Part 1
I always wanted to play TUGs with my friends, but had trouble bringing up the concept. With my friends at school I managed to sound them out enough to know they wouldn't understand.
I had a friend, Nancy, outside of school, but I was a lot more nervous to bring up the subject with her. For one thing, her parents and my parents were friends, so there was a higher risk of it getting back to my parents. She also just seemed too innocent.
But twice I tried. The first time I proposed a game something like cops and robbers, but modified so it wouldn't sound like such a boys' game (for her sake; I didn't care myself). I don't remember the details but it involved a jail. She agreed to the game but kept modifying it until the prisoner would have full control and only pretend to be caught. I was disappointed but went along with it. I could tell she was afraid of getting trapped. I almost told her that I never intended to capture her, but was planning on letting her capture me early on. But telling her would have taken the fun out just as much as the changes to the rules did, so I gave up and played her way.
After that I didn't think I'd ever bring it up with her again. But one day she was in such a talkative mood that I thought she might be up for anything as long as long as she could keep talking...