Hi,
Just joined, saw the link that Autumn posted on Wizard's CO boards. I've been lurking on the CO board for years, only started posting relatively recently. I'm in my early 40s and married.
I play with a group of gamers that tend not to optimize their characters at all, so optimization is mostly a theoretical exercise for me, not something I can actually do in a real game.
I play D&D 3.5, and have played in the past all the previous versions, plus Shadowrun, Earthdawn, Ars Magica, Champions, Feng Shui, Rolemaster and MERPs, among others.