Loss of interest, question, wonder.....

LOL, WF Financial Advice

A+ to Hulk Hogan guy starting the sh*t storm, and a gold star to the mortgage specialist chiming in with "if you have four people paying bills you can buy a bigger house!"

I like the guy who thinks that since OP mentioned his personal life it’s now everyones business and he should be mad at himself. How does somebodies brain work like that?

& yeah the mortgage guy is hilarious, especially considering what’s going on with housing right now.

I'm assuming the OP's name is Jim and your his friend???

Your words, "I like the guy who thinks that since OP mentioned his personal life it’s now everyone's* business and he should be mad at himself"..... priceless. 

If you and the OP seriously think that the internet is a safezone to post personal stuff and not get negative/positive comments, then prepare to be surprised on a day-to-day basis. I could care less about the OP's personal business and I didn't say anything negative about it. It's the fact that people think it's blasphemy that others decided to comment on it. 

Makes me think to myself "How does somebody's* brain work like that?"

I'm losing interest in collecting in general, but that's another topic for another day.

I'd suggest finding some place where you can have a small display. Garage maybe? Rotate the display as needed to showcase incoming additions, old favorites, whatever makes you happy. I can definitely see losing some interest when you can't have your collection out on display. But if you still enjoy them, I'd definitely give it some time to see how you feel and how the situation could evolve. It's very possible the older child could move out, the younger could be off to college in a few years, etc. So your display may be back in business before you know it.

Yeah I took 3 years off or so and I regret it to this day. That's the reason I don't have those Damn Von Erich Figures!!!! Not to mention I missed out on a bunch of figures that are upgrades from my Jakks figures like Kevin Nash, Paul Bearer, The Rockers and Rikishi

The tough part about taking a break from Mattel is their figures go way up in cost if you try to work your way backwards. Not saying you should keep collecting if you really don't enjoy it, there are obviously more important things in life. But Just be sure because it is a pain to try to catch back up.

Sure

I like all the people that probably will never have serious relationships or children or probably even sex telling a guy that toys should come first.

I collect loose and have everything on display. I could definitely see how having everything stored up would kill the desire to add to a collection or even keep it. At the end of the day, family definitely comes first so you are doing the right thing. Hopefully you’re able to keep the hobby going, but if not I’m sure you’ll still be fulfilled.

It literally is. Do you know OP’s family and their conditions. Do you know if anyone faces any conditions that prohibit them from finding high paying work? Or if they live in an area with absurdly high housing costs and stagnant wages? No you don’t. So how are you going to agree with any of that nonsense when you’re ill-informed. There’s a person on the other end that has to read that garbage that you’re agreeing with, and it had a demonstrably negative effect on them. Am I making sense?

I’m just gonna leave it here.

OP I empathize with your situation. Personally I don’t have a lot of real estate either for display. Really it’s just finding space around the books on my bookshelf and on my desk. I like the idea someone brought up about building a shrine. Finding an amount of figures able to display in whatever space is available and rotating them out for new ones when you want a new look. Best of luck mate.

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