trippybrowneyes Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Hello, everyone - my name is Jen and I'm a 32-year-old AFOL. I received my first LEGO set, a BASIC building set, back in 1985. Shortly thereafter, I moved onto Town sets, and requested Legos for every birthday and Christmas. The closer I got to the age of 12 (the top age recommendation for the Town sets) the more worried I became that I would be "too old" to play with Legos. I continued to ask for them anyway through the age of 16, after which I became more interested in other pursuits and entered my decade-long dark age. By the time I turned 28, I no longer cared what anyone thought and decided to rebuild my childhood collection and display it in my apartment. By this time, Lego had started to make "good" sets again. The story does not end there. A couple of years later, I met my now-husband. I didn't know it at the time, but he still had his massive childhood Lego collection, as well as his brother's. At some point we made the ultimate commitment and merged our Legos. That required turning one of the bedrooms into a Lego room. I continue to buy new City sets, Creator houses, and the modular sets. But if I could only focus on one theme, it would be the classic 80's town sets of my childhood. Quote
deraven Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 What a beautiful love story! ;) Welcome to Eurobricks! Quote
Sir Brickalot Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Perfect that both of you love Lego! Welcome here, Jen! Quote
Freddy Bricker Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Welcome to the forums Jen! As most females do when signing up, I recommend registering yourself as a female in the "Girls stand up" thread, link below. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2729&st=0 Quote
trippybrowneyes Posted February 1, 2014 Author Posted February 1, 2014 Welcome to the forums Jen! As most females do when signing up, I recommend registering yourself as a female in the "Girls stand up" thread, link below. http://www.eurobrick...topic=2729&st=0 Thanks, will do! Quote
kdenty Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Hi Jen, nice to meet you :) It must be love to SHARE your Lego! Quote
neonic Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Hi, welcome here At some point we made the ultimate commitment and merged our Legos. That required turning one of the bedrooms into a Lego room. That's nice ... and Lego room, that's even nicer Quote
Milan Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Youre lucky to find husband who also has lego! Have fun! Quote
DNEND Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Welcome Jen! I think you need to convince my wife to let me have a lego room too :) My kids and I would be in there all day long :) Quote
KringlesBricks Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 I need to find a lego wife!! haha. I love the story of how you and your husband met and merged Legos! Quote
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