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If we're going to call it a gene, rather than an inclination, than yes, I do. My grandma collected furniture and milk glass and brass. My mother started collecting milk glass and brass with my grandma and started to cross stitch and quilt. Their milk glass collection is top notch and includes the boars head and swimming fish bowl. You should look those up. I started with cards and memorabilia, and picked up the furniture tic once I moved out. My mother's uncle is an outdoorsman, and spends his money on fishing tackle. He used to have a gun collection, but his house was broken into and he lost that; he never attempted to replace it. My dad collected records and memories. From him I got involved with family history. So I also have a photograph collection of family, although many of those are copies.

My wife doesn't have it. Her father doesn't collect because he likes new stuff and will get rid of old stuff to have new stuff. He is also a gift giver, and will spend his money on everyone else. Her mother is a minimalist. When she was 20, the stage coach hotel that her family lived in caught fire and burned down and she lost all her possessions. From then on she has been a minimalist. When my wife was 10, her father experienced a work lockout that lasted 24-36 months. So then they didn't have any money to spend on hobbies anyway. That led my wife to be a minimalist, and she hates my baseball card collection.

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