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Message:: [QUOTE="stevereecy, post: 853714, member: 19884"]Well, I looked at it like this: If I try to go to the coin shop on a Saturday, the wife frowns about it. But if it is a monthly coin meeting, it's understood that I'll go and that I'll probably be writing a check. I think I've found a loophole in reconciling domestic tranquility with coin collecting. :bow: The meeting was interesting for me because I've spent decades collecting, but always alone. It's really odd to say things out loud...perhaps for the first time...that you've thought about or read about.  Another interesting wrinkle is that it gives an opportunity to teach noobs. But the problem with that is that if they start liking what you like, then you end up competing for that material locally...a sticky wicket. So I guess the trick is to teach them stuff they may not realize about their own collections, or turn them onto aspects of coins that you "almost" collect. Steve[/QUOTE]