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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 792379" data-attributes="member: 158">Perhaps it has something with your fellow gamers. Is there a style of play that you all play that you don't necessarily like (whether heavy role-play or heavy hack-n-slash?) Is there someone important to you who tells you how childish these things are? Otherwise, think of two major points:1) Most myths and creation tales originated from nothing more than cotributed story telling. These practices have been carried on by adults for years, for the purpose of entertainment, for education, and for understanding of one another's goals and dreams. Homer's Iliad is an example of which I speak. Most literature professors will not tell you that the Iliad is childish - nor are most greek myths and legends.2) The older one gets, the more real life demands on our time. As our bodies age, as our children grow, and as our lives get more complex, there is a need for an escape stronger than the pull of what holds us here - but only for a short while. The goal of mental relaxation has been sought by every human for Millenia - and frankly, I am fortunate that a simple game of storytelling, wargaming, and make-belive provides the recharge I need to face the situational realities of day-to-day life. Roleplay is not childish - it is a return to a mental place of comfort and strength, to put things in perspective, and to return refreshed. People use Baseball, NASCAR, soccer, and golf for these things every day.The next time you ever get down on yourself for liking D&D, do a web search for various hobby sites: Needlepoint, Doll-making, wood crafts, basketball, baseball - FREAKING NASCAR! (Which is quite popular where I live.) Take time to realize you aren't alone - everybody in a modern country is taking time to enjoy sports, hobbies, and crafts - and can rattle off statistics the way you rattle off saving throws for fighters. We're ALL out there - we're just hiding from other people our pesky insecurities, hoping someone else will trip up so people can laugh at them instead of us. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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