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<blockquote data-quote="Kristivas" data-source="post: 2566309" data-attributes="member: 34179"><p>Man, this story sounds so close to home.</p><p></p><p>I'm 26 and have 2 kids, a stepson, and a wife. The wife has the job and I end up at home playing Mr. Mom. Years ago, gaming was my life. I spent every weekend and almost every summer evening playing 2e AD&D. It was glorious!</p><p></p><p>Around the time I turned 18/19, some of my friends joined the army. We got a few more people and continued to fight the good fight. Then, real life just kinda kept happening. Recently, I've stopped playing totally. When I had a few friends here last, we had a very promising campaign planned. One of them got sent to jail (don't ask), another and I had a falling out, one of them is now going to Iraq for the army. My brother is still in high school and can only really play on the weekends. I'm basically.. screwed.</p><p></p><p>I sit here most days playing World of Warcraft because of a lack of DnD when my kids aren't running me ragged. I'd love to have just one week of serious gaming again. I have adventures written that would knock the pants off my old group.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, I live in Huntington, West Virginia. It's hard to find other gamers and the ones that I have found, are into it a bit too seriously if you know what I mean (actually thinking they are wizards, and whatnot.. pretty weird).</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>PS.. Why in the heck do people think gamers are unwashed virgins living in their Mom's basement? In my teen years, I spent many an evening taking part in various social (legal and not-so-much) activities with friends and members of the opposite sex.</p><p></p><p>I think it's jealousy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue :P" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> We're cool, and we have the brain power to actually realize it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kristivas, post: 2566309, member: 34179"] Man, this story sounds so close to home. I'm 26 and have 2 kids, a stepson, and a wife. The wife has the job and I end up at home playing Mr. Mom. Years ago, gaming was my life. I spent every weekend and almost every summer evening playing 2e AD&D. It was glorious! Around the time I turned 18/19, some of my friends joined the army. We got a few more people and continued to fight the good fight. Then, real life just kinda kept happening. Recently, I've stopped playing totally. When I had a few friends here last, we had a very promising campaign planned. One of them got sent to jail (don't ask), another and I had a falling out, one of them is now going to Iraq for the army. My brother is still in high school and can only really play on the weekends. I'm basically.. screwed. I sit here most days playing World of Warcraft because of a lack of DnD when my kids aren't running me ragged. I'd love to have just one week of serious gaming again. I have adventures written that would knock the pants off my old group. Sadly, I live in Huntington, West Virginia. It's hard to find other gamers and the ones that I have found, are into it a bit too seriously if you know what I mean (actually thinking they are wizards, and whatnot.. pretty weird). :( PS.. Why in the heck do people think gamers are unwashed virgins living in their Mom's basement? In my teen years, I spent many an evening taking part in various social (legal and not-so-much) activities with friends and members of the opposite sex. I think it's jealousy :P We're cool, and we have the brain power to actually realize it! [/QUOTE]
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