Pitching spending money on toys to significant others?

Everyone has hobbies and there are far worse hobbies you can have than collecting wrestling figures. I haven't bought anything for myself in awhile so I pulled the trigger on 2 of these. Plus I know a year from now I'm going to regret it if I don't get a couple of these now, possibly even paying more than I should for the figures. Buying it now to save money later.

If it makes you happy and you can afford it, do it.

Family always comes first, but if she truly loves you and supports / respects your hobby then there wouldn't be a need for much of an explanation.

All depends on the budget I suppose. Good luck to you!

I just explained the crowdfund project to my wife last night.
In the beginning she knew nothing of wwe or action figures at all, but over time she has seen that they are hard to find because of demand. She also has seen me sell off some figures and the return is good. At this point..she trusts me and doesn’t really care

In my case I only buy stuff I want instead of all releases and sell off whatever I no longer want. I've shown my wife how much some figures are worth on the secondary market so she's at least knowledgeable I can re coup some of my spending. I'm also a person who spends next to no money on himself other than buying figures so I'm not throwing my cash in multiple direction on shoes, clothing etc. At the end of the day if you can set aside some cash here and there and still get your life expenses covered this shouldn't be a big deal. My bills are paid, we have food and my kids are taken care of. If this will make you happy and you can afford it then buy it and if you have to cut back on some of your other luxury spending if you have it like games, other figures or anything else. Also I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be against your wife making a purchase for something she wanted if you could afford it.

I sort of went through the same situation years ago in the beginning. But as time went on and I would occasionally say I'm selling, she would say "I thought you were keeping those for the kids?" How the tides turn...Basically those who know there is a return may act like they don't but really do...

My wife and I both have our respective hobbies, and we both make a point to communicate with each other about any "bigger" purchases we're thinking about. It's less about budget and more just about communication for us.

If it's something I really want, she's happy that I'm happy, and vice versa. We support each other in our hobbies and interest, whether it's something one of us is into or something we both enjoy. If there are any concerns about the cost, you can probably pretty easily explain where you could cut out $250 in buying to offset the cost.

We're both pretty frugal people, so I think that makes those conversations easier. But for us the key really is communication, having a strong handle on our finances, budget, and costs, so that when something like this comes up it's not something that really requires too much conversation unless it's one of us just gushing about how excited we are for the purchase.

For the stage/ring specifically, I'd explain that it's a limited time window to purchase, and something you're really excited about having as part of your collection. Helping her understand that this is something that has a short window to order, you can't "buy later" or find it in the store would help your case.

My wife and I split all of our bills and have our own disposable income for hobbies etc. She finds it funny I spend so much money on my "dollies", but she can't really complain as she has two horses!

She is generally quite supportive of it all though and feigns interest at the right times 😀

I backed 2 rings. I told my wife that when I eventually sell the second ring it will pay for both. So theoretically it isn't costing anything 😄

Buy her something of equal value when you can.

I got my wife the new complete supernatural Blu ray boxset when it released which costed more than this new gen set.

Told my wife I'm cashing in the briefcase and backing the project 😂