The inevitable wives thread

[Leon]

Mind you it did take her 2 years to admit to her parents that I went out and played with toy soldiers on a Tuesday, she used to say I went to a "hostory society"

A 'hostory society'!    That sounds intriguing, is it like that place Tom Cruise goes to in 'Eyes Wide Shut'?    

[17-21l]

Yes - I like this one. My Mrs (being German) has no interest in my 'figures' at all.  I too get the 'havent you got enough now?' but generaly I buy what I want -lucky me.  And if I talk on the subject    "YES! Ive just finished the 24th Foot- its took me 3 weeks" I do get a side glance and a " How very nice for you dear" and she continues to watch CSI Ottawa thinking "What a pleb".  Cant winge too much

[FierceKitty]

Eat your hearts out, gentlemen - my dear lassie helped me paint my Cossacks for my Muscovite and Polish armies. Though I had to do a bit of surreptitious touching-up in the parts that beginners always overlook, like undercuts between horses' legs.

[dicehead]

It's all (vaguely, relatively...) harmonious here: she's got horses, I've got toy soldiers 

That is the best solution, horses are really time consuming and expensive thus invalidating any arguments about wargaming time and expense.

[sixsideddice]

I`m one of those lucky dudes....  my misses is as big a role play gamer as me; and sits and watches my wargames sometimes and acts as a guinea pig when needed.

Thankfully she doesn`t collect or paint figures - though she keeps threatening/offering to help me   nooooooooooo


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Steve

[Peeler]

For myself, I simply inform my dear Wife in due course of when I am going to attend a Wargaming do, and I wouldn't trouble her with any information on what I'd bought, as it is certainly not any of her concern.   

[republic of tolworth]

I seem to also be one of the lucky ones. My better half(no really, she is better) Drags me to shows like Salute. She can then buy some crazy board game like 'killer rabbits' which I have to then paint!

The living room is covered in wargameing stuff, which is never asked by her to move. Unless it's a cry of "bring your mates over for a game, I'll get some beer for you"

I do have the advantage that we're both re-enactors so a room full of swords, armour and a stack of sten guns to her is normal

Her mum on the other hand...

[17-21l]

Dear Rep of Tol, Away man- does her Dad own a brewery and she encourages her twin sister into 3somes as well, cor blimey governor, happy days!!

[republic of tolworth]

Sadlly no brewery

Also thanks to the economic cock-up no job either

[Aart Brouwer]

I am starting to suspect that the gist of my OP may have been fundamentally wrong. Not only do we see women increasingly participating in wargames, but it seems most wargamers in this thread - not entirely representative of the breed, of course - have few complaints about the attitude of girls and women of the female persuasion when it comes to our favourite subject.

Still, I wonder if this bodes well for the state of Wargamia. 

Cheers,
Aart

[FierceKitty]

Hmmm...my better half has started thumping me at chess since I introduced her to the game. Better keep 'em out of the wargames club, lads. They might turn out to be too good at it for comfort.