maybe not the worst but...

http://kotaku.com/5506170/maybe-the-worst-thing-this-wife-could-do

The sad thing is that she doesn't understand why it hurt him. "How can I get him to admit he was wrong?" You can't, because he wasn't "wrong," he just loves and values something that you have no interest in or understanding of. There are probably things you value that he doesn't understand, either. Such are people.

I've seen lots of complaints here about the GF/BF/Spouse/Significant Other having issues with the toy collections. They're amusing and sometimes you can see both sides. But what's lacking in this story is diplomacy and apparently real communication.

Ouch.

Yeah, I saw this. Kind of reminds me of the video of the girlfriend trashing the Star Wars collection. If this were real the story would be more about why this guy was sentenced to life in prison.

Or why a jury of his otaku peers found him not guilty.

I'm sure this lady has always been crazy and I blame him just as much for marrying her.

BTW, this sounds made up.

Sounds like a divorce to me.

My wife used to ask if I looked at other women.Now its all you do is sit and stare at that cabinet.

"He seems to have been collecting them since he was a kid, and he filled like four cardboard boxes with them. Sometimes he'd take them out and gaze at them lovingly"

My wife just gasped and called her a I FART A LOT. Divorce is such an understatement over something like that. You just DON'T DO THAT. I'm really surprised she's actually still alive to write in to this column in the first place...

I don't buy it.


Matt is sensationalizing the story to get readership.....

Four cardboard boxes only ! She actually married a relatively reasonable collector !

It's funny people always consider that it's the others who have a problem... She's just a pain psychopath.

Exactly! She is flat out CRAZY! So glad I married a collector... down side is we don't have enough space for all of our collection >.<

I didn't really start collecting kaiju or anything larger than mini figures until my GF and I had been together for half a year. At first she didn't understand the appeal. The key is communication, and involving them in your interests. not only has my GF come to appreciate my toys, she seems to be more excited by new arrivals then I am.

He needs to call the Yakuza and buy a 'contract'....

I've known more than one collector whose wife would not allow a single toy in the house. Guys with sick collections, who kept everything in boxes in storage.

That just doesn't compute. So sad.

On the other hand, i moved all of my stuff out of the house when I got my studio, and i'm very glad I did, now that i'm going through a divorce...

sorry to hear about your divorce Coop. I guess it's good to have all of your toys where you work. Keeps you inspired and constantly reminds me why I need to work more.

my girlfriend doesnt care about the toys, but has no problem with them, except barom-1 monsters, which she really majorly dislikes, but would never ask me not to have them. shes great.

Dolls. She called them DOLLS!!!



Oh, there's one of those folks on this board. I was shocked when I heard that his wife makes him keep his collection hidden, given his awesome collection.

I couldn't imagine having to hide my collection! Why bother if you have to keep everything stored away or hidden?

i'm pretty sure my wife married me because of my rad collection.

Yeah, I'm sure my fiancee feels the same way about my collection.

You sure it wasn't your rugged good looks?

Actually, I keep my stuff in storage. It's cool because I forget about things and when I feel like digging in it can be quite a joyful experience. The downside is buying doubles.

my wife is attracted to middle aged burned out look. Do you really want to throw away this guy's toys?