What kind of grief do you get for being a flashaholic?

So what kind of grief do you get from friends and/or family for being a flashaholic?

My family calls my Quark 123^2 S2 "my precious" because I spend unusual amounts of time holding it and admiring its design quality. Also they call it my "security blanket" because it is in my pocket even when I am in pajamas.

Anyone else catch a lot of flak for their obsession...uh, i mean, hobby?
Perhaps this will be cathartic for some? Lol.

A little teasing from ignorance, but nothing bad. I change out one on the wife's night stand every once in a while to see how she likes them: "Why are these always changing!?"

Big benefit to where I work. I gave a talk about light to the company for a lunchtime lecture (the topic was light since I work in the lighting department). I wrapped up with a "show & tell" and brought in some of my favorite lights. It went over very well and now people come to me when they have questions about lighting applications.

There might be a similar thread out there, but I can't find it...

I get a lot of "What do you do with these lights?" as if they never seen darkness (do some people's brain just shut down when the sun is on the other side???).

At work, some call me "Mr. FLashlight", but at least they do like my lights.

Cataract said:

There might be a similar thread out there, but I can't find it...

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Maybe this one.

My wife: "Hey, Flashlight man".

My "boss": "You people and your fancy lights". (What a numb-nuts).

Don't really have trouble. Some wonder why I'd want a light that bright!

Normaly my wife teases me sometimes lol.
Nothing major just tells me that if we sell them all
we can retire early........... lol
I use the "Hobby" To get rid of people lol.
Someone that i dont want to talk to comes
at me i start talking about the "Hobby".
Works wonders on a guy at work who gets
a hard on if you mention DX. lol

I have a 94 year old neighbor, single, who literally has about 25 pairs of shoes. I show him my lights fairly often. The first time I did he gave the customary question "WHY so many." I asked him about his shoes. He laughed. He leaves me be now.

Thanks for you stories!

shhh said:

Normaly my wife teases me sometimes lol.
Nothing major just tells me that if we sell them all
we can retire early........... lol
I use the "Hobby" To get rid of people lol.
Someone that i dont want to talk to comes
at me i start talking about the "Hobby".
Works wonders on a guy at work who gets
a hard on if you mention DX. lol

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Lol!! I will have to keep this in mind.

saypat said:

I have a 94 year old neighbor, single, who literally has about 25 pairs of shoes. I show him my lights fairly often. The first time I did he gave the customary question "WHY so many." I asked him about his shoes. He laughed. He leaves me be now.

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Ah Yes, a good way to get them off your back, funny how most people will quickly question others frivolous spending despite having their own. Astonishingly though I have had people defend their shoe habit over my flashlight hobby as if shoe collecting were in any way more practical or reasonable beyond just liking shoes?:shakehead

The latest grief from me, "Ok, Dwight (from The Office)..."

Thankfully,
I have a supporting, loving and understanding girlfriend who at least PRETENDS like she doesn't mind when a new light shows up in the mail that obviously isn't meant to be thrown into an inventory bin... My daughter, however, is constantly giving me grief over my light purchases, always quick to remind me of what kind of dolls and outfits I could have bought her for the same price... Ahhhh... kids....

Shao

Heh, I created a Flashaholic out of a friend and he refers to me as "Mr. Flashlight". No grief here but but his wife does give him grief!

I forgot to mention that I often have my packages shipped to work, so I often hear "ANOTHER ONE????? Don't you have enough?" Apparently, you don't need to be married to hear that one...

Ohhh, I like that one. Start having them delivered to work

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shao.fu.tzer said:

Luckily, I run a flashlight-related business, so there's not much mine can say even if she wanted to! :devil: Before that, I would just buy her a gift or some roses now and again and that seemed to appease her... I mean... I still buy her gifts... Which brings up another question - how many of you have flashaholic significant others?

Shao

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Oddly my SO probably has more flashlights than I do.

I spend more $ per, though.

She loves the $3 LEDS from the tractor supply...

I mainly just get stared at in disbelief.. I usually find myself eyeing up my lights lined up on the fish tank or comparing them, I feel eyes on me and turn to see my mrs staring at me smirking.

Either that or she comes home from work and catches me on here or youtube looking at reviews! I usually pull my ipad to my chest to save embarrassment, then a knowing grin appears over her face and she pulls my ipad away from me to reveal the dirty flashaholic secrets! :hahaha: :whoopin:

Cataract said:

I forgot to mention that I often have my packages shipped to work, so I often hear "ANOTHER ONE????? Don't you have enough?" Apparently, you don't need to be married to hear that one...

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I wouldn't be marrying that one either if you're already getting static.

I just pray I'm the only one home when the mail arrives... our current RR carrier is a loser but before the last guy retired, him and I had an "arrangement!"

Females don't wanna hear, "Well, at least I don't look at porn, chase other women, drink or drug," but that's not good enough, y' know.

Rich

I just got some grief last night, as a matter of fact. The wife called me a "flashlight geek" and made fun of me. I was standing near a dark room with the lights off to see how my new E05 performed. To avoid suffering ridicule, I tried to sneak and put it away, which ended up getting me more grief than simply being caught.
:shakehead

richpalm said:

Cataract said:

I forgot to mention that I often have my packages shipped to work, so I often hear "ANOTHER ONE????? Don't you have enough?" Apparently, you don't need to be married to hear that one...

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I wouldn't be marrying that one either if you're already getting static.
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No, I wouldn't marry, go out with of even fantasize about that one... HE's definitely not my type in any way, starting with being of the wrong gender for me... but more seriously, it's not really static, just incomprehension.

"How many flashlights do you actually need?" "Do you really use all of them?" Just some of the grief I get from some non-flashaholics.