Mine doesn't know how much my collection is worth or how much money I spend/make on it, but she's been with me on/off since the late 1990s and knows it's part of my life that's been around much longer than she has.
She sees cards go in and cards go out without asking about a running total of revenue. I don't spend a huge amount of time on it, so spending too much time with the hobby isn't an issue.
It's a somewhat modest high-5-digit value collection made up of sheer volume more than spectacular pieces, fwiw. Selling it all wouldn't make a very big impact in our lives and that makes it easy for both of us to tolerate it being a hobby rather than an investment.
I've snagged her some card pieces she loves. I got her various vintage cards of whippets (we have one) and the 50-card 1912 Willis "Roses" set that I'm going to have framed when we move to a bigger house (money for the house and move is there, timing isn't).
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