10. They get up at obnoxious hours of the morning (waking their spouses) just to be the "first to find" and/or get a cache in before they have to go to work.

9. They go around to second hand shops browsing for toys and other cheap trinkets.

8. They enjoy rooting through muck and leaves and logs (not caring if one of these logs has a snake or wild animal in it!) for fun.

7. They can’t stop talking about geocaching.

6. Because they can’t stop talking about it, others tend to take the "can’t beat em… join em" road, and end up just as insane about geocaching as their "friends".

5. They can’t understand why everyone in the world doesn’t love to geocache as much as they do.

4. They order kids meals at fast food restaurants even though they don’t have any kids — just to get the toys for future geocache outings.

3. They say it’s a free hobby, but to do it properly you need to own a GPS (worth anywhere between $180 and $520) plus the hiking boots ($80), walking sticks ($80), gaters ($50) etc…

2. They can no longer just appreciate nature as a beautiful surrounding of scenery… their mind goes immediately to "ooh that tree would make a good place to hide a microcache… ooh that log there looks good for hiding an ammocache… ooh ooh ooh… wonder if anyone else has hidden one here yet?? hmmm if they have i can go find it right now!!!!"

1. They get so excited about walking for miles, hunting for hours through muck, mud and/or snow for what???? cheap kids meal toys and second hand store rubbish that other people have left behind.

Makes PERFECT sense.