there's a lot of good feedback and advice in this thread. please read and take them to heart.
i'm glad that you are all excited but you seem so young, take your time to figure it all out. could you financially and responsibly care for a larger collection all by yourself without dad or mom's help? i'm sure that might be one reason she is against it; that she might have to foot the bill for everything.
but if u can manage and pay for everything yourself and she still won't let u, u can always move out and grow your collection under your own roof when your old enough.![]()