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Am I too big of a geek...? — Page 2

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One of my bros-in-law brought Halo and his Xbox to my first Christmas at the Inlaws. I didn't have an Xbox and I was ticked when Halo PC was cancelled (at the time) so I was pretty glued to it the whole weekend. We didn't have kids, so I pretty much got away with this. I started playing co-op with the bro-in-law that brought it, but he had other things to do, so another bro-in-law of mine took over for him. My mother-in-law came by several times and remarked: "Why don't you stop playing with the computer and play a game together? Or go play basketball in the drive way? Or football in the backyard? Go play something TOGETHER." I would tell her we were playing together, but she would have none of it. Playing Halo together, I actually got to know this guy pretty well and we talked about work and whatnot and I got my next job at his company because of this. But somehow we weren't playing together. Years later, I had my Xbox at their place and the bros & sis-in-laws were all playing Rock Band. Again, my mother-in-law walked through the room: "Why don't you guys play a game together?" I felt bad about it immediately, but I snapped back: "How are we NOT playing a game together, Mom???" She shook her head and walked out of the room. And then she came back in to ask us to turn it down despite the fact that the volume was actually pretty low. So yeah, I'm also some kind of socially retarded, morally corrupt, terminally ill cancer patient because I have fun playing with my wife's extended family in front of the TV instead of playing over a board game or with a pigskin in the backyard. That, and I'm sure the giant Millennium Falcon won't affect her opinion of me either... :) At least my mom gets me.

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