Poll: Deal breaker?

[regallmighty]

well i have been dating my GF for 6 months now and she loves video games, but with pervious girls they have to be into at least one of my two passions.... Video games and Heavy metal. So if a girl hates both, then yea its a deal breaker

 

[Miumaru]

Being a gamer is a must. Infact, I expect alot of our quality time to be gaming with eachother.

 

[teisjm]

Depends on how inquisitive they are, i do in no way expect the girl i'm seeing to udnerstand my passion for gameing, and i can easily live with her thinking it's silly (though she thinks its cute that i game, though she haven't ehard me on vent yet when i game, so that prolly explains it)
If she hated it, and thought it was stupid but let me choose my stupid path of stupid fun without beeing angry, and was otehrwise a nice girl i could live with it
If she made unreasonable demands and tried to make me stop gameing i'd throw her away like last months leftovers (i don't clean my kitchen very often you see)

But so far i've never met a girl who had anny issues with me gameing.

 

[ReckzB]

If this particular person was the type to insist that video-games are a blight on the modern world and are as addictive as various narcotic substances (HAH!), then there may be a slight problem.

Just a slight one.

You know... if in the unlikely event that the word 'slight' were to ever become be synonymous with massive.

 

['Aredor]

I don't give a flying fuck whether my girlfriend plays video games or not, and I don't see any reason why I would ever want to play in her company. And I don't feel the need to talk to any of my friends about games, so why would I want to talk to her about the stuff?

So as long as she doesn't try to tell me I can't play them even if she's not there, I don't have the slightest problem with her disliking them. And that's not even that much because I wouldn't want to part with gaming but because I don't appreciate being told what to do in my spare time.

 

[Chipperz]

I've seen what happens when a girl pussywhips a guy into giving up gaming, and the pain and heartache it caused him to give up everything that he loved apart from her made my descision for me - it's a deal-breaker. They don't have to like video games, just accept that I do, and not try to change that.

 

[Zarokima]

I'm a gamer. If she doesn't like that, tough shit, she can get over it or leave.

However, I have no problem if she's simply not a gamer; she's not getting any points there, but it also means I don't have to worry about her hogging anything.

 

[Beartrucci]

I was going to vote for depends, but I thought about it a bit more and chances are it would be a deal breaker. It's not as if all I want to talk about in relationships is games, but if this person hates games with a passion that burns like fire, that could cause a few problems.

 

[Jonesy911]

I would never date someone who blindly hates something.

 

[Aesir23]

If they just have no interest, then I could really care less. But hating them to the point where they refuse to lay eyes on one? Well, I'd keep that person at bay with a 29 1/2 ft pole. If I can't share something that's a major part of my life, then it definitely becomes a problem.

 

[eggy32]

Depends on how much they dislike videogames. If they hate them so much that they want me to stop playing then yeah it's a deal breaker. If it's just something they don't like then that's fine.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

This question has been on my mind for a while, and it's about video games and dating.

Hypothetically, let's say that you've been dating someone for a short period of time and you're only just really getting to know them and from what you've seen so far they're great. However, along the line you find out that they are part of that small collection of people that hate video games.
They won't play them or watch others play them...they just think that they are a waste of time. And you can't talk them out of it, they are firm in their belief.

So, my question to you gamers is: Would the fact that they dislike video games seriously hurt any possibility for the relationship to continue, or would you accept it even though gaming is a large part of your life?

Personal I don't think I could be with anyone who doesn't like gaming, considering the amount of time I spend doing it. Fortunately I've only met one or two people who truly do not get gaming.

I'm fine with that... it's when they tell me they want to murn my collection of games that I draw the line.

I don't really mind if people don't get games as long as they're not going to attack me over them. Hell I do loads of other things, it's just that games are a part of my life, and I don't particularly want to give them up.

Now for something that IS a real dealbreaker to me... is a vegeterian. Seriously. If I'm going to constantly make you food, the least you could do is thank you and not "oh I don't want that, it has meat in it".

 

[Kukakkau]

Why would I be with someone who can't even try and understand the things I like?

Yes - even though it applies to all likes and interests

 

[joshthor]

as long as they dont try to make me stop im fine.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Depends... are they the people that hate it and keep it to themselves, or are they the type of people that hate it and constantly talk shit on people who do play games?

 

[Rakkana]

Depends how much there going to enforce that on me.

 

[Not Gonna Get Me]

I have a girlfriend who doesn't like gaming at all, who thinks it's a waste of time.

We have been together for 7.5 months . As long as you have something you can do together, and she doesn't prohibit you from playing them on your own free time, then you are OK

 

[Dexiro]

Gaming is too big a part of my life. With some hope I'd be making them as well as playing them, there'd probably be some argument over my choice of career.

It depends how much they hated them. If they just let me get on with it occasionally then it's fine, but if they try to put a stop to my gaming completely then i'm not sure it'd work. Guys that hate games that much are pretty rare though :3

 

[Duck Sandwich]

Gaming isn't my main hobby (boxing is) so as long as she isn't trying to cram her beliefs down my throat, it's all good. However, I'd eventually be bound to make the occasional snide "anything sedentary is a waste of time" remark in return when I see her watching TV/reading/surfing the internet. How she would respond to that could break the relationship. But if she's unreasonable to the point where it does, good riddance.

 

[Jark212]

If she doesn't like games that's cool, as long as she doesn't force me to stop playing (I honestly don't play that much anyways (depending on the time of year))...