What do your Family think of reenacting?

[Gilhusen]

I was looking at all the SS debates and was wondering what the general feel was for re-enactment by family so what do your family think about reacting Germans?My dad is all for it, he finds the histroy behide itvery interesting and wishes he could take aprt if he didn't,work so much (mainly because of the uniforms) my mother hates it; she thinks it’s horrible because of what they did in WW2 and refuse to take any part in it, but shes kind of neutral.

[Brigardefuhrer]

Well I don't know what my dad would think of me re-enacting as he's been dead for thirtyfive years,he did'nt mind me collecting german stuff and my old mum knows Im not going to change now .
Don't exspect mums/wives or girlfriends to understand our hobby as most think its a load of old rubbish and if you do find one that shares your interest,treasure her,for her price is beyond rubies.

[Franz repper]

Don't exspect mums/wives or girlfriends to understand our hobby as most think its a load of old rubbish and if you do find one that shares your interest,treasure her,for her price is beyond rubies.

John my wife is now into the hobby reenacting a Finnish Lotta and lets 30 re-enactors stay in our house during the winter training and Stug events and is now looking forward to Beltring .
My son reenacts in Gaissmair here in Finland and is part of Normandy 44 my Daughter she is looking to do some thing but is coming to Beltring next year

[Brigardefuhrer]

Which proves the family who re-enact together,stays together

[Mooyman]

My oldest girl wants to join also.

But she have to waith a couple of years.

She says:" I am almost ten nowe"

[Ropes]

Mother was very unaproving at first (being a skinhead aswell didnt help) shes not botherd now though. My dad loves that im into military history as he is aswell but being ex mob he sees it as a bit of a joke more than anything. Still he helps me out wherever he can with it. Its somthing I never mention too girls though hahaha.

[Gilhusen]

Yea, didn't dare talk about it to my Girlfreind

Mabye one day my mother will see that its just a reenactment group and not a bunch of nut jobs dressed as nazis

[John Wilson]

my mother hates it cos of what they did in ww2, shes kind of neutral...

[Gilhusen]

my mother hates it cos of what they did in ww2, shes kind of neutral...

lol, she hates the history of the unit I reenact but she dosn't mind /too/ much about me reenacting it. If you get Me

[Cruiser]

I keep it a secret, nobody knows what I do when I dissapear for long weekends, coming from Gloucestershire they just assume I'm doing a Fred West.

[Franz repper]

I keep it a secret, nobody knows what I do when I dissapear for long weekends, coming from Gloucestershire they just assume I'm doing a Fred West.

Cromwell st Reenacting

[Hans Gowert]

Well my nan and grandad are secretly ashamed of me for reenacting the germans and my dad thinks i am a raging puff for dressing up.

[RUSS]

My missis being German thought i was some kind of freek when i first told her about it and now she come's along to the events with me

[JDR]

wife and kids think its grown men not growing up still playing army.

Parents dont mind one bit, they used to enjoy coming to SVR tp watch the battles and ride on the trains.

[barryG]

My Dad thinks its a bit odd, as he was nearly killed three times in the war, twice by the Luftwaffe and once by a V1 bomb. My wife was a little sceptical at first, but she now enjoys it as much as me and has more uniforms than I do