I can't find a game group!

[frankthedm]

My wife's "laid down the law" as it were - my kids are a holy terror when I leave in the evening, so she demands that I play "at our house" and she also does not want me playing on the weekend since "that's her time with me".

Sounds like you need to "lay down the law". The arguments that transpire should be worth it to free up one weekend evening. From what i have seen, far too many gamers cave in to thier SOs.

Not many want to play on a weeknight - a few do, but I can't get enough people to warrant a campaign. I posted a looking for players, and I had one guy respond with interest. I've met this guy - he's obnoxious. Plus, immediately after I posted, some other guy posted with a game on Thursday night - he already had some players, wanted a few more, and the one guy that expressed interest in mine will probably start playing in his.

Sounds like you dodged a bullet there. If you feel someone is obnoxious, you have NO business bringing them into your home.

What should I do?

Find some friends. Whether drinking buddies, co workers or what ever, find people you like as a person and know as a person to game with. Last thing you should be doing is bringing some mal-adjusted molester into your home.

Kill my wife and take her stuff

You really should not post this on a public board. If something should 'happen' to her, you have hurt your defense, even if you said this in jest..

 

[Glyfair]

There are game stores, though I don't know if any of the have bulletin boards. Plus - have you seen the kind of people who play at FLGS's lately?

Uh, yeah. All sorts.

The best gamers in my area play at the FLGS, so do some of the worst.

 

[dmccoy1693]

Find some friends. Whether drinking buddies, co workers or what ever, find people you like as a person and know as a person to game with. Last thing you should be doing is bringing some mal-adjusted molester into your home.

Very good point that I didn't think of.

You really should not post this on a public board. If something should 'happen' to her, you have hurt your defense, even if you said this in jest..

QFT

 

[jdrakeh]

If something should 'happen' to her, you have hurt your defense, even if you said this in jest..

Honestly, anymore, just being married to somebody pretty much guarantees a prison sentence should that somebody die or go missing.

 

[Shortman McLeod]

You really should not post this on a public board. If something should 'happen' to her, you have hurt your defense, even if you said this in jest..

Well, it's in poor taste to post about killing your wife, whether you're joking or not. Frankly, I was pretty disgusted that anyone would write "kill my wife and take her stuff." Unless he isn't really married, of course. But as someone who is happily married, I thought to myself, "What the hell kind of jerk writes about killing his wife, even in 'fun'?"

 

[Breakdaddy]

I'm not from OK - I'm from Arkansas. You'd need to use "you-uns".

Hah. In Little Rock we speak proper English, hoss. It's Y'all or nothin'! You must be from Cabot or somesuch.

 

[frankthedm]

Well, it's in poor taste to post about killing your wife, whether you're joking or not. Frankly, I was pretty disgusted that anyone would write "kill my wife and take her stuff." Unless he isn't really married, of course. But as someone who is happily married, I thought to myself, "What the hell kind of jerk writes about killing his wife, even in 'fun'?"

Because killing things and taking their stuff is part of the game this board focuses on. The joke IS funny in the context of a gaming message board. it is just the husband is not the person who should be posting it because of legal/criminal implications due to the enduring nature of a message board.

Lots of things are funny as a jest, yet dangerous in real life. Angry wife swinging a frying pan / rolling pin at a philandering husband is amusing in jest or fiction, IRL, that can put someone in the dead-book.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Wow...

Don't you think you are all taking this a little too seriously?

 

[Asmor]

Because killing things and taking their stuff is part of the game this board focuses on. The joke IS funny in the context of a gaming message board. it is just the husband is not the person who should be posting it because of legal/criminal implications due to the enduring nature of a message board.

Lots of things are funny as a jest, yet dangerous in real life. Angry wife swinging a frying pan / rolling pin at a philandering husband is amusing in jest or fiction, IRL, that can put someone in the dead-book.

Wow...

Don't you think you are all taking this a little too seriously?

Agreed on both counts. Lighten up. In the words of George Carlin... uh... actually, I don't think I can post anything by Carlin here, and I can't in good conscience censor his words for the sake of Eric's grandma, so I'll just say, go listen to some George Carlin.

 

[Calico_Jack73]

Sorry to hear about Tulsa. I was stationed at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City and there was always plenty of gaming to be found. If you don't mind the commute you might see about gaming down there. While I was in the service I never had trouble finding groups of military gamers so you might try Altus AFB if it is closer to you. The only problem with military gaming groups is that players come and go every couple of years.

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My wife's "laid down the law" as it were - my kids are a holy terror when I leave in the evening, so she demands that I play "at our house" and she also does not want me playing on the weekend since "that's her time with me".

You've got to be kidding. Demand is a strong word... in my opinion neither spouse in a marriage has the right to "DEMAND" anything. Marriage is about compromise. When either begins to demand things it can only lead to problems. Both of you are adults... nobody (except maybe my Training Instructor in Basic) has (or will) "Demanded" anything of me since I became an adult. Pardon my saying and I mean no offense but she is treating you like a child.
Perhaps you could offer to take care of the kids one night per week so she can get out of the house and have some personal time. That of course would be conditional on her taking the kids when you want to game.