I really love playing board games and card games (though I don't really know/remember how to play many card games...or any?), but growing up nobody ever wanted to play them with me. Rarely, I did play with my parents or my brother...but mostly it just never happened. Though when I was older I was more able to convince people to play, at least the board games. Also, when the power was out, I could always manage to get them to play. I do think I played a bit of Go Fish with one of my grandmothers... I'd almost forgotten that.

I actually have a good selection of games now that I rope people into playing with me when I can. Like Scrabble and Life. There are a bunch of these "geeky" versions of games I want that I saw on the Think Geek website. Also, I have this Buffy game, but I've never played it. Everyone said it seemed too complicated. Blah.

It's cool that you have so many fond memories of playing cards and board games with your family. That sounds really lovely. One reason I like those kinds of games is because it allows you to interact with your family or friends for long periods of time without doing something typical like watching television or movies. It usually ends up being a lot of fun too! I recently played Mexican Train at a friend's house, and I loved that. I want a set of Mexican Train dominoes, so I can force other people to play it with me. :)

Also, I think grandparents can sometimes be a little more easy going when it comes to things like profanity. Funny how that works.