Originally Posted by donnamb
If I may make a suggestion to the gentlemen: get involved with females who have their own obsessive hobbies. Knitting comes to mind. They have the same interest in acquiring more yarn, tools, and patterns than they will ever need in a lifetime that you do in acquiring large numbers of bikes. If they have any common sense, they won't say a word about your obsession, and you may end up with a nice cycling hat that will fit under your helmet and fingerless gloves.
Great point. I'm always pushing the knitting angle. It turns out my lady's obsession is clothes, and I'm always nailing her about some new, ridiculously expensive T-shirt or pair of jeans. I always point out that I've got her beat, b/c at least my obsession has a liquidated value. She ends up just throwing her dough away. At least, that's what I keep telling myself.