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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 662767, member: 57463&quot;]Searching back, we have not hashed this out for a while, so I&#039;m tossing it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, my wife and I have been married for over 30 years. We collect different things.&nbsp; Her passion is murder mysteries.&nbsp; (She belongs to clubs, edits professionally, goes to conventions and conferences.)&nbsp; She also likes presents.&nbsp; So, when I go to a numismatic convention, I bring something back for her.&nbsp; Sometimes, she finds it more interesting, other times less.&nbsp; She is also a Jane Austen person, so that opens some doors for English material to bring home.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for my collecting, I never did much of it, mostly in the mid-1990s.&nbsp; I write.&nbsp; So, I buy what I need to write about, but I am not sniping on eBay or going to the coin store every Saturday.&nbsp; So, my interests do not get in the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our daughter is grown up on on her own.&nbsp; So, no kids, now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, until a few years ago, I flew, which is way more expensive than coins, at least, at my level.&nbsp; In other words, for my income level, a person like me flying would be like you buying coins 10x more expensive than your current level.&nbsp; I gave up a lot to be in a plane.&nbsp; (And I wrote about it all, also, going to air shows, interviewing people, etc.)&nbsp; So, coins were always second place in terms of expenses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years, we sort of worked out modes for independent finances.&nbsp; When we were a young family, there was more pooled incomes and expenses: rent, cars, the kid, of course...&nbsp; But we always had allowances.&nbsp; Mine was 10% of my take-home[*], whether W-2 income or freelance or whatever.&nbsp; Now that we have all of that in a habitual framework, the mode is reversed with each of us having almost totally independent finances, but with shared tallies for the basic stuff.&nbsp; Who goes shopping for groceries is more a matter of convenience than necessity at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Realize that one expense for me is making the conventions because I typically have to forego work in order to volunteer for the coin club. So, there is that.</p><p><br /></p><p>-----</p><p><br /></p><p>[*]&nbsp; There was this time, I got a really good job.&nbsp; When I came home with the money, my wife asked, &quot;Where&#039;s the rest?&quot;&nbsp; I reminded her of my 10%. &quot;You don&#039;t get 10% of that,&quot; she said.&nbsp; I got 5% for the next two years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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