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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 572420, member: 13650"]Good post Rick. You bring up a point from the OP that a lot of us forgot about. I hate to see anyone leave the hobby but there's no rule that says you have to stay. </p><p><br /></p><p> I can't blame him. Likes, dislikes, and priorities can change so much as you get older. Especially when you're young. Man, at his age, I lost interest in coins completely. All I cared about was girls and buying accessories for a truck that I would later trade in on a new one anyway. Then all I wanted to buy was guns and accessories.</p><p> </p><p> Then I got in to reef aquariums. Still am. Got back into baseball cards really strong around 2002-2003. Really got interested in the grading aspect. Pretty much all I focused on those summers. Then totally lost interest. Now I'm back into coins and am feeling kind of burned out on reef related stuff. All I want to buy is coins now. Maybe some day, I'll need to take a break from coins. </p><p><br /></p><p> I mean, it's just the way it goes and it's not necessarily a problem or something that somebody did. The hobby will always be there when you want to come back. If I could go back though, I wish I would have stuck with coins. That's my opinion. But sometimes wants and desires can change and $$ is a limiting factor for everyone. Sometimes you just can't do everything you want to do. </p><p> Luckily for now, we live in a free country and he's got a lifetime of earning potential to decide what he wants to do with and what makes him happy. You can't ask for much more than that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 572420, member: 13650"]Good post Rick. You bring up a point from the OP that a lot of us forgot about. I hate to see anyone leave the hobby but there's no rule that says you have to stay. I can't blame him. Likes, dislikes, and priorities can change so much as you get older. Especially when you're young. Man, at his age, I lost interest in coins completely. All I cared about was girls and buying accessories for a truck that I would later trade in on a new one anyway. Then all I wanted to buy was guns and accessories. Then I got in to reef aquariums. Still am. Got back into baseball cards really strong around 2002-2003. Really got interested in the grading aspect. Pretty much all I focused on those summers. Then totally lost interest. Now I'm back into coins and am feeling kind of burned out on reef related stuff. All I want to buy is coins now. Maybe some day, I'll need to take a break from coins. I mean, it's just the way it goes and it's not necessarily a problem or something that somebody did. The hobby will always be there when you want to come back. If I could go back though, I wish I would have stuck with coins. That's my opinion. But sometimes wants and desires can change and $$ is a limiting factor for everyone. Sometimes you just can't do everything you want to do. Luckily for now, we live in a free country and he's got a lifetime of earning potential to decide what he wants to do with and what makes him happy. You can't ask for much more than that.[/QUOTE]
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