You know when you are a Roman reenacter when .....

[Paul Elliott]

You own more swords than pairs of modern shoes!
You look at the leather shoe of a female work collegue and wonder how it was stitched together!
Your garage smells of woodsmoke and leather!

[Macedon]

...you try to persuade your wife or girlfriend that it is only natural that every Saturday you go meet your buddies at the weekly orgy...

[Paul Elliott]

Of course theres always the 'look at buying a new car, and measure out if you can fit your longest spears and tent poles in' before you buy.

[Flavivs Aetivs]

You carry a neck-purse with gold dollar-coins as "aureus" to pay for things at the store, because it's more period.

If you have (I should note I mean actual, not the new brass ones) Golden Dollar coins those are worth a hell of a lot more than a Dollar.

[Titus Manlius Verus]

If you use a loculus/Pera bag as a brief case.

If your neighbors know you only as "that goofy armor guy"

If your wife/girlfriend has ever made a snide remark about you "wearing a dress"

If you've ever accidentally tried to pay for coffee with a denarius

[jkaler48]

when the grandkids wind up on winter guard duty at your back gate.
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[Macedon]

... absolutely priceless!!!!

[M. Demetrius]

...when you mumble to your partner as you pay the check at a fast food restaurant, "Barbarian cooks. The garum tasted like ketchup."