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How Important is a Gaming Interest in Your Significant Other?

Mister Jack

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  1. 1. Does a potential boy/girlfriend need to be interested in gaming?

    • I want someone I can play my games with.
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    • I want them to at least like casual stuff so we have something in common.
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    • They don't have to be into it at all as long as they keep an open mind.
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    • It doesn't matter one bit. I could be with someone who utterly hates them.
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My wife doesn't really play games much beyond the old school Mario and the occasional Wii with me. She has gotten kind of hooked on Brain Age though. I personally don't care that she doesn't play videogames because I have plenty of guy friends to play videogames with. I wanted a girl to do dating stuff with or stuff that would make me do things I would not normally do. If I married someone who plays as many games as I do I fear I'd never see sunlight again.

 

She does like to watch some TV shows that I hate but I let her do her thing. I don't feel compelled to bash Vampire Diaries just because I have zero interest in it. Besides, her watching her shows means I can go in the other room and play my games.

 

Also, It's usually no fun dating someone with a different religion/worldview. You can get around it for a while but when the hard times come and you're both looking for strength you're going to be looking in different places and you'll find yourself alone.

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no. i meant that i would consider someone else a 'significant other' if we were together to a degree that would make us a couple. really now this isn't hard to follow, you're just being difficult, why in the world would i say "if you have a tv in your room and you are single then it means you have less of a chance of finding ass than if you didn't"

 

as opposed to the more logical conclusion, you delved into the sillier one.

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But you were saying YOU didn't want a tv in your bedroom in fear that it would detract from your sex life. I agree I opted for the less logical route, but only because your syntax left it to be the ONLY route.

 

But I won't hold it against you, everyone makes mistakes.

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I thought her syntax was pretty clear, especially given the context. Namely, talking about what to do if you have two gamer people in the house. If she doesn't have a gamer significant other then putting a TV in the bedroom is irrelevant because that was only suggested as a solution to having to share the living room TV.

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Also, It's usually no fun dating someone with a different religion/worldview. You can get around it for a while but when the hard times come and you're both looking for strength you're going to be looking in different places and you'll find yourself alone.

 

I'm a little bit worried about that with my gf. I'm primarily a thinking and discussing sort of person, whereas she's a chatting and funloving sort of person- and this relates to our interests.

 

She likes pop TV like One Tree Hill, The O.C. (which, admittedly, I watch happily now), EastEnders etc., whereas I like more adult dramas like the Wire, Walking Dead, or Dexter- but I've turned her over to Firefly and she's turned me over to the O.C. It's all good.

 

Musically she likes things that catch her attention- she barely listens to albums and makes playlists of fun songs. I, on the other hand, make a point of only listening to a band's albums, I like getting to know the music like the back of my hand and getting thoughtful enjoyment from it. But we both overlap- I appreciate a lot more songs and types of music and like dancing more since I've met her, and she's into a few things she'd never try if it wasn't for me.

 

But games... She doesn't mind them- but I tend to rant about exciting ones, it's really important to me, and it's starting to annoy her. Tbh, over time she's really really starting to hate on it. A few arguments have started from my ranting about stuff she isn't interested in. And as you said, Yant, I'm worried/ fairly certain that we're going to be driven apart sooner or later because of our fundamentally different personlities and interests :/

 

Man, I got all serious on this shit!

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And as you said, Yant, I'm worried/ fairly certain that we're going to be driven apart sooner or later because of our fundamentally different personlities and interests :/

 

My comment was more tilted twards politics and especially religion. You can have different hobbies and interests than your wife and in some ways that can be good as long as you're willing to branch out. I would never go antique shopping on my own but I go with her and it can be fun. The problem is that if you disagree on deeper philosophical questions that can be irreconcilable.

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Opposites attract to a point. My wife and I may have different interests but we have very similar personality traits and we both agree completely on deeper issues so we get along fine. I'm just saying that a too much overlap can be a bad thing too. Chemistry is a little more complicated than just same or different.

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My comment was more tilted twards politics and especially religion.

 

Fair enough. I would say it depends on each individual- if one person in a couple was Muslim and the other Christian, what would matter imho is how they would interact over the issue. If one was fanatic for example, arguments would probably tear the pair apart because of the different opinions, and how stubborn one person, or both people, is/are. But if both are simply spiritual people, and their beliefs aren't so strong that they overlap, it shouldn't be too much of a problem even in the light of serious problems.

 

Physically I've seen opposites attract, but in personality and temperament? Never seen those opposites together. There's always some kind of lynch pin between em. Me and my partner have got lots of similar interests, but just a couple that badly contrast.

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My boyfriend shares a few games we have interests in--though I think I'm a waaaaaaay bigger gamer than he is. Which honestly is good for me because I have a tendency to bogart the computer/XBOX. I am glad he has some interests though, otherwise I would feel a little self conscious.

 

There are some guys who seem way more interested in their games than you, too. I do have a social life, I don't like to stay at home playing video games all day. I like to run around the forest trails, take walks at night, and hit the bar/arcade/movies/mall with friends, too. So I think it's good to be balanced.

 

I'm pretty happy with the guy I'm with. We spend time out together, but we can also kick back and watch each other play Fable or some other game.

 

P.S. It's not very sexy to make game references in bed.

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