Girlfriends and Gaming
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You have any pointers for us gamer girls then? I have been looking for a gamer guy but often just find Anime guys when I go to Waldenbooks, Borders, or Barnes & Nobles and when I go to other places the creepy guys always seem to be there instead looking at Hentai >.<
There is always a sad bit of desperation in threads like this 
it makes me feel bad.
My girlfriend and I have gamed together ever since we meet, her SNES skills are among LEGENDS but I school her in anything FPS. We played WoW together for 2 years, which is something that neither of us like to talk about. Recently we've gotten into FO3, I modeled my characters, look, personality, and abilities around her and she around me. Its been SO fun to watch each other role play as we think the other would act in that setting. We're both VERY excited about Arkham Asylum for PC, can wait for the 15th! We giggled like school girls when I found the demo on fileplanet, I let her play through first.
it makes me feel bad.My girlfriend and I have gamed together ever since we meet, her SNES skills are among LEGENDS but I school her in anything FPS. We played WoW together for 2 years, which is something that neither of us like to talk about. Recently we've gotten into FO3, I modeled my characters, look, personality, and abilities around her and she around me. Its been SO fun to watch each other role play as we think the other would act in that setting. We're both VERY excited about Arkham Asylum for PC, can wait for the 15th! We giggled like school girls when I found the demo on fileplanet, I let her play through first.
My ex used to play Mario Kart and Mario Party with me, and she would watch me play games as well. We played monkey island together, as well as others that aren't coming to mind right now.
Right now I'm looking for a girlfriend who plays games or at least is 'gamer friendly'. I feel like I'm looking for a needle in a haystack though... or I guess its more like looking for a specific needle in a needle stack... stupid needle stack
PS. if any of you gamers use a specific dating website you've found helpful... I might find it helpful too
Right now I'm looking for a girlfriend who plays games or at least is 'gamer friendly'. I feel like I'm looking for a needle in a haystack though... or I guess its more like looking for a specific needle in a needle stack... stupid needle stack
PS. if any of you gamers use a specific dating website you've found helpful... I might find it helpful too
Most girls hate when their boyfriends play video games because it takes up time, its boring, and they spend less time with them.
[sup]But please remember, most girls on the 'scapist are not like this, like me.[/sup]
I had an ex boyfriend who hated the fact that I played video games. It didn't last very long.
[sup]But please remember, most girls on the 'scapist are not like this, like me.[/sup]
I had an ex boyfriend who hated the fact that I played video games. It didn't last very long.
My ex and I used to game together... and we used to watch each other game, as well. Yes, we were a dorky couple.
I don't think I could date someone who didn't accept my gaming habits, even if he wasn't a gamer himself.
I don't think I could date someone who didn't accept my gaming habits, even if he wasn't a gamer himself.
If you are escaping from your girlfriend with anything, then your relationship is already circling the bowl, and she probably knows it and is very frustrated by it. which doesn't help, but hey, some things aren't meant to be.
I've had roommates who didn't like my gaming. I think the degree to which we flat ignore other people when we game is really kind of insulting to some people. It's really much more so than reading a book or watching TV. It's not that they want your attention all the time, it's that they want to know they could have it when they needed it.
I've been out of the looking-for-that-someone-game for a few years now, BUT I guess I would caution against seeking out a specific trait in a prospective partner. Your best bet is to seek out someone your attracted too and chat with them. If you hit if off then go on a date or two, when you build a relationship with someone you absorb their likes and dislikes. My GF would have NEVER played ANY video game had we not met; now she's as excited about gaming as me.GracefulSerenity said:
Seek out that someone that likes you for who your are! The rest will come!
Also you have to remember that NOTHING IS EVER EASY, if your not constantly sacrificing and working hard in a relationship your doing it wrong.
Lol I wasn't saying I was escaping from my girlfriend. I was merely making a reference to Escapist since I think I used the word "gaming" like 5 times in my intro. I didn't want to literally escapemshcherbatskaya said:
I would agree. Accept I would possibly say, don't try and look, just do what you normally do and go to where you normally go and hopefully it'll happen. Oh if only there were a dating service that wre also in the form of a game...Ayrav said:
or is there? I'm really not up to date with these kinds of things.
Also, my last ex never liked violent or complicated videogames; anything above tetris was a no go. Alot of times I had more in common with her gamming brother Lol. I went 2 months without playing any major video games...
the horror...
If the game is more important to my significant other rather than time with me; I'd probably have a problem. I'm not saying I'd want all of his time because Lord knows people have a right to have their own interests outside of a relationship. Not to mention that it is possible to play games with a significant other. My problem lies in the circumstance where the SO prefers to play a video game rather than acknowledge me at all.
Gaming above human interaction bugs me a lot. It's probably that that leads to the demise of a relationship. I mean who wants to be with someone who prefers a screen/controller/console/fantasy world to them?
In answer to your question, I'm not a big gamer so I've never been in the situation where I've preferred a game to my boyfriend. I have been in a situation though where I was in a long distance relationship. We only had the weekend to spend with each other and instead of chatting, going out, or conversing; my Ex played FFXII for four hours before leaving my home. Being ignored like that hurt; and although I love Final Fantasy, I think he should have made a bit of an effort to spend more time with me than a screen.
Gaming above human interaction bugs me a lot. It's probably that that leads to the demise of a relationship. I mean who wants to be with someone who prefers a screen/controller/console/fantasy world to them?
In answer to your question, I'm not a big gamer so I've never been in the situation where I've preferred a game to my boyfriend. I have been in a situation though where I was in a long distance relationship. We only had the weekend to spend with each other and instead of chatting, going out, or conversing; my Ex played FFXII for four hours before leaving my home. Being ignored like that hurt; and although I love Final Fantasy, I think he should have made a bit of an effort to spend more time with me than a screen.
Yeah, but I think some people do use it to escape their relationships, and that's not good.PaulyWalnuts said:
In my relationship I'm more into the gaming than my boyfriend is, but whenever I whip out Worm or Gears, or essentially anything with co-op, we seem to use it as some sort of bonding experience. Killing the AIs before eventually beating the crap out of one another, or giving the other cover fire during a roadie run
I dunno about constantly sacrificing, but you're damn right when you say nothing is ever easy.Ayrav said:
Lies; girls just need to be more outgoing/assertive. One girl I know desperately wants a relationship but can't get into one. Why might you ask? Because shes very pretty but refuses to ask a guy out, she insists that only guys should ask girls out and because of her traditionalist ways she will continue to yearn for a boy friend.Major_Sam said: