Great read, I'm 19, have a son and a boyfriend, and rent (although want to get a mortgage but our addiction to CE's prevents that!) and have only been collecting myself for about 6 months (but been helping my boyfriend for about a year and a half) but I can totally relate to that feeling of completion, hence the fact I've preordered basically every game that's coming out this year and have been on the hunt for many more
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ETA: I think I have an addictive personality, as I am way more obsessed with collecting CE's than my boyfriend is, even though he's been doing it longer. And come to think of it, I've always collected something at any stage of my life. As a kid, it was pokemon cards, then TYs (beanie babies) and then books, then normal games, then Me To You bears (just before my son was born) and now CE's. But this is one that has truly gotten a hold over me, the rest weren't anywhere near as addictive as CE's! xx