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Weekend Poll: Are coin collectors less likely to have extra-marital affairs?
RYK
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It's dullsville here, today, and I have been holding back on this one for a while. We recently learned that a couple with whom we are friends is having marital problems. A couple years ago, when he told me he (the husband) was interested in reviving his dormant coin collection, I encouraged him, invited him to shows, etc., but he never followed through. It turns out he was following through with the secretary, instead. As my wife has learned the details along with her friend (the wife) and divulged them to me, I have replied with platitudes like "a man has got to have hobbies" and "if he had coins (like me), he would not have the time or interest to get into trouble", etc. So, is a man (or woman) who collects coins less like to have an extra-marital affair?
Edited: I should also note that the money spent on coins could be dwarfed by what might be spent on an affair and its aftermath. I would hate to waste good coin money on some woman!
Edited: I should also note that the money spent on coins could be dwarfed by what might be spent on an affair and its aftermath. I would hate to waste good coin money on some woman!
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Once married, THEN you can spring it to the woman that you are a nerd
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
...affairs with their coins.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
Looking for alot of crap.
If there's a desire, there's a way, regradless of hobbies. Just look at Breen (though I'd rather not)...
<< <i>Cheating is even more expensive, potentially, than buying coins. And a collector may know they'll have to sell their coins if they're busted and ordered to pay alimony and/or child support through the nose. >>
That's why you bury your coins in the backyard and buy a metal detector. Let her think you are a metal detecting geek ....just don't let her know that is where your coins get hidden
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
<< <i>Are coin collectors less likely to have extra-marital affairs? >>
Ask my lawyer. If I answer this question, it'll probably cost me even more
j/k (thankfully)
Okay, let me re-phrase the question: Is the type of person who would collect coins be less likely to have an affair--or perhaps less likely to be married in the first place?
P.S. I finally got it right this time.
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Okay, let me re-phrase the question: Is the type of person who would collect coins be less likely to have an affair--or perhaps less likely to be married in the first place? >>
I think it depends how hardcore a collector you are. The more hardcore, the less likely girls will be interested in you.
And that goes for any nerd hobby.
Unless of course his hobby IS cheating.
I'll stick to coins and video games.
(and cat juggling)
collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
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I wonder if this post is really a disguised form of obtaining a bigger coin budget under the platform of being a good boy?
I certainly have used this argument with my wife many times!
By the way, been married 25 years and have been faithful to her.
Another way of looking at it is that an expensive coin hobby is still cheaper than a divorce!!!
She feels very comfortable when I tell her I'm going to a coin show.
But if she ever matches the bank withdrawals with the dates of the coin shows I'm a dead man.
Joe
<< <i>Collecting coins IS my extra-marital affair.
She feels very comfortable when I tell her I'm going to a coin show.
But if she ever matches the bank withdrawals with the dates of the coin shows I'm a dead man.
Joe >>
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Coin collection = Community property
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
It is possible to have more than one mistress!
Freak
<< <i>I don't think people have affairs only because they have nothing else to occupy their time.
Okay, let me re-phrase the question: Is the type of person who would collect coins be less likely to have an affair--or perhaps less likely to be married in the first place? >>
RYK,
On the surface I would agree with your wife, but judging from what I see and know from the professional dealers' perspectives, I would say that the rate of infidelity is higher than in general society.
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<I should also note that the money spent on coins could dwarf what might be spent on an affair and its aftermath.>
I disagree! An affair and its aftermath could be the most expensive thing that ever happens to a man!!!!
I love the question posed.... I have been laughing for ten minutes
Jim
I disagree! An affair and its aftermath could be the most expensive thing that ever happens to a man!!!!
I meant that the other way around. I agree. Affairs and divorce should be much more expensive than coins.
<< <i>i seriously doubt an interest in coins will keep the stallion in the corral. >>
Be careful or your wife may make that stallion into a gelding.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
YUP!