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My girlfriend of two years recently moved in. She always knew I was a nerd and extensive video game enthusiast so she didn't mind when I started up the 40K hobby (again). Most nights when we're back from school and work we'll make dinner, I'll paint/model and she'll work on an art project of some sort (hemp, drawing etc). She would never play but she has certainly come out to a couple games to socialize and see what it's all about.

The Wife has her own craft hobbies, not sure how they compare in price. The latest thing she's doing is knitting. Some of those yarns are not cheap, and she's knitting a second throw blanket.

But she does encourage my hobby. It keeps me sane and happy, and she likes me that way. While not a gamer herself, she has gamed in the past, and her brother is also involved in game-related hobby stuff. So she understands.

Sometimes she begrudges me the time I spend out, but I normally give her priority if there is a conflict, so it works out.

Somewhere between encouraging and sharing. She paints with me from time to time and enjoys it, will happily play games, etc (including PC/console stuff like Borderlands and World of Warcraft - our first console was because she wanted one, actually!), chooses and buys figures and dice for herself as well, though she wouldn't be into it in a huge kind of way if it wasn't for the giant nerd she shares the house with.

The wife and I have been married for 30 years , and gamming together for 32 years. I guess that says it all.

You love space marines more than you love meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tolerates. mostly.

My girlfriend likes to encourage me and tell me she loves my nerdy side :p

But I also think I'm slowly but surely getting her into it. She loves the fluff and hearing me tell stories about Warhammer 40k and I'm sure once she sees a few games and an army she loves the look of, she'll be hooked

My wife treats my toy soldiers with gentle mockery.

My wife knew about 40k as her younger brother games. She now has a growing high elf army and kicks my arse lol

I get the sigh and 'Go ahead' whenever I bring up that I want to do something like table-top or board gaming. She tolerates it, but clearly doesn't understand the need to get away nor the necessity it has in my life.

She barely tolerates it.

Doesn't mind when I do hobby stuff, semi minds when I stay out late playing, and hates it when she realizes the prices.

No problems over here gentlemen, 100% without a girlfriend.

To be fair no girl knows my super secret nerd project so I can't really comment.

However I imagine that if I said anything it might be a big social no no.

She does 40k art, so me actually painting the models goes hand in hand.

My wife is an artist and educator so she has her own expensive hobbies.

She likes the challenge of painting fine detail & thorough shading and coming out with a very well painted figure.
The praise that Jervis Johnson, Robin Dews, Trish Morrison and several others from the GW-UK studio lavished on her figures during my time at GW-US and the contracts she had with GW-US staffers for painting and converting their figures have kept her painting through the years since our departure from GW-US.
Her great enjoyment from painting figures has provided me a steady supply of well-painted figures received as occasion presents (Christmas, Anniversary, Valentine's Day, etc.) during those years.

Most wargames, GW or otherwise, do not ask her to play.
While playing, she gets very angry and does not enjoy being angry.
What happens is a variation of "How dare you shoot me!" factor.
In BattleTech, when she plays, most people never want to play her again.
Not because of her anger, but because she has a propensity for head shots.
And that propensity gets more frequent as she gets shot at more and gets angrier.
The dice, no matter whose, love her as she gets angrier.

Now, she does love to play Warhammer Quest because it is a cooperative wargame.
There is not a person across the table shooting at her.
She just gets put out with the dice if the monsters do too well or the monster she had dead to rights survives her flurry of attacks.
She usually plays a very proficient Wardancer.

She is always concerned about my spending while always being concerned about her own spending.
She is very frugal despite having expensive hobbies herself and expects me to be as well.

She likes it. She has expressed a mild interest in playing as have I but its mostly the painting she is into. She tends to prefer painting female characters particularly one with a great deal of cleavage. Shes painting up some Slaanesh atm along with some Mantic Undead.

Tolerates, seems to be working out cheaper than MTG

My wife supports me in all my wacky things! Buys me FW for christmas and birthday presents. A few years ago I hadn't worked on any painting for a while and she brought me home a box of eldar guardians as she looked round and realized I had very little eldar. She isn't the slightest interested in it except the panting bit.

Wives rock! My one especially!

My lady has an expensive hobby too which she is really good at so I guess we have a mutual support thing. Check one more for encourage too.

I still get made fun of but what the heck, she's a nerd too. Ought to see her on a Fable bender!

edit: just remembered! We're gonna play on the other PC in a minute and she wants me to help her play Morrowind! How cool is that?

To the OP:
"If I see one I shall inform you immediately." --Jack Sparrow

darkcloak wrote:
My lady has an expensive hobby too which she is really good at so I guess we have a mutual support thing. Check one more for encourage too.

I still get made fun of but what the heck, she's a nerd too. Ought to see her on a Fable bender!

edit: just remembered! We're gonna play on the other PC in a minute and she wants me to help her play Morrowind! How cool is that?

My missus loves fable too. Whats the expensive hobby btw?

My Gf is currently getting into nail art as well which tbh takes much of the same skills as Mini painting, just in 2d.

Were gonna pick a faction each and paint and play a game when Deadzone gets here.

my wife loves me painting and playing she just hates it when i go on a spending spree . shes jsut mad as shes gets less play money hahaha

My girlfriend tolerates it haha. She doesn't mind but gets kinda moody when all I wanna do is paint haha!!