On the other side, my wife as a gamer

The last few days have been almost surreal. On Sunday, my wife and I were recuperaing from my best friends wedding and I suggested that she give the DS a go. She has been playing Super Princess Peach off and on for a while now and I expected her to hit up that old standby. But, to my surprise, she grabbed Age of Empires and at that moment she was lost to me.

For the last three days our free time has been spent sitting together on the couch playing video games together. I've been going through my usual gamut of any and everything, she has been grinding through the campaign levels in AoE. I finally know what it is like for her when I am engrossed in a game and only give half replies, head cocked to the side slightly, hoping to give enough of an impression of I'm listening to not elicit further distraction.

I don't blame her at all. It's actually quite a relief to know that she now gets how I can spend so much time playing a game. Seeing her, a level headed non-traditional gamer, compelled to finish an epic 45-day campaign makes me feel a bit better about myself.