But I think I've been neglecting my own needs for fulfillment a bit too long. Most likely gonna need to cut back on how much I donate, I don't have that much disposable income anyways

And another reason is that I've been neglecting non-necessities for myself in favor of donating more to people who need that money to live

I do not regret those donations, making sure other people can pay their bills is more important than me missing out on some toys

Did get around to ordering some recently, and the whole package (2 deluxes, 1 leader, 1 titan) plus shipping came to be around 300 usd

For comparison to how fucked Transformers prices are here, the comic book store I went to had that single titan coass toy for 300 usd, JUST THE SINGULAR ONE!

So most of my collection comes from overseas online retailers, so while yhe figures are chewper there, there's still shipping and import taxes to pay too

And the idiotic tariff situation has made the list of available online retailers narrower, so that's a pain too

The retailers that carry any at all haven't bothered to carry new product in years, plus the prices are a significant markup from other regions

Like Americans complain about the rising prices of Transformers toys, imagine me living in a country where they're already that expensive

Unfortunately I did end up neglecting my own interests to a degree.

See, I'm a Transformers fan. Got a pretty decent collection going., but last year I barely got anything new. Now there's multiple reasons for that

First off, the availability of Transformers in stores in my country is godawful!

I did not fucking need to know this

too late now, you missed your shot, deal with it

I'm autistic, got plenty of body-image issues, and still a goddamn virgin past age 30
Never had a single relationship in my life

and you decide to tell me now, a decade later, after I've moved away and busy building my life elsewhere