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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sarajaine&quot;The Solar&quot;" data-source="post: 2166921" data-attributes="member: 31045">I am a girl who looks as tho she would'nt know the first thing about gaming let alone the intricacies of playing the DnD and the world that goes along with it.For a long time my boyfriend , who is a avid gamer and his mates had me labeled as a girl who should be seen and not heard on this subject and that I would be oblivious to the details and probably not the type to play or have as much enthusiasm as they clearly do. I don't get this assumption at all:\ I think most guys feel that the nearest women get to being involved in a game is when we totter round wearing our aprons handing out mid encounter nibbles before disappearing into the background. Is it just that we are the of the opposite sex or that you are afraid to let us into your world for fear we will see you at your most vulnerable and the concept of seeing you getting excited or even moved at slaying a dragon may make you lose any sexual credibility and make you less of a man. There are some women and I am most certainly one of them who think that guys who are geeks are extremely hot! Plus I feel that gaming is like any other hobby be it tennis or basketball. In fact I feel that it stimulates the mind and is a very healthy past time. I would much rather my man conjure spells and be doing something constructive and fun than a belching,scratching yob leering at a football game. The point I am making is that I know from first hand experience with my boyfriend that gamers love what they do with a passion so why are you ashamed of it?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I got sidetracked for a second there<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> My original reason for writing this drivel was that girls seemed to get a severe mocking when it comes to having an interest in Dnd.I sit in my front room nearly every other day reading Ben's MM and pretty much every piece of literature he has on the subject. We have been together for a while now so it is not some failed attempt to impress him it is genuinely because I fine the whole subject fascinating. I listen to him talk for hours on the phone about encounters he has had and his party members feats and I listen in awe.What bugs me is why whenever girls talk about DnD or claim they know someting related to it we get laughed at!Its like a no go area and having testosterone is your members only card.My boyfriend recently posted a thread about gaming and girlfriends and my interest in it and someone wisely suggested that he should let me play at one of his games and get me actively participating. As sweet (and naive) as this comment was, I would'nt dream of playing with a group of his friends as I would surely get laughed at, patronisingly patted on my head and may even get called "rookie" or asked to get make the drinks. I bet there are so many girls on this earth who really want to play the game and be taken seriously. I bet there are girls on this site who probably know more about gaming than some men.I admit that my appearance may be my down fall as I look like I would be more in tuned to the topic of cheerleading than talk of expeditions in Faerun. There are not many girls I now who would want to pretend to be sun elfs and slay frost giants on a monday night but I am one of them ......so there<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

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