So whether you're married or dating, what does your other half think of your gaming lifestyle?
Just curious.
Your spouse/partner and gaming
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 01:09
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She constantly nagged about how I played video games too much, but I stayed with her to avoid loneliness. After discovering the internet, I dumped her and now game constantly.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 01:37
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My wife just bought me a new HD set to improve my console gaming experience. She also plays online MMORPGs with me and enjoys Bioware games as much as I do.
So she's okay with it.
So she's okay with it.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 01:56
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When I'm dating, I never mention gaming. I'm in my 30's and nothing repels nooky quicker than admitting you like playing Mario Brothers..
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 02:09
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slimgrin wrote...
When I'm dating, I never mention gaming. I'm in my 30's and nothing repels nooky quicker than admitting you like playing Mario Brothers..
...unless you're dating an italian plumber.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 02:11
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I am a gamer, my husband is a gamer. Its a match made in heaven, living the dream. XD
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 02:28
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Cutlass Jack wrote...
slimgrin wrote...
When I'm dating, I never mention gaming. I'm in my 30's and nothing repels nooky quicker than admitting you like playing Mario Brothers..
...unless you're dating an italian plumber.
We can joke about it here, but most women scoff at the notion of gaming. I never bring it up. Doing so means I'm stuck in my childhood or something.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 03:13
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She hates it. It's the bane of her existence. Otherwise I'm a decent spouse.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 07:02
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At this point I'm afraid of hearing that a girl I'm with is a gamer. So far, all the female gamers I've met IRL fall into 2 categories: 1) Die hard WoW player...obsessive and all. 2) Narcissistic Megalomaniacal Stuck-up ****. Yes, that may seem awfully redundant...but I should have used a few more words just to explain exactly how huge of an ego these girls have had. I seriously have had gamer girls, ON THE FIRST DATE, explain to me how lucky I should feel to be with a good looking gamer girl, and ask me what I have to offer them that they should stick around.
Anyways...I don't have a significant other. Most my dates are spectacularly bad...my longest "relationship" in the past 3+ years was about a month...and she treated me with ultimately NO respect. She went out with her ex then came crying to me when he was an **** to her, interrupted me in the middle of stories, kept doing things that I was excited to do with her, without me...etc. As for the relevant part of all this...she didn't respect that I played video games, thought I was childish for playing them. I tried getting her to sit down and try Mass Effect to open her mind that they can be so much more, but through the entire opening sequence, she sat there and made jokes about the whole thing.
Anyways...I don't have a significant other. Most my dates are spectacularly bad...my longest "relationship" in the past 3+ years was about a month...and she treated me with ultimately NO respect. She went out with her ex then came crying to me when he was an **** to her, interrupted me in the middle of stories, kept doing things that I was excited to do with her, without me...etc. As for the relevant part of all this...she didn't respect that I played video games, thought I was childish for playing them. I tried getting her to sit down and try Mass Effect to open her mind that they can be so much more, but through the entire opening sequence, she sat there and made jokes about the whole thing.
Modifié par DukeOfNukes, 11 octobre 2011 - 07:02 .
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 07:15
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chunkyman wrote...
She constantly nagged about how I played video games too much, but I stayed with her to avoid loneliness. After discovering the internet, I dumped her and now game constantly.
Funny thing is, I actually dumped my last girlfriend for almost exactly those reasons. Really, true story.
She was a huge hypocrite though. She was a hardcore gamer herself, yet she expected of me that I'd spend all my free time on her. Well, I'm a pretty busy man, so I don't have much spare time. The little spare time that I have I want to spend on gaming. Of course I also spend time on my girlfriend, but not ALL the free time I have. But yeah, she was an attention-demanding little demon, so eventually I just broke up because I couldn't handle it anymore. Weak, yeah, I know. But at least I can spend all my free time on video-games and other hobbies right now, without having to worry about a nagging girlfriend!
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 07:27
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My hand palm is quite alright with me being a gamer.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 07:51
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She doesn't get why I like single player games so much, let alone RPGs. She's a casual gamer and not really into single player stuff but she doesn't mind watching me play from time to time.
My Wii would be dusted with cobwebs if it wasn't for her though. We get a kick out of the various Mario spin off games (Golf, Kart, etc) and since she played Tennis in high school, Wii Sports (Tennis) sometimes gets a workout.
Still, not all hope is lost. She's seen me play Valkyria Chronicles on my PS3 and was interested in the characters and story. So I still may yet turn her into a gaming nerd and an anime otaku. We haven't been dating long, so I've got faith that she'll be as messed up as me in no time!
My Wii would be dusted with cobwebs if it wasn't for her though. We get a kick out of the various Mario spin off games (Golf, Kart, etc) and since she played Tennis in high school, Wii Sports (Tennis) sometimes gets a workout.
Still, not all hope is lost. She's seen me play Valkyria Chronicles on my PS3 and was interested in the characters and story. So I still may yet turn her into a gaming nerd and an anime otaku. We haven't been dating long, so I've got faith that she'll be as messed up as me in no time!
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 07:56
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Not an issue in this household as we both like gaming. I did once have a BF with an issue over it but he shut his pie hole when I pointed out that I didn't bang on about his drinking, car restoring or motorcycling hobbies which cost us more $$$ and time than my gaming.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 07:59
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my partner doesn't play, but likes to watch me play ..(dirty thoughts)
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 08:01
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My wife dont use computers. She had one when we met 17 years ago but never used it for more than a letter - writing. I work and play with computers and she accepted this is just a part of daily life. She allways wants to know everything about the games ( I show her trailers, sometimes she watched me playing at the big screen we have, she knows my MMO guild from the meetings here and LAN-parties). Its all fine :-)
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 08:10
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I met my partner here, so he is a gamer himself and has no problem with me enjoying good games.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 08:39
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My husband was a gamer and he got me into gaming, but he quit a few years ago (well, finally he started to play a little bit again) and for me it's always an act of balance, because he doesn't like it all that I play or chat when he's at home. So I usually play in the late afternoons or in the evenings when he's out for soccer 
And actually it's okay, since it's better that he wants to spend time with me, than being happy when I'm not around, right? ;-)
And actually it's okay, since it's better that he wants to spend time with me, than being happy when I'm not around, right? ;-)
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 08:52
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I've met my man while we were still teens and I was "that girl who plays videogames". This is what got us together (Playstation2 exactly 
). Funny thing, we're complete opposites, but we liked the same games at that time. End of this month will be whole 9 years we're together.
Now I like rather specific games, while he tries what he can. We both react different to stress, and while I'm replaying some level, I just laugh, he would smash his controller on the wall though
Also I can't stand his whining while he gets his butt whooped in multiplayer shooters, but the things you do for love... Well, I wouldn't exchange that for anything else.
). Funny thing, we're complete opposites, but we liked the same games at that time. End of this month will be whole 9 years we're together.Now I like rather specific games, while he tries what he can. We both react different to stress, and while I'm replaying some level, I just laugh, he would smash his controller on the wall though
Also I can't stand his whining while he gets his butt whooped in multiplayer shooters, but the things you do for love... Well, I wouldn't exchange that for anything else.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 09:18
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My husband is not a gamer, but he does play occasionally (he doesn't define himself as a gamer) I am and am always playing on something or other, I do game every day, but I make time for other things. If he wanted me to turn a game off so he could watch a movie in bed, I might not turn my game off, but if he wanted other attention, then for sure I'd turn it off, it's all about balance and I'm not stupid.....
He doesn't mind it, it means he gets to watch all the sport he could possibly wish to see without someone moaning and asking for it to be turned over
He doesn't mind it, it means he gets to watch all the sport he could possibly wish to see without someone moaning and asking for it to be turned over
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 09:50
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My husband and I both are gamers -- we're the middle-aged kind. Neither of us play MMOs any more (too much of a time sink). I generally like RPGs, and he generally likes twitchier type games, though he's really enjoying DE:HR right now.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 09:57
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I'm amazed that we have managed to drag my husband away from COD to play Gears tbh.... still trying to get him onto Mass Effect, lol and have NO hope of ever getting him on DA.........ejoslin wrote...
My husband and I both are gamers -- we're the middle-aged kind. Neither of us play MMOs any more (too much of a time sink). I generally like RPGs, and he generally likes twitchier type games, though he's really enjoying DE:HR right now.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 10:07
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Jenova65 wrote...
I'm amazed that we have managed to drag my husband away from COD to play Gears tbh.... still trying to get him onto Mass Effect, lol and have NO hope of ever getting him on DA.........ejoslin wrote...
My husband and I both are gamers -- we're the middle-aged kind. Neither of us play MMOs any more (too much of a time sink). I generally like RPGs, and he generally likes twitchier type games, though he's really enjoying DE:HR right now.
Hahahaha, me neither. I tried to get him to play both DAO and DA2 and I can tell you this... the awesome button did NOT help!
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 10:17
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I've met my husband in mmo game. We left the mmo`s, and we are playing different games now.
I "forced" my husband so that he played ME1 and 2, so that he knows why I adore these series -
he liked it, and then came back to Battlefield
Yes, with the stress reaction at us similarly
I "forced" my husband so that he played ME1 and 2, so that he knows why I adore these series -
he liked it, and then came back to Battlefield
AkodoRyu wrote...
We both react different to stress, and while
I'm replaying some level, I just laugh, he would smash his controller
on the wall though
Yes, with the stress reaction at us similarly
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 01:14
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I noticed that women seem to have a better outcome when finding a partner that games then men? I think it's mostly anecdotal but surprising.
I am a casual gamer in comparison to my husband. We have played quite of the same games so we share that. He is an introvert and I am an extrovert. We will both be jumping into the MMO world with SW:TOR in December. We've been together 12 years. Wow.
I am a casual gamer in comparison to my husband. We have played quite of the same games so we share that. He is an introvert and I am an extrovert. We will both be jumping into the MMO world with SW:TOR in December. We've been together 12 years. Wow.
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Posté 11 octobre 2011 - 01:23
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My husband and I are both gamers, and it's worked out brilliantly. 
We have 2 of each console, so he plays in the den, and I play in the living room. Sometimes we play co-op on separate TVs, and others, we play split-screen on the big tv. Right now, he's playing Dark Souls, and I'm playing RAGE, and somewhere in between, we play co-op Dead Island.
I play pretty much every day, whereas he likes to take time off to watch (mostly bad) movies. You should see our strange collection.
We have 2 of each console, so he plays in the den, and I play in the living room. Sometimes we play co-op on separate TVs, and others, we play split-screen on the big tv. Right now, he's playing Dark Souls, and I'm playing RAGE, and somewhere in between, we play co-op Dead Island.
I play pretty much every day, whereas he likes to take time off to watch (mostly bad) movies. You should see our strange collection.
