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We hear a few whispers on this topic in the forum from time to time, I wanted to see some stats on the matter.

When I met wifey I was on a hiatus from all things nerd. When she found out I was into hobbying warhmmer, at first she tolerated it, but thought it was lame, or a phase. But then she saw I was actually pretty good at it, and encouraged it. She's totally not int he hobby at all, but she's cool with me doing it and buying the stuff.

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My girlfriend wasn't wierded out at all - She's a comic book nut so she really doesn't mind. She loves reading too, and after reading 'Legion', BL became pretty much her favorite publisher. She won't paint though, because she thinks she sucks (Even though she's an amazing artist) but I'll make her see the Emprah's light

My SO gives me some encouragement. She isn't into the hobby herself, and she thinks its expensive, but she likes to look at my minis sometimes. Most of the time she just ignores it, but occasionally she gives me gentle encouragement or praise. This year she offered to buy me minis for my birthday.

Khornholio wrote:When I met wifey I was on a hiatus from all things nerd. When she found out I was into hobbying warhmmer, at first she tolerated it, but thought it was lame, or a phase. But then she saw I was actually pretty good at it, and encouraged it. She's totally not int he hobby at all, but she's cool with me doing it and buying the stuff.

I'm in the same boat! But perhaps not quite as far along

I actually voted for "hates it" (I'm the only 1 so far) although in real actions she tolerates it now, and I think she feels better about it. Once she realized it was important to me, it became somewhat important to her because of that.

She actually attended the outdoor tournament that the SGI group hosted in northern VA last weekend with me. She was bored, but she had a pretty good time overall

And she's actually encouraging me to paint some things (I was having things painted for me to lessen my time commitment to the hobby). Woot!

She pretends it doensn't exist. Like dirty little secret.

My wife can occasionally be coerced into a game, but it usually is after our little one is off to bed.

The wife encourages it alot except when I leave my tools on the table LOL!

My girlfriend is very encouraging,she likes to look at WIP minis and even gives me advice as to what might look cool and what would most certianly suck.
At times she entertains the idea of getting a small army of her own,but most of the time sees it as " my thing".

My Girlfriend has been into it for about 6 years now! So i always get plenty of encouragement to paint unfortunately i don't get alot of time to do it

penut the butter wrote:The wife encourages it alot except when I leave my tools on the table LOL!

QFT, she especially gets mad when I create mini-dioramas of my squads on the bookshelves.

The girlfriend tolerates it, but doesn't understand it. I've made a couple of attempts to try to get her into it, and at times she'll stop by the store to watch, but nothing more. The only time she gets really pissy about it is when I throw the cat for getting into my bitz box/army case.

my girlfriend once told me it was 'hot in a nerdy kind of way', so Im going to go with 'encourages it'

I think she tried it herself years ago before we met, but was never hooked.

I don't have an SO, so yeah, that's something I've been trying to get and failing at lately. Who knows with any luck I'll get one that tolerates it.

my gf thinks my nerdyness is cute (wtf i know) but that means i can do it without punishment She understands my hobbies mean alot to me, so shes never really got annoyed with it

Dawn loves the 40K novels, and thus, enjoys our games of Dark Heresy and (now) Rogue Trader. The miniatures... she might have liked to play when we were younger, but she's very busy these days. She never complains, even when the entire dining area (well...what should be the dining area) is overrun by Orks.

She assumes I'll spend too much money on products, and even sent me to GenCon with lots of cash... I'm not sure what's wrong with her, but I hope it's never cured...

My girlfriend calls it cute too lol WTF INDEED!? lol She also tolerates it lol... I got a gd thing goin down tho... I get her TV shows on DVD like The Hills and Desperate Housewives so that distracts her, enabling me to paint MARINES!!!!!

My wife is somewhat between tolerates and encourages. Understands that it is a cool hobby, but has almost no interest in it other than seeing the occasional finished model.

darkprincewilson wrote:My wife is somewhat between tolerates and encourages. Understands that it is a cool hobby, but has almost no interest in it other than seeing the occasional finished model.

Same here. My wife let me turn the the storage shed out back into my workshop. She'll look at something when I finish painting it, but not much else. She does get slightly annoyed when I'm down at my FLGS all Saturday playing and she's stuck at home with the kids (2). But she is a big NASCAR fan (I really don't care for it) and I deal with the kids on Sunday during the races, so it all evens out.

She was sitting right next to me when I came upon this poll. She took a look at it and said to vote 'encourages' so I did.

She likes for me to get out of the house. I go to school and work a lot. Sometimes she has to convince me to go play games on the weekend. She says it's good for me to get out.

my wife tolerates it and even suggests (incorrect) colour schemes. fair play to her she even attempted to paint one as well. but its a case of she doesnt care and doesnt create a fuss(my 8 yr old son has started to paint orks so she sees it as bonding)

my girlfriend is into the painting side of the hobby but doesn't like the game. She's a better painter than me and is also a member here

As a single guy on a Saturday morning, this thread is definitely one of the most depressing things I've read all morning.

Thanks guys .

From talking with my friends, it seems like girlfriends and wives are more supportive of wargaming then of other gaming. (Probably because it looks like we are being productive, what with all the modeling and painting and whatnot)

On a personal note, my gf encourages it. She even gave me her engagement ring from her ex to cut up and use for bitz.

nice one

Mine is quite tolerant, as long as all hobby 'stuff' is tidied away out of sight once I'm done. She'll even deign to put the odd decal on for me, if I pull my pathetic face.

Mine calls them pew pews and shouts the words NERD often

As some of you guys, my Significant Other doesn't understands it, but occasionally gives me an opinion or advice on a particuliar mini...

So I couldn't say she "encourages" me, more than she "tolerates" it...



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jimsolo wrote:On a personal note, my gf encourages it. She even gave me her engagement ring from her ex to cut up and use for bitz.

Man, your girlfriend rocks!!!!

My girlfriend encourages it. She's quite the artist, herself, but doesn't spend the time for more than occasional doodling. If I'm glued (hopefully not literally) to a crafty-type project, whether 40K or not, then she gets in the mood to work on something as well, for which she always thanks me, later. I doubt she'd ever really get into the hobby, but she tried a practice game and thinks my stuff looks cool, for sure.

My "Better Half" knew what she was getting into 27yrs ago, i had my modelling and gaming, she had her reading and soaps.
Having a son who was into the hobby was great till he moved out at 23, now she calls me The Hermit cause i'm either in my room or out in the workshop.
We were watching 40yr old virgin together one night, the clip were he's painting his fig's surrounded by collectable's, she just looks at me and smiles..........

Think my sig says it all really........