Breaking the Bank On Something Other Than Cards

Ladies and gents, its official, today my fiancee and I booked the place for our wedding in November. I know this has nothing to do with this blog, but this epic event in my life has brought about a number of observations about the hobby and its relation to my future wife. Cmon people, I know you have this problem too.

As it stands right now, my girlfriend (I hate the word fiancee) HATES when I spend money on cards. When I say "hates," I mean she will tear off my pinky if she hears that I did tap the bank account for anything. According to our agreement, the only time I can spend money is when I have sold something on eBay to counteract it, or if I "disguise" it as another "necessary expense."

Basically when it comes down to it, women don’t like any hobby where you have to spend money on something other than them (Mario, be quiet). That’s not to say my girlfriend doesn’t love sports, though. I lucked out there. For example, when she was thinking of a way for our families to meet a few years ago, she chose a Twins game to do it. Everyone had fun and it wasnt as bad as I imagined in my head. In fact, for my birthday during the first year we were dating, she bought me 1st baseline tickets to the Twins and Red Sox game. It was completely unexpected and completely awesome. Of course, she picks her favorite players by how "hot" they are, so naturally, Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer are her favorites. This is pretty good in the long run, because both of those guys are favorites of mine as well. Plus, I can watch the games on TV without objection because she is usually watching too.

A good biproduct of this is that in the past, she has actually allowed purchases of some cards because I said they could be "hers." This meant that she could tell people that she owns them if they ever question me about them. In all reality, they just sit on the display next to mine, and until now, no one has asked whose they are. Yeah, relationships can be a tough nut to crack. Personally, I think its too much of a double standard, because when we spent money to get her new designer purse, she didn’t say boo. Figures.

I even tried to explain my cards as an investment for us in the future. I knew this wasn’t the case because A) the cards I have would never be sold, B) they would never gain THAT much value, and C) Investing in cards is stupid. She literally steamrolled my plan for relationship hobby domination in 30 seconds. She knew exactly what was up, especially when she knew what would be coming up on our bank statement on a bi-weekly basis.

For those of you making the whip noise in your head, that’s fine. I understand that I may not have the "hand" in the relationship when it comes to spending money on stupid "investments." Yet, despite my lack of funds to spend on cards, I DO have plenty to put down a deposit on a beautiful mansion for our wedding, something MUCH more important than any auto could ever be. So HA!