I told my girlfriend I collect Transformers...

[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.

[griffin]

It was finding out about my TFs addiction that got her interested in me in the first place, so there was no fear of having to tell her about the 'hobby'.
Yes, toys are a chick magnet...
But I think my 'magnet' needs recharging...

[Omega Supreme]

My gf knew I collected toys when we started dating, but had no idea how much they cost until I was at Toyworld with her and needed to borrow money to get powerlinx prime. She kinda flipped out, but since then has become quite accepting. They are allowed anywhere except the bedroom and getting the ok from her has let me get a pretty nice collection

[swoop]

I've been with my better half for almost 4 years now and she still does'nt know about my toy collection. Its been pretty hard hideing over 800 toys but I've managed well so far. She found out about my comic collection about 2 months in when I took her down to comics r us and spent my usual 200 a month. But I've slowly been getting her use to the idea of my transformer obsession. I now have my statues and busts on display in my room and she likes them, thinks there cool and doesn't mind me spending money on them. My tf dvds are at the front of my shelf and I have a couple of shirts and a jacket that I wear all the time. Once while we were out shopping I brought a windcharger keyring and while we were waiting to pay she looked so embarassed that we were waiting in line to buy a toy. So I think I'll be holding off telling her for a while yet about all my figures.

Griffin you know you can get a pill for that now

[Burn]

I can't remember how my ex found out, i'm fairly certain it was because she just saw them all in my bedroom.

I'm fairly certain it was one of the reasons she broke up with me, probably didn't thought I was immature for still collecting toys. But dammit, i'm immature with or without a toy collection!

This thread split of the Questions by newbies thread.

So how'd my post from the Looking for Animated Snarl thread end up in here?

[Fungal Infection]

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.

[Sky Shadow]

I've been with my better half for almost 4 years now and she still does'nt know about my toy collection. Its been pretty hard hideing over 800 toys but I've managed well so far.

That's... astoundingly impressive. Since my girlfriend is usually the one sitting next to me at the Parramatta collectible fairs, I suspect she's probably figured out the Transformers thing by now. Beast Wars Sky Shadow was actually the first Transformer ever bought for me by a girlfriend, back in the nineties. It was a surprise present (and astutely chosen, since I already had Fuzors Silverbolt, Torca and Injector). When another girlfriend and I broke up (amicably), she asked if she could keep my BW Neo Heinlad (which she still has in her room to this day). I don't think it's necessary to keep secrets from the one you love - particularly something that's clearly as big a part of our lives as Transformers. If she or he can't accept us for who we are then it's just not meant to be.

[Paulbot]

I think a Star Trek model or Comic collection be more off putting to a girl than TF toys. I think there's a more commonly known stereotypes for those sort of collectors, but I think most people aren't even aware there are Transformer collectors.

But as others have said most people collect something, and if you can deal with your girl/boyfriend's interests they should be able to deal with yours.

So how'd my post from the Looking for Animated Snarl thread end up in here?

I have no clue, but it's back where it belongs now

[Kyle]

Swoop you're amazing.