[quote="WildChild96"]My parents have always supported me with my collecting. My dad always asks me if I got anything, and is excited to see who I got. My mom, too, but not so much. She's busy with other things, lol. :)[/quote]

My mother STILL gets excited when I call her to tell her something came, especially if it's someone she likes as well (Lee Meriwether, Maureen O'Hara, James Earl Jones, Barbara Rush, etc.).

I started collecting when I was 16 and I just told my parents it's a new hobby. I still collect. What happened was. Since I was using so much ink(for printing off pictures & letters) and stamps I had to pay a little of money for both. Since I was using them more. Try saying something like that if you could and can contribute.
But when I get an autograph in the mail my Dad gets excited and asks if it's real or not. He was really impressed when I got a reply from Alan Rickman, which was my 1st try at a London address. Though I had to pay for the IRC's myself.

Just tell them it's something you'd really like to do and offer to pay for all expenses. - and iron out all their worries/doubts.
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My parents have always supported me with my collecting. My dad always asks me if I got anything, and is excited to see who I got. My mom, too, but not so much. She's busy with other things, lol. :)

My Parents don't care! that I collect Autographs! My Mom likes that I collect them!

Thanks for all the answers! Just to answer someones question on why i want to do it, its just for fun to do in my spare time, im not going around trying to sell them to random people or anything, i would also be paying for it. Everyone helped A LOT thanks so much!!! :) {??}

My mother was suspicious at first, and still is, but she lightened up a bit when I got her a Jay Sean autograph for her birthday. I really think it's fun to write and I LOVE the immense happiness it brings me when I see an envelope in the mail:)

I completely agree bud, but I don't know what this person wants to do with the hobby.

[quote="Sasorikiller"][b]THE RULES
1. DO NOT GET POLITICAL IF YOUR PARENTS DISAGREE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU SEND TO
2. TRY TO, AT FIRST, MAIL YOUR FAVORITE STARS AND IDOLS. AFTER SOME TIME YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SLOWLY CREEP IN PEOPLE YOU KNOW LESS ABOUT AND EVENTUALLY GET TO A POINT WHERE RANDOM MAILINGS ARE ACCEPTABLE.
3. MAKE A LIST OF PROS AND CONS OF THE HOBBY, LIKE THIS:
PROS: Better grammar and fluency in literature, Growth of patience in waiting for autographs, a higher level of maturity by writing to adults, more real-world experience. CONS: Stamp, Ink, or Envelope expenses. (COPY THIS LIST, TALK WITH YOUR PARENTS ABOUT THE HOBBY, AND ASK THEM TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING UNDER CONS TO THE LIST. IT WILL MAKE THE IDEA OF MAILING LOOK MUCH BETTER TO YOUR PARENTS, BECAUSE THE PROS OUTWEIGH THE CONS.)[/b][/quote]

I agree with your whole statement except the one about mailing to people you know nothing about. Its called FAN mail so send to people you are a fan of. and my parents were very easy going about me starting. They actually like to see who I'm writing to.

[b]THE RULES
1. DO NOT GET POLITICAL IF YOUR PARENTS DISAGREE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU SEND TO
2. TRY TO, AT FIRST, MAIL YOUR FAVORITE STARS AND IDOLS. AFTER SOME TIME YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SLOWLY CREEP IN PEOPLE YOU KNOW LESS ABOUT AND EVENTUALLY GET TO A POINT WHERE RANDOM MAILINGS ARE ACCEPTABLE.
3. MAKE A LIST OF PROS AND CONS OF THE HOBBY, LIKE THIS:
PROS: Better grammar and fluency in literature, Growth of patience in waiting for autographs, a higher level of maturity by writing to adults, more real-world experience. CONS: Stamp, Ink, or Envelope expenses. (COPY THIS LIST, TALK WITH YOUR PARENTS ABOUT THE HOBBY, AND ASK THEM TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING UNDER CONS TO THE LIST. IT WILL MAKE THE IDEA OF MAILING LOOK MUCH BETTER TO YOUR PARENTS, BECAUSE THE PROS OUTWEIGH THE CONS.)[/b]