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Does your SO give you hell for your gaming hobby?

Started by RPGPundit, June 04, 2011, 12:59:03 PM

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TheShadow

#30
June 05, 2011, 09:12:27 AM
The only thing worse than a non-gaming SO is a power gaming one!

She makes me want to start a thread with the title "So I married a Munchkin". :D
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greylond

#31
June 05, 2011, 09:19:51 AM
I met my wife at a game table. She plays in my HM and A&8's games. She really like A&8's.

jgants

#32
June 05, 2011, 10:00:42 AM
My GFs (and ex-wife) generally fall into the generally encouraging though they find it an odd hobby and don't care to play/watch because they find it dreadfully boring.

I do get the occasional "oh, this Friday is your gaming night...oh, well..." when the GF wants to do something else (we game every other Friday so sometimes she loses track which week is which).  But that's about it.  And she always asks me about how my game went, though she doesn't really care unless I have a funny story about someone being stupid.
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Danger

#33
June 05, 2011, 10:09:00 AM
While the Mrs. has kind of hinted at being interested in doing some gaming (oblique phrases, uttered once and never again, etc.), she has been relatively okay with gaming.  Not so much earlier in the marriage but a wee bit better now.

If anything, her issue is with the amount of books that have been traveling with me for some time.  Which is why I try and go .pdf when I can nowadays, as I do see her point in regards to space and all of that as well as getting rid of things I don't want anymore.
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#34
June 05, 2011, 10:24:05 AM
Nope.  (Actually, my wife played in the game I ran last night.)
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#35
June 05, 2011, 12:08:06 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;462246I'm pretty fortunate that The Wench has understood from day one that my gaming is non-negotiable.  And yet even she, who has the patience of a wiccan saint to have to put up with the likes of me as you can all well imagine, has her moments of complaining about whether I "HAVE to play tonight???" etc.

How about the rest of you? How things been with your wives or significants?

RPGPundit
My current SO is a gamer, and all my SO's either have been introduced to gaming by me, or they were already gaming. Even my short flings were positive towards the hobby.

So nope. From time to time my SO will ask me to skip a game so we have some extra quality time if I have been away for a while (sometimes work can get travel-intensive), but that's that.
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#36
June 05, 2011, 12:12:12 PM
Wife's a-OK with gaming. She's kind of RPG-curious but doesn't want to intrude on the group's "guys' night" dynamics. She's an avid boardgamer though.

Elfdart

#37
June 05, 2011, 01:29:31 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;462311Tolerance. Nothing more and nothing less.

Pretty much the same as if i was a golfer, stamp collector, or serial soap opera addict.

Same here: She just considers it Guy Stuff like cards, football, fishing etc.
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#38
June 05, 2011, 02:53:53 PM
Honestly, if its a woman who is in a healthy relationship then of course she'll give you hell over everything. ;)

Tommy Brownell

#39
June 05, 2011, 03:33:32 PM
Quote from: BedrockBrendan;462292My wife puts up pretty well with me playing and publishing games. She even cooks for everyone or prepares snacks once in a while.

Indeed, my wife has done this at times...she's tried gaming, doesn't care for it, but doesn't give me crap for it, and is supportive that I've started taking on freelance work in the industry.
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#40
June 05, 2011, 05:02:12 PM
My ex-wife was a gamer before we married. My wife is in the process of becoming a gamer. But she has always supported my hobby. Even going so far as to buy me gaming materials.

jcfiala

#41
June 05, 2011, 05:41:13 PM
No hell for me.

My wife's a gamer, and generally a geek - I met her at a Scifi convention a long while ago.  She tends to prefer boardgames (and some videogames) to roleplaying, but we've got a regular Tuesday night game with some friends where she plays.  She sometimes needs a bit of help with the rules, but she has fun.
 

Dr Rotwang!

#42
June 05, 2011, 10:30:20 PM
Yeah, I catch a lot of hell from the only human being who purchased all 5 Stargate SG-1 RPG books.

Did I mention that she ran it, as well...?
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#43
June 06, 2011, 01:33:01 AM
The only gaming-related flack I get from my wife is because I put the Ptolus campaign she's playing in on hiatus for a few months and she wants to play dammit.
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Machinegun Blue

#44
June 06, 2011, 01:54:23 AM
No problems so far. Two were gamers already and another just teased me a bit about it.
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