Some of us take board games a little too seriously.

Last Letter card game by ThinkFun

We† enjoyed “family game night” on a recent Saturday, during which my older son was inspired to exclaim:

“Call the Mom(b) Squad; she’s going to explode!”

I’d like to take this opportunity to reassure everyone that this was not a case where I was worked up about losing. I was quite shocked to discover that I went from great to terrible at the game once we limited players over 12 to specific parts of speech. It is true, however, that I have been known to list imaginary players and ascribe higher point levels to them over my family members in those rare instances when I wasn’t going to win…

I was freaking out about reacting sensibly to the possibility of pieces being lost and/or put away outside of their assigned spots. This little blow up was motivated by OCD more than ego. You can’t be faulted for guessing the latter as it is always a fair possibility as far as my motivations go.

A fine time was had by all. My teen’s favorite part of the evening was, of course, his own clever comment. Now you get to enjoy it, too.

♦

†DS₁ played only under duress because he’s a teenager now and it isn’t cool to spend time with your family. DS₂ begs for a family game night every weekend; the little one also angles to play a really long, involved European type table game every time, or invents games of his own.