This made me laugh a lot as it rings so true:

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2016/05/05/nerds-named-and-shamed-in-latest-internet-hack/

I know of a wargamer whose wife was so ashamed of his hobby that she didn't dare tell her friends what he did. So are you a wargamer and proud of it? I am and often get some good natured stick about it at work.

Out and proud ... wargames wise

Working in Libraries and then in IT there were enough nerds around that I was more likely to be asked for advice than sniggered at.

"Badly painted"! I am offended on behalf of the rest of the wargamer world.  

As for me, I resemble that remark.  

Out and proud!

Why ex wife was ashamed to tell people I painted models. Last I heard she was with a guy big into fishing.....

One of the guys who used to go to our club was married for three years before he told his wife he was a wargamer!

Benefits to your wife of you being  a wargamer:-

1 Your are at home when painting / organising most of the time. (So you cant be seeing another woman) WHOOPS! Failed
2 Its a cheap hobby (if your not a megalomaniac) WHOOPS!  Failed
3 You are unlikely to go on Lads hobby related Holidays WHOOPS ! Failed


Perhaps I had better stop this list

An Out and Proud Wargamer.  

Out and proud

We quite often go to BBQs on a Saturday that start mid afternoon and finish late. It is now expected that I disappear at about 7 for our regular game

This evening is a friend's 50th Birthday and I have 'decided' that I won't be ducking out early

Everyone I know around here knows I make little soldiers....Does that count ? 
Cheers - Phil

I never had a problem with being a wargamer, everyone can know.

I am  who i am, no point in concealing...


My wife can sometimes complain about the amount of stuff i gather, but in the end, it's all good.

Quote from: Techno on 06 May 2016, 07:40:31 PM
Everyone I know around here knows I make little soldiers....Does that count ? 
Cheers - Phil

Especially the ER crew

I'm so out that I occasionally troll the known wargamer bars!

Quote from: petercooman on 06 May 2016, 07:42:27 PM
I never had a problem with being a wargamer, everyone can know.

I am  who i am, no point in concealing...

My wife can sometimes complain about the amount of stuff i gather, but in the end, it's all good.

Agreed Peter.

Mrs Shy is reasonably understanding as she is a ardent patchworker with shelves of material - but very useful if you need a new basecloth made up 

I did have to quickly correct her once  many years ago when she told someone that I "played with little men" 

Can't game in a closet!

   

Quote from: Techno on 06 May 2016, 07:40:31 PM
Everyone I know around here knows I make little soldiers....Does that count ? 
Cheers - Phil

I can't do that; had a vasectomy decades ago.

My ex-wife once complained that I loved my little men more than I loved her.

Not bothered about that article. What GW does isn't wargaming as far as I'm concerned.

I don't promote it, but don't deny it if asked.

I find it a difficult hobby to describe, so tend not to get into the discussion.  

Out and proud, most of my friends think I'm a little strange anyway.

Now when I was 14 or 15 my mother and father took my toy solders away saying I was to old to be playing with them. You can imagine there surprise when I started playing with them again in my late 20s. When I discovered wargaming clubs.

Take care

Andy

I remember my father's warning me that if I wanted to get anywhere in my studies I needed to stop messing about with toy soldiers. Strange. A few years later, I found Cambridge was full of wargamers.

I keep it a secret. Even going so far as to use a fake name on the internet so people who know me, where I live, don't find out.
Why? Embarrassment. Definitely don't know how I'd approach the subject should I ever decide to get a girlfriend.
Saying that. I've Play By Mailed wargames since 1998 and I'd quite happily publicise that 
Pen and paper, okay. 'Toy soldiers', die of embarrassment.
Though, I'd also be fine being known as someone who naval wargames 
I really need to see someone!