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In 2001 I was introduced to the world of online role playing games by my 21 year old son. Yes, I am woman and to add an extra little fly into your ointment, I am older than most people would expect...older than a lot of people that play these games. I am old enough to be many players mom and I suspect even some players grandmother.

My journey into these games started because of a life crisis. I was going through a divorce at the time...a rather traumatic divorce after 27 years of marriage. My son said to me one day, "Mom, you really need to try this. It's great for relieving stress." I was skeptical...it was Everquest...also known as "Evercrack".

I gave it a try and Wow, was he right! I was definitely what they call a "noob" or a "newbie", but I didn't care. I was having a blast. Stress, aggression and just down right plain ol' fun could be released and found in this new world.

I created female characters...I knew I could never pull off being a guy. I had always been a "girlie girl". Nonetheless, I was amazed at the number of people that assumed there was a "dude" behind those feminine wiles. Boy, when they found out was I ever popular.

I was a healer and became quite good and was in demand. Some players, one tank in particular wanted to claim "dibs" on me and one monk actually proposed to my bard and we were set up for an online "marriage". But, then a series of events happened.

One day while battling with a group in what if I recall correctly was the Commonlands, I happened to meet someone. Yep, I bet you see where this leading. He was a big ol' Barbarian and there was something about him...and evidently there was something about me. We struck up a conversation and one thing lead to another. He was in a similar situation as mine. We communicated and courted long distance for a year and now...well, we recently celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary. Oh, and he was even a little older than me...

In the course of that year, I started a new job and dropped out of my game playing. I just didn't have time with my schedule. I also became very sick. I'd had health problems for years and they finally became too much. My doctor took me out of work and placed me on disability.

After we married, hubby and I started playing the games again...we tried City of Heroes and then we discovered World of Warcraft. Oh my,did we ever...

Of the two of us, I am probably the most serious "gamer". My husband is a manager in an environment where most of his staff is made up of techies and

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