Girlfriends! (or significant others) How do they take to gaming?

[BabyRaptor]

OK, OK, fine. I guess it depends on what kind of asshole you are.

There are levels to Assholery. Lower levels can be tolerated, as long as one is not the kind of person who stomps on kittens and posts Facebook pictures about it.

Edited because I fail at selective deleting.

 

[steampunk42]

ive had three girlfriends (and a potential 4th) girlfriend one liked guitar hero and sims...so MEH. second one loved borderlands and kingdom hearts. third only ever played Portal. possible future one loves video gaming, especially persona 4...so i hope it works out.

 

[ModsDeleteThisAccountPlease]

My girlfriend, although she complains, doesn't have a problem with my gaming, video, card, board, or otherwise. She reasons that there are MUCH worse things I could be investing my time and money into and SOMETIMES she reluctantly joins in (although if we're playing MtG on her bed and her roommate walks in, the cards go EVERYWHERE as she frantically tries to hide them).

Dude, your girlfriend plays Magic? I am jealous.

My .gif is into Brawl and the like. She respects my like for shooters and I respect her like of casual, so it works out.

 

[PatSilverFox]

OK, OK, fine. I guess it depends on what kind of asshole you are.

There are levels to Assholery. Lower levels can be tolerated, as long as one is not the kind of person who stomps on kittens and posts Facebook pictures about it.

Edited because I fail at selective deleting.

Wow you are tolerant >.>

Or desperate awwwww *hugs*

 

[Deef]

I bought Minecraft for my girlfriend as her first PC first-person game. At first she thought she wouldn't like it, and only played it with me. Now she's addicted and plays on my server more than I do.
Because of this experience she's been a lot more open to gaming in general, and is starting to play more varied games (ex: she's about a quarter done Portal, halfway through Castle Crashers, etc...)

 

[Ferc]

Thankfully, I found a girl who is really into games. The only problem is that her mom won't let her get any consoles, however, I plan to play many, many multiplayer games with her now that it is summer. Too bad she isn't the best. Oh well.

 

[Ir0n Squid]

Hmm, don't think I ever had a girlfriend who was into gaming...now that I think about it, don't think I ever had a girlfriend.

Well this sucks. (0.o)

 

[JaceArveduin]

Hmm, don't think I ever had a girlfriend who was into gaming...now that I think about it, don't think I ever had a girlfriend.

Well this sucks. (0.o)

Don't worry, we have more money to spend on games and root beer.

As for the potential girl that I like... if she was single and if she wasn't a christian and I wasn't atheist and I wasn't going to college a few hours away it might have worked out...

shit... probably missed my chance, doesn't help when you have the tendency to be highly sarcastic and realistic.

 

[Samwise137]

My girlfriend, although she complains, doesn't have a problem with my gaming, video, card, board, or otherwise. She reasons that there are MUCH worse things I could be investing my time and money into and SOMETIMES she reluctantly joins in (although if we're playing MtG on her bed and her roommate walks in, the cards go EVERYWHERE as she frantically tries to hide them).

Dude, your girlfriend plays Magic? I am jealous.

My .gif is into Brawl and the like. She respects my like for shooters and I respect her like of casual, so it works out.

Not actually. I just won a bet with her once over something silly and in losing she had to play Magic with me. And her roommate walked in.

 

[gyllybug]

My boyfriend decided to be all sweet and buy us Pokemon black and white when they came out.

He stopped talking to me when my team repeatedly beat the hell out of his. He has never won a battle against me, and has consequently given up on Pokemon entirely and refuses to play it.

My bad

Back on topic - all the guys/girls I've been with tend to be into games, because it's something we both enjoy and it's usually one of the factors that attract us to one another. It's always good to have something in common, right?

 

[Caligulove]

As long as I don't play games for hours upon hours at end and it doesn't interfere with her wanting to spend time with me, or interfere with our sex life, then she has no problem with it. She'll play some games on XBLArcade and some Red Dead Redemption every now and then, but I wouldnt call her a gamer. We spent a week or so playing through Donkey Kong Country 2 co-op on SNES a year or so back, was one of the many fond memories of my time with her, actually.

I like gaming, but keeping a good relationship is always more important. Not to mention sex. I dont care what part of what game Im in or how long it took me to get there, it can wait if she's in the mood.

 

[Krantos]

My wife games too. Has actually been gaming as long as I have. In fact, she's the one who bugged me, telling me I had to play Baldur's Gate.

Guess I'm just lucky.

 

[Rocking Thunder]

My girlfriend are big gamers, the thing is though, I am a bit of a pc snob, and she is a consoltard. Neither of us have an issue with it, but neither of us can use the different controllers very well, so its more like we game next to each other, not with. Im trying to get better at consoles, but I like the mouse to much!

 

[joelathon]

The key is to find someone else who is into gaming. Then you plan only to game when either they initiate it or when you've planned it between the two of you. You can suggest it spur-of-the-moment, but try not to bank on it or you may be disappointed. Ultimately, it's about reconciling your habits with theirs and communicating well.

 

[BlackSuit]

I once tried to explain Warcraft Lore to my girlfriend, I could see she was interested but I knew more than half of it didn't stick.

I'm extremely lucky in that area, she lets me game, and read my comics and salivate over newly release games, books, comics, etc. I once was on a 8-hour-long Civ III marathon and she didn't bother me much, except to cook and help her with quick stuff, and she was entitled to do it, she could've done a "Mom" move and bother me until I helped her.

Unfortunetly I still haven't convinced her to take up games.

Although we played on my brother's Wii once, she beat me at almost every single game...

 

[runnernda]

I'm a geeky gamer girl, but I'm usually single. If I do have a significant other, they're usually into gaming, but not as much as I am. I have a lot of guy friends, though, and a lot of their girlfriends tend to say "You want to game? Um...yeah, go call Liz." I'm not sure what that makes me, but it works for me. I get to play co-op, and I guess their girlfriends get a reprieve?

There's no such thing as just being a friend with a guy. Attraction is attraction there is no in-betweens.

I disagree. I have several guy friends with whom I wouldn't sleep if you paid me. Maybe you're attracted to all your female friends, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to just be friends with someone of the opposite sex.

 

[PatSilverFox]

I'm a geeky gamer girl, but I'm usually single. If I do have a significant other, they're usually into gaming, but not as much as I am. I have a lot of guy friends, though, and a lot of their girlfriends tend to say "You want to game? Um...yeah, go call Liz." I'm not sure what that makes me, but it works for me. I get to play co-op, and I guess their girlfriends get a reprieve?

There's no such thing as just being a friend with a guy. Attraction is attraction there is no in-betweens.

I disagree. I have several guy friends with whom I wouldn't sleep if you paid me. Maybe you're attracted to all your female friends, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to just be friends with someone of the opposite sex.

I meant when it comes to guys, they don't want to ever just be friends with a girl. Unless they're gay like me. So no I don't have any female friends I'm attracted to.

 

[BlackSuit]

I'm a geeky gamer girl, but I'm usually single. If I do have a significant other, they're usually into gaming, but not as much as I am. I have a lot of guy friends, though, and a lot of their girlfriends tend to say "You want to game? Um...yeah, go call Liz." I'm not sure what that makes me, but it works for me. I get to play co-op, and I guess their girlfriends get a reprieve?

There's no such thing as just being a friend with a guy. Attraction is attraction there is no in-betweens.

I disagree. I have several guy friends with whom I wouldn't sleep if you paid me. Maybe you're attracted to all your female friends, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to just be friends with someone of the opposite sex.

I meant when it comes to guys, they don't want to ever just be friends with a girl. Unless they're gay like me. So no I don't have any female friends I'm attracted to.

I'm not gay. I have a girlfriend. Some of my best friends are girls, some men. Never been attracted to either. But I do understand what others see in them.
Don't take this the wrong way but I find your argument to be a little... reductive(?), its like saying all gamers have to be guys or something.