Gaming vs girlfriends

[Kayenneh]

If you can offer me evidence that spending years in front of a TV monitor shooting zombies and crashing cars has any kind of redeeming value I'll consider your point. Until then, I'm going to stick to the opinion that playing video games should be kept to rainy Sunday afternoons at the most.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM

[Walking Void]

I never heard that argument about problem solving and success about a video game before, though similar. Interesting.

[Aegrus]

Nope, I'm lucky. My girlfriend and I like the same. . .everything, basically. Plus I'd much rather spend time with her than do anything else, so I cut whatever's interfering in my schedule to make time for her.

[Kayenneh]

Nope, I'm lucky. My girlfriend and I like the same. . .everything, basically. Plus I'd much rather spend time with her than do anything else, so I cut whatever's interfering in my schedule to make time for her.

That's nice
Reminds me of the most romantic thing Scruffy ever said to me: "Honey, for you I am willing to put the game on pause." That means a lot, really.

[Owlix]

I don't have a girlfriend, or boyfriend so that's of no consequence.

I own an Xbox but don't play all that often. When I do play, I favor Lego games. I don't have Xbox live though.

[Mystical]

Careful there. You might just trip over your own ego.

Hey, you're the one who made the claim. I responded. That's on you.

If someone wants to spend their life doing something they enjoy, why shouldn't they? I bet you wouldn't see someone who spent their life mastering a musical instrument or playing a sport as wasting their life.

I totally would think they were wasting their life if they did nothing with it.

So what's the difference between looking back and knowing you beat all those games, or knowing you played at all those concerts?

The answer is nothing. No difference. Accomplishment is accomplishment. You did it, that happened. The ripple effect doesn't matter in a "did it or didn't do it" scenario.
Now if you got to the end of your life and had made goals that you avoided fulfilling by playing video games that would be different. Or if you had video game goals that you
didn't fulfill because you were too busy with your band that would be different. It's all subjective, really.

As for the OP, I can't, not once, at all, Ever see a scenario where I'd get upset the BF was playing games. Unless I was horny, hit on him, and he told me to get out of the way


....don't, don't do that.


Otherwise, I'd enjoy watching/commentating, or doing my girl things while watching and commentating.. Or talking shit to the opponents on the headset sounding like a 12yr old girl while the BF kills em dead then teabags their corpses. Or 'dusting' the tv in heels and a garder belt and seeing how long he could go. Or lastly I'd enjoy playing (although I can only do that so long before I laugh too hard because I blew myself up again).
Some of my favorite moments with guys I love, are while playing video games. It's just a good way to spend time together..

[StealthySkeptic]

The last time my girlfriend ever played video games was on CD-ROM as a kid, so she doesn't care that I play violent video games. But when I got BioShock Infinite she really liked the story.

[Jaysyn]

Fiance loves video games almost as much as I do, just not he same genres. I did lose a relationship to Baldur's Gate II back in the day though.

[Losty]

I don't play nintendo and I don't care for committed relationships, but if I did I wouldn't have a girlfriend/boyfriend who is annoyed by a hobby I enjoy. It makes more sense to date someone who is into the same things you are.

[DramaQueen]

I've never had a boyfriend, but if I did I wouldn't complain if he likes gaming. I might if he's a sports fan (except if he teaches me how to play).