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Do you get annoyed if your loved ones aren't proud of you for all the hard work, effort, talent you

LincolnsRuleLincolnsRule Posts: 1,738 ✭
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into making a nice collection? Do they just think of it as a bunch of metal discs or whatever, as nothing special? Does that annoy you?

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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    Do you get annoyed if your loved ones aren't proud of you for all the hard work, effort, talent you put into


    NO!!
  • markglickermarkglicker Posts: 1,486 ✭
    Nah, I collect for my own satisfaction.
  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    My family does not know I collect anything but beer cans. image
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,753 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I doubt I instill much pride in family members due to collecting. They are ocassionally impressed
    by something in the field and will talk about coins a little. My brother collected as a child so un-
    derstands more of the nuances.

    They've all had a least a little primer. image
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • granddadgranddad Posts: 966 ✭
    My ex had no interest in my coin collecting. My three children showed interest from time to time. Now I have four grandchildren, and one of them, a six year old grandson, is fasinated by coins. Yesterday I showed him pictures of thirty of the top coins, in my opinion, and asked him which one was his favorite. He quickly chose the 33 St. Gaudens, but added that he also liked the MS66RD 77 IHC. Boy was I proud.


    Have a Great Day!
    Louis
  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634


    << <i>My ex had no interest in my coin collecting. My three children showed interest from time to time. Now I have four grandchildren, and one of them, a six year old grandson, is fasinated by coins. Yesterday I showed him pictures of thirty of the top coins, in my opinion, and asked him which one was his favorite. He quickly chose the 33 St. Gaudens, but added that he also liked the MS66RD 77 IHC. Boy was I proud.


    Have a Great Day!
    Louis >>



    Would you like to give him an AU55 IHC for xmas? or maybe birthday if in didn't get there on time. PM me and we can talk.
    pz
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
  • gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    Don't expect people to be proud of you for something they don't understand.
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  • INXSINXS Posts: 1,202 ✭
    Thats why I didnt collect while I was married, the ex thought a dollar, was a dollar, was a dollar.
    "Well here's another nice mess you have gotten me into" Oliver Hardy 1930
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  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    No
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hell, if you have a hobby to impress others, I think you may want to re-evaluate your desire to participate in that hobby.
  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,149 ✭✭✭✭
    They might say that is a nice one, but that is about it.....

    Hard for a non-collector to get excited about such things.....

    I think that is why alot of us are on here, so we can talk and so pictures with people that understand.....
    Collection under construction: VG Barber Quarters & Halves
  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    No, if I was hellbent on impressing everyone else, I'd have chosen to spend more time with the cooking.
    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
  • DocMortarDocMortar Posts: 218
    What you give is what you receive. Being interested in others and their pursuits will produce a return interest in your coins. I find those who collect tend to be a little self centered and many of our loved ones find us aloof. Put away those coins for awhile and be genuinely interested in your family. You will reap many benefits by demonstrating to them that their interests are important as well.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,464 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What you give is what you receive. Being interested in others and their pursuits will produce a return interest in your coins. I find those who collect tend to be a little self centered and many of our loved ones find us aloof. Put away those coins for awhile and be genuinely interested in your family. You will reap many benefits by demonstrating to them that their interests are important as well.

    image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    Doesn't bother me a bit unless they are really critical. "You paid what?! For a nickel?" Especially, when they have "money lost" hobbies (that can't be liquidated, ever) or no hobbies at all other than criticizing. I just drop it when the conversation goes that way. Some people just don't get it and I don't care. I'm having fun.

    For some reason they seem intrigued by coin values unless I tell them I actually had to pay close to that to own it.
    -Bob
    collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
    The Low Budget Y2K Registry Set

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