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Ignacy Trzewiczek
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Long time ago in a far away galaxy My Wife didn't play board games. Then I showed her Cash & Guns and Citadels and she began to play games. My mates were jealous. My Wife played boardgames. Lucky me. It was great time. But months passed...

One day I came back home and said that I just sold Adel Verpflichted. 'What do you mean, you sold it?! Why haven't you asked me?! I like that game! Bring it back!' Man, I felt like hit by a big hammer. She was serious. She was damn serious. I wasn't allowed to sell Adel Verpflichted!

That day I discovered that there are games she likes. Games she wants us have at home. That was something new. That discovery costed me 14 euro. I had to buy Adel Verpflichted back again. No more my games collection. It was our games collection since then.


We were in car, driving back from board games convention in Vienna and talking about games played there. 'I want you to buy me Ingenious', she said. She was serious. She was damn serious. She wasn't talkin' about flowers. She wasn't talkin' about perfume. Nor about new dress, handbag, ring. She was talkin' about board game. She wanted me to buy her a board game. Woow!

That day I discovered that My Wife - like my true gamer friends - fell in love with new titles. She play new game, she love it and she want it. That was something new. That discovery costed me 20 euro. I had to buy Ingenious.


Early September, few days after holidays. Kids sleep, silence at home. My Wife ask me to play Race for the Galaxy with her. In the last few weeks we played more than 50 games of RtfG. I am sick of it. I can not look at it. 'No, thanks', I say. I hear my voice and I can't believe it. I just refused to play board game. My Wife wants to play board game. I don't want to play board game. This is crazy.

That day I discovered that I am not the only one at home who ask to play board games. And what is more, perhaps, I am not the truest gamer at home. It seemed that My Wife was more 'geeky' than me. I was scared. Terrified to be honest.


Few days ago. 'Do you want to play The New Era?' she asks. No way. I am sick of it. She knows it. I refuse to play it since few weeks. I am asked to play every day and I do refuse it every day. This is deep deep defense. I refuse and refuse. This is terror. Seriously, I am in a corner, terrified. I feel like "a geek's wife", forced to play board game every single evening.

'Never mind' she says 'I asked Tycjan to come. He will play with me'. She is serious. She is damn serious. They play New Era. I only watch. I don't play. I can't believe this is real. I can't believe this is happening.

This is my newest discovery. I created a monster. There is a true dangerous geek at my home. Help me.


[this is post from http://boardgamesthattellstories.blogspot.com/]
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Hilarious!
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  • Posted Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:29 pm
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Funniest thing I have ever read on BGG :-)
Hope you find gamers couple therapy to help you solve this issue, get your confidence back up, and find a way to balance the game playing sessions so neither of you feel burnt out on games.
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  • Posted Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:50 pm
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Derk and Scott should think about opening BGGW website (Board Game Geek's Wife) or something
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Be careful what you wish for...
 
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Krisztina Csikós= X-ta=
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I enjoy every word of your blog. Keep the posts coming! thumbsup
 
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/jealous blush
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Excellent description of events. "she was damn serious" hahahaha... thanks for the great laugh. And I am so very jealous.
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Get her into therapy before it's too late. Monsters can be decommissioned
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And that monster is YOU. D:
 
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  • Posted Thu Aug 4, 2011 10:38 pm
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Quote:
We were in car, driving back from board games convention in Vienna and talking about games played there.


Somehow this sounds so much more compelling that saying "driving back from a board game convention in ".
 
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  • Posted Fri Aug 5, 2011 7:16 pm
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This is just a phase. She will getting more calm again. Wait for your kids, though.
 
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Games with dragons, spaceships, and bears aren’t wargames. Call them conquest games or strategy games or crap but they aren’t wargames.
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All I can suggest is start buying war games. If that doesn’t break her you better start searching for solo games.
 
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gbaker59 wrote:
All I can suggest is start buying war games. If that doesn’t break her you better start searching for solo games.


Or an iPad ;-)
 
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My wife-to-be is also a monster... Boardgamegeekmonster... But so am I soooooo I guess everything will be fine
 
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