And it also has rodeo clown / trampoline fetishes. Can have a thread of the week without one of thoes!

You should buy yourself a AFM and give her ATM !

Bang her mom, then ditch the bitch....

Without the expense of her around, you can buy like 10 more machines in short order...

And no more nagging... Win, win, win... WINNING !

Sounds like you need better pot.... She doesn't sound mellow enough...

Just a different strain

In all honesty if you think she is a long term thing then you may want to start either rethinking her or your hobbies. I know this is easy to say from a guy who gets joyful texts from his wife when a package arrives because she is pumped to see what new pinball parts showed up.

GLWKHTTC

My wife gets pissed when I'm not working on my hobbies. My hobbies make me happy, which in turn makes her happy.
I've seen too many pals give up everything they love because a girl got jealous of a hobby. They always regret it eventually.

Solid, solid advice in this thread.

Find a compromise you are happy with or punt!

I sprung pinball and arcade games on my wife after we were married. She let's me collect and sometimes complains, but nothing major. If I was in your situation, I'd make sure the girlfriend understood that pins would be a part of your life for a long time and that they would be taken into consideration when shopping for houses, etc. before she becomes your wife.

I know exactly what you mean. My lady is the same way.

I was going to suggest getting a new girl before opening this topic....my suggestion still stands after reading!

People are confusing Pinball itself vs the barrage of boxes. My wife gets a bit worked up because yeah, every other day a package arrives.
She loves me, loves that I love pinball but she still wonders why I have a purchase showing up every other day.
The real problem here in my opinion is Pinball Life. It is clearly impossible to not order something and then a day later realize you should have ordered something else...and then it happens again and again.
Its their fault!

That's exactly why I haven't put in my pinball parts order yet. As soon as I do, the next day something else will mess up or I'll remember the one thing I was actually supposed to get and forgot.

HaHa. As soon as she can make her own money she'll be long gone. With at least half your stuff to if you are married by then or lived together too many years. ( common law is seven years I believe ).

If she isn't carrying her own weight now, you are in for a world of hurt.

LTG : )

Lloyd, I think this is the first time I have ever seen you take a negative stance on anything. LOL
Howie

I get 4-5 packages every day. If you're paying the bills and working for the money and not even married I think you should just tell her this is how it is and to deal with it.

It isn't negative. It's fact. I've seen it time and time again through the years when friends or sons of friends get in these situations and what the outcome was.

You young guys posting here. Buy a house now and give it away to a perfect stranger. That way you'll already have that one out of your system.

LTG : )

bah, if she smokes that much pot, she'll forget each delivery and every one should seem new.

You get what you will tolerate, I dumped my nag for a thoroughbred and never looked back.

She's setting up a sale for "relationship enhancement devices." Hey, speaking of hobbies I think we just stumbled on a possibility.

i feel your pain..
if you love her keep her, if you don't, dump her

start to go out (alone) with your friends every nights for a month and if she is pissed remind her when you we're home with the pinballs.

you pay for everything and she complains... oh man, you are not in my shoes!
stop spending money for pots, restaurants and other things you don't really need.
and then after a few weeks when she starts to go crazy... remind her you pay for it.

All I can say is I hope she NEVER reads this thread!!

MAYBE if she did, she'd starighten up and fly right, as not to get cut loose, and lose her pot supplier,, LOL..

The poll has me confused with >5 years and +5 years. Doesnt really matter though since I am in the "together 15 years, married almost 10 years, best friends, work together, have lunch/break together, carpool, and chat about Pinside after getting home together" category.

Ouch, serious abuse before marriage. Remember the 10X multiplier. Just calculate the crap your taking now, multiply it by 10, and that's what your marriage will be like someday. Sound good?

I'm not sure if the original poster meant this topic to be serious, but if it was, it's his fault. In the 5 years leading up to giving my fiance the ring, i made it abundantly clear who i was, what i'm into, how i behave and my excessive desire for oversized impractical expensive toys. There is zero chance she thinks i'll change one bit, which is exactly why i gave her that ring.
I'm the type of guy that goes out for a car jack to work on one of my cars, and comes home with a bendpak lift, the look of shear shock on her face made it worth every cent, but at the same time not a single negative comment other than "now you can't complain about changing my oil".

A relationship is really all about being yourself, the second you let her believe anything different, you can never go back. At some point you must have led her to believe these machines/things weren't important to you, because if you did, she would know not to say a thing.

You're obviously an alien and we are being invaded.

Nope, just a blue-eyed blonde with huge boobs who sells 'relationship enhancement products' on the side and knows how to use them. Although alien does sound cooler and probably more believable.

Take your shoe off and whack her upside the head. She will get the message

^^ THIS!
Women want their man to wear the pants... even the ones that won't admit to it. Even the ones that'll fight you for supremacy. As soon as you give in & start wearing the skirt, she'll get wandering eyes. Why? Because you are not wearing pants.

DISCLAIMER: My gf loves my pants. She also loves boxes full of pinball parts.

The wife and I have a mutual agreement. If you earned the money you can spend it any way you want.

She ask's if she can buy a tanning bed. My response. "I don't give a shit it's your money."

I ask if I can buy another pin. Her response. "As long as I don't have to give you any money."

If we want something mutual we just split it. Like a pool or a new couch.

Between the two of use we have a package coming in everyday. She has almost 200 pairs of shoes and has clothes in 3 closets of the house. I have a pin in the living room. She gets to park her car in the garage. I get to have 2 motorcycles in the garage.

Just be fair. My advise is to get her ass a job. No free loaders here.

This is just one of the first steps. This is time and money you should be spending on her. She will try to separate you from your hobbies, your friends, your family, anything that adds meaning to your life because American women feel that they are the only thing that should matter to a man. After you give up everything up for her, she will dump you for being week and pathetic.

What's with the only woman on Pinside also being the perfect pinball life partner?!

It's like a cruel taunt, since clearly those types of women couldn't possibly exist

Forever alone... and better off financially for it? I'll just install a Fleshlight into a BoP coin door.

(Ooh, I sell those too...) That would be one heck of a mod.

I'm afraid to ask what a fleshlight is...

Bah! Of course you do. Got any 29-year-oldish sisters?

OK, I fell down laughing ,pissed my pants and had an epiphany . Taking relationship advice from this group is like running for congress. You can't take it seriously. This group is hilarious.not sure it was meant to be ,but funniest thread ever. To the OP best of luck in the relationship ,consult your closest friends . To Pinside ,you guys make my day

You stay classy, Pinside.

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Her sister is 28, but married. Of course, I got the better of the two.

It’s all about balance.

Does that mod increase the resale value of the pin? It sure increases the creepy factor.

Pics or it didn't happen. I'll stick with alien in the meantime.

Now I say I wish my wife was more interested in my hobby,, but she'll let me play pinball for hours and just read a book or watch a movie instead. Is this really a problem? My wife though, never complains what I spend on pinball as long as I don't make the mistake on questioning her ( well under control ) spending. All kidding aside, leopards don't change their spots and hopefully she won't expect you to change any more than you can expect her to. Hope things work out.

Good advice

agreed, it is easier finding a new girl than pinball parts. Just sayin bro.

Depends if its NOS or used