Ah yes, putting the spouse on notice from the git-go. I love folk music, old time music, and of course the banjo. I once gave up a rock and roller girlfriend because I knew I could not give up such a large part of who I really am. Hours and hours doing things I did not want to do and hours and hours NOT doing the things I enjoy. Some things are just not compromisable (to invent a much needed word!). It's 5:30 in the morning, I am headed out back to play banjo....banjered

70 years old, 15 banjos, still single. Living the dream! ??

Actually I've never heard THAT one! Good one!

My lovely bride of over 25 years has 14 sewing machines, and I only have 3 banjos. Does that sound about right?

Not really. You are 11 banjos short. banjered

Many of you who know me, and to those of you who do not - I have been dealing with the banjo collection of a dear friend who passed away almost ten years ago. Before he passed, he asked me "would I help him / and his family get rid of his instruments." I "thought" he had maybe 20 or 25 banjos..... after he passed, and we finally got them all gathered up - turns out he actually had about 180 banjos. plus a few of everything else (guitars, mandos, fiddles, basses, dobros. PLUS a lot of parts and accessories). So... an agreement, or at least as far as I'm concerned, a promise is a promise.... so, from my perspective, 15 banjos simply isn't that many!! I am aware of a few folks who have even more than 180... at some point it begins to be comical. Or mental....

I knew a serious collector who had more (how many more I don’’t know) than 150. Worth many thousands. He said highly-collectible banjos rarely traded hands among collectors for $$$, rather they moved through trades of banjos each person sought.

180 banjos, a good start! banjered

I’m kinda a basic guy it doesn’t take much to satisfy me. I started feeling “ kind of “ bad when I had 6 , thinking… someone could be enjoying a couple of these , so I sold down to 2 banjos. It felt good …. For about a week. Now I’m back to four . What would one do with one hundred plus banjos ? Like I said it doesn’t take much to get me by, but apparently at least 5 banjo’s.

I'm down to 3 banjos, my wife has only one....

I don't see  a problem there...

My house looks like a music store. In my living room right now, there is a Yates banjo and a Stelling banjo leaning against the couch, one of my Ibanez electric guitars and my Tom Anderson drop top electric, an acoustic guitar, a violin on a stand, another violin in a case, a Marshall amp, and three rack effects units. There are multiple Marshall stacks, twenty total electric guitars and bass guitars, and another four banjos, plus tons of rack effects and preamps in other rooms. My husband knew what he was getting into. He ordered a Carvin Jason Becker guitar for me for our 20 year anniversary this year. It's been a 40 year problem at this point, so I don't see it changing.

Know who you are marrying and what is important to them and don't try to change them, and you will have a happy marriage.