Gaming Nags- how many are there out there?

[Clueless]

Mine pesters me to run Shadowrun for him.

 

[Rel]

"Beg forgiveness, not permission."

I am considerate of my wife but, so long as I give her reasonable notice, I tell her when I'm gaming. I don't come to her meekly, with hat in hand, and ask if I might game on a certain day. She knows when my weekly game nights are and knows not to schedule anything that will require my presence on those nights. Likewise, when we figured out when the next three NC Game Days would be, I gave her those dates and told her I wouldn't be around on those days.

None of which is to say that I'm inconsiderate or utterly inflexible. If something really important comes up then I'll be happy to drop the game and help her out. But she knows better than to nag me just because she wants to spend some extra time together. We spend tons of time together and I love it. But that doesn't mean that I'm a slave to her whim.

 

[Barak]

Unless the gaming partner is doing it to excess (more than once a week, and neglects other stuff to "prepare" or whatever), I really don't get people in relationships who have problem with such a thing. Everybody needs some time doing stuff with other people, and no, work doesn't count.

My wife actually drives me to gaming (we have but one car, and it's better that she has it on gaming night, since she can do other stuff then). And the guy who's house we game at is married as well, and not a "nagger" either. My wife did -some- RPG before meeting me, so she knows what it's about even though it doesn't really interests her. Maybe that helped, since Paul's wife is in the same boat.

 

[Joshua Randall]

His wife has never understood the game, never hesitates to tell us how immature she thinks it is and how socially unacceptable it is, and announced a couple years ago that when they have children, his gaming days are over.

The wife has a serious problem, then. Because an attitude like that is what's really immature.

 

[Joshua Randall]

Also, at the risk of embarrassing myself... this topic has come up several times in the past, including in one thread I initiated. You can read the entire sordid tale here:

My wife won't let me play D&D.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

The wife has a serious problem, then. Because an attitude like that is what's really immature.

Don't get me started. I like her personally, and she makes the best guacomole I've ever eaten in my life (and she makes it just for me when I'm over!), but her idea of what is "socially acceptable" runs to snooty dinner parties where you try to impress the Joneses. Inevitably, someone gets sloppy drunk and becomes a drunken, puking liability. But THAT is ok, because then people can talk about it at the next snooty gathering. It's what grownups do, not "play make believe with little army men" (a quote).

 

[Joshua Randall]

Inevitably, someone gets sloppy drunk and becomes a drunken, puking liability. But THAT is ok, because then people can talk about it at the next snooty gathering.

Wow, that woman is living in an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Sweet!

 

[Rel]

Wow, that woman is living in an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Sweet!

And of course we all know that living life as though it were a frat party is WAY more mature than playing RPG's. (insert rolleyes smiley here)

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

And of course we all know that living life as though it were a frat party is WAY more mature than playing RPG's. (insert rolleyes smiley here)

More like the Fitzgerald novel than a frat party. JD really nailed it with that one.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

My husband and I game together. I might nag about gaming sometimes, but it's never about how often we play (he's the DM - he gets nagged from time to time by all players).

Though, I know girls that nag their husbands/boyfriend about the game... but I don't play with any of them (currently).