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I hid it from my wife when we first met and then I slowly introduced hoping she would come to terms with my nerdism...it didn't work. She threatens to vacuum them up every now and then and I can only paint when there is a TV show on that she wants to watch but other than that she tolerates it

My wife encourages my hobby, mainly because I introduced my 17 year old step son into Warhamer about 3 years ago. I's been full on ever since, he loves it about as much as I do.

Gonna have to go with "horribly depressed".

My wife designs and sews clothing for Korean ball-jointed dolls (Those dolls are damn expensive and she has several to use as models for the clothing.) She also makes soaps, toiletries, oils, etc with scents inspired by sci-fi/fantasy books/movies: http://www.etsy.com/shop/pixxxiepieandposie

We're both photographers and artsy types. She enjoys watching me build terrain from scratch and paint minis which more than 90% of my hobby time goes to (I make stuff way more than I actually play and like it that way.) I'm learning to sculpt with green stuff and when I get decent I can use that to make materials for her clothing business. Things such as medallions or jewelry.

WH40K keeps me out of her hair so she can actually get work done.


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Oh yeah, and she said if I build/paint her a Sisters army, she would play. When I bought DoW for the PC, she actually did when I got the last expansion with the Sisters in it so I believe she would actually do it.

BLACKHAND wrote:I hid it from my wife when we first met and then I slowly introduced hoping she would come to terms with my nerdism...it didn't work. She threatens to vacuum them up every now and then and I can only paint when there is a TV show on that she wants to watch but other than that she tolerates it

That sucks man everyone should have some type of hobby and I guess I'm fortunate to have a wife that's also into 40k. She currently is building a Daemon army because she loves all of the color they have and I'm perfectly fine with that because it allows me to take part in my favorite hobby without feeling guilty that shes bored.

Dont ask, Dont tell...

I have an awesome girlfriend who not only is an artist but also greatly helps me with tips and tricks!

My wife was confused about the whole thing until I made a tiny diorama of Legolas, gilded a jewelry box, made jewelry and could fix just about anything cracked or broken around.

Tolerates when the armies are concerned, proud for anything else produced from those skills (could produce in minutes things better than her entire scrap booking group.. <shudder> ).

Larry Leadhead has it covered for the family life of the gamer.

A good quote: "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing". ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Thanks for everyone being there...

Was Don't ask Don't tell....until I left my rulebook next to the toilet....she came out and was like "What is this some sort of game?" I then proceeded to kind of explain and showed her my walk in closet where I keep my armies and she was like...."oh my god...you are a dork." But then she said it was cute...she looks at them occasionally but thats about it. so I guess encourage or just impartial.

Oh man, these are just depressing me too...my last GF broke one of my models, and that was about the only time she ever showed any interest in it. As I picked up the broken shards of a Venator she just looked at me strangely...

I would realise several months later as I cried myself to sleep a broken man, that that was 'the look'... the one where they go...I don't even know who you are...

Still, it was from forgeworld...so...good riddance!

Now, back to my lonely, lonely bed...

Seriously though, all you guys out there that have GF's that support you, I would say only this...WHERE THE HELL ARE THE REST OF THEM!!!

My wife encourages me, but never hesitates to poke fun at the fact that I paint and move little men around a table.

She got me into it.

I usually go for girls with liking for wargames. So it's win-win.

I had may differant girl friends, they are vry neutrual to it, they see it as a hobby and are fine, as long i prefer her over the game its cool

Some of them even tried it, but they go very shy.


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Boss Goretoof wrote:My wife encourages me, but never hesitates to poke fun at the fact that I paint and move little men around a table.

hehehe thats kinda sweet


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Seriously though, all you guys out there that have GF's that support you, I would say only this...WHERE THE HELL ARE THE REST OF THEM!!!

Just always see the girl more important then the game is, and be yourself and be the reason she likes you. Then slowly just tell her about your hobby (but dont go into it too deep). So when she will fined out she will still like you for other reasons and she will accept it in you. Dont worry and keep your chin up

She likes it, she rolls her eyes at the occasional purchase but it's in good fun because she likes painting and playing games too.

My beautiful bride lands somewhere between hates and tolerates it. Then again she knew how nerdy I was before we got together but I guess she hoped the punk rock musician thing would even it out. In the beginning she would roll her eyes and sigh when I got out a codex or army book, or find army lists written all around the house. Even more so when I actually got my stuff out to build/paint. Now she understands that its my hobby and while she tolerates it (like I tolerate her doing Greyhound rescue) I never see her thinking its in any way cool or sexy, even in a nerdy way. Though she does wish I'd do more with WHFB than 40k as she thinks fantasy stuff is cool but sci-fi is lame. In short, she calls it dork-hammer.

Unfortunately I have to go with no Significant Other ATM, but a previous Girlfriend was heavily into LARP and had other artistic interests, I live in hope though!

My x-wife used to think it was a waste of time This coming from a woman who used to buy $300 pairs of shoes lol...

I eventually realized that she was the waste of time

I'll be a gamer till the day I die

It's right in the middle of tolerates and encourages...as long as I spend more time with her, she's totally ok with it

...I guess I've been good lately since she's getting me two Tau Piranhas for my birthday

My fiancee thinks it's, in her words, "cute and nerdy". The first time I showed her one of my painted orks she just said "gross!"

"Significant other"? My Warboss?
He's OK with it...

As will most of my hobbies she figures it could be worse, I could be addicted to heroine.

My GF tolerates it. Not really much of a choice: I've been playing 40k since I was 8 years old. That's over 2/3 of my life. We've been dating for less than a year. If the two come into conflict, is it really a question which one is going to stay and which will go?

My wife assembled her first terminator last night. Shes going to paint it herself too.

She has played Necromunda and Heroscape with me.

We are getting geared up to play a fantasy (with a tech twist) skirmish game. She decided on a fantasy setting. Im still searching around for a system to use...possibly a modified version of Necromunda or Mordheim.

Shes got a thing for the daemon stuff. Looks like her troops are going to be a general mash-up of daemons, dark Elves, and various similar themed minis from non GW sources.

My fiancee pretty much just tolerates it. She enjoys looking at my painted armies but she is not interested in the gaming aspect. I'm not sure if I would want her involved in gaming with me.

My partner makes boutique cheese commerically, if you want an expensive hobby try that! Hence 'they have a similar expensive hobby', should read 'they have a massively more expensive hobby'!

SO = girl/boyfriend?
I just got dumped in that case...

My wife encourages my hobby to a point. When I start to ignore other things in life then she puts the hammer down. Sometimes if the planets are aligned correctly meaning= we both have a day off together and no plans, we might have a quick combat patrol game of 40k. She always chooses Tau for some reason...

My wife thinks minis look very cool and is happy I have something I enjoy doing, but she has no personal interest in building or playing. She has her artwork, I have my minis, it works out.

My girlfriend knits. Those familiar with the hobby know that it can lead to the same kind of obsessiveness as wargaming. So we're quits.