ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
ORIGINAL: ghtracey
The biggest danger in this pastime is by far the danger to your wallet.
It's also not particularly good for relationships!

Rare is the significant other who supports the hobby.
Well then, I do have the "rare" wife!!!

She supports me 110% in this hobby. She knows that I keep in mind the budget before I make any hobby purchases, and that I will always discuss them with her before I buy anything in the hobby. In return every now and then she'll hand me a check for a few hundred dollars and say "go buy yourself something".
One of the biggest reasons she does support me so much is because she can see how much of a "stress relief" this hobby is. She can see what a good mood I'm in when I come home from the field, or even just sitting at my building board she knows how good it is for me.
Yes, I am lucky. And no, she doesn't have any sisters!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ken