Poll: 1 in 5 Women Have Dumped Their Boyfriend Over Videogames
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Funny thing, if a woman wants to change me, be it video games or anything, we're most likely not "meant to be".
Also, I might be going out on a limb here, but I get the feeling the women polled here might be a bit... needy.
Also, I might be going out on a limb here, but I get the feeling the women polled here might be a bit... needy.
it seems to me like girls use it as a scape goat to break up with us guys so that we think its all our fault. seriously if me playing MW2 disrupts our "us time" when we spend most of the day together grab a controller its not that hard ewho knows you might like kiking ass with a spas 12. oh well i learned my lesson if she dun lik3 t3h g4m3s i dun lik3 her.
WHHHHAAAAAAAATTTTT? i could see if you didn't let him join in but. that guy should count his lucky stars cause girls that are that into games are hard to come by (and in my experiance usually pretty hot[wel the console ones anyways]) it's most guy's dream to have a gf that'll comeover and instead of having to watch pride and predjudice (and zombies lol) get to play cod or rockband or other multiplayer vid games all night. what is this world comming to?CakeDragon said:
... article makes me angry. I know a dude who has a girlfriend who bitches about his gaming... the hypocritical women... because she spends about as much time as he does gaming on facebook, myspace, reading fanfic, blogger, and the cosmo forums... so... how is it fair? oh wait women are never fair to men!
Congratulations on your first son/daughter!!!yourbeliefs said:
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Exactly, except I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the 'covered up' issue is to do with the woman and not the relationship ... Ok, well maybe 20% of women have an actual relationship problem.Furburt said:
My reasoning is that women are insane! No wonder humans can love, natural selection dictates that those that couldn't would kill/leave/cause-grevious-bodily-harm-to/be-dumped-by their female companion before they had the option of reproducing.
Hey, kids?
If you've seriously had a relationship in which the other person got irritated at you for gaming too often, it's you who has the problem. There's a difference between a hobby and an obsession. You're far too invested in your fantasy and that's pretty unhealthy.
What are you 'gamah boifriands w/ gurlfriands' going to do when you're going to have to give up gaming?
And before you say it, just ask your dear ma and pa what they thought they would be doing at their age when they were your age. Chances are, if they had a hobby they gave it up when you came about. It's just about impossible to keep a hobby going when you've got an hourly alarm that poops along with a career.
And by that I mean, are you fucking serious?
If you've seriously had a relationship in which the other person got irritated at you for gaming too often, it's you who has the problem. There's a difference between a hobby and an obsession. You're far too invested in your fantasy and that's pretty unhealthy.
What are you 'gamah boifriands w/ gurlfriands' going to do when you're going to have to give up gaming?
And before you say it, just ask your dear ma and pa what they thought they would be doing at their age when they were your age. Chances are, if they had a hobby they gave it up when you came about. It's just about impossible to keep a hobby going when you've got an hourly alarm that poops along with a career.
Are you a fourteen year old child?Biosophilogical said:
And by that I mean, are you fucking serious?
1. I'm 16Flos said:
2. No I'm not, in case you didn't get it, I was being overly sarcastic. I am quite aware that most of the time it is a problem with the relationship and not just a cover-excuse for deeper issues. I also do not think women are insane, they just tend to have different thought processes to men. And on top of that, I realise that love is not necessary for reproduction (though admittedly it would be nice), I was just over-exaggerating the point that love plays a large part in relationships by referencing it to evolution. And finally, when I listed the events that would prevent reproduction in that case I was emphasising the fact that without a strong bond to hold couples together, there would (most likely) be a significantly larger number of conflicts, combine that with the reference to natural selection, a term which I tend to associate with animals, and you get a lot of conflict without the rationality to resolve them in other ways.
Also, next time you quote me, could you be so kind as to not include unnecessary swearing, as it tends to make your comment come across as hostile, which, when you are talking to someone who you clearly do not know or understand, is an immature way to speak/type. After all, most people on this site are quite willing to have an open and civil discussion, and hostility is hardly the proper way to start it. [small][sub]BTW, I only picked you up on the swearing because I find it to be immature and an indicator of hostility and a limited vocabulary[/sub][/small]
That's exactly what I'm saying. This is just a bunch of alarmist pearl-clutching about the horrors of video games, and I'd be willing to bet we'll see less ridiculousness like this as games become more mainstream.HardRockSamurai said:
Plus, you know, "some people play games and live happy, fulfilling lives!" isn't a very good headline :V
...seriously?SimuLord said:
Alyssa the gamer girl said:
Preach it the choir, my sister!!
My bf will play some games-Resident Evil and Silent Hill mainly, but I def play more than him
That was a needless sarcastic remark that made you look like a misogynist. Combined with a post of very little comment other than that remark, how was I to deduce that you were, in fact, just being a ironic? Sorry I couldn't h34r ur srchazm, but there's no need to throw a wall of text (that I'm not going to read) at me. A simple 'no' would suffice.Biosophilogical said:
You may attempt to start a debate again after you have taken the time to Google 'Ad hominem'. With that knowledge, you should attempt to construct an argument without using such a fallacy.
"lol ur swerz make you look ILLEDUCATED" is a fallacy and I simply will not waste my valuable time on an individual who attempts to appear sophisticated but, in truth, is little more than a schoolboy using big boy thinking in an improper way.
[sub]You see, can you tell if I was sarcastic? No? Well, I very well could have been! I doubt you'll ever know, though, because I left no contextual clues as to whether or not I'm actually not serious about my statements. u c wut i did thar?[/sub]
I find nerdy girls dull. Plus, their "intellectualism" is inevitably so narrow as to suggest they don't have a thought in their heads beyond those little things that catch their focus.atalanta said:
I would much rather find myself in conversation with a girl who talked about something besides anime, video games, or whatever the fuck else nerds are into these days (I'll be honest, I don't keep track. I'm a jock who happens to be a gamer.)
I'm all in favor of having a girlfriend who likes strategy games (instant lots-in-common), but if that's all I have in common with her, if she doesn't like sports and restaurants and classic rock and going bowling and everything else I'm into, that's going to be a very hollow relationship that at the very best is headed for friends-with-benefits territory. Gaming is WAY down the list of things I find attractive.
"Nerd", by definition, implies boring, one-dimensional people. Who wants that? Besides maybe other boring, one-dimensional people who can share their one and only interest in common with somebody else. But that's just sad.
