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| telly:
If you're not dedicating enough time to your family, kids, and your partner (because it's not just wives here) then they have a very good reason to take issue with that. It's about balance and priorities. |
| dashv:
--- Quote from: telly on October 21, 2019, 09:13:22 am ---If you're not dedicating enough time to your family, kids, and your partner (because it's not just wives here) then they have a very good reason to take issue with that. It's about balance and priorities. --- End quote --- In two of my friends cases my wife got it right. They knowingly married women that did not like video games at all. They thought they were an addiction similar to alcoholism and wanted to abolish them completely from the household. The guys naively though their dream women would change after one game of Smash Bros or Mario Kart. But that didn’t happen. The problem is not women so much as it’s asking a leopard to change its spots. Don’t marry or date someone for what you want or wish them to be. Be ready and willing to accept them as who and what they are or move on. Contrast to my house where the entire downstairs is a tribute to arcade/pinball/console gaming. Half is mine. Half is my wife’s. Women can game as much as men. I follow and am friends with several gamers on twitch and twitter of the male and female variety. I just have yet to have a personal experience where a guy asked a girl to give up her games. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: dashv on October 21, 2019, 11:01:40 am --- --- Quote from: telly on October 21, 2019, 09:13:22 am ---If you're not dedicating enough time to your family, kids, and your partner (because it's not just wives here) then they have a very good reason to take issue with that. It's about balance and priorities. --- End quote --- In two of my friends cases my wife got it right. They knowingly married women that did not like video games at all. They thought they were an addiction similar to alcoholism and wanted to abolish them completely from the household. The guys naively though their dream women would change after one game of Smash Bros or Mario Kart. But that didn’t happen. The problem is not women so much as it’s asking a leopard to change its spots. Don’t marry or date someone for what you want or wish them to be. Be ready and willing to accept them as who and what they are or move on. Contrast to my house where the entire downstairs is a tribute to arcade/pinball/console gaming. Half is mine. Half is my wife’s. Women can game as much as men. I follow and am friends with several gamers on twitch and twitter of the male and female variety. I just have yet to have a personal experience where a guy asked a girl to give up her games. --- End quote --- accepting eachother has to come from both sides not just 1 side if a relationship does not come from 2 sides it's going to fail or the poor fool will just suck it up and live miserably while accepting the shitty stuff that is forced upon him/her if there is no divorce. i have rarely seen succesfull couples with matching hobbies. if both like the same hobbies it's just a bonus but that's not the rule for a succesfull relationship really. it's not like the wife is usually interested in vintage cars. motors, photography etc etc and vice versa this isn't a problem with game collecting only. in a good relationship it's more balanced and not forcing one of both parties to just eject their hobby for good. it's all about sharing and see what works out the best for the both of you it's all about finding a good balance. |
| Cartagia:
--- Quote from: kashell on October 21, 2019, 08:17:07 am ---The male chauvinism is strong in this topic. --- End quote --- No kidding. |
| turf:
The biggest reason I can think of is “Life” As you roll through life things change. It might be a financial situation, relationship status, change of address, or just plan ole loss of interest. Life changes. |
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