How much the wife knows about your collection

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

That's nice. Whenever I head off to a show, mine tells me to "have fun with the other dip$h**s."

I think I like your wife.

[seanofjapan]

There is a significant difference between the question of “how much it is worth” on the one hand and “how much you spent on it” on the other.

I suspect that the degree to which the answers to these questions diverge from each other, and in what direction, is more salient in respect to the broader issue of maintaining the peaceful coexistence of a spouse and a collection.

[Texxxx]

My wife,while she was alive, didn't care anything about my collecting or how much it was worth. Her mouth would have hit the ground if I would have ever told her. As long as all the bills got paid on time and she could buy anything she wanted, she was happy. She didn't spend much.
Now my son is a different story. He collects himself, mostly 50's threw 70's stuff. He has a ballpark idea what it worth. I joke with him all the time that he is just waiting for me to die so he will get it. He just rolls his eyes.

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

I joke with him all the time that he is just waiting for me to die so he will get it. He just rolls his eyes.

Bruce,
I'm not pretending to know anything about you, your son, or your relationship, so take this with a grain of salt. My father-in-law makes jokes like this all the time about how his kids can't wait till he dies so they can get X. My wife and her siblings hate that he continuously jokes about this and have been very vocal about it amongst themselves. Maybe that's why you're getting the eye rolls?

[G1911]

I've found a card collection can be a really good tool to get you out of a relationship. Instead of having the crying and drama of dumping a girl I don't want to see anymore, I can just invite her over to look at my card collection and be lectured on how many "e"'s my T206 Magee has and that he also has a batting pose, and they come in several backs which sometimes have some small printing defects upon close examination of the cardboard, but one has to be careful because of the reprints, and the reprints smell different. After just one hour, she's running for the hills. Boom, problem solved.

[rjackson44]

Originally Posted by G1911

I've found a card collection can be a really good tool to get you out of a relationship. Instead of having the crying and drama of dumping a girl I don't want to see anymore, I can just invite her over to look at my card collection and be lectured on how many "e"'s my T206 Magee has and that he also has a batting pose, and they come in several backs which sometimes have some small printing defects upon close examination of the cardboard, but one has to be careful because of the reprints, and the reprints smell different. After just one hour, she's running for the hills. Boom, problem solved.

Greg lol

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

For fun, my wife likes to read the PSA pop reports and prepare reports on micro/macro market moves so we can sit down once a week and discuss which cards/players to target. She also likes to follow the auction house offerings and begs me to stay up with her until after 3am so we can make sure we have the highest bids. Sometimes I'll catch her organizing and taking pics of the slabs for cute social media posts.