A word of advice... And a bit of a rant!
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My girlfriend is totally ok with me playing games.
We live together. And I play a good bit. She understands it's my way to destress.
The way she looks at it at least it's not drink or drugs and I'm still in the house if she wants to talk or get me to lift stuff/move stuff/get stuff from high shelves.
The deal is tho if she REALLY needs to talk about something the xbox gets turned off.
We live together. And I play a good bit. She understands it's my way to destress.
The way she looks at it at least it's not drink or drugs and I'm still in the house if she wants to talk or get me to lift stuff/move stuff/get stuff from high shelves.
The deal is tho if she REALLY needs to talk about something the xbox gets turned off.
Talkingh may actually help. But be sure: I know the phenomenon of "incredible boring partner".
Hope you can sort it out, otherwise don't hassle too long.
Hope you can sort it out, otherwise don't hassle too long.
it just reminds me a bit of another thread where the OP was giving us all "advice" assuming we were all lonley socially stunted shut in who couln't talk to other humans beings without our brains exploding...and were likley to go insane and be violentRicoADF said:
of coarse unike this thread that person was likley "trawling for fish"
Yeah I know the topic you mean, it sounds like her relationship is having issues and she's venting on the forum. As others have said OP, you need to talk to your bf, he's not a mind reader. If he doesn't care and just ignores you then perhaps you need to move on. Going by your other thread its sounding that way.Vault101 said:
Personally I found when I have a partner the games are played far less, basically when she's busy and I have nothing else to do. After all what's the point of having a partner if you ignore her (or him in ur case). Although I have yet to have a gf that plays videogames, they haven't had any interest in them which is a shame. Would prefer to share my favoriate hobby with my significate other, as I do with movies etc.
My girlfriend moved in with me and owes me many thousands of dollars so I practically own her and I still wouldn't do something like that to her. In fact, I refuse to play games on the nights she's off work unless it's something we can both enjoy, like Heavy Rain or the few casual titles she's willing to play. It's just plain rude to ignore your significant other and worse, it defeats the point of even having a relationship.
Try dumping his Mountain Dew on him next time.
Try dumping his Mountain Dew on him next time.
It's called multi-tasking! Gosh you women just don't get it! Us men use our hands for gaming, our ears for listening to you/movie/show we're watching together, one eye for you/movie/show and one eye for gaming!
Unless thats just me and my mad multi-tasking skillz. Probbaly me just being awesome.
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OT:I can see why it'd be annoying and coming here to vent probably helped you a bit. I'm all for venting so when you're done venting I'd go have a chat with your partner about the whole thang. He probably doesn't even realize that hes b eing a dick, a friendly reminder will help him out a bit
Unless thats just me and my mad multi-tasking skillz. Probbaly me just being awesome.
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OT:I can see why it'd be annoying and coming here to vent probably helped you a bit. I'm all for venting so when you're done venting I'd go have a chat with your partner about the whole thang. He probably doesn't even realize that hes b eing a dick, a friendly reminder will help him out a bit
My girlfriend lives in New York. She came down to visit me here in DC, back in December and we did a lot of stuff together outside. Went out to eat, walked around town, showed her where I grew up. You know normal couple stuff. I took her out on the town for about 4 days straight. She was only staying for a week, but after those 4 days of painting the town red, we had pretty much nothing else to do. Luckily, she bought me Spec Ops: The Line and Dishonored. She's not exactly a gamer herself, but she would lay next to me on the couch and watch as I played through these games. I beat Spec Ops, with her on my arm, and we even spent a good hour talking about the story and its lessons afterwards. Then when I started playing Dishonored, we pretty much fell in love with the Heart of A Living Thing. Her voice captivated us so much that every time we saw a person she would tell me to use the Heart on them to hear their secrets. We did that until roughly the last day of her visit. To end it on a higher note, we decided to go out and do some more town walking. So I really understand what you're talking about here. It's a little difficult to find a balance, because when your partner comes to see you, you have to be able to keep things relaxed yet interesting. But sitting around and doing nothing but playing games can keep it's charm for only so long.saoirse13 said:
This is your solution... Show him yer bewbs... If he doesn't even bother, why should you?mooncalf said:
On second thought, a smack across the face with 'em works just as well, if not better. It's what my wife does to me at times when she thinks I'm ignoring her. Fact is, I'm the one that does her laundry, cooks, cleans, and does all the other 'manly' stuff 'round the house. If I'm ignoring her, there's a damned good reason, and I prolly need a break, so a smack across the face with bewbs is the perfect distraction to ANYTHING.
Y'all best drop that zero and git wit a hero!
Being a genuine gamer girl is a rarity, you're in high demand.
Being a genuine gamer girl is a rarity, you're in high demand.
If he is the one that invited you over then he is at fault. If you just popped up w/o warning you are at fault. Hell, if he's so into the gaming why not go play with him or just spectate over the shoulder. If it is a "just one more turn/game" scenario just tell him you are leaving soon with or without him and, provided he heard you and isn't playing LoL or something like that (nothing can rip some people away from those games), he should be along shortly. If, however, it has been over 15 minutes, it may be time to just cut your losses and go do something else.saoirse13 said: