Hi,
I'm new to the forum but have been collecting g1 ponies since 1996. I regret terribly selling off all but a handful of my childhood collection when I was 9. How stupid was that? I was still playing with them up until the day we had our yard sale! *kicking myself realllllly hard*
The thought of getting money when you're a kid outweighs all else. 
Anyways, I'm 30 years old with an amazingly supportive hubby who wears Brony shirts and boxers for me (even though he could care less about ponies) and 4 kids. 3 girls and 1 boy, all of whom LOVE ponies! They like them all, but are huge FiM fans. My other "children" are my kitty, dog and horse.
So excited to join a group of fellow pony fanatics! Yay