billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him) 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
Or, maybe she thinks you're a geek!
(Take that totally in good natured jest.)
I'm OK with that. My wife thinks I'm a geek. Of course, she is one too.
Or, maybe she thinks you're a geek!
(Take that totally in good natured jest.)
We can all agree that RPGs is a dying hobby with minimal growth.
Really? All of us? I don't know about that.
Grass roots have been and will be the main means of spreading this time of hobby, particularly as long is it remains socially unacceptable.
But I don't know that there's a big recent shift for the worse here. D&D has catered to introverts for its entire existence, and has still grown. I think the hobby is on the rocks to some extent, but I think that's more a consequence of WoW and the MMO craze, 4e and the edition wars, and a general failure of the company that owns D&D in market leadership and advertising. I don't think the players of the game can do a whole lot about any of those things.
I think the grassroots aspect has been and will remain constant and will keep the hobby alive, though at the moment it seems to have largely abandonded the titular D&D.
Ever seen this chart?
Not really. It has just gone out of the (bad) press so less people who would not, due to their geekiness, discover it anyway, hear about it.
We can all agree that RPGs is a dying hobby with minimal growth.
Ever seen this chart?
Lack of growth or gradual decline is no indication for something to disappear, contrary to what the business world keeps saying.
You mean, if my mom can't accept that I'm a gamer and doesn't want to talk to her Sunday noon tea friends about her nerdy kid when all the moms are bragging on their children's accomplishments, that she shouldn't be seen as one of my loved ones?
You're telling me that I shouldn't love my mom anymore?!
My step mother only found out about it after they were married when I dropped by the house in garb to pick up my cooler I had loaned my dad.
See, I really don't get this. I am quite confident that she would understand EVEN LESS if she found out he has been lying to her for years and years, for two children... Her first thought would be, "What else has he been lying about for all these years..." The lying would end my marriage, for sure.I recently asked the painting company owner why he lies to his wife about gaming. I mean, gaming is a very inexpensive hobby. You get tons of fun for your entertainment dollar. And, you're certainly not out doing anything that can get you into trouble as can sometimes happen at a bar or when playing pool or darts or the like.
It's good, wholesome, extremely fun, entertainment.
So the answer from my friend came, "I'm a 46 year old father of two. My wife is going to lose respect for me if she learns that I'm gaming. She just won't understand."
Well, there you have it.