Telling the girl I'm just meeting that I play D&D.
Posted Jul 9, 2016, 4:42 AM UTC
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Meh. She was gonna find out eventually and hobbies are classic first date material. And if she judges you for it, she wasn't the right girl anyhow. Keep on playing :)
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Is she into stuff kinda like D&D, like video games or fantasy adventure books? Or is she everything D&D isn't?
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She laughed a bit when I mentioned it, but she seemed interested.
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Then have no fear. My suggestion would be keep it on ice and if it comes up naturally, talk about it but don't go into long stories. Maybe someday she will be a party member.
Edit: in the sense that something happens and she is like, "take me to a session" and she really ends up liking it.
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Be VERY clear what she mean by "session" before hand
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Hahaha, I did something very similar very recently. Mentioned off hand that I'm "into" D&D, regretted it almost instantly.
Its the "into" I regret the most. It make it sound like an obsession, a lifestyle, instead of just something I do. Which mind you, its TOTALLY the former. But I want someone to know me as me before they can conjur up images of me sitting in a basement for hours on end eating Doritos straight out of a bag. I'll have you know I play on the GROUND floor.
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I mentioned it in passing as something I did after my Sunday workout. I mean, she laughed a little, but then asked questions about it, and seemed genuinely interested in my responses, so I guess it wasn't a complete loss.
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If she showed interest, thats a good thing! Either she has legitimate interest in what D&D is or interested enough in you to show interest in something you care about/something you do.
I probably wouldn't worry about it then. Even if it works out or not, it won't be because of that time you mentioned D&D. But I'm going to say it works out because I believe in you, bud. ;>
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The delicate line between being yourself and hiding your power level.
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You just summarized the plot of Sword Art Online.
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I have a D&D tattoo on my bicep, but fortunately I've learned an explanation for it that makes it sound more worldly and less basementy.
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I always admit I'm a much bigger nerd than I let on later. That way they think its adorable and give me shit rather than getting all assumptive or going off all stereotypes.
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Better to find out now than later.
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D&D is like schrodinger's hobby. You never know how folks will react to you telling them that you play until you open the box and hopefully the cat won't be dead.