You gotta be kidding me. Did you read the 
right post? I warned him not to get involved, 
even though he "pretended" not to be that 
interested in the first place.  Sorry if it sounded 
otherwise.

But besides that, cel collecting is one of the 
best hobbies in the world. Why should I 
shroud it with negativity and insecurity. I don`t 
feel that way at all. 

The biggest "pitfalls" are people. People with 
"their problems" are the biggest obstacle to 
my successful dealings with cels, and I have 
had my share of misadventures. But that is 
life. He knew something about this before he 
bought his first cel. He had heard about a few 
of my sad stories, but he could not understand 
them. He could not understand them until he 
stepped into" this world" for himself. "There is 
no master like experience".

I opened his mind to a brand new world, not 
heaven. None of us has quite enough 
experience for that. Any world is composed of 
both positive and negative forces. You just 
have to deal with it. Nothing I could have said 
would have curtailed his addiction, I tried that 
already.

I feel happy that he understands this and he 
appreciates this for himself.  I don`t need to 
hold his hand. 

He is addicted because he wants to be. He 
loves what he is doing. I did not trick him or 
mislead him into anything.  And no 
compassion in the world would have derailed 
his current course. He blames me, but he is 
happy about it....^-^