I actually did some "recon" before I decided whether or not I wanted to let her know about my collecting. When we first started dating, one night we were coming back from the city and we were having a conversation in the car and I asked her about her hobbies and she told me she liked cartoons. Then I asked her if she'd ever watched TFs and she said she seen Beast Wars a few years ago. I never mentioned I collect TFs that night. Then a week or so later, we were shopping and I went into a TRU and she was curious so she followed me in. I was looking at some TFs (Armada at the time) and casually said to her, "Hey, look at these toys, they transform from one mode to another, how cool is that?". She agreed and then asked me if I wanted one since it seemed to her that I had a passing interest. I pretended not to be THAT interested (hey it was Armada!!) and just walked off. Then later on we stopped by a comics shop so I could grab a few TF comics at which point she mentioned that for a guy who drives a really nice sports car (since sold *sniff* ), goes clubbing (haven't been in while *sniff* ), and goes shopping all the time, I sure had some "unique" hobbies. She thought that I didn't look like the typical comics/toy collector type and that I hid it really well. Fast forward 6 years, we are married, I'm still buying stuff, I still miss my old car, and she still shakes her head at me. So all good.