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Pony Corral / Re: What does your SO think of your pony collecting?
« on: February 03, 2015, 10:03:30 PM »
My boyfriend Jay and I actually discovered MLP: FiM because his brother is into it. I was getting ready to send a box to their family (we live about 8 hours apart) and remembering that Bryan (Jay's brother) loves Pinkie Pie, I thought sending him a Funko of her would be cool. I started looking at those and found out about the show.
When I was talking to Jay about it, he went, "I watched the first season and thought it was good. I didn't tell you because I thought you hated ponies." (Huh?) I never watched MLP growing up--my parents had me and two boys and their solution to prevent Saturday morning cartoon wars was to convince us all that shows written for girls weren't written as well. (They have since admitted they have no clue--they just had two sons and one daughter, so math won.)
Anyway... I went and watched some of MLP:FiM, got hooked and am planning to go pony-crazy when I go birthday shopping later this month (Target, Toys R Us, WalMart, etc.). I have money to spend, Jay is sending me a birthday 'box' of things and I know some of those will be pony related, my cake is going to be Pinkie Pie, and my youngest brother is getting me something pony related and my second youngest is taking me to Build-a-Bear if they can confirm they have the MLP buildables at the one closest to us (it's like a 2 hour drive, so we definitely care about location).
Plus Jay and I have always planned to decorate our home with toys and collectibles from games, TV shows, cartoons, etc. so the ponies will fit right in. We plan to put more 'us neutral' things in places where we both are with other people (gaming/living room for example) and to put more quirky or 'potential explanation required' things in our office, bedroom, etc. It's just gonna be us and a couple dogs or cats, so we'll have lots of space to indulge in our hobbies regardless of what we love at that moment.
I'd say I'm very lucky. I have many people in my life who may not always 'get' why I love the things I love, but they do 'get' that those things I love are a part of me and that me and my hobbies are pretty much a package deal.
I can't think of a better way to celebrate being 33 years young than with My Little Pony. Can you?
When I was talking to Jay about it, he went, "I watched the first season and thought it was good. I didn't tell you because I thought you hated ponies." (Huh?) I never watched MLP growing up--my parents had me and two boys and their solution to prevent Saturday morning cartoon wars was to convince us all that shows written for girls weren't written as well. (They have since admitted they have no clue--they just had two sons and one daughter, so math won.)
Anyway... I went and watched some of MLP:FiM, got hooked and am planning to go pony-crazy when I go birthday shopping later this month (Target, Toys R Us, WalMart, etc.). I have money to spend, Jay is sending me a birthday 'box' of things and I know some of those will be pony related, my cake is going to be Pinkie Pie, and my youngest brother is getting me something pony related and my second youngest is taking me to Build-a-Bear if they can confirm they have the MLP buildables at the one closest to us (it's like a 2 hour drive, so we definitely care about location).
Plus Jay and I have always planned to decorate our home with toys and collectibles from games, TV shows, cartoons, etc. so the ponies will fit right in. We plan to put more 'us neutral' things in places where we both are with other people (gaming/living room for example) and to put more quirky or 'potential explanation required' things in our office, bedroom, etc. It's just gonna be us and a couple dogs or cats, so we'll have lots of space to indulge in our hobbies regardless of what we love at that moment.
I'd say I'm very lucky. I have many people in my life who may not always 'get' why I love the things I love, but they do 'get' that those things I love are a part of me and that me and my hobbies are pretty much a package deal.
I can't think of a better way to celebrate being 33 years young than with My Little Pony. Can you?