What does your SO think of your Pony Collecting?

Are they patient and understanding? Do they collect with you? Do they go eww and tolerate them for your sake?

He's not interested in them much, but he does think they're pretty and wants me to show him whenever I get a new one or see one that I really want. He's patient and listens to me prattle on for a while and he does own a DJ Pon-3 cuz he likes her. He's even bought me a couple.

My dh loves my ponies. He poses them around the house with his toys for fun. He even delights in our Kitchen pony. DH has bought me several G1's which could not have been easy for him at first. He loves toys himself so, he could never say no to a pony coming in the house. His passion is Star Wars, Transformers and tons of other things. We are big time toy collectors together and its made life so much fun for us both. We share interests and share joys. It is funny though when I ask him to get a certain pony for me, and he comes back with the wrong one. He still doesn't have their names down. I don't know all his SW characters either. I wouldn't trade my dh for anything. He is a keeper.

He's cool with it. He knows quite a few ponies by name and so long as I don't break the bank buying or ask him constantly to help me do something with them he isn't bothered.

My husband has grown to appreciate the joy I have in pony collecting. I had a pony come in the mail yesterday and he nabbed the package before I got home just so he could watch my happy dance when he handed it to me. He will also not let me watch new FiM episodes without him and he wants the cast to make their own music album as he is a sucker for pop princesses. He also tries to enforce the rule that I must own ponies in multiples of four, otherwise he considers the herd unbalanced. He is very supportive overall.

Mine tolerates it. In the beginning he wasn't thrilled and thought it was a waste of money. (We're preppers so he didn't understand the purpose at first) (I started with the trading cards and blind bags for the first two years) For a birthday present over a year ago he bought me all the pops and cup cake keepsakes. When him and his friends gave me the idea to keep them new in box. I started a little pony shrine in our room. He started to understand the display value and saw how happy it makes me but he still was a little stand off ish at that point. He's not into the show at all and doesn't understand why men would like it. Anyway, fast forward to the later eight months. His attitude has changed and enjoys me collecting them now.

I also just did the same gesture for him a week ago. He really likes the m48 series on bud k (weapons). He's been drooling over them for years now and I've finally been able to get a few for him. Him opening up his package and setting them all up and watching him take pictures was adorable and it made me happy to hear "I finally understand that feeling you get with your ponies..now I must finish the set" He really gets it now and I think that's awesome. It's been awesome to see the progression in attitude especially in the last year. We share everything and it's great to be able to share collecting now too.

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ETA i guess I should elaborate. He wishes we would "get that sh#% out of the house".

According to my BF I'm weird, I'm a freak of nature, and I get teased incessantly for it. But it's okay because I tease him back. And we keep our finances separate, so he lets me spend money on toys and I let him spend money on guns.

Marble Dragon said:

According to my BF I'm weird, I'm a freak of nature, and I get teased incessantly for it. But it's okay because I tease him back. And we keep our finances separate, so he lets me spend money on toys and I let him spend money on guns.

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My realtionship works the same way. I just also like guns too but they aren't as cheap as ponies so I have way more .

Rarishy said:

My realtionship works the same way. I just also like guns too but they aren't as cheap as ponies so I have way more .

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LOL I'm the same way. He took me to the range and I got into it. I'd love a bolt-action rifle of some kind, but yes, ponies are cheaper In the meantime I'm collecting inexpensive swords.

My husband is surprisingly tolerant (considering he is a manly man Alberta oilfield guy). He has absolutely zero interest in anything to do with ponies other than keeping my spending in check. He will let me buy what I want as long as I keep it within reason and will patiently sit and let me ramble on and on about them. I know everything I am saying goes in one ear and out the other but I can't help it, when I get excited I want to share it with him and he does let me. This is actually the general trend in our relationship, especially when we are driving anywhere, I ramble on and on about something while he sits quietly driving. I always joke that we are exactly like the old couple on "Open Season" with the RV.

DialgaBritesMom said:

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ETA i guess I should elaborate. He wishes we would "get that sh#% out of the house".

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My boyfriend has same kind of ideas... But that's okay. It is my money and I do what I want with it . He just shakes his head and roll eyes when I start talking about ponies

My husband has 40+ totes of Star Wars...so he doesn't have room to judge my room and 2 totes.

Otherwise he is extra supportive--he watches Ebay for me and asks almost daily how all of you guys are doing and if there's anything cool coming up that I plan to join.

*kinda converted him into a brony* Hm? What? I did nothing~

I'm happy to read that (almost) everyone significant other understands their collection! I'd find it very hard to be with someone who didn't understand, or thought bad of it. They wouldn't stay very long in my life.

My Bf has agreed to never buy me ponies. And I think that's awesome He will go out of his way to take me to toy stores, will come to a pony meet with me, and listen when I go on (even though I'm sure he's thinking of something else). And, the greatest thing of all, is if we ever get a house together, he knows that there has got to be a pony room.

My hubby is pretty tolerant of my collection. We were together a long time before I started collecting and what start as a small hobby has kind of erupted all over the house!
He doesn't really have any interest in ponies, only in how much money they are worth!!! However he just lets me get on with it and has agreed to me using part of the spare room for pony display! I think he understands how important collecting is to me, it helped me keep my head straight in a time of big stress!

@icecreamgirl I think it is awesome that you started collecting once you were already together, shows he is supportive of whatever you want to start doing. Sounds like a keeper! My husband and I were friends as teenagers and my collection was on display in my bedroom when I was younger (and my collection was much smaller!) so he already knew about them long before we started dating. I think he just accepted that they were part of the package.

My spouse got the Pony Virus from me. Now she's always checking stores when she's out and about, trying to find us things we might be missing. Quite often she'll call and ask if we have such and such, just because she spots some Pony item at a shop.

My boyfriend is great about it. He absolutely supports me, and takes me to toy shows, flea markets, and anything like that to go pony hunting. He also asks about my purchases and my grails, and even gets into it sometimes. He enjoys helping me get the blind bag ponies, especially, even if it means driving me all across the bay looking for them in different stores. He will also usually buy pony things he finds that he doesn't think I have.

Mine has so far bought me three pony play sets. Twilight's 'Rainbow Kingdom' castle for my birthday, Crimp and Curl salon for Christmas and the Lullaby nursery because he knew I wanted it and couldn't afford it. >< We also frequently go hunting for blind bags together.

He's a brony now (my bad, though I got him into pony before we actually started dating) so he takes an interest but sometimes I prattle on about earlier gens and his eyes glaze over. XD

=) My DH and I collect 80's toys together....we have for MANY years . (And now our kids are used to it. lol.)
HE is the one who finds me the most amazing G1 MLP all on his own, when I go looking, I find nothing!
....However, We branch out, on which toys/ items in our collection are our favorites!