Wasteful wives with no understanding

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There! I said it. Thankfully, she who must be obeyed or you get a hot poker shoved where the sun don't shine doesn't go on this forum.:D

Is there anyone else here who has the same wifey trouble when it comes to retro collecting? Mine has been known to throw things out for no other reason that she doesn't understand what they are. Doesn't bother asking if I need them.

Okay, so I have a few retro machines. So half of them don't work. I'LL GET AROUND TO FIXING THEM! When? ... I dunno ... someday?

I've seen a few things on here that are to my liking this week but I daren't dive in, even though some cost pittance, because we're on an 'economising drive'. Pffft!

There are times I'd like to economisingly drive her off a cliff! :mad:
 
Yup been there seen that done it.

All my retro gear is known to Mrs B as crap and wires. She keeps threatening to get a skip and put the whole bloody lot in there.

To be fair most of the clutter and storage in the house is down to me!
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Caqn't complain about my wifey ... she's a Commodore 64 retro collector :)

Gawd bless her little cotton socks! :D
 
I have a lot of stuff in boxes, resting.. I had quite a discussion at home recently about it.. I must admit I am quite adicted to the hobby.. It ended to a room with no acess to it..(impossible)

Love and care and work in bed are the most items I learned, but they need to be combined with understanding both sites:roll: I would say start with mutual respect and then..
 
With my wife I just let her see it works and that solves the problem and that's easy to do since the family computer is in the same room and I
make a point to say something about it like WOW look at that on the
internet with the commodore 128,show her games that appeal to her.

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It can get quite funny at times, thinking about it. I once had to convince her that I NEEDED an issue of Retro Gamer for research as I wanted to see what classic games I might be able to rewrite for mobiles.:lol:
 
same here :blased: my wife hates my beloved machines

some examples (with moderated language) :

- Don't bring any new "thing" >>>> (Imperative)
- The postman has left a "delivery note" in the mailbox. I hope it's not another computer >>> Every week the same phrase :p
- WTH is this ugly "thing", Don't you have enough crap?
- I need this space, t h r o w - i t - a w a y :ninja::thumbsdown:
- this two "things" are the same, why do you need the same "thing" two times? >>>> I really need it, it's due to my work as IT : redundant resources :lol::lol::lol: things may fail
 
I feel your pain guys, recently my wife has been reading a book about cleaning up your house, it uses some weird Japanese Zen theories, the basis is that if you can hold it and feel a special feeling keep it, otherwise throw everything else away. Unfortunately the young lady who wrote this book said that retro game machines/computers are a definite no no as the man is unable to think of the future. So my wife has finally found her "silver bullet" to slay her retro collecting husband ... wish she had never read that confounded book. So I will probably be having a sale on Amibay for my Neo Geo AES, PC Engine, Super Famicom, Sega Saturn and Dreamcast :sad: - I hope this book doesn`t get translated lol
 
I've gotten pretty lucky. My Heidi is supportive of my hobbies as long as I am happy and the bills are paid. She also thinks the Amiga is quite a cool machine, so, she's a keeper. :thumbsup:
 
Good luck m8!
My wife is, let's say tolerant to my favorite hobby (collecting old computers, of course :D). But sometimes I get in trouble, too.
"Always these old parts..." :mad:
"What the hell are you doing with more then 20 computers?" :thumbsdown:
...
She thinks, I am a mad, but are we not all a little mad?? :nuts:

I have tried all, show her the computers with telling her about the history, showing her some quite good games... => no success. :(

But at the moment, I am lucky, because in our new home, I have a room in the basement, where my computers (and I) can be really happy!! :nod:
 
ami_junki said:
Unfortunately the young lady who wrote this book said that retro game machines/computers are a definite no no as the man is unable to think of the future.
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LOL, I have a home office and she allows me to use that for my hobby as well, although she have been a bit angry that I've not kept it tidy. it's pretty tidy now so she is content at the moment. but she have prohibited me from getting any more. well. after the vic 20, the nes and the atari 2600 I'll be done. maybe a neo geo.. and a dreamcast.. :)

but spacewise I'm the vic 20 I got in the mail away from being complete.

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TickledPink said:
Is there anyone else here who has the same wifey trouble when it comes to retro collecting? Mine has been known to throw things out for no other reason that she doesn't understand what they are. Doesn't bother asking if I need them.
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I have to be first home for the mail any day around when a new machine comes. and she'll argue for every new one. but we have our own money so she can't give me any argument over using our money on that. however, she spend our money (shared expense card) on flowers and silly stuff I can't care less about. and give me a grief if I ever take that into the argument.

Now she decided we needed a new sofa and tv funiture. so 2300 gbp out of the window just so the livingroom looks a bit better in her eyes. my surround doesn't fit there anymore, so that have to go. you know, sound is not that important. having space for books she never read again is.
 
Well I dont live with my gf, but my retro collection still gets on her nerves when she comes round or as she refers to it as that crap. Of course her needing so many pairs of shoes and handbags is perfectly acceptable (i recently dropped of 4 bin bags full of them to a local charity shop and that didnt even cut the surface) .

Saying that the dog has started to pout when i bring a nice new box of gubbins in, then again she is also a girl .
 
emiaapp said:
same here :blased: my wife hates my beloved machines

some examples (with moderated language) :

- Don't bring any new "thing" >>>> (Imperative)
- The postman has left a "delivery note" in the mailbox. I hope it's not another computer >>> Every week the same phrase :p
- WTH is this ugly "thing", Don't you have enough crap?
- I need this space, t h r o w - i t - a w a y :ninja::thumbsdown:
- this two "things" are the same, why do you need the same "thing" two times? >>>> I really need it, it's due to my work as IT : redundant resources :lol::lol::lol: things may fail
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I hear exactly the same here (well, in french).
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This topic comes up far too often for my liking. As a general observation, if you've got a supportive partner, great! If not, you should probably sort out your issues. If this is your hobby, your other half should tolerate it to at least some degree and between you both, you should define suitable constraints ("Only X systems" or "As many as you like, so long as they stay in the study" or whatever.) They don't have to understand, they just need to respect that it matters to you. If they can't even do that, you have to ask yourself why you're together at all...
 
AndyLandy said:
This topic comes up far too often for my liking. As a general observation, if you've got a supportive partner, great! If not, you should probably sort out your issues. If this is your hobby, your other half should tolerate it to at least some degree and between you both, you should define suitable constraints ("Only X systems" or "As many as you like, so long as they stay in the study" or whatever.) They don't have to understand, they just need to respect that it matters to you. If they can't even do that, you have to ask yourself why you're together at all...
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When this topic comes up, there is always someone to conclude like you. See no disrespect, but i think that only proceeds from an insufficient knowledge of women's mind.
 
@AndyLandy
"They don't have to understand, they just need to respect that it matters to you. If they can't even do that, you have to ask yourself why you're together at all... "

May I quote that to the wife? :lol:

No... I daren't!
 
I think the topic comes up a lot because we get new many members, so will naturally cover old ground with a common issue to the retro community. I do enjoy reading such things though :) with new members comes new experiences and stories!

In my case, there is a degree of tolerance as long as it is not to the detriment of our finances etc. and that I tidy away unused items and don't clutter certain rooms.
 
Try this, but for your own risk, ;)

Show your wife for example broken computer, part etc and tell her this cost $ now, when I will fixed it will cost $$$ :D
Maybe money will get to her mind:D. But this also has bad part. She can tell you to sell all those craps and get rich:D.
Other hand maybe you have to much "junk" in your house as it shows some time on TV. Like people living in tons of junk at home.
Try to keep everything in good order in boxes, shelves ...
 
Well, there's now even more 'junk' to get on her nerves. Tried switching on my Vectrex for the first time in 18 months and ... Nothing. Had it since 1984 so it's not new junk. Now it doesn't work, it's just more ammo for her.
 
AndyLandy said:
This topic comes up far too often for my liking. As a general observation, if you've got a supportive partner, great! If not, you should probably sort out your issues. If this is your hobby, your other half should tolerate it to at least some degree and between you both, you should define suitable constraints ("Only X systems" or "As many as you like, so long as they stay in the study" or whatever.) They don't have to understand, they just need to respect that it matters to you. If they can't even do that, you have to ask yourself why you're together at all...
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Andy hit the nail on the head here but that is how it should be but as we all
know things change as the marriage gets older..:lol:

:coffee:
 
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