Collecting and the sig other

[Lendorien]

Here's a question that could be touchy for some.  How do your collection/collecting and your Sig other get along (assuming you have either)?

Are they 100% on board and an avid gamer? do they just tolerate it? Or are they hostile?  How has your collecting affected your relationship?

I bring this up because, frankly, collecting can be very expensive and time consuming. For some it may verge on hoarding.  And for some others it becomes some sort of addiction. All can be bad for relationships.

Of course, some sig other may very well be 100% on board. I'm just curious how others experiences match up to my own (my sig other doesn't game, but tolerates my collecting with no complaints... mainly because I don't say anything about her 150 pairs of shoes.)

[Sauza12]

My wife tolerates it as long as I have my priorities straight. Of course, she does like to sit down and play a game every once in a while, so that definately helps.

[Izret101]

Anywhere from mildly interested to hostile depending on the day.

[Duke.Togo]

My wife doesn't game except on her iPhone, and I'd say tolerates my collection. As long as everything else is taken care of I don't get too much flak.

[Silent Scythe]

My girl used to game a lot more then she does now. Now she sticks to The Sims, random flash games and her old favorites ( Sonic, FFVII, Xenogears).

She doesn't have a problem with me collecting however. Then again I'm not too manic with my collecting as of late.

[slackur]

I bought my beloved the Soul Calibur V CE for Valentine's day, and she said it was the perfect gift.  And after the kids went to bed she trounced me at it.  Without button-mashing.  Because she was so familiar with the mechanics of the series, which we started with the original Dreamcast Soul Calibur, and then continued with every entry since (skipping III for awhile.)

She was also the first in our home to complete a 3DS game, namely finishing off Dead or Alive Dimensions.

Among others, she finished the Saturn gem Albert Odyssey, the DC version of Grandia II, and most of Skies of Arcadia.  Recently she and I went through Catherine together, and we're in the process of going through the Uncharted Series.

She got her start on the original Legend of Zelda, which she went through on the second quest first by accident because she and her sister thought it would be neat to name their file ZELDA and didn't realize the implications.

I don't believe I could have even thought about collecting to the scale we do if she wasn't having as much fun with it as me.  She's even co-hosted our podcast a few times.   

Yep, got a gamer wife for life. 

[nupoile]

She got her start on the original Legend of Zelda, which she went through on the second quest first by accident because she and her sister thought it would be neat to name their file ZELDA and didn't realize the implications.

We already know this because we all listen to the podcast.