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<blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3012311" data-attributes="member: 35788">This is typically the avenue I take, although my line of work somewhat demands that I closet game as well.&nbsp; But, to those who do find out - I don't ever lie about it - I follow the line of thining my wife developed.&nbsp; Actually, come to think of it, she was the one that made me okay with the fact that I am a gamer and not some geek.&nbsp; I used to hide my love for D&amp;D by simply doing online stuff and SRD stuff.&nbsp; She caught on and encouraged me to pick up the hobby - even though she has no interest in doing so herself.&nbsp; [Pretty darn cool wife I have, to be honest]Anyway, my wife's line of thinking goes like this, and I pull no punches [Emphasis hers]:&quot;Any idiot can sit in front of the television and be entertained.&nbsp; Any moron can enjoy someone else's version of how they see life.&nbsp; It takes a true thinker to be able to tell your own story in a way that is entertaining to other people.&nbsp; D&amp;D need not be a kids game, if done in the right manner it is actually much more impressive to pull off a good game of D&amp;D than watching television or even performing a play.&nbsp; In D&amp;D you not only act, you write the script.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nonlethal Force, post: 3012311, member: 35788"] This is typically the avenue I take, although my line of work somewhat demands that I closet game as well. But, to those who do find out - I don't ever lie about it - I follow the line of thining my wife developed. Actually, come to think of it, she was the one that made me okay with the fact that I am a gamer and not some geek. I used to hide my love for D&D by simply doing online stuff and SRD stuff. She caught on and encouraged me to pick up the hobby - even though she has no interest in doing so herself. [Pretty darn cool wife I have, to be honest] Anyway, my wife's line of thinking goes like this, and I pull no punches [Emphasis hers]: "Any [I]idiot[/I] can sit in front of the television and be entertained. Any [I]moron[/I] can enjoy someone else's version of how they see life. It takes a true thinker to be able to tell your own story in a way that is entertaining to other people. D&D need not be a kids game, if done in the right manner it is actually much more impressive to pull off a good game of D&D than watching television or even performing a play. In D&D you not only act, you write the script." [/QUOTE]

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