Does your friends in real life knows you are a collector?

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Of course for those who are on social media with real name and photos this answer is obvious.

My family knows that I collect cards because often they pick up the envelope out of the mailbox for me. Very few people I know in real life know that I collect Pokemon for safe reason.

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Yes, I came out a long time ago. :blush:

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A lot of people in my circle know, but there are very little people who know to what extent I collect and what kind of value my collection is.

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Yes, sometimes it is the very first thing my friends say when they introduce me to someone lmao.

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Friends?

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My friends are also collectors, 9000 IQ

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This.

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Definitely. I was most likely wearing a Pokemon shirt when I met them.

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My family collects, and my friends also collect. It’s a fun common thing we share and I’m grateful for it. I’m just a little further down the rabbit hole than they are.

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My friends and family know I collect and they know a few cards in my collection, but they don’t know the full extent since none of them collect and they wouldn’t fully understand it anyway.

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My wife of 27 years doesn’t know. She just thinks we have been poor all this time.

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Everybody knows about it.

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Ironically the people I know IRL that play the games aren’t interested in the cards

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My friends are not interested in Pokemon so we don’t really talk about it.

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Most people know that I buy and sell, but not everybody knows that I collect stuff for myself too. My closer friends do but not everyone

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Yeah all of them know.

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It’s hard to keep a secret when you keep showing up on TV. :rofl:

Oh, and happy birthday! :grin:

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My friends know I collect cards. At work or conferences, if we are doing an ice breaker like two truths and a lie, I usually use “I collect Pokémon cards” as one of my truths. I also have a tattoo of squirtle which is a good conversation starter.

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most of my online friends do, no one outside of that would care so I don’t bring it up

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Had a friend jackhammer a safe into concrete. He asked me what it was for so showed him some cards. Turns out he stood in line for 6 hours at the Pokemon Center in London on opening day. We’ve been friends for 5+ years and never knew, glad we do now.

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