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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 2611831" data-attributes="member: 31216">I have two young children. When I get home from work each day, I play with the family, or run errands with the family. We do the family dinner thing. We do the bath thing. We read books, tuck in, and turn off the lights.Then the wife and I straighten up around the house, clean the kitchen, etc. By then, we're pretty darn exhausted. We either relax and watch TV, or we go to bed. Often, though, I'll get on the computer and do what I need to do for my D&D game (when I'm the DM).If it weren't for the children, I'd have sooo much free time during the evenings and weekends. But even with the family stuff, I still have time to have my game stuff ready for Friday evenings when we play. And a DM has 10 times more stuff to do than the players. I create monsters, create locations, paint minis, draw maps, etc. When I'm not DMing, and have just a PC to keep up with, I usually have my character sheet upgraded to the next level within 24 hours of the game session where I earned the level up.But then when we get together on Friday nights, one of the players sits down then and updates his character sheet for the level gained last session. When everyone puts their minis on the game table, one player mentions how he's been meaning to paint his, but just hasn't gotten around to it yet. One player forgot his character sheet and has to recreate it right then. Then during the game, one player has to look up the turning rules so he can turn the zombies coming down the hall.Although I've never directly asked this of the [childless] players, I can't help but wonder: What the hell do they do with all their free time? I have never shown up at a game session without my stuff all ready -- as the DM or as a player. If I want a mini painted, I paint it. If I'm playing a character with X ability, I'll have the rule memorized before ever playing the character in a game.I have very little time to work on my hobby stuff, and half the little time I do have is "wasted" with either watching TV or playing computer games (or going to bed early). But I have never failed to be fully prepared for a game session.So I'm asking this general question to all you RPG players here: What eats up your time so much that prevents you from being fully ready at the game table each session? How is it that I, with two young children (that require a ton of attention), can find time to prepare for a game as a DM, but you can't find 5 minutes to update your character sheet, or 10 minutes to read a rule, or 30 minutes to paint a mini (if you want the mini painted), or 5 minutes to ensure you have everything you need for the game session?[/rant]Bullgrit</blockquote>

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