I told my girlfriend I collect Transformers...

[roller]

well sometimes you dont have any choice about telling your missus about your obsession especially when your bedroom used to look like this and then the next morning she asks why do you like Transformers so much?

well said! nah, in this house i have no posters up or toys out...though if you open the wardrobe you'll see them all there in there plastikkeek glory

nice DS9 model Loopus

i think shes cool with it, i'll try not to nerd it up from now on though

[Golden Phoenix]

Me and my missus were friends before, so she knew what she was getting into when we started.
She isn't really happy that I spend money on Transformers and Lego, although she will happily play with either

[Paulbot]

This thread split of the Questions by newbies thread.

Collecting TFs is a odd thing to bring up on a date but if it's going to be serious relationship and if they are going to see your bedroom you're not going to be able to keep it a secret for long.

For those on the board dating guys there is the advantage that guys tend to remember being into Transformers themselves as a kid and will tend to think it's cool (well more so than girls, women members of this board excluded of course!).

[iceburn]

stares at JuzMel...does Yong remember Transformers?

[STL]

I've never really had to tell any of them. I've been w/ the misssus for almost 3 years now and that's about the length of time Ive been collecting TFs. She eventually found out after we'd been going for 6-7 months. it kinda crept along slowly. I think there were signs but I never made it much of an issue but since about the 1 and 1/2 mark year of our r/ship, we shop a lot together and me for TFs much more. That's probably been helped along a lot by the fact that I'm buying from retail nowadays whereas before it was purely eBay for vintage stuff.

My ex before that knew about it for the 5 months we were together but probably a month or two in.

Given the way my bedroom has changed (far more TFs in it) in the past 2 years, I suspect hiding it as easy anymore. If I got single again, I'd really need to consider some serious redecorating...

[kup]

Everyone (including me) seems to have the Deeps Space 9 model kit

[Lint]

She already knew I was a transformers fan so it wasn't a shock when more figures started to mysteriously appear around the house. Besides which her room is littered with plushies so the TF collecting on my part makes her feel like less of a child relative to my awesome self.

[Geminii]

With me it was fairly simple - the S.O. has more fandoms and collections than I'll ever be able to get into. I can buy my usual average of 4 Transformers a year and maintain a computer room which looks like it could launch the space shuttle, and she gets her books, manga, videogames, DVDs, CDs, fanfic, DnD, magazines, stationery, stuffed animals, a fast internet connection, and occasionally extra sets of shelving.

[Lord_Zed]

Everyone (including me) seems to have the Deeps Space 9 model kit

Yes but mine is painted!

Oh wait what were we talking about, oh right....

My last girlfriend new I collected.. well all manner of things, I don't think she grasped the extent of it though.

[JuzMel]

stares at JuzMel...does Yong remember Transformers?

Hehehehe funny, I just bump into this thread today... Interesting... Yeah he does bro, he even told me he used to have G1 starscream, optimus prime, bumblebee etc and was gonna go home and scout the storage for me. But I think his mum cleared and gave them away some years ago.
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Anyway on my part, I didn't have to "break" the news of the collection, my BF basically went with me to Kmart to look for Legends Movie Bumblebee. I promised to only buy one, but then Kmart started their sale and then I bought another and another and the rest was history. He used to sit down with me to play and transform the figures with me. But then nowadays, there has gotten to be too many of them that even I myself haven't had time to open all.

But when I do open them and I have difficulty transforming them, I usually pass it to him to try. I know I know it's embarrassing that a TF fan doesn't know how to transform a TF herself. (But it rarely happens ) And he does buy me TF stuff that I want too sometimes. - like he got me Masterforce DVDs.

I guess it's not so much a huge issue with your partner, if they love you they should accept you for who you are. I know friends of mine who shake their heads in dismay when they see my collection as well. It's like they don't understand why I love TFs and want to buy so many of them. Unless a person has their own collection hobby of their own, its hard for them to understand.