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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 792502" data-attributes="member: 990">I'm a slightly closeted gamer.  What I mean by that is that my staff at work don't know, but most of my friends do.  If the people at work ask me what my plans are for the weekend, I just say we're having friends over.  Since most of the people I play with work for the same organization, just in different buildings, my staff probably knows, but no one has mentioned it.However, one of my players, also a close friend, is new to gaming and oh, so happy about it that she tells everyone.  She is always looking for new people to talk to about D&D, and you know what?  She finds players and ex-players all over the place.  She had a Pampered Chef party last week, and the presenter used to play.  So did several of the party-goers. And of the ones that didn't play, not a single one sneered or raised an eyebrow.On the other hand, I told another friend about it over dinner one night, and she became concerned that I would lose my ability to distinguish between fantasy & reality.  I swear she was quoting Jack Chick.  I tried to explain that it wasn't what she thought, but she insisted we drop the subject, because she found it frightening and distasteful.  This was about 6 months ago, and it still saddens me to think about it, because I feel like her ill-informed opinions about D&D have come between us, and we have been friends for about 10 years.  I came away from that evening figuring that I would not initiate further contact, and since she hasn't called me either, I guess that's the end of that friendship.  I don't have any family left, but my husband does.  They don't know about our hobby, but since they live in another state and we only see them about twice a year, we end up having other things to talk about.  Not that they would care.  They're good people, through and through.</blockquote>

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