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Title: Significant other and ponies
Post by: DemureGirl on March 03, 2012, 03:12:50 AM

Hello :D

What do your partners think about ponies? Do they ever say anything that surprises you?

My boyfriend is terrified of my ponies and if forced to handle them does so as if they were toxic! XD

But he does things sometimes that surprise me, such as when we went to a thrift store to look for ponies and he says, "There is a pony here but it isn't the generation you collect" (gen 1). I was so surprised that he took that much notice =P

And then this morning when my breakfast was ready he said, "Up, Dash." to me. I was confused and at which point he smiled and pointed at my t-shirt and said "Dash".
I then realised I was wearing my RainbowDash shirt XD

Anyone else have fun stories? :)

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Icecrystalline on March 03, 2012, 03:15:56 AM

My mum refuses to let me pay out lots for them, but helps me hunt at car boots :D xxx

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Rainbowjuice on March 03, 2012, 03:25:34 AM

My boyfriend is indifferent to my ponies. At first he was a little confused but he just let's me get on with it.
He doesn't like the G3's though "They have scary eyes" :p
Good job I'm selling them on then.

I made him a pony to go with my ponysona and he hugged it like a small child and stole him from my collection. He sits on his pc desk now. The seeds have been sown, he will be a pony fan soon!

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: moonflower on March 03, 2012, 04:25:44 AM

My hubby is really supportive, he even went to the Ponycon with me a couple of years ago (which was excellent btw, but I couldn't go last year as baby was due). He has even bought me stuff or encouraged me to buy stuff on more than one occasion.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on March 03, 2012, 06:24:37 AM

Mine is very supportive!  If he is at a thrift store, he always checks for MLP.  :)  He tolerates that they have taken over most rooms in the house,and  puts up with them when dozens fill the bathroom and shower at a time.  He sort of understands the restoration and cleaning which fascinate him.  He even has a few ponies by proxy - I said he needed to claim a few so my collection wasn't as big.  ;)  So he "owns" a couple now too. 

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: KtKat on March 03, 2012, 06:47:30 AM

My husband is a brony who got me into ponies in the first place.  He really doesn't like the toys very much but he has claimed a blind bag Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle for his desk.  He's expressed that he's just jealous that I have such a fun and easy thing to collect ;)

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: emera_lazzaly on March 03, 2012, 07:42:57 AM

My husband is supportive as long as I'm not going crazy and spending large amounts of money at a time. He bought me Cheerilee and Dewdrop Dazzle for Valentine's day. He is always willing to go with me to the flea markets or stores to look for ponies. When I bought Rainbow Dash he said, "why are you getting that one, I thought you didn't like her" and I was floored that he remembered her name!

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: ZettaMomo on March 03, 2012, 08:24:59 AM

My boyfriend is pretty supportive. He likes to watch FiM with me and will help me take care of my collection if I need some help. He has bought a few ponies for my collection. He also helps me out when I go shopping to the second hand stores to look for some good ponies. He usually doesn't care if I buy myself a few ponies here and there, but sometimes he will say something if he thinks I might be spending a little too much. XD
He has a small collection of a few customs I have made him and an extra McDonald's Rainbow Dash I had. :P

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: aerie_star on March 03, 2012, 08:43:55 AM

My bf likes FiM, and deals with my collection. He has yet to complain about the G1s that are living in the kitchen right now. He'll also buy them for me on occasion. ^^ But I don't have any special stories.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Ellis1342 on March 03, 2012, 08:56:05 AM

Teehee. I met my boyfriend cause he liked my pony art. When he came over from the UK he bought me tons of bates so I would teach him to make a vinyl scratch custom. Heck I had to drag him out of hot topic so he wouldn't spend all his money on pony shirts and whatnot!

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: tehrin on March 03, 2012, 10:18:51 AM

My husband claims that he "hates" them, and sighs when he walks in the room and sees ponies EVERYWHERE. Like "Look at this display! Look at it!" But it's in good humor.

He teases me about it.  Then I chase him with ponies. :D It's pretty funny! :D

Generally, he's supportive of it, as long as I don't do anything too silly.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Okiedokieloki on March 03, 2012, 10:45:29 AM

My boyfriend is the one who got me into watching FiM about a year ago. In the Fall, when I finally broke down and started buying the G4 toys, he was the one who bought me a good portion of them as birthday/Christmas gifts. He lives in Michigan and I'm home in Canada right now in the middle of nowhere, so I don't have a way to just go out and buy the ponies that I want for my collection. My boyfriend asks me which ones I'm looking for and keeps an eye out for them whenever he goes out (though he won't send them to me, he says "Nope, you're not getting them until you come back with me.")

He makes fun of the fact that I turned into a pony toy fanatic practically overnight, and while he has no problem with me collecting them, he'll let me know if he thinks I'm spending too much.

My younger brother (who is 20) will come into my room to play my Xbox 360 and comment how the ponies are watching him

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This shelf sits about a foot from the ceiling and goes around two walls of my room. The ponies are always looking down at everything  XD

He also says I have "pony fever" whenever I talk about wanting to buy one

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Flitter on March 03, 2012, 11:52:43 AM

My husband is very supportive of me collecting G4s and comes with me to go pony hunting. He will often remember which ones I am looking for. I'm kind of surprised at how much he absorbs about my hobbies. I'm not nearly as good at remembering the finer points of his.
I did ask his opinion on some older gen ponies before as I was considering maybe getting a few and he said he didn't like the way they look.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Chi on March 03, 2012, 12:04:18 PM

My mom thinks ponies are ridiculous and never understood why I liked them, until I explained how great I feel after I restore a pony that been doomed with the label of "poor condition" or "bait". They can always be restored and made beautiful again!!
My boyfriend finds G1s creepy but doesn't mind me collecting. He thinks the G4s are cute, but look nothing like the show. Though for some reason he really seems to like Dewdrop Dazzle and my G3 Port-o-Bella. :) He even took us on a 2 hour spree around town going to every single CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens to look for a fashion style AJ and thought it was cute when I found a Rite Aid that was selling G3s! Got myself a Sunny Daze 25th anniversary and a Dress me up Toola Roola and squeaked and flailed like a little kid. I think he just likes that ponies make me smile, so that's why he doesn't mind them drowning the room. :lovey:

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Sonata on March 03, 2012, 12:07:49 PM

Well, my boyfriend doesn't really care about ponies at all, but he understands that I love them and want to collect them. He just doesn't want me spending ridiculous amounts of money in them, but he's okay otherwise. xD

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: DoctorMowinckel on March 03, 2012, 12:10:13 PM

I guess as a male of the species my relationship with significant others is different. Fortunately I'm an amicable enough cat that people know what to expect from me, so no one's been all 'GUH FAW! A guy, into ponies, what's up with that!?'.

Ponies spurred my most recent relationship, actually. I carry my gym clothes in a G4 tote, 'cause why not? Ponies are awesome. She saw my bag, and asked 'Is that a My Little Pony bag?', and we started talking about cartoons and animation, ended up going out.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Valkohai on March 03, 2012, 12:34:16 PM

I'm single and I don't know how would someone would react if they wanted to go out with me and WOAH! PONIES! PONIES EVERYWHERE! (and games too. and papers too. and DVDs.. )
 
 But netherless.. I may not have a husband/BF/GF I do have a room mate. She ain't liking the ponies but she dosn't bother me when I'm all "squee!" when I open a box that I got from trade. Or when I drag a bag full of ponies from a store. I havn't been able to make her come to trift store to get me ponies.. and occasionally she helps me buying pones when I ain't enough money. Of course I pay her back ASAP I get more. Because of her I got entire wave 2 BB ponies! almost wave 1 and was so close completing wave 3. She also sews me blushies (because as she tells me, I suck) so I can trade these blushies for merch. Sweet. I do the painting, hairing and stuff. I also pay all the expences.

 As for my parents. Well.. my sis was all excited (she is 10) and didn't mind I take her ponies. She collects Pet Shops and got my old pet shops. (gonna want those too when she stops playing) And I like to listen to her when she introduses me to her pet shops. She dosn't care for ponies thou, lol. My step dad.. I don't know since we don't talk.. My mom thinks it is nosence or a phase that goes by. She tried to make me sell my ponies when I told her I got some expencive ponies in my collection. She also wanted to sell my Godzilla babies (aI said no and without asking she sold one anyway for 1€ (worth 40€)). I mad.

So more or less.. outside this arena and my dear friend in US. I feel rather alone. Hope I get friends in a pony meeting thou. : )

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Varkolak on March 03, 2012, 12:39:13 PM

my boyfriend tries to be ok with it. i have so many hobbies and they annoy him, but he went out to a thrift store once to try to surpise me with some ponies. he even bought me applejack's sweet apple barn for christmas! he says he's just trying to make me happy, so he puts up with them. he's been gone for quite a few months (air force) and i've acquired over 100+ more since he's been gone. so we'll see what he thinks when he comes back LOL!!!!! i don't think he'll mind. he might make jokes though.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Tribble79 on March 04, 2012, 01:52:50 AM

My hubby doen't care that I collect ponies. He doen't like them himself, but is always looking for baits and pony items for me on ebay and such. He is a great hubby.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Sarah-Bee on March 04, 2012, 02:27:47 AM

Joe's very supportive :) He had no objection to the spare room becoming a pony room, in fact it was his idea! He buys me ponies for birthdays etc and helps me look for them at car boots etc. He's interested to learn about them and lets me bleat on about them for ages! haha! He even declared one of my ponies as his own cos the way she looks reminds him of our cat!

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: fingerpaints on March 04, 2012, 03:24:22 AM

I don't currently have a partner (nor do I want one) but my last two ex's were totally cool about it, the most recent one I even met through pony collecting. All my friends & family take it well, nobody "likes" them as such, but most understand and are pretty supportive of it. The ex before my last partner used to fly model planes, and he had quiet a few different ones, so he totally understood my pony collection and knew he couldn't really knock it having so many planes, as well as I was very supportive of his hobby, spending most sunday's out at the "flying field" with him and a bunch of older guys all flying model aircraft.

If my partner didn't like my collection, I could deal with that, as long as they were supportive of it. I could also deal with "no ponies in the bedroom" as long as I had somewhere I could see them, even if it was just a shelf in the study or something. I have a few different toys that I really like, as well as some unicorns & horsie things, and a few random ornaments that I like as well, so it's not all about the ponies :)

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Lilith1981 on March 04, 2012, 03:28:03 AM

My ex couldn't stand them and we lived for more than 7 years together in pony-less flats. He was a great guy apart from that but it always seemed pretty unfair to me.


Fortunately my current partner is a different story. He even visits the Arena to look at pony photos, though he hasn't registered since his English is... errm, not great xD

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Aienhime on March 04, 2012, 03:38:37 AM

my boyfriend loves the FiM show so we always watch it together. As for my collection, it's not his thing but he collects lots of stuff so he completely understands the importance of collections ^^"

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Mainsail on March 04, 2012, 03:46:42 AM

Well, I'm happy to say that, my boyfriend thinks it's cool that I collect ponies. :P When I told him about all the ponies in my room and whatnot, he replied with: "... Can I play??"  :silly: Lol, he said he watched the cartoons when he was little, too. :lovey: I think I found a keeper~!!  :inlove:

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: BrightIdea on March 04, 2012, 04:17:27 AM

My husband is pretty good with it. At first he was a little scared by the volume of ponies sitting around here and money being spent on ponies, but I helped him come up with a good rule for me to follow. I am allowed to buy any G4 pony I want if I buy it locally at a toystore. Also I am allowed to buy a monthly pony online. Sometimes he even suggests I can get an extra pony this month if I do something awesome, like when I got a raise at work :P


I "brony-ized" him too, lol.  I had gotten into the Friendship is magic cartoon while he was away on a business trip, so when he came back I forced him to watch a couple episodes. Voila! He likes it now and we watch it all of the time.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: tinrobo on March 04, 2012, 04:22:23 AM

Quote from: Mainsail on March 04, 2012, 03:46:42 AM

Well, I'm happy to say that, my boyfriend thinks it's cool that I collect ponies. :P When I told him about all the ponies in my room and whatnot, he replied with: "... Can I play??"  :silly: Lol, he said he watched the cartoons when he was little, too. :lovey: I think I found a keeper~!!  :inlove:

Put a ring on that! Lol XD

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Taxel on March 04, 2012, 04:30:03 AM

My boyfriend doesn't seem to mind, and I doubt its surprising since I started off collecting dolls (Pullips/Blythes/BJDs and then MH). He's not afraid to tell me G1s look weird though (he likes SHS best because they look long and elegant like horses should). He's very supportive! He's bought me ponies as gifts and has even lent me money so I could buy things before someone else does. He doesn't mind listening to be ramble about ponies, or looking at customs and such I link to him. He even bought himself a custom I showed him! We've watched a few FiM episodes together, and even My Little Pony the Movie. But once he realized the movie was a giant musical commercial he got really mad. XD I doubt he'll watch more G1 with me, lol.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: lilgryphon on March 04, 2012, 06:26:56 AM

I was actually worried about how my collection would go over when my BF and I started dating. He knew I collected, because I've always kept a couple at work (and now much more than a 'couple') but he's a minimalist and I have, well, a LOT of ponies. It was pretty gradual since he and the kids moved into my place, so the ponies were already 'there'. I keep most of my ponies in storage bins, so they were tucked away, and I was still on a long hiatus from pony collecting. Sure, I'd look if I 'happened' to be at the thrift store, but nothing active and no customizing. Then I thought I'd go through my extras, put some online for sell, maybe even downsize...then dang you arena and showing me the G4 line!! I swore I was only going to get AJ....oh, yes, back to the BF.

He was surprisingly supportive when the 'fever' of collecting returned. He goes to our local thrift store all the time with or without me on the hunt and was so proud when he brought back his first G1 find. He asked for a list of the ponies I didn't have that I was still looking for at Christmas and bought me every G4 on it he could find...and all the blind bags I wanted a month ago or so. He thinks its cool, and he loves that I can take a manky pony and turn it into something beautiful. He is such a keeper!! Although, he admittedly can't wait until we move so that all my craft stuff has its own room as right now it's pretty much everywhere.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Eternia on March 04, 2012, 08:18:24 AM

no SO. But my friends are all supportive! I've even gotten a few male friends into the show- they even call themselves bronies. One of them is even coming to the fair with me, and he loves to go pony hunting with me as well. :)

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Varkolak on March 04, 2012, 08:20:23 AM

i have an update to my post, last night my boyfriend got to use the computer for the first time since basic training, and he saw all the pictures of my ponies, and saw a piece of art that someone made on here of my persona "Honey Bunny" it had the name on the picture. At first he started getting offended thinking someone was making these things for me, as a flirting way, but after I explained to him that she's what i'd be if I were a my little pony, and that Honey Bunny was her name (his pet name for me) he instantly changed his tune and wanted me to design him a pony!!!!!
I forsee great things!

 :frolic: :lovey:

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: littlexflitter on March 04, 2012, 08:21:00 AM

My husband is wonderfully supportive. When we started dating I was into collecting G3 ponies, and he used to keep an eye out for them in his area. Any gift-giving occasion was an excuse for him to find more ponies. When Sweetsong and Cupcake were miserably hard to find he scoured several stores in his area until he found them, and they were my Christmas present that year. ♥ He's never minded me having my collection of ponies on display, never chided me for buying ponies, and is always willing to help track down a pony that's evading me. We watch the show and the DVDs together; he likes My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic but isn't even opposed to Twinkle Wish Adventure--which is really lacking in quality. At stores, he's just as good at spotting ponies as I am. Sometimes he's called my attention to ponies not in the pony aisle and we've found things I would have otherwise overlooked. He'll pay for ponies on a whim (usually we individually fund our own hobbies) and surprise me right at the checkout; this happened just the other day. ♥ He's also always willing to go find a basket if we hit a pony jackpot that wasn't expected and there are too many to carry easily. He even has a few ponies of his own--Minty is his favourite, so he has a few Minty ponies and a few figures of Minty. He keeps asking me about the G4 Minty and whether or not she's been released. I really have so much fun being able to share my hobby with him. ♥ He's really great.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: SkyCakes on March 04, 2012, 08:56:59 AM

My husband goes with me when I buy ponies. Though to him a pony is just a pony. He has his anime collection and video games. So I think he knows how addicting collecting can be.Though he has to put up with me talking about ponies. I find him semi supportive.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Sukeile on March 04, 2012, 09:02:15 AM

My Guy is great with it.
He collects transformers himself and it was actually him encourageing me to bring my ponies out of the closet and display them proudly!

Since I was a child I always wished for ponies on every holiday and birthday but never got any, until I met George who even without knowing my love for them, gave me a G3 royal ribbon as a first gift ( because of an inside joke about me loving to put ribbons on things. )

So we both happily collect our hasbro toys and play together. It's pretty great  :lovey:

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Quote from: Valkohai on March 03, 2012, 12:34:16 PM

My mom thinks it is nosence or a phase that goes by. She tried to make me sell my ponies when I told her I got some expencive ponies in my collection. She also wanted to sell my Godzilla babies (aI said no and without asking she sold one anyway for 1€ (worth 40€)). I mad.

Aww no! That hurt my heart >_<

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Stormy31685 on March 04, 2012, 09:08:24 AM

My husband claims not to like them at all, but then whenever we go to Target or Walmart (and even TRU), he goes straight for the aisle they are on. 


Ooh!  Last night, we were at Walmart actually, and I didn't say anything about even wanting to go down that aisle, I wasn't even planning on it, and he just headed there himself.  I thought it was funny.  But I also collected long before we even met so the first time he came over he saw mountains of them :)

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: DemureGirl on March 04, 2012, 12:59:27 PM

Seems to be an even divide between "likes the ponies" and "indifferent to".

I told my bf today that if he ever wanted to get me a gift but didn't know what to get me (I don't "want" for anything while he needs to be told what to buy!) I suggested he should buy me ponies. . . he said no chance, though I think that was him playing mean :P

He hates my ponies so much he cleared off a shelf of his bookcase in the study so that they had somewhere to live :P

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: LadyStarCatcher on March 04, 2012, 01:18:28 PM

My Boyfriend was kind of weirded out at first, but now he thinks my pony love is adorable. He's even trained himself to look for ponies for me. And later today he's taking me pony hunting! Very best boyfriend I've ever had!

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: Aret-dragonrider on March 04, 2012, 01:36:04 PM

My boyfriend actually made a Warhammer army list for my ponies. He spent many breaks at work looking up the history of MLP for the codex, so now he knows a lot more than he likes to admit. He can already correctly name some of them, knows which generations are which, and which are males...having so many of them stare at him sometimes terrifies him, but I think deep down he likes them!

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: kadajkitten on March 04, 2012, 03:52:05 PM

My fiance loves FiM as much as me so we go pony hunting together ^^ my mom likes looking through thrift stores for them, but that's about it.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: TickledPink on March 04, 2012, 05:20:31 PM

I think my husband resents them to some degree, but he respects the fact that I collect them and knows that if he ruins them, he dies. LOL

He knows who the "mane 6" are from the current show, and can name some of my other ponies, but it's only because I talk about them so much.

Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: darknessunisousboy on March 06, 2012, 12:34:57 AM

here is my hubby being a dork with my sparkleworks plushie:
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Title: Re: Significant other and ponies
Post by: jojodeen on March 06, 2012, 01:06:29 AM

These have been interesting to read! :)


My boyfriend accepts my ponies and is happy about me being so into something. He doesn't quite understand why I like collecting them because they all look the same apart from being coloured differently but also knows it's not his place to judge what I like and is still happy to go pony hunting with me (even when it rains.) Haha. :D He also watched the FiM season 1 with me and found it fun. (: So a positive attitude towards my pony hobby.