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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tolen Mar" data-source="post: 1107670" data-attributes="member: 1295">This is my first post since I lost internet access about 6 months ago (bills piled up too much), and i gotta say this has been an interesting discussion.  Last time I was here, these types of topics usually turned into flame wars.On the other hand, I didnt have those kinds of problems growing up.  My parents, uncles, and a few family friends had regular (sometimes as often as 3 times a week) sessions.  I was never allowed to join in, but as I lay in bed at night, they couldnt stop me from listening in.  I eventually inherited my dad's books and dice.  When I got to high school, I had heard about the whole DnD is evil thing, so I went and asked my parents permission.  They told me they didnt mind as long as it didnt affect my grades.My wife didnt like it much, not because of the evil aspect but because she couldnt understand the interest and she thought it would take my interest from her (that's a very difficult thing to do <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />).  It also didnt matter what I played, we had big fights over car wars.Now, on the other hand, I cant mention my gaming habits to any of my grandparents.  Of course my grandmother on my dad's side also thiks the SCA is evil too....</blockquote>

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