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[Kaiser Arian XVII]

It's stupid. End of line.

 

plus we have zero plans for children.)

 

 

Be prepared for your average age of your people to go over 40 and your population replaced by Asians and Africans (as an Asian I welcome this slow conquest of your oldster countries! lol). It's not like random people on the internet or gamers care for their countries anyway.

[mybudgee]

I am currently about to break up with my GF over this very issue. So sad how women can watch "True Blood" or read trash like Cosmo and then have the audacity to call men "stupid" for gaming...

Ah, women. You can't live with 'em and you can't live with them.

[Seraphim24]

I don't even know how people manage to get that deep into relationships without having shared interests. It's like I once was involved with like a hard partying girl for like 2 weeks (and I basically don't like parties). I'm like you want to go see a movie and she's like I don't really like movies. She's like are you going to the big party for the whatever and I'm like er well I was kind of just thinking watching some TV...

 

Yeah, it didn't really last very long....

[Althix]

simple. really.

i respect my wife's privacy and she respects mine. which means: no questions asked, no complaints, no brain ****** in general.

8 years of marriage. two kids.

[Seraphim24]

You make a valid point. It does happen, oddly. It's strange how two people can be blind to the pitch black void of common interests. I suppose the sex must be good. Sadly that seems to catapult (some) people head-first into long term relationships with very little rapport.

 

I think that's the key part. It's funny though, I feel like I've also seen people who have no real greater understanding of the other person's needs or interests, rush blindly into a relationship, but then find they actually have a lot in common anyway.

[N0rke]

 

What do you think about couples who don't see eye-to-eye on gaming?

 

Meaning, one partner loves to sit in front of the PC or console and play for many hours, while the other (perhaps a non-gamer) often feels neglected.

It's hard to answer that question like that, It really depends on the scenario. What does 'many hours' actually means? On one hand, if you're spending so much time playing games that your SO feels neglected, then their needs of the relationship aren't being fulfilled and you're failing at being a good partner. On the other hand, it's possible that that your SO wants so much time directed towards them that you don't have time for your hobby (video gaming), and I personally don't find that healthy either.

 

I do think that if you both don't see 'eye-to-eye' on gaming then there is definite dysfunction in the relationship, at least foreshadowing of it. Gaming is a hobby, it really shouldn't be something that turns into a big deal.

 

Maybe one parent is shouldering the workload of two, due in part to the other spending a lot of time gaming - and other such scenarios where gaming interrupts the balance of life, relationships, and family. 

At that point it stops being a relationship and starts becoming an adult taking care of another adult, and that is wrong.

[Inquisitor Recon]

Murder them.

[A Crusty Knight Of Colour]

Murder them.

 

This, obviously. 

 

Bonus points for taking out a life insurance policy in their name and making the murder look like an accident.

 

 

Meaning, one partner loves to sit in front of the PC or console and play for many hours, while the other (perhaps a non-gamer) often feels neglected. Perhaps children are involved as well. Maybe one parent is shouldering the workload of two, due in part to the other spending a lot of time gaming - and other such scenarios where gaming interrupts the balance of life, relationships, and family. 

 

This is more of an issue with not having priorities sorted out than gaming specifically. Gaming is a hobby, and if one person cannot stand the other having a hobby that they don't share, that's their problem to deal with. It'd be the same if it were fanatical sports fans, watching every game. Movie buffs going on genre binges, etc. Everybody has something they enjoy during downtime. It's just a matter of keeping priorities and sorting out your schedule.

[In Exile]

What do you think about couples who don't see eye-to-eye on gaming?

 

Meaning, one partner loves to sit in front of the PC or console and play for many hours, while the other (perhaps a non-gamer) often feels neglected. Perhaps children are involved as well. Maybe one parent is shouldering the workload of two, due in part to the other spending a lot of time gaming - and other such scenarios where gaming interrupts the balance of life, relationships, and family. 

 

(This isn't an issue for me and my partner. Aside from traveling and kayaking, we both love to sit and play video games together, plus we have zero plans for children.)

 

But I was curious about some of you. Any personal stories to share on the subject? Or outside opinions? 

 

One of my best friends is a non-gamer and found it intolerable that her BF was a big COD fan. It was a pretty big source of tension between them; it eventually culminated in an ultimatum. 

 

 

This, obviously. 

 

Bonus points for taking out a life insurance policy in their name and making the murder look like an accident.

 

 

 

This is more of an issue with not having priorities sorted out than gaming specifically. Gaming is a hobby, and if one person cannot stand the other having a hobby that they don't share, that's their problem to deal with. It'd be the same if it were fanatical sports fans, watching every game. Movie buffs going on genre binges, etc. Everybody has something they enjoy during downtime. It's just a matter of keeping priorities and sorting out your schedule.

 

Sometimes it's a problem of not viewing the hobby as "acceptable", which, of course, is just another type of dysfunction. 

[the_last_krogan]

my relationships end because the woman I'm with can't accept my love for having sex with hot chicks

selfish broads just expect me to only have sex with them 

[mybudgee]

...you could live in solitude and find a way to bend the word

 

[Ria Kon]

I'm the lucky one. We are both gamers, although, each of us prefer different genre (story-based games with RPG systems and vs shooter, especially with zombies, of any kind). However, we try to understand, from the deep of our heart, what the other loves about his games and support his passion. We sometimes play co-op together, but most of weekends we spend time with non-gaming, much more social activities (and just talking about our personal goals and achievements in our games for hours). Games are also something like a "core-gift" for us. If any expected game is shipping near the date of the birthday etc., it's automatically locked to be given.

[Azaron Nightblade]

You make a valid point. It does happen, oddly. It's strange how two people can be blind to the pitch black void of common interests. I suppose the sex must be good. Sadly that seems to catapult (some) people head-first into long term relationships with very little rapport. 

 

 

Or they are overly desperate not to be alone.