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elvnsword and I got here, we've had a weekly gaming group on Fridays. First, let me say how awesome that is. Many soldiers go through whole duty stations without finding a gaming group and we found one almost immediately. And the gaming group is a ton of fun. The people are nice and we all enjoy playing together. So what's the problem? Me. I get tired easily. Honestly, I have a lower threshold for playing D&D than most of the other players in the group. I usually can only handle playing until between 11pm and midnight. Last night this became a big issue because I needed to go home (read: I actually fell asleep at the gaming table.) and everyone else wanted to stay. So I had to walk home by myself at 11:30pm. This may not sound like a big deal, but there are some sections of the walk where there isn't proper lighting and there are always some manner of people hanging around in large-ish groups in between the two posts that could pose a potential problem and largely just succeed in making me incredibly nervous. Beyond that, I find that I'm having less and less patience with having every Friday night taken up by gaming. elvnsword has a limited amount of time before he's gone for an as-yet-undisclosed amount of time that is probably 15 months (there's a rant coming about this development...). I really want to spend more time with him doing us things. I'd kinda like to go out dancing and such or out to dinner. I'd like to go on overnight trips for the weekend. I don't know. I am hesitating to quit gaming because I really like the people and it is the large majority of the social interaction I get during the week. But at the same time, I don't know as it is actually fulfilling me needs as much as I would like. Beyond this, my quitting gaming does not guarantee I'll get to spend more time with elvnsword and if he does end up leaving with me, then I know he will resent having left. I'm not sure what I can do with that extra time. It isn't like I really need more time alone. And I don't really have any friends around here that aren't in the gaming group. There is one other wife who shows up to play board games and usually just ends up hanging out until her or the kidlets get tired and need to go home. Maybe I should switch to playing games with her? I really have no idea. Anybody have any advice to throw my direction?
elvnsword and I got here, we've had a weekly gaming group on Fridays. First, let me say how awesome that is. Many soldiers go through whole duty stations without finding a gaming group and we found one almost immediately. And the gaming group is a ton of fun. The people are nice and we all enjoy playing together. So what's the problem? Me. I get tired easily. Honestly, I have a lower threshold for playing D&D than most of the other players in the group. I usually can only handle playing until between 11pm and midnight. Last night this became a big issue because I needed to go home (read: I actually fell asleep at the gaming table.) and everyone else wanted to stay. So I had to walk home by myself at 11:30pm. This may not sound like a big deal, but there are some sections of the walk where there isn't proper lighting and there are always some manner of people hanging around in large-ish groups in between the two posts that could pose a potential problem and largely just succeed in making me incredibly nervous. Beyond that, I find that I'm having less and less patience with having every Friday night taken up by gaming. elvnsword has a limited amount of time before he's gone for an as-yet-undisclosed amount of time that is probably 15 months (there's a rant coming about this development...). I really want to spend more time with him doing us things. I'd kinda like to go out dancing and such or out to dinner. I'd like to go on overnight trips for the weekend. I don't know. I am hesitating to quit gaming because I really like the people and it is the large majority of the social interaction I get during the week. But at the same time, I don't know as it is actually fulfilling me needs as much as I would like. Beyond this, my quitting gaming does not guarantee I'll get to spend more time with elvnsword and if he does end up leaving with me, then I know he will resent having left. I'm not sure what I can do with that extra time. It isn't like I really need more time alone. And I don't really have any friends around here that aren't in the gaming group. There is one other wife who shows up to play board games and usually just ends up hanging out until her or the kidlets get tired and need to go home. Maybe I should switch to playing games with her? I really have no idea. Anybody have any advice to throw my direction?
