Ladies do any of your husbands or boyfriends do this?

Question

Play with toys still like action figures, lego or other children's toys.

If they collect them then I suppose that's a bit different but yea answer anyway :)

I only ask because I still ocassionally take out my old lego and start building stuff and yea my ex tried to shame me over it and I just said its therapeutic. I also enjoy having a birthday cake with candles and those stupid looking party hats.. ok I'm taking the p**s there but you get the idea =D

Answer 1

No. He likes video games still like Madden and GTA, but nothing too childish like legos.

We did do a puzzle last year. It was kind of fun to go back to something that was so simple and fun when we were young.

I don't know how I would react if he played with legos and all of that on a regular basis though. It would probably get annoying..

It really just sounds like you are stressed with adult life and decompress by reverting back to childhood simplicities. You just need to find a girl who can appreciate that and be ok with it.

Answer 2

No, but my husband does metalwork, he spends hours out in his workshop constructing engines and things, he's building a jet engine at the moment.  He find that therapeutic.  I suppose it is a similar thing in a way, though metalwork requires somewhat more skill.

A lot of adult men do wargaming, they collect soldiers and paint them and have battles with them, I have a friend who does this.  You might enjoy reading 'Achtung Schweinhund! A boy's own story of imaginary combat' by Harry Pearson, which is about his lifelong passion for toy soldiers and wargaming, it's very amusing.

Answer 3

He plays Yu-Gi-Oh sometimes, but all of our friends are big into anime (except me), so it's not a big deal.

Answer 4

I like playing with my kids' toys. It's kind of relaxing. My man likes playing Everquest. I don't really see a difference. Would your spouse like it better if you got drunk while fishing?

I don't really see a problem with collecting toys either as long as it's not obsessive. I can think of lists of things I'd prefer he didn't collect as opposed to some action figures.

Answer 5

Absolutely! I think it's great that my husband still loves action figures and toys. Just because you grow up, doesn't mean you have to give up things you enjoyed as a child. I know it drove his parents nuts, though - that he was an adult and still bought toys.

The last laugh is really my husband's though, because he found the most perfect job he could ever have hoped for. He works for a company where he gets to find, play with, and write about toys for a living (and books and caffeinated products.) He gets action figures, space ships, nerf weapons, etc. for free now. Good heavens, we got a 30 lb box of toys a few months ago from an amazing company - and he was so giddily happy.  

My husband's long time dream to get to go to the International Toy Fair has also come true - and we've gone for the last  4 or 5 years (paid for by his company)!

What's really great to see is how much fun adults have when they come over to our house. Adults, who you wouldn't usually think of as the type who would enjoy toys and games just have a blast when they come over.

There does seem to be something about toys that still tickle our spirit as adults.

Answer 6

My husband didn't really have "toys" until we had kids, then taking him shopping with me was almost on par with what you'd expect from a child. (not my children, they're better behaved than he is.)

Hah

But anyway, he always insists on buying toys 'for the kids' that I KNOW he wants.

He collects those cars and motorcycles you put together.

Answer 7

My boyfriend likes video games. Does that count?

Seriously though, I don't see the problem. Being a grown-up means that you can entertain yourself any way you like, not that you're not allowed to build with "lego" anymore.

Answer 8

Ever see the 40 Year Old Virgin? That's how my boyfriend's apartment would look like if he was not in a relationship. We have an entire closet in our apartment dedicated to his video game memorabilia, War Machine figurines, etc... I once had to talk him out of buying a $200 Lego replica of the Millennium Falcon.

Answer 9

Ha hA....what a fun question to answer!  I have a 2 year old son and sure as h**l I play with his toys.   In fact, I have introduced him to some of the things I played with when I was young.   I got him some micromachines and tools.  Now, he is fascinated with tracts and the like so guess what?   TONKA TOYS!   I am scouring e-bay to find the older style Tonkas because the new ones are too plastic and "safety" oriented to be any fun.    The older ones looked real and who wants fake looking toys?    

Answer 10

Yeh my hubby discovered an old box of lego so decided to build it into a truck or whatever it was meant to be. There's nothing wrong with being a bit childish every now and then.

Answer 11

Okay, it's time for meds.

You Goof!! LMAO

Answer 12

What a great thing to do! In that way I bet you are one happy person, because at times we need to go back to our childhoods, to the days we had no worries, mom and dad and, or an authority figure were there to take care of it for us.  I keep telling mine to start doing those things; however, in one ear and out the other.