My wife hates gaming. I have tried to explain its appeal. I have shown her what I consider to be the more interesting bits. But she is unmoved.
So typically when she complains I propose that I stop playing games for the evening and offer to do something far more annoying. "Sure honey. I can log off. Did I tell you about that documentary I watched this week? Let me catch you up. It was on the Battle of Chancellorsville." *Wife flees the room*
Maybe someday I will find a way to interest her.
How does that special someone in your life react to you gaming? If you changed their mind somehow, how did you pull that off?
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My wife loathes gaming, calls me an addict, and once gave me an ultimatum, give up gaming or give up her.
I told her I'd miss her but she was free to leave.
Still married for over 36 wonderful years.
Sometimes you just have to stand your ground.
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My current girlfriend is also "not a gamer" but she likes video games. Or more precisely Zelda. We usually play Breath of the Wild together in a very casual/chill way.
She is fine with my hobby but I suspect that it's because I'm a big believer in spending time with the people in my life and then separating out "me time."
I'm perfectly fine dating someone who has no interest in games as long as I can have my "me time" which of course would be balanced by the time we spent together.
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Just yesterday she looked at me and said: That Classic thing, is our old guild playing? I swear I saw a little twinkle in her eye
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Kyleran on yours sincerely
'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
My temperament isn't such that I'd ever "give up" anything for anyone as the things in my life are important to me.
Gratz on 36 years!
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I had to tell my wife (then my GF) once that I gamed before her and this is what I do. If she wants to keep it up, it's what I'll do after her too. I do make it a point to her put her before games though. If she needs/wants something, she always comes first.
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Thanks to some of these comments in this thread. Now I dont feel as bad.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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In fact one of my daughter's boyfriends came over to my house recently with his 13 yr old daughter to celebrate my birthday. (Along with my daughter of course)
The two of them sat in the living room playing games on their phones or game pads most of the time while we celebrated in the other room.
God has a sense of humor after all.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
Never thought love could be built from GoW3, ty Dom, your suicide run made her cry and she never hated games since!
So obviously my wife doesn't care. When we have downtime and she wants to do some knitting or other thing I'm not into, she usually suggests I play video games. Now, will she play video games? Only if it's The Sims. And I actually got her to play Rocket League a bit and I get her to play NBA 2k every so often. Mind you I also don't play like I used to. I do that thing called 'going outside' quite a bit more than when I was 16.
Not married as long as some others, but very happy 3+ years in.
If I want a world in which people can purchase success and power with cash, I'll play Real Life. Keep Virtual Worlds Virtual!
Not quite accurate, I played them mostly in bars and arcades back then, but I didn't own any of the early home consoles.
It wasn't until the PC era got in full swing in the late 80s (along with several young children) that my "obsession" for gaming began (her words) and really amped up when I started on MMORPGs in 2001. (I was late to the party, I know)
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon