Posted December 11, 201014 yr Hi there, my name is Maciej and I am 33 years old AFOL. My first set was a small red car with a mechanic I think it was something like 1982? 1983? Anyway I loved it so my parents kept buying me more... and more sets. I had really a big town with all those streets, police hq's, hospital, airport, gas station etc, space classic sets, space police sets with almost all black m-tron sets, dozens of pirates sets including big pirate ships or great soldier fortress... On the end I gave away my collection to some other kids from my family and I moved into something other people call... DARK AGE !!! I came back few months ago because my and my wife we are expecting a son. I do not know why, one of the first thing I did was to buy him a lego - I took a fire truck set with the boat Later I took 3 other small sets some streets and then I started buying some duplo for him. I was really happy to see that I am not the only one buying lego's for kids which are... far too young to play with it. It's good too see that I am not the only one in this madness :) Currently I am considering buying a cargo train - it's something I never had when I was a kid. Too bad the new train is making no lights or sounds - because those sound could be nice for a little kid. We could play it together with my son a little bit. But unfortunatelly because IT MAKES NO SOUND I will have some trouble explaing my wife why did I bought this set :) best regards and I hope Your wifes are more flexible for this lego situation :) Maciej
December 11, 201014 yr Welcome to EB! I'm sure you'll enjoy the site! If you are having lego problems with your life, show her this site and she'll see how many AFOLs there are!
December 11, 201014 yr Welcome to the forums Maciej! Your wifey issue is a classic 'challenge' that every married AFOL have to go through. Kids are always the best excuse to buy more Lego sets. But telling your wife straightforward that Lego is your passion is also good, I'm sure she'll eventually understand your hobby. Just don't overspend or better yet, do this simple trick, and it rather works well: Buy your wife something she wants everytime you buy a lego set. She wouldn't mind it as long as she has something in return. Well, I hope you enjoy the site and good luck!
December 13, 201014 yr Welcome to EB, Maciej. Like KDM said, buying for kids is one great way to increase one's own collection, especially when those children are too young for them.
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