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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ernie_in_jax, post: 23570, member: 1686&quot;]<b>What you said struck a chord</b></p><p><br /></p><p>All of this talk about what benefit a collection would be to a survivor makes me smile and think about some of the guilt that I have about my collections right now.&nbsp;&nbsp; My wife and I both work and we have three children.&nbsp; We don&#039;t live an extravagant lifestyle but we seem to pay the bills and I have a 401K which I fund not too shabbily.&nbsp; I always put the family first but yet I always feel guilty when I spend money on my collection.&nbsp; I don&#039;t play golf, I don&#039;t fish or hunt, I don&#039;t go out drinking with the boys and yet I always feel guilty when I spend money on my collectables.&nbsp; Coin and stamp collecting is the perfect diversion for me because I can do it in my own home with as much or as little money as I have at the time.&nbsp; I truly derive a great deal of pleasure from it.&nbsp; I grew up with nothing and I think seeing a collection grow and enjoying the pride of ownership is one of the things that draws me to the hobby.&nbsp; When my wife or anyone else asks &quot;How much did you spend for a quarter?!?&quot;, I try to explain to them that collecting is one of the few hobbies that you might get something out of one day.&nbsp; Lets face it, people that spend $10-$15 a weekend on renting movies a weekend or $50-$75 a month on name-brand clothing will never see one red cent return on their diversion but even if I sell for half (heaven forbid!) I&#039;ll get something out of these binders.&nbsp; No one seems to get this line of logic around here.&nbsp; Anyone have any thoughts?&nbsp; (Oh, and please excuse my lying down on the couch for psychoanalysis)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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