Zack, my wife has been with me through thick and thin. I mean REALLY thin. We've been together going on nine years now. She's a great mother, was a loyal girlfriend and now is a loyal wife. I don't think my career would be taking off the way it is right now had she been one of those "we need money now" types. She has been very supportive of my goals and believed in me even when I was ready to quit and try something else, she urged me to continue and "talked me off the ledge" many times so that I could continue in a career choice that I loved. She worked a job too and did the mom stuff as well so that I could focus and not worry about making enough money.

She also hates my baseball cards. Who ____ cares!? Don't let people tell you that you need to find a girl that likes baseball cards. I wouldn't trade my wife for anyone.

My wife's only request has been that I provide her the name of an auction house to call in the event of my untimely demise.

Thanks man, she is not pressuring me to sell my cards either which is great.

This is a very interesting topic and the posts have been all over the place - which I expected.

My wife has been very supportive. From the time I first introduced her to my collection (1967), and told her, "Love me, love my baseball collection" she has demonstrated her support in a million ways.

She began almost immediately helping me produce a very minor hobby periodical, Sports Collectors Journal (1967-69); created 8x10 inch logos of the 1950s major league clubs; bought Rold Gold pretzel 3-D baseball greats (1970) when we could hardly afford chicken (29 cents/pound) and tomatoes (10 cents); attended and worked dozens of card shows (starting 1973); and continues to package, catalog and be my bookkeeper for our eBay business. (And I've left out a lot of other hobby-related activities.)

She's the best!

kowloon!
 

Hi Steve!
We love the Kowloon, too! Everytime we go there we see fellow card collectors. I remember the days when Phil Castinetti would take his autograph signers there.
When I'm feelin OK, we go to visit our daughter and her family and try to stop in at Sportsworld on the way up and the Kowloon on the way back.

As for my collection and my wife, they get along fine! The one thing my wife can't understand is why I prefer to watch game 4 of the 1968 World Series instead of the current Red Sox game that's on now!

It isn't about whether the prospective spouse likes the collecting, it is about whether she/he respects you enough to let you get your collecting freak on. My wife doesn't like card collecting--it bores the heck out of her--but she respects me enough to leave me to it.

Spousal support
 

My wife is quite supportive. As long as I give her the monthly allowance, which I asked her to give me her number and make sure I meet each month, she doesn't care much what I otherwise do. I try and keep her in the loop with what I'm doing, and she actually thinks the cards are cool. A happy wife is a happy home...and her money is hers, and yours is both. I stick to those rules first, and the cards come easy!

That sentence says more than anything else on this entire thread

I just wanted to update that I am going back to work at my old job from before this last one. It sucks but at least it's income, just less income. Soon it will time for Goudeys and Diamond Stars:D

Congrats on finding work in this difficult economy. Best of luck.

All 3 of my ex wives hated my collecting. I divorced all 3 of them and kept my cards. I can always get another wife. dave. ps wife #1 stole most of my sht!

Thanks, I am happy I was only out 2 weeks