Your spouse doesn't like D&D? Neither did Gary's.

[Red Wyrmling]

It' all about priorities, my wife doesn't dislike roleplay, she just doesn't care. Luckily for me though, she has a hobby that comsumes even more time then my 2 nights a week of gaming. She has her own horse and does competition with it.

This frees up a lot of time for me to game and stuff. But I have to say, if I had kids (in the future), I would dedicate a lot of time to them, even if this would interfere with my roleplay schedule. I would do my utmost best to brainwash them into the ultimate roleplayer in the end.

But not to digress from the main theme: Gary Gygax and his wife: this is no surprise to me. People outside of the game see it as an infantile hoby, and nothing except an open mind can change this for most of them.

I've tried hitting them on the head with my player's handbook, but even that won't help. At least many people seem to accept it more readily then in the old days.

 

[Funksaw]

That's the worst euphemism for masturbation I've ever seen.

Or the best.

"Did you hear about Joe? His girlfriend caught him pounding the keys of his typewriter in the subterranian den of his Lake Geneva home - if you know what I mean."

 

[WizarDru]

My wife used to really enjoy rolling the dice with my crew before we had kids. Kids definitely put a strain on many things, including time devoted to gaming - I'm sure Destan understands as our kids are about the same ages. My wife continues to be patient, but there are times I have to drop out of the gaming scene for a while to concentrate on the home front. As it should be...

I look forward to the time my kids will be old enough to game a little - that is if they are so inclined.

Well, I'm lucky enough to be blessed with a wife who is a gamer, albeit a very tired gamer after a week of dealing with the kids.

It's kind of funny, though....just before my son was born, we had hit an all-time low with gaming. It's not that we didn't enjoy it, we were just worn out. What's the phrase.."first one porceliain, second one plastic?" But with the advent of 3e, our game time shot right back. Mind you, we've had to make some serious adjustments...we don't play an 'adult' game, per se, but content is still rated 'R', I think. And it would be very hard to explain to the kids why daddy is telling Dylan that he'll kill his wife, siblings and everyone he knows if he doesn't join me in casting down Iuz.

Of course, as the kids get older, we might start moving the games back to more sane hours. Sleep may be for the weak...but some days, I really envy the weak.

 

[diaglo]

i'm pounding my keyboard at work right now IYKWIMAITYD

 

[Desdichado]

My own story is a bit sadder. I met my ex at a game club, but when we got married she wanted to put "childish things" away and get realistic expectations. What's realistic about wanting to have children when your still in college with part-time jobs is beyond me.

Worked well enough for us.

 

[Vanuslux]

I'm pretty lucky. While my wife wasn't familiar with role-playing games when I met her, she was a big fan of fantasy fiction and computer games like King's Quest so when she hooked up with me, an RPG addict, she was at least able to understand the appeal, though not particularly the mechanical end of things and she's never acted like it was silly. She's very supportive of my hobby, and generally rocks all around.

 

[Grazzt]

I guess I've gotten lucky. My wife wasn't a gamer really when we met (like 10 or 11 years ago), but she is now. My daughter too (she's 9). Both have helped playtest stuff Ive written (Tome 2, Tome 3, parts of the City of Brass).

Both are highly supportive and stuff, and the wifey doesnt mind when Im up til 3am or 4am typing away on the PC. She's gone to GenCon with me the last two years and helped push out Necromancer Games product.

 

[Storminator]

Where as I am still waiting for my wife to return from Gen Con.

PS

 

[Sir Elton]

If I had a wife like that, I'll begin to wonder at what I married. If my wife acted that way around me, I would seriously consider getting help on how to deal with a selfish wife.

I'll put it this way, If I married an Olympic swimmer, I would be there to support her in her Olympic career. I expect the same support in my professional and hobby endevors. Acting, writing, Cryptozoology . . . If I had a wife that tore down my expression of my soul, I think I'd have married the wrong wife.

One more thing, I get this from my parents. I don't need it from my future wife. There is no one worse in destroying dreams than the people who are intimately connected with you. Especially the person who bore you into the world, and the person who shares your bed.

 

[diaglo]

Especially the person who bore you into the world, and the person who shares your bed.

TMI.. tmi

Sir Odepius... i mean Elton