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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris Knapp" data-source="post: 5062048" data-attributes="member: 65116">Back in the 80's when I first started playing, my friend's parents were the ones who taught us: we couldn't understand the concept of a game without a board. My parents were ambivalent though. My mom was supportive though. She often used to drive me to our gaming sessions across town and even ferry some of the other kids home. They never bought me any of the books though. That was what allowance money was for. After my local game fell apart, she encouraged me to start a play by mail game with one of those companies in the back of Dragon magazine.. She used to type up my "turns" at work. She would show everyone at work what I was doing so I guess she was rather proud.Now, 40, married with a kid, it doesn't occur what my mom thinks. My wife on the other hand is kind of embarrassed. She used to go out of her way to tell people that I play D&D in hopes of shaming me into quiting. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" /> Now she pretends it doesn't exist, especially when I ask her if she'd rather be a sports widow.</blockquote>