 

[Stormness_1]

My hubby doesn't like ponies... but he LOVES me. So he deals, I guess, and sometimes he refuses to wait for me to check out the toy aisle, but doesn't mind me doing the toy stalls at the markets! He's one of those 'grudge keepers' so I try not to let my ponies get on the grudge list. Every now and then he'll pay for ponies for me, but he's never bought a pony I haven't picked myself. I chatter on about them almost constantly, but he has never really picked up much on them, although he does surprise me occasionally! I'm hoping that one day he'll build up another collection of his own (his was mostly stolen) so that we can share that quirkiness again! Until then I guess I have to put up with the irritating comments about my ponies in the wheelie bin or the compost heap, lol... or on evilbay... eek!

 

[Jimmy-74]

My GF doesn't know about the ponies , she has only seen a few of them like probably 10 , ,we're not married and we don't live together so I can put them prety much anywhere she has never opened the boxes that they are stored in , so I guess she doesn't really have of an opinion about them ....I really don't think she would mind as long as she gets my full attention .
Jimmy

 

[Galacticatt]

My partner tells me to sell them.

I actually have a craft/toy room- and if I keep it tidy (it sounds like I am a kid instead of a 30something) - she doesn't complain- but as soon as it looks like a mess or ponies/dolls drip into the house- or packaging accumulates just a bit in the basement- than she makes a big stink.

:gonnagetit:

 

[Firehooves]

She dumped me. :/ Said my pony obsession wasn't 'manly'. Ah well, she couldn't accept me for who I was anyways! *Shrugs*

 

[jupiter_oski]

My fiance is respectful and understanding of my pony collecting. His own hobby (which he is passionate about) is drums--so he says that how I am with ponies is like how he is with drums, so he understands.

Plus I actually got him interested in ponies over time. Now he has his own collection of 16 MLPs from all generations--G1, G2, G3, G3.5, and G4! Actually, they're all from me, but he really likes them anyway. And I got him really interested in the G1 so soft ponies--he likes fuzzy things, so fuzzy ponies are great for him! I gave him a couple so softs, and he said that he would like me to give him more... but rather than buy more so soft ponies for him (why would I buy duplicate ponies just for him, when we're going to get married soon anyway?), I asked him if he would like me to share mine with him, and he said sure!

He's also watched several MLP animated episodes with me--a couple episodes of FiM, plus the G3 video "A Very Minty Christmas." He can also recognize a number of MLP characters, especially from FiM.