How does your significant other feel about...

[Bartino]

i know that it can be a touchy subject amongst girlfriends/wives, but i was wondering what the general consensus is for everyone here. My fiance obviously wants me to spend time with her, and she is totally my number 1 priority, but she is also cool with me hanging with friends and gaming. is this a rarity?haha

 

[Wingznut]

I play games probably 5 days a week... I am smart enough to know my priorities and not let it interfere with family stuff, so she's cool with it.

 

[Bartino]

i guess why i am asking is because i here lots of stories about guys not being able to game period, because of a wife or GF. it isnt even a matter of prioritizing time, it just boils down to the girl being 100% against gaming

 

[Journer]

i play games all the time and my gf could care less...she just watches tv or does her own thing...if your SO is keeping you from doing the things you love...you should reconsider your situation

 

[revnja]

She's cool with it because she does it too. The best is playing games together.

Just tell her, the couple that plays together stays together!

 

[drinkmorejava]

If a SO won't let you game period it means that they don't respect you enough and don't care that you need time to do what you want too. Games are just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Fritzo]

She used to hate it because "it's time I could be spending time with her!" Then she slowly realized that when we're spending time together, it usually involves watching TV. So, I'd watch shows like Cosmos on Discovery Channel, G4 channel, and Spike TV.

Now she turns on the Lifetime channel and TELLS me to go play games

(However, people that play every night until 2am have a problem. I used to be there...I didn't see it at the time, but it's a problem).

 

[tjaisv]

I wonder what sociology has to say about women and video gaming...

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Bartino
i guess why i am asking is because i here lots of stories about guys not being able to game period, because of a wife or GF. it isnt even a matter of prioritizing time, it just boils down to the girl being 100% against gaming

Oh yeah, I know a couple of people who's wives have a huge problem with it... And it's not because the guys are out of control. It's quite irrational.

 

[Gooberlx2]

How does your significant other feel about...gaming?

I game when she's away at work and that's about it. No gaming when she's around.

...I'm very much hoping that the Wii will bring her into it with me some.

To clarify, she's not against it, but she'd rather I spend the time with her....even if it's just watching TV, we usually watch the same shows like L&O: SVU, Psych, House, Real World, So You Think You Can Dance, etc...

When she does flip to Lifetime or Oh! or Oxygen...I make haste elsewhere, and she's okay with that.

 

[LookingGlass]

We're both gamers, no problems there, we play together on line too.

 

[jamesbond007]

My girlfriend and I play games together all the time. In fact, we play at least one round of Warcraft 3 everynight!

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Nicki really didn't mind it until it got out of hand. I sometimes gamed till really late at night. It's an addiction to me, thus I don't do it anymore. I'd rather spend time showing her how much I love her rather than putting on the headphones and ignoring the outside world.

No gaming = happier times for her and I.

 

[loup garou]

She's playing Sims 2 right now.

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: loup garou
She's playing Sims 2 right now.

Oh god. This is one female that can't stand the sims.

 

[CellarDoor]

Well, I'm not exactly a hardcore gamer but I found an easy solution to this...

I don't play games when I'm hanging out with my girlfriend. It's not exactly a sacrifice guys. If I preferred the games over my girlfriend to the extent that I would invite her over so she can watch tv while I play, then that isn't fair to her and I don't deserve her.

I think a healthy relationship has to be one where each person would be more than willing to give up something they care about to hang out with the other person for one day. However, each person should also understand that it is extremely important that each have their own hobbies they like to do on their own as well. It's really not that hard finding a balance.

 

[notfred]

I think it's funny the way it gets referred to as "gaming" as if it's some sort of serious, imporatant activity.

Let's rename TV watching to "Viewing" so tha tit sounds serious. Then we can be "hardcore viewers".

 

[Triforceofcourage]

I like to play a game called "lets see who can get naked first" with my GF

 

[spidey07]

It's a hobby. She feels fine about it.

I don't go yelling at her for knitting do I? That would be stupid.

Stop doing things you enjoy and pay attention to me!!! me, me, me!!!

Seems rather selfish IMHO.

 

[eits]

she games, too (except it's mainly world of warcraft)

 

[Glayde]

She has 4 60's in WoW(2 rp, 2 pve), and more recently a 50 on eq2 pvp and another 40 and 32 on a regular eq2 server.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: LookingGlass

Originally posted by: loup garou
She's playing Sims 2 right now.

Oh god. This is one female that can't stand the sims.

I have never met a female who didn't love sims

 

[tfinch2]

My GF and I play Gamecube together on a regular basis.

 

[jds2006]

We're both gamers

 

[ohtwell]

If Aves wanted to play games with some of his friends I'd be all for that. In fact, I'd probably play them as well.


: ) Amanda