There's been several threads on this through the years but for some reason it doesn't come up when I try searching. Anyhoo, after about 7 years or so in the hobby and some periodic b1tching by my better half... I finally got a chance to experience "it" 
We celebrated our oldest son's 7th Birthday this past weekend.. it was a total blast. A ton of kids ages 4-8... a couple of Pinata's, donut eating contest, 500 water balloons, nerf guns, water pistols, baby swimming pool with makeshift boats, bikes, scooters and Pizza...
I had been working hard since the start of the year with a goal of getting the games fully operational and looking good in time for this party. Well, once the door to the garage opened and the games were powered on... Dads, Moms and kids were sucked in... I got a few of the routine "wow this is amazing" and "is this your business?" comments..
But my favorite reactions were the one's my wife observed:
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Several mom's called their husbands and older kids, telling them they had to come over and play.. A couple even left the party to bring back their families.
At one point, I told the kids if they were wet they couldn't enter the gameroom...well my wife saw one kid drying off with a towel and doing a dance and singing "I get to go to the gameroom...."
One of the dads was gushing about how he used to repair these games as a kid and that is what inspired him to get into engineering. He never left the gameroom until it was time to leave.
Of course my favorite was that of my wife Sara. She was actually impressed by the reactions and mebbe won't nag me so much about this insanely great hobby (well I can dream can't I?)
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What are some of the reactions you guys have gotten? Lets hear them!
Tom
We celebrated our oldest son's 7th Birthday this past weekend.. it was a total blast. A ton of kids ages 4-8... a couple of Pinata's, donut eating contest, 500 water balloons, nerf guns, water pistols, baby swimming pool with makeshift boats, bikes, scooters and Pizza...
I had been working hard since the start of the year with a goal of getting the games fully operational and looking good in time for this party. Well, once the door to the garage opened and the games were powered on... Dads, Moms and kids were sucked in... I got a few of the routine "wow this is amazing" and "is this your business?" comments..
But my favorite reactions were the one's my wife observed:
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Several mom's called their husbands and older kids, telling them they had to come over and play.. A couple even left the party to bring back their families.
At one point, I told the kids if they were wet they couldn't enter the gameroom...well my wife saw one kid drying off with a towel and doing a dance and singing "I get to go to the gameroom...."
One of the dads was gushing about how he used to repair these games as a kid and that is what inspired him to get into engineering. He never left the gameroom until it was time to leave.
Of course my favorite was that of my wife Sara. She was actually impressed by the reactions and mebbe won't nag me so much about this insanely great hobby (well I can dream can't I?)
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What are some of the reactions you guys have gotten? Lets hear them!
Tom
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