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TooManyBunnies

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Hello from an odd bird
« on: March 26, 2012, 04:29:13 PM »
Hi! Call me ... well, call me whatever you like. I won't be giving my real name or other information, but I hope that doesn't get in the way.

I'm a 37 year old male, living in the Pacific northwest, in the state of Pony Bliss. I have ponies on my desk at work and I don't care who sees them. But it wasn't always this way.

I grew up in a shotgun-totin' redneck suburb of a deeply conservative city in an even more conservative state. Obviously, this wasn't a place where it would have been acceptable for me to like pretty ponies, and certainly on the surface I hated them. In fact, as a child, I did hate them, or at least I thought I did. With the hate came a kind of fascination, though, with the colorful ponies and Hello Kitty pencil cases I saw the girls around me carry. Love them or hate them, they occupied more than their fair share of my mental space.

I spent the late eighties and nineties coming to grips with my love for the tertiary sexual characteristics--ribbons and bows and dresses and, yes, ponies. Over the years, as I became more open with myself, I ventured into ponyspace one or two times, but no matter how much I wanted to love them, I never got sucked in. In recent years I bought a Glitter Pony (Kimono) and Crystal Slipper Princess Desert Rose (I love shoes SO MUCH, I think I have a problem), and they held places of honor in my room decor, but I never really felt a connection to them other than that they were pretty. I tried watching the cartoons (animation being another passion of mine) but they were just so insipid! They were so pink-sparkly-glittery-dumb that they were painful to watch, and this is from someone who adores and idolizes pink-sparkly-glittery.

And then a wonderful lady named Lauren came along and made everything all better.

Since I discovered Friendship is Magic in November 2010, I've played with ponies all over the internet. There are two reasons I'm coming here now: I want to see how G4 people interact with longtime fans, and also ... the customs! I had Aikaran's famous Borg Pony as an IM icon for years (I could get away with it!), and I'm still fascinated with the amazing sculptures fans create. I actually own this one now, and I couldn't be happier with her.

So that's me. Don't know how active I'll be; I only say things if I really have things to say. But if nothing else, I'll be watching!
                                                                                                                     
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2012, 04:53:26 PM »
Welcome to the Arena!  I loved reading your story, and another male is always welcome!
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2012, 05:29:57 PM »
"brohoof"!  welcome! so nice to have another dude on the arena! I like friendship is magic alot, but the older shows have a charm all there own. I like my little pony tales allot also. as a matter of fact i have all of the my little pony shows made between 1984 and now on dvd ,
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2012, 06:41:29 PM »
Welcome!

Thanks for sharing your story!
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2012, 06:44:49 PM »
Greetings and :welcome: to the Arena, TooManyBunnies. However, I think Kiwi would disagree with you in that you can never have too many bunnies. :bunny: :bunny: :bunny:
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2012, 09:16:02 PM »
Hello and Welcome to the Arena!

 So glad to have you here!
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2012, 11:28:33 PM »
Welcome to the Arena.  What an interesting introduction. I hope you enjoy being part of the community :frolic:
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2012, 03:30:50 AM »
Welcome, I am sure you will enjoy your time here. We have many male collectors and fans, my husband is one (Flarewing).
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2012, 04:53:52 AM »
Welcome! Hope to see you post more and enjoy the forums :D
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2012, 03:02:52 PM »
Welcome to the arena! Nice to see you here, we always can need some male members here.  :biggrin:
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2012, 05:18:16 AM »
Welcome to the arena :D
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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2012, 08:50:55 AM »
Hello and welcome :)

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Re: Hello from an odd bird
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2012, 02:32:49 PM »
Thanks for the greetings, folks! I appreciate the warm welcome. Hope to see you all around!
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