Geek Girl, Real Life, Role Playing Games

Coming out of the geek closet to my daughter

Josh
Monday
2:11 pm

Ever since my daughter was born, there’s been a talk I’ve dreaded having.

The “birds & the bees,” you ask? Psh. Not a problem in today’s modern life — besides, I’m still a few years away from that talk. I have a deeper, tougher conversation that, up until recently, I’ve been nervous about for seven years:

Daddy plays role playing games.

You see, when I was growing up, my family was very loving, but anything dealing with the craft of imagination, science fiction or stereotypically nerdy past-times was met with silence or misunderstanding at best.

When we moved to another town, I all but buried my geekly desires deep within myself in an effort ..read more