Stories about your spouse's reaction

[Joby]

Let's be honest... some (most) of you have had that awkward conversation with your spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other/mom about needing to take some of the food budget this month and spending it to help fund a computer game.

"Seriously, sweetie, only one of the kids actually needs to go to college! You don't understand, I could be an NPC!"

Am I right?!

Tell your stories of how that went! I'm sure we have some good tales...

[Adam Reith]

I wraped it with the others kickstarter projects I'm in, which are more easy to sell

[Skirge]

Let's be honest... some (most) of you have had that awkward conversation with your spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other/mom about needing to take some of the food budget this month and spending it to help fund a computer game.

"Seriously, sweetie, only one of the kids actually needs to go to college! You don't understand, I could be an NPC!"

Am I right?!

Tell your stories of how that went! I'm sure we have some good tales...

Tell the wife? Are you nuts?!?!?! She'd explode me like a blood sausage!

[Quarex]

Skirge pretty much has it right. I told her the other day that this was incredibly important to me, and I was definitely going to be putting a semi-obnoxious amount of money in--she will probably kill me if she notices how much, but she was fine with the basic idea. I mean, she DOES see the 3'x3' blow-up of the cover art I have on the wall of my office (not to mention the covers to Fallout 1 and 2, the lunchbox from 3, and the Bad Blood and 2400 A.D. box art framed as well), so she knows I am not just pretending to be into this.

[UlrichVonBek]

I'm nosingle bringingup my daughter. So I no longer have to have those chats. Though money is tight and I can't think of another genre of game I'd do this for, the thought of them not making the cut was just to worrying. So they got my backing.

[Eric]

If it wasn't for my wife I would have pledged $1000 lol

[Epsilon]

The key I suppose is to not pledge more than you'd otherwise be willing to spend on restaurents or other luxery goods in that month
I pledged 250 and for me that means theres some movies and other games I won't be buying this month.

[derailedition]

The key I suppose is to not pledge more than you'd otherwise be willing to spend on restaurents or other luxery goods in that month
I pledged 250 and for me that means theres some movies and other games I won't be buying this month.

yep, exactly. 250 dollars towards this, or get a few garbage current gen console titles. dur. easy choice.

so yeah.. I'm not exctly adding any spouse reaction stories to the thread either

[northrop]

I'm single, so no awkward convos with anyone.

On the other hand... I'll be eating more Ramen Noodles this month

[Aarionn]

I wanted $1k pledge but my wife didn't approve... but I know that with our current financial situation it was a right reasoning.

But I wanted at least a $250 pledge so I went like:

me: Honey it would be so great if I could pledge $10k! I would have my own SHRINE!
wife: Ohmmmm no?
me: Than $5k? I would have my own statue in the game! Imagine my friends playing game and stumbling on my statue!
wife: that would be nice, but maybe next year?
me: than $1k? My NPC would send all my friends on the quest to their DOOOMMM!
wife: still too much honey is there something less?
me: well there is $250 for CE box, signed by authors and some other goods!
wife: take it!

me: /smiling like a vampire (from Alan Ford comics if anyone knows what I am talking about)

So it is $250 and I am happy!

[RangerBen]

I was prepped to show Mrs. Ranger Ben the pledge levels last night, but between soccer practice, tennis practice, Boy Scout meeting, watching an episode of Grimm, dinner, and bed time for a household of 6, I wasn't able to squeeze it in. But let me just write, the very notion of this topic is hilarious--but spot on true. I'm trying to figure out what level I really want, then figure out how to make it happen so it doesn't impact the bottom line. How many Clean Air Campaign Commuter random VISA gift card prizes do I have saved up?

[Davidbitterbaum]

I told my girlfriend about a funny web video on Kickstarter I wanted to show her, and after she laughed at the funny bits and heard the serious parts detail how the game would work she thought it sounded cool as she hates the 3D FPS games but loves isometric-type games, 2D platformers and other old-school stuff. So when I told her I had put in $50 for a boxed copy she didn't balk as it seemed a better use of my money than some of the games she had seen me spending cash on. Isn't my girlfriend awesome?

[Felicia]

I wanted $1k pledge but my wife didn't approve...

Going in on 1k is so much easier when you ARE the wife. Heh. My husband, my equal in gamer geekness, supported me totally.

[MapMan]

The only significant there ever was in my life is my Personal Computer. It fully understands my needs and I have never heard it complain when I stuffed it with my software. Actually, the news of Wasteland 2 made it all warm and fuzzy inside.

[enderandrew]

I pledged $50 largely for that reason. My wife is out of work. We're pretty broke, and $50 I can get away with without much explanation. $250 or more easily would have landed me in the dog-house.

[Roger Wilco]

Funny topic, for sure.

But (un)fortunately for me I didn't donate enough to feel the need to disclose it to my wife.

[knux81]

I'm currently getting a combination of "The Glare™" and some silent treatment from the wife.

Can't seem to make her understand that Brian Fargo and his crew are a gigantic part of my life O.o

I guess dropping 100+ on it and giggling while I did so didn't really help matters >.<

ROLL ON 2013!

[derailedition]

I wanted $1k pledge but my wife didn't approve...

Going in on 1k is so much easier when you ARE the wife. Heh. My husband, my equal in gamer geekness, supported me totally.

haha. nice

[enderandrew]

I wanted $1k pledge but my wife didn't approve...

Going in on 1k is so much easier when you ARE the wife. Heh. My husband, my equal in gamer geekness, supported me totally.

My wife is pretty cool and geeky, but I may need to wife swap now.

[Chris V]

If I didn't loan the gf $3.3k not but a week ago I would have seriously considered putting down 5k for my own statue. So I guess I'll settle for my own NPC instead.