You know you're a Fountain Pen Geek when...

[VertOlive]

When you mention your pen hobby in an online discussion group for your class and a student says "I have to know, what is a fountain pen"?

And you're patient enough to give him an articulate answer. Because you want him to know...

[writingrav]

When you mention your pen hobby in an online discussion group for your class and a student says "I have to know, what is a fountain pen"?

And you're patient enough to give him an articulate answer. Because you want him to know...

OMG

[BikerBabe]

- when you visit a motorcycle buddy, and both of you start talking about fp's.
He mentions that he's got a couple of Mont Blanc fp's, and you ask if you can see them. He finds the pens and shows them to you, and then you ID them as a MB 256 and a coral MB 25 Masterpiece push-knob filler - plus you show him the price for those two beauties that he's got, plus you can tell him where he can get a full top-grade fp restoration, if he would like so.
He then exclaims with a happy grin, that you're a true pen geek, and that makes you feel happy.

[I like mango pudding]

when you start mixing inks in 7ml glass vials and a medical syringe, several bowls of water at your desk in your office at work, to get the proper shading of green to match Diamine Salamander. All in plain view of everyone walking past the hallway.

[VertOlive]

Just now eyeing my husband's Levemir Insulin Pen and idly wondered what the nib size is on that big boy...

[Scrawler]

Just now eyeing my husband's Levemir Insulin Pen and idly wondered what the nib size is on that big boy...

Curiosity lead me to Google "Levemir Insulin Pen" but I cannot find a picture of the nib.

[Mags]

Just now eyeing my husband's Levemir Insulin Pen and idly wondered what the nib size is on that big boy...

Curiosity lead me to Google "Levemir Insulin Pen" but I cannot find a picture of the nib.

I assumed it was a true medical supply for injections.

[Scrawler]

Just now eyeing my husband's Levemir Insulin Pen and idly wondered what the nib size is on that big boy...

Curiosity lead me to Google "Levemir Insulin Pen" but I cannot find a picture of the nib.

I assumed it was a true medical supply for injections.

So you are telling me that science has not yet advanced to the stage where we can write out health desires on our skin, with special inks, to fix our ills?

[RuiFromUK]

You know you're a Fountain Pen Geek when...

... you access the Fountain Pen Geeks forum whenever you find a free moment

[Avalona]

You apply to on-campus university residence, and one of the first thoughts you have after completing the form is, "but what am I going to do with all of my ink? Do I take all of it? Halve it? It's not all going to fit!" and "wait, what about my pens too?".

(I know the layout of the rooms well because I stayed there years ago. There's a decent amount of storage, but not tons, and ink bottles weigh a lot, too. I may have to choose my favourite six to ten bottles and bring those in for the time being.)

[VertOlive]

You apply to on-campus university residence, and one of the first thoughts you have after completing the form is, "but what am I going to do with all of my ink? Do I take all of it? Halve it? It's not all going to fit!" and "wait, what about my pens too?".

(I know the layout of the rooms well because I stayed there years ago. There's a decent amount of storage, but not tons, and ink bottles weigh a lot, too. I may have to choose my favourite six to ten bottles and bring those in for the time being.)

Could you maybe evict any encroaching roommates?

[Newjelan]

... You see a headline like "Regrets Over Ink" and think "How could anyone regret ink?" and "Wow, a story about ink has made the website of a daily newspaper, I must read it." Only to find about it's about people living to regret their tattoos.

[Shimmershadow]

You desperately need a planner and you're in a hurry so you grab a student scheduler from the campus bookstore (one of those handy ones with the dates starting in July and listing your class schedules, etc.). You get home and realize, not without considerable disgust, that the paper in the planner is total crap and not even a little bit FP friendly. You spend a lot of time trying to hunt down a student planner that is FP friendly, and give the other one to your sister-in-law.

You die a little inside anytime you need to use a ballpoint pen.

[top pen]

When you buy 3 of exactly the same pen so that you have a spare, spare pen. Just incase you are one day so unlucky enough to loss both your spare and original pen in quick succession.

[Zhivago]

When you buy 3 of exactly the same pen just in case you one one day loss one. So you won't do without.

Buying only two of the same pen doesn't make you a FPG?

[scrivelry]

You need to sign a piece of paper and you need to do it in ballpoint, but you cannot find one on your desk although you have over a dozen FP's there...

[Tracy Lee]

When you are at the store, and pull a fountain pen out of your purse to cross things off your list and your IT geek not-interested-in-fountain-pens-at-all husband says, "Oh, you brought your TWSBI." You gape at him because you realize even he cannot escape the gravitational pull of the fountain pen world. You smile. "Well yes, dear, yes it is my TWSBI" and you smile the rest of your day. Because it WAS the TWSBI. AND HE KNEW. :-D

[Crazyorange]

When you are at the store, and pull a fountain pen out of your purse to cross things off your list and your IT geek not-interested-in-fountain-pens-at-all husband says, "Oh, you brought your TWSBI." You gape at him because you realize even he cannot escape the gravitational pull of the fountain pen world. You smile. "Well yes, dear, yes it is my TWSBI" and you smile the rest of your day. Because it WAS the TWSBI. AND HE KNEW. :-D

Love it!!! Hubby gets fountain pen bonus points

[GING GING]

When you get up in the morning and you're not quite sure if any pens are in the mail.

[scrivelry]

You start to list your pens... and you do not include student cart pens... or project pens... or your half a dozen fake 51's...or pens which basically write but need nib work... or pens you can't find... and you still have more pens on that list than you have years in your life, even though you are old enough to drink in any state... and then you remember you have not even listed the 8 desk pens...