I knew there was a reason...

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by T205 GB

That Sir is a well laid trap. Been down this exact path before. Get that fence done and start saving a little for the wedding in a savings account. Then when you buy a card you can say you're not interfering with plans.

Already ahead of ya. Haha. We do have a decently funded savings account for the wedding, and I have monthly deposits into it. I'm also paying for a majority of her wedding dress (her mom is covering some as well), and am buying 2 wedding bands for her instead of one (her engagement ring looks better with the 2 bands). The fence is the trap, and she already shutdown my plan to build a work bench for the garage, but I'll get that work bench eventually. She also has some good Christmas gifts coming.

Trust me, my card purchases are well calculated beyond the value and investment aspects.

Originally Posted by baseballfan

good for you hold on to that one

No plans of letting her go. Thank you!

Originally Posted by Leon

Kyle- Sounds like you found a keeper. It was only a year or two after I got married (around 22 yrs ago) that I started collecting cards again and had some of the same reactions. My first big card was a PSA 7 T205 Johnson I bought from Scott Brockelman before I even knew him, at a local show. I told my wife some of the same things......and it was true. Years Later I did a deal in Wylie Texas, at a Taco Bell, and doubled my money on that card. As I recall it didn't have great centering, it wasn't a keeper.

I see what you did there... You put the ring on her finger BEFORE starting your collecting habits back up, making her escape (if she wanted to) more difficult and messier.

[T205 GB]

HAHA! I wish you all the best.

My now fiancee used to make fun of me for collecting baseball cards. Needless to say after the first few months I took her on the National trip with me and she has not really said a word about my meager spending

[sycks22]

My wife got to stay home with our first born for her first year based on the profits from cards so she's a happy camper when she sees a package being sent out. If you find a spouse who loves cards as much as you hang on to her.

[Donscards]

Well if we are going to talk about wife's, here is my story, back in 1986, the biggest collection in Maine came up, the seller had a store in the late 1970's and he wanted $90K, I didn't have the money, had 15K, I asked my wife if I could take a home equity loan for 75K and she said Yes, (and I paid off the loan in 11 months)---5 years later, I asked her if she minded if I quite my US Postal job to sell baseball cards full time, again she said it was up to me, all my friends said don't do it, but I did---When I stated selling cards in 1978, she would question me as how much I spent on collections but over the years, she doesn't ask anymore and we have been married 48 years---so I think I have a keeper.

[steve B]

My wife knows a bit about cards, and my other hobbies. I've learned a lot about the stuff she likes, which is pretty easy since I'm interested in almost anything.

We talk about any big purchases before we make them, especially ones I'm not certain of. Some we decide to not buy, some we do. Communication is really the key.
That process has also helped keep my collecting in check, because one of the first questions is "how does it fit in the collection" if my answer is that it doesn't really fit but I think it's cool, the decision is a lot harder. I have to think it's almost impossibly cool, and that's generally a good thing.
(little stuff I'm mostly on my own)