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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joethelawyer" data-source="post: 4513428" data-attributes="member: 55764">somethingi noticed--of the guys i have been playing with ranging from 25-15 yrs now, none of the gf's (and some now wives) liked dnd.  which turned into a good thing over time.  basically, at the beginning, the gf's wanted to know what could possibly be taking up an entire evening a week that didn't involve them.  so most of them either tried it or watched it.  they didnt like it.  over time they came to accept our addiction, and i guess figured hey, at least they aren't out carousing the strip bars or cheating on them.  so they let us keep playing without riding our asses too much.  they also found it worked to their advantage to let us play, as they could pull it out of their hat when they wanted us to go to some stupid family event or wedding "You play dnd every friday night.  is it too much to ask that i get one night blah blah bah...". the benefit to us is that we get to have a guys night out.  we get to talk about all the stuf we can't say in front of the gf/wives, like the new hot secretary who flirted with us, or telling each other lies about how active our sex lives were back in the day.  and of course drink enormous amounts of beer with impunity, for whoever isn't driving.i couldn't even imagine how messy it would get i husband/wife internal family feuding got mixed into game night.  depending on which of the two was a dm, it could be dangerous.  "that sonnabitch wont go to the wedding with me huh?---OK or the next wandering monster---3 tarrasques!!"overall i think that a gf/wife uninterested in dnd is a good thing.  what do you guys think about it?  what have our experiences been?</blockquote>

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