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⌈ Secret Post #2193 ⌋

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[GunnerKrigg Court]

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[The Avengers]

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[French & Saunders]

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[X-Men/Marvel Universe]

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[Tron: Uprising]

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[Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman]

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[How I Met Your Mother]

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[The X-Files/Fox Mulder]

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[Homestuck]

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[True Grit]

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[Saya no Uta]

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[The Silmarillion]

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[Homestuck]

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[Supernatural]

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Has this happened to you? You spend a lot of time hunting down some rare toy and/or saving up money for a figurine or doll or prop replica. Then someone comes to visit you with their kids in tow. And they cannot fucking understand that no, those toys are not to play with, and no you're not allowed to touch.

I mean, I don't blame the kids too much. Seeing something that looks like the best toy ever and wanting to play with it isn't bad. (Though grabbing at it after a certain age is really unacceptable.) But God, the parents who act like because they don't think an adult should play with "toys" means that you should allow children to have free run of your collection.

At least now I'm an adult and I can be somewhat respected when I say "no, I'm sorry, those are not for playing with". It was worse when I was a teenager. "Oh come on, you're too old for dolls. Let my dirty sticky Barbie-defacing toddler play with yours." And the response of "no, sorry, had to save up a hundred dollars of my own for that doll, I want to keep her pristine" gets a reaction like you're literally stealing candy from children and are soooo selfish. GARGH.

Yeah, those types of parents sound rude.

Why not put your toys above kid level, or better yet away, when you have kids coming to visit? Could avoid that particular annoyance that way.

I understand this feeling completely. I have models worth Lots and Lots of Money, and Action Figures I spent Lots of Money on, and Action Figures I spent Lots of Money On Importing From Foreign Countries.

They aren't kids' dolls in my house, despite the fact that some of my models were my toys as a child - I played very gently with my toys, and rarely broke them (though I did manage to lose accessories). But I know that my grandnieces would think that 'dolly' needed to have his clothes torn off and possibly his (exchangeable) hands lost or swallowed or.

I remember when some of my friends brought their toddler son to my house for a very short visit, and they held onto him the entire time, as they were collectors, themselves. It was the only time I relaxed when a child was in my household.

Sort of off topic but, if I had something along the lines of some of those Japanese collectible dolls that cost hundreds of dollars that I see on the internet, I totally would've played with dolls as a kid instead of being disgusted by them

I've never spent as much as you on a particular collectible but I still don't like people touching my action figures/statues/etc. The only kids I ever have over are my brothers and while they don't like that they aren't supposed to play with my stuff, they do for the most part listen.

Sorry you have to deal with that. D: It doesn't matter what it is, if it's your house they should listen and respect what you have to say. If you don't want them doing something, they shouldn't. (Or they should leave.)

And it's not selfish at all, either.

Ugh, I hate that.

Interestingly enough, though, I never have this problem with my fashion dolls. Once I got some of the Avengers Hot Toys, though...ohhhh boy. Kids (mainly little boys) grab the hell out of those.

(I'm sure there's something to be said about girl kids vs boy kids and the raising thereof, but I'm not saying it.)

children who aren't taught/parents who don't teach boundaries and to respect other person's stuff annoy me too, it's not just you

your only solution is to hide all your grabbable stuff and put it under lock and key and keep the key safe too

seriously, the kids might try a grab when the parents aren't looking

Far too many people decide to have the baby

Wow.

Bad dog.

Kids don't get to touch my stuff. Period. Most adults don't either, unless I know them well. If you think that makes me an asshole, so be it.

Kids can only touch stuff specially provided for them. I hate lending anything to adults because 'don't be so prissy, they're not kids, they can take care of it'. FUCK NO, adults can be inconsiderate shits; there's a 99.9% chance that they won't be as careful with my belongings as I am (hello, dog-eared, wrinkled books that were kept in pristine condition before lending). If I decide to total my stuff, it's *my* choice. You don't get to shrug off the damage because it's not important. Maybe not to you, because it's not *yours*. I'd be mortified if I so much as put a dent on something I've been lent, I expect the same level of care when I lend you my shit.

tl;dr If you're an asshole so am I. Fuck the haters.

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YANA

I simply not lend stuff any more :( game boy carts? the pictures on the outside came back scratched and sometimes my save files gone. cds? smudged with fingerprints. markers, pens, color pencils, etc.? sometimes they keep them thinking I won't notice

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