I have a hard time imagining dating a non-gamer. Not that a guy would have to share all my hobbies, but this is a pretty big one for me that I spend a lot of time on. And if he wasn’t a nerd at all? Look, I’m sure you’re very nice and all, but what would we talk about?
I haven’t done any tabletop gaming in years… maybe decades 8-(… but I still enjoy reading about it online, like this, and I could definitely hold up my end of a conversation about it. And I’m a computer programmer, so no question of my nerdism in general. (You should see my science fiction and fantasy library!)
Okay, in panel one, who else is hearing the dice-throwing sound effect from the alternate-universe part of Bender’s Game?
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My wife is about as far from a nerd as you can get. She and I like almost none of the same things. But she supports my nerdiness. And I support her. Somehow it works.
I could see dating a non-gamer, but not someone who disdained or (non-jokingly) disrespected the game. And they’d need to try at least one game.
If you’re great at the game, you don’t need Natural 20s to succeed!