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I managed to get my girlfriend into painting 40k and FB. Whenever she goes into the local GW with her friend none of the staff members will talk to them which I find lolsome. But when I go in there with her they come right over o.O

The hobby seems to suffer under a high amount of aspies.

My buddy's got his Girl getting started, and mine loves reading the BL books. Just a matter of time for her.... Just a matter of time...

Seriously though, that's how another friend of mine got his girlfriend. He owns an FLGS here, and met her at a games night they were hosting a few years ago.

I thought people gamed to get away from the wife..

Actually yea, my girlfriend in high school I met through the gaming club, though admittedly the club became more about anime, which was more her thing anyway. But I gotta say, actually gaming with her - my Bloody Angels of Blood vs her beautifully painted but still pansy Eldar - was always kinda awkward ...*

- Salvage

*There are so many ways to go from here - excessive fisting, creaming her every game, etc - that I'll just stop while I'm ahead

In the town I live in, most of my school"mates" would hang me if I would talk about Warhammer, roleplaying etc. Particulary the annoying girls.
There is one girl hanging around in our Local Gaming Store, but she's playing Magic.
So I think the answer is pretty clear. No.
PS. People, never again write the subject on caps lock. My eyes burn if I ever see someone posting those things.

I was going to use exclamation points in my post, but I found out that the OP drained the world supply with his thread title, and now there are none left for the rest of us.

Jerk.

please note: any girl you meet who actually wants to PLAY/PAINT our little guys = not exactly date-able (IMO). Perhaps I'm a little biased considering most girls who I've seen play are not exactly... you know. I'll leave room for exceptions.

Girls feigning interest do not count. Ex's have definitely said "oh that's cool". I took one to a Games Day once to show her that this wasn't the weirdest thing ever. Unfortunately, this year had all the weirdbeards, costumed kids/adults walking around. I think she just wanted to see nerd-culture firsthand rather than being actually interested.

punkisntdeadyet wrote:please note: any girl you meet who actually wants to PLAY/PAINT our little guys = not exactly date-able (IMO). Perhaps I'm a little biased considering most girls who I've seen play are not exactly... you know. I'll leave room for exceptions.

Where are you gaming? Our two FLGS have some decent lookers showing up regularily. You may just be going to the wrong stores at the wrong time

That or you don't live in B.C.

Wow! Whoever says a girl cant play 40k and be attractive better not schedule a game! Or that chick might go over there and kick your ass!

Bookwrack wrote:I was going to use exclamation points in my post, but I found out that the OP drained the world supply with his thread title, and now there are none left for the rest of us.

But seriously: I once got my gf to play two sessions of D&D--absolutely miserable experience. She was bored to tears and we had to have another PC (who actually is a decent-looking girl) explain the rules every time her turn came up. I can't imagine how bad it would be trying to get her to wargame. Anyway, since then she doesn't yell at me as much for spending the time I do on gaming--just as long as I don't try to drag her into it. They call this method win/win/win: she wins, I win, my group wins. That said, I do like to take her along to the FLGS, GW shop, comics shop given that she's a very attractive, normal (non desu desu, as someone mentioned) human being. Makes me feel better about being there, lol.

I do like Metallifan's strategy of getting his gf started through the books . . . how very GW of you. The student becomes the master, eh?

CT GAMER wrote:

Deadshane1 wrote:Hot chicks dont play 40k....hence, no. (No offence to any girls here...just my observation)

It's funny about girls though, if they were smart, more of them would hang out at game stores. They get tons of attention, and they're all rock stars when in your FLGS.

It's a wave serpent.

Manchu wrote:

But seriously: I once got my gf to play two sessions of D&D--absolutely miserable experience. She was bored to tears and we had to have another PC (who actually is a decent-looking girl) explain the rules every time her turn came up. I can't imagine how bad it would be trying to get her to wargame. Anyway, since then she doesn't yell at me as much for spending the time I do on gaming--just as long as I don't try to drag her into it. They call this method win/win/win: she wins, I win, my group wins. That said, I do like to take her along to the FLGS, GW shop, comics shop given that she's a very attractive, normal (non desu desu, as someone mentioned) human being. Makes me feel better about being there, lol.

How unfortunate for you. My wife, back when we were dating, begged me to let her roleplay some D&D with my group. Then, it was the Star Wars RPG. And right before that, she started playing Eldar. Now she's looking to start Sisters. It's all about how you make things sound.

I painted some of my brother in law's catachans. But I was already dating my now wife at the time.

Met her at a larp actually.

I guess in some odd way I've been blessed by the "mini gods",my ex-girlfriends younger brother is the person who gave me my first 40k minis (DE back in 3rd ed), and though she never played,always enjoyed watching a game.
Now,my current girlfriend is not only very suportive of my "little men" (keeping the kids at bay while I paint),she has been showing a great deal of interest in starting an army of her own..as I said,I count my blessings.

In college, I dated a girl from the gaming club who had previously worked at the GW factory. I told her I was going to marry her for her SoB army. It didn't work out, so now I have to buy my own sisters.

Deadshane1 wrote:Hot chicks dont play 40k....hence, no. (No offence to any girls here...just my observation)

It's funny about girls though, if they were smart, more of them would hang out at game stores. They get tons of attention, and they're all rock stars when in your FLGS.

^ That whole idea is so wrong i dont know where to start.

OverbossGhurzubMoga wrote:It's all about how you make things sound.

Not at all. Some girls (maybe most girls) will just never be into it.

I don't have much trouble accepting that my gf spends her time doing what she likes (keeping herself fit) instead of being miserable trying to do what I like. Meanwhile, the husband-wife outfit in my D&D group are a bit scary sometimes. I can't imagine having a serious fight with my significant other about the fluff/rules of a table top game.

metallifan wrote:

punkisntdeadyet wrote:please note: any girl you meet who actually wants to PLAY/PAINT our little guys = not exactly date-able (IMO). Perhaps I'm a little biased considering most girls who I've seen play are not exactly... you know. I'll leave room for exceptions.

Where are you gaming? Our two FLGS have some decent lookers showing up regularily. You may just be going to the wrong stores at the wrong time

That or you don't live in B.C.

xD i dunno which one you go to ( i used go to metro town one to look at new releases in the display case )
and sometimes watch them play on weekends ( but my army isnt painted to the point where they allow me to play )

Everytime i see a different staff they nervously asks me if im here to pick up stuff for my bf ( lol i think he mistaken my cousin ... )

Sidstyler wrote:

It's a wave serpent.

2009/06/09 13:50:09
Orkeosaurus In b4 "that's a waveserpent".
Sweet! I'm finally HARDOCORE!

My friends are going to be so jealous!

CT GAMER wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:

It's a wave serpent.

What?

Manchu wrote:I don't have much trouble accepting that my gf spends her time doing what she likes (keeping herself fit) instead of being miserable trying to do what I like. Meanwhile, the husband-wife outfit in my D&D group are a bit scary sometimes. I can't imagine having a serious fight with my significant other about the fluff/rules of a table top game.

Oh, it's hell sometimes but it something else we both enjoy and have fun doing. But seriously, you should see the looks she gives me when I hit on various NPC's. And the gak I take from already having a character that got married in game [to an NPC, not her].

It's all fun though. There are no serious fights, we just aren't the type who fight over silly things like games.

Sidstyler wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:

It's a wave serpent.

What?

Boss_Salvage wrote:excessive fisting

O.O

CT GAMER wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:

It's a wave serpent.

What?

Some people just can't appreciate a good joke.

iv never had a girlfriend period.
all the girls i know are either crazy,lesbian,angrt or combination of the 3.
also i dont have the guts to ask a girls out

Deadshane1 wrote:Hot chicks dont play 40k....hence, no. (No offence to any girls here...just my observation)

It's funny about girls though, if they were smart, more of them would hang out at game stores. They get tons of attention, and they're all rock stars when in your FLGS.

My bf would have to disagree and this is the reason why I show up to tournaments looking good :p Gotta break those stereotypes. And I wouldn't say we're rock stars looked at as "rock stars" more like... fascinating specimens.

And well I suppose indirectly Warhammer got him a gf. I wouldn't have dated a guy who didn't like some dorky hobby.

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satanslandlady wrote:

Deadshane1 wrote:Hot chicks dont play 40k....hence, no. (No offence to any girls here...just my observation)

It's funny about girls though, if they were smart, more of them would hang out at game stores. They get tons of attention, and they're all rock stars when in your FLGS.

My bf would have to disagree and this is the reason why I show up to tournaments looking good :p Gotta break those stereotypes. And I wouldn't say we're rock stars looked at as "rock stars" more like... fascinating specimens.

And well I suppose indirectly Warhammer got him a gf. I wouldn't have dated a guy who didn't like some dorky hobby.

EXCELLENT!!! (said with a mad scientist tone)

Nope. I once dated a chick who painted those little ceramic houses that you find at dollar stores. She thought my miniatures were cool, so I was hoping to leverage her interest and turn her into a terrain factory for me. Unfortunately that turned out to be a short-lived summer fling. :(

Deadshane1 wrote:
It's funny about girls though, if they were smart, more of them would hang out at game stores. They get tons of attention, and they're all rock stars when in your FLGS.

I've seen a similar effect in other communities. Military women in general, but the goth/alt/nerd sub-community in particular. At one of those mandatory social events the Army likes to throw, I was standing against a tree with a group of associates who were seated in a circle. Including myself, there were 5-6 guys....and one goth chick. She was wearing itty-bitty black shorts, a low-cut black top, a coffin-shaped backpack, and copious amounts of black makeup. At some point it hit me: if she was dressed in normal streetwear most guys wouldn't give her the time of day, but here she was dolled up as something virtually every nerd guy has a fetish for, and dudes were drooling over her like she was Kate Beckinsale in Underworld.

I started drifting away from that group, eventually hanging out with some stereotypical cheat-on-their-wife player types, which landed me in the arms of a feisty, coke-addicted stripper. Interesting times ensued. Who cares if she didn't know what a d6 was.