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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 714583" data-attributes="member: 413">Re: It's the wife again!This all needs a big "it depends" in  front of it...We have two couples in our group (and with 6 players...doing the math...that means 2/3s of the group is romantically involved with other members of the group...it's all monogamous I assure you!).One of these is a regular DM.  And he does sometimes show a small amount of favoritism to his girlfriend...if only by conspiring with her to get her help him advance the story.  For instance, one time her character was killed...so he had her "create" a new character...this new character ended up being a doppleganger working for our enemy.   They were able to pull it off because he was able to instruct her in what she should be doing before the game.  It actually turned out to be fun (if you consider having a trusted party member betray you in the middle of the climatic scene in the campaign!)  Otherwise, these two don't bring their relationship to the table in any meaningful way.  The other couple are both players and they don't seem to bring table either.   However, I've seen it go the other way.  And I know that if my own wife played D&D she'd be one of the pouty ones that allows game issues to spill over into the marriage and vis versa...which is why she doesn't game with us...she knows it too.    So in general, I'd have to agree...keep wives, girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends away from the game table unless those people can drop that relationship while the game is going on.</blockquote>

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