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<blockquote data-quote="Ziona" data-source="post: 512979" data-attributes="member: 484">Re: ReThat makes me feel a bit better, but I don't know if I'd have the nerve to DM for them with the way some of them reacted. And maybe they were joking, but they should have realized I was serious about it by the way I talked about it &amp; planned. I just think I'd be too nervous to do it now, knowing that they probably wouldn't take me very seriously.&nbsp; Several of them have and do currently DM so I guess I would feel too intimidated now. Well, they're my friends, some of which I've known for years. I know that in my case, I am treated as &quot;one of the guys.&quot;&nbsp; I've heard from them quite often that I'm &quot;not a real girl.&quot;&nbsp; Their teasing doesn't bother me. Trust me, I know I'm agressive and not the least bit shy around them.&nbsp; Which is why I can't understand the DMing situation. I don't know why they didn't take me seriously and why they thought I would do a bad job. And not all of them scoffed, but most of them were silent while the laughing and scoffing ensued, so I don't call that supportive. Only one of them thought I should try.&nbsp; I know these guys and I know they aren't sexist about anything else. That's why I don't get what issues they have about me DMing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ziona, post: 512979, member: 484"] [b]Re: Re[/b] That makes me feel a bit better, but I don't know if I'd have the nerve to DM for them with the way some of them reacted. And maybe they were joking, but they should have realized I was serious about it by the way I talked about it & planned. I just think I'd be too nervous to do it now, knowing that they probably wouldn't take me very seriously. Several of them have and do currently DM so I guess I would feel too intimidated now. Well, they're my friends, some of which I've known for years. I know that in my case, I am treated as "one of the guys." I've heard from them quite often that I'm "not a [i]real[/i] girl." Their teasing doesn't bother me. Trust me, I know I'm agressive and not the least bit shy around them. Which is why I can't understand the DMing situation. I don't know why they didn't take me seriously and why they thought I would do a bad job. And not all of them scoffed, but most of them were silent while the laughing and scoffing ensued, so I don't call that supportive. Only one of them thought I should try. I know these guys and I know they aren't sexist about anything else. That's why I don't get what issues they have about me DMing. :confused: [/QUOTE]

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