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What is your martial status. How many pins do you own.

By cottonm4

4 years ago

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“What is your martial status. How many pins do you own. ”

Single. Never married 46 votes

8%
Single. Divorced. 24 votes

4%
Married. 206 votes

35%
Married twice. 31 votes

5%
Married thrice. 4 votes

1%
Children at home. 113 votes

19%
Children. Grown and gone. 39 votes

7%
How many pins in your collection. 120 votes

21%

(Multiple choice - 583 votes by 327 Pinsiders)

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#1 4 years ago

CAD

cottonm4

Pinside+ Addict

Wichita, KS

10y 148K 16,593 10 23

Recently, someone open a thread about how does one afford their pins. Quite a few answered that they were not married and had no kids. Others were married with children.

So, I am curious on how many pinside pin owners clock out in each group.

It is the usual job application type questions

1) Single. Never married..............this is me. I just never got around to getting married.

2) Single. Divorced.

3) Single. Widow or widower.

3) Married.

4) Married twice.

5) Married thrice.

6) Children at home.

7) Children. Grown and gone.

If there are any I missed I guess I can more to the poll.

I am going to try and add a poll.\

EDIT: Well, forget the how many pins do you own question. I can edit my post but I don't know how to edit the poll. I guess better luck next time.

#2 4 years ago

ZZZ

Lol... These threads are great. I think ultimately it's not so much what you do, your marital status, how many kids or any of that. You just have to want something bad enough to make it happen. In this case, it's pinball. For the record, I got married once and still am, been together almost 14 years or so. 4 kids, with one on the way. Currently 7 pins, a puck bowler, fooseball and megatouch. I have had 15-20 pinball machines come, stay or go over the past 5 years.

#3 4 years ago

TDR

Who-Dey

In Memoriam

9y 117K 11,746 7 12

Married once and divorced after 7 years thanks to her two adult daughters that ruined our marriage. Marriage is a great thing as long as you have a good partner. I fully recommend it truthfully.

P.S. Key words "as long as you have a good partner."

#4 4 years ago

DHF

fosaisu

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 142K 10,355

If I'm married and have kids at home, which option should I choose? And what does a vote for "How many pins in your collection" mean?

#5 4 years ago

ABC

Crash

Pinside member

13y 141K 14,139

Martial status?

#6 4 years ago

SAT

WeLoveScott

Inactive member

Baltimore, MD

6y 40,900 114 5

Where are your troops and can I count them?

#7 4 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Pincinnati

10y 193K 31,356 16 13

Married. 14 games.

#8 4 years ago

DK

Pinball Naples

12y 155K 4,876 129 3

Married. Somehow 49 pins and I’m stopping MYSELF on more

#9 4 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

DPS

Ashland, OH

7y 245K 2,923 33 106

Married. No Kids. Two Dogs. Multiple Pins.

This feels like the Pinside version of those stickers you see on the back of people's car windows. . .

#10 4 years ago

JMR

Only_Pinball

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 141K 3,637 6

Quoted from DK:
Married. Somehow 49 pins and I’m stopping MYSELF on more

Hahahahaha. That's funny!

#11 4 years ago

STV

Doctor6

Pinside member

Roscoe, IL

15y 116K 4,421 6 58

Quoted from Crash:
Martial status?

Yeah. Like do you prefer kung fu or karate?

#12 4 years ago

MJA

Mitch

Pinside member

Wellesley, ON

10y 131K 5,030 18 38

Married, never having kids.

#13 4 years ago

MJS

schudel5

Pinside member

20y 166K 6,398 27

Married 31 years.
3 kids (all out of college)
House paid
Cars paid
56 pins (started in 1996)

-2

#14 4 years ago

ZOD

Hazoff

Inactive member

Unknown

10y 112K 8,542

Single and ready to mingle. Oh Yeah. Use to have 20 or so pins at any given time but that has matured into a few with regular changes. Like video games seems in just the last few years things have cooled off quite a bit. Still play pinball but the obsession is gone, I kinda miss it. Anyway 45, I have coin and no plans to ever get hitched, kids aren't for me. Well I have been considering adopting this 18 year old Vietnamese girl, I just want to help thats my nature.

#15 4 years ago

???

JFink8222

Blocked

5y 185

Married. A 5-yr old son who loves pinball and a wife who loves pinball almost as much as I do. 7 machines and counting

#16 4 years ago

TAM

tamoore

Pinside member

Grayling, MI

11y 123K 6,661 37 58

Married AF, 33 pins, 15 slots, 10 video games, 3 jukeboxes, tons of stuff.

#17 4 years ago

ROB

Rdoyle1978

Pinside member

7y 117K 18,144 14 6

also Married AF, 1 kid, several cats (pets are
more expensive than it seems!), 1 mortgage, cars paid off,
kid’s 529 almost done. Been working 2 FT jobs since I was 16,
things kicked into high gear after I got my master’s degree

7 pins - 2 NIB, the rest 90s Bally/Williams

#18 4 years ago

BSK

Bryan_Kelly

Pinside+ Frequent

Lakeville, MN

12y 135K 8,484 8 1

Married 41 years as of yesterday. Two grown kids, 3 grandsons (another currently on the way) and 2 step grandsons.

17 pins. 10 at home, 4 at daughter's house and 3 at son's.

#19 4 years ago

JCS

jeffspinballpalace

JeffSPinballPalace

20y 242K 19,063 556

Married & total # wives + pinball machines = 18

Additional # wives + pinball machines + cats wanted = 6

#20 4 years ago

ROB

Rdoyle1978

Pinside member

7y 117K 18,144 14 6

Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:
Married & total # wives + pinball machines = 18

I lol’ed

#21 4 years ago

MAG

hockeymag8

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 96,550 470

Divorced/9 pins............man I thought maybe I was getting too many pins - but this thread is inspiring with the number some of
you have - maybe time to start thinking about an addition as I am quickly running out of room

#22 4 years ago

ADM

PinDoctor82

Pinside member

5y 77,050 278 6 104

Single and never married here. No children that I know of (I don't want to jinx anything). I thought I had found 'the one' but she turned out to be a big mistake on my part, unfortunately. I have 4 pins, one on the way, and plans for more. If I can find that special lady out there, I'll make it work and still get more pins, because, well, that's life.

#23 4 years ago

SAH

scottslash

Pinside+ Frequent

Monroe, LA

12y 102K 1,500 3

3 pins. 3rd and final marriage. 3rd time was the charm.

#24 4 years ago

MRC

Capinball

Pinside member

8y 79,550 489 15

Quoted from PinDoctor82:
I have 4 pins, one on the way

Congrats!

#25 4 years ago

AJP

parsonsaj

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 75,550 950

Married for 3rd and last time. 3 pins also. Probably won't get more than 3 (not enough room!) but might rotate the 3rd one pretty frequently.

#26 4 years ago

SQL

ktownhero

Inactive member

6y 37,050 453 4

Married, 3 young daughters and 3 pinball machines (so far).

#27 4 years ago

ABE

PinDeLaPin

Pinside member

6y 84,300 3,600

Married 10yrs have 3 kids and 4 pins. Have a mortgage on my house bacause previous owner said the money tree in back yard was ready to sprout. Been in the house 7yrs and watered that thing daily but alas no money has sprouted. Still holding out hope but starting to thing I got duped!

#28 4 years ago

ADM

PinDoctor82

Pinside member

5y 77,050 278 6 104

Quoted from Capinball:
Congrats!

Thanks...I should add that the pin I'm getting costs as much as 2-3 pins, haha, so it's like I should have more.

#29 4 years ago

27dnast

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 140K 8,597

I have 3 wives and 7 kids. Two wives know each other, but the
third wife is on the west coast... I see her three times a month on
business trips. Fairly sure all of the kids are mine. Although one
of them looks a lot like my neighbor.

I don’t own any pinball machines.

#30 4 years ago

DJQ

DanQverymuch

Pinside+ Addict

Neenah, WI

12y 98,550 4,531

2009: married, 3 pins
2016: widower, 30 pins

Nowadays, scaled back to a dozen.

#31 4 years ago

MAG

Completist

Pinside member

8y 91,850 1,436

Married 18yrs, 3 kids and 20+ pins currently. Hey there could be much worse things i could be spending my time doing i always say .

#32 4 years ago

ADM

PinDoctor82

Pinside member

5y 77,050 278 6 104

Quoted from DanQverymuch:
2009: married, 3 pins
2016: widower, 30 pins
Nowadays, scaled back to a dozen.

Sorry for you loss, bud.

#33 4 years ago

indybru

Pinside+ Frequent

Barrington, IL

9y 105K 1,683 9 11

Married 45 years in July , 3 grown kids and 4 grandkids. I have too many pins 10 but love what I have.
My wife is awesome and my best friend we met in freshman English high school.

#34 4 years ago

FJB

FrankJ

Pinside member

Fremont, WI

11y 62,300 1,400 10

Married 32 years. One child in grad school. Got my first game in 1982. I had 52 pins at my height, have settled at around a dozen for the past ten years. Honestly, I don’t miss having all of the games. I enjoy the ones I have more now. I spent too much time just keeping them all working properly.

#35 4 years ago

JJK

hawkmoon

Pinside+ Addict

9y 84,650 3,119 13 8 1 1

Married 3rd time,2 sons in another state,no grandchildren:)11 pins and counting!!!

#36 4 years ago

ART

OLDPINGUY

Arts Arcade

12y 171K 12,507 7

Joining Indybru at being with my wife 45 years...We met in School, while working at Disney..
(Funny that there is a photo her parents took of her as a majorette, with me checking her out in the background from 3 years before)

2 kids, 1 grandchild, 30 pins, and around 30 Coin-op..Too many!

#37 4 years ago

GAM

PrinzFred

Pinside member

Louisville, CO

13y 66,300 227 19 12

2014 Married - 4 pins
2019 Widowed - 12 pins at home and 20+ at my arcade

#38 4 years ago

JSW

Flowst

Pinside+ Frequent

Washington, NJ

7y 102K 2,695 26

My "martial" status is currently Defcon 3, all war fronts are quiet, and my troops are at rest enjoying my 13 (soon to be
14 when I get a Willy Wonka...) pinball machines. I may declare war on lazy grammar at some point.

Post last edited 4 years ago: “Corrected my own grammar. Oh! the irony.”

#39 4 years ago

BUT

phantasmo

Inactive member

Port Hedland

7y 41,550 103 13

Never married, 11 pins, 12th on the way

#40 4 years ago

JIM

Dkjimbo

Pinside member

Matthews, NC

8y 55,800 1,110 3 33

Married for 9 years, 3 kids, 4 pins - soon to be 5. Have had a dozen or so other pins come in and out over the last few years. Love working on them as much as playing. I don’t have room for more than probably 6.

#41 4 years ago

DJB

brenna98

Pinside+ Frequent

Wind Point, WI

10y 132K 2,245 59 54

Married 1yr next month; no kids planned.
Acquired the majority of my 50 games before marriage.

#42 4 years ago

GTX

gdonovan

Pinside member

7y 185K 13,220 70

Married, 3 adult kids, 13 pins currently, 3 arcade machines, 5 muscle cars, motorcycle and a truck.

#43 4 years ago

BAD

ImNotNorm

Pinside member

6y 143K 6,948 98

Martial status: White belt

Marital status: Just married last year and currently with one pin, two dogs and no kids.

(Wife got upset when I sold SFII last year, lol)

#44 4 years ago

GWL

gliebig

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 119K 5,424

Where's the poll option for: Engaged for 10yrs, living in sin
for 21yrs?

Edit: My martial status is leather belt.

Post last edited 4 years ago: “added martial status”

#45 4 years ago

KRC

Rockytop

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 117K 2,367 21 107

Married for 17 years next month. One 2 year old and one baby on the way.

19 pins....20th
and 21st on the way.

#46 4 years ago

SQL

ktownhero

Inactive member

6y 37,050 453 4

Quoted from gliebig:
Where's the poll option for: Engaged for 10yrs, living in sin
for 21yrs?

#47 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

6y 88,550 1,634 26

Quoted from TractorDoc:
This feels like the Pinside version of those stickers you see on
the back of people's car windows. . .

PinFamily.JPG

#48 4 years ago

MJM

wisefwumyogwave

Pinside member

9y 108K 1,863 35 1

Married, 3 little kids. 52 big pinball machines.

#49 4 years ago

R M

PinFever

Pinside member

Boca Raton, FL

13y 79,050 2,040 4 30

Common law wed,never officially tied the knot , 9 games down from 14 in a 2/2 condo

#50 4 years ago

MTB

LargemouthAss

Pinside member

Mclean, VA

5y 56,050 389 6 8

Married 15 years, 2 kids, 1 dog, 2 pins.

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