I'd probably game less if they were worried about me. But if they wanted me to just stop altogether, then that shows that they don't love me enough to accept what I do and just let me do my own thing sometimes.
Poll: Would you quit gaming if your partner asked you to?
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I'd game less, which is hard to do when you consider the fact I only play my PSP every few days now, and haven't really wanted to play the 360 much. Next month should be different though...
i can understand gaming less as i don't want gaming to come between me and my social life, but completely stopping? no. It is not a healthy relationship if she wants me to give up one of my favourite past times for some stupid reason
Everyone has already said what I was going to say: if she doesn't like it, too bad. I'm not selfish enough to think that my hobbies are more important than her, so I'm going to adjust accordingly. If that wasn't good enough for her, then she isn't good enough for me. There is no way I'd spend my life with some one who doesn't understand that or appreciate me. If I'm truly letting games neglect her, then fine, I'll put them down long enough to make her happy, but no longer than that. Gaming defines me, and I wouldn't have any other source of entertainment if I didn't play. What would she expect for me to do for fun? Sitting on the couch, drinking beer, and "enjoying" the game?
No. I'm not changing who I am for anyone. They don't like me, they can get lost. It would just save me a lot of trouble down the road finding out this stuff early.
I'll spend time with them if they want, but I'm not changing my hobbies unless I feel like it.
I'll spend time with them if they want, but I'm not changing my hobbies unless I feel like it.
I think it all depends. If you only spend a few hours a week or so gaming, I think it's quite unreasonable to expect someone to stop completely without a good reason. If a person spends excessive amounts of time playing games to the point where they neglect their social life and partner, I think it's a fair enough ultimatum.
Only if by contract she gives something up as well. And it'll be something she loves. That'll be interesting. Chances are I'll sneak in some DS though.
I don't think it will happen, since I don't game that much. But if it happened, I'd say that it's ridiculous. But depending on who it was, I don't know. I could game less, and if it was someone I cared about, I'd spend more time with her. Although I doubt it will happen.
Spend less time on the console? Probaley.
Quit? I very much doubt she would ask that. Well my girl of my dreams would JOIN me gaming anyway.
Quit? I very much doubt she would ask that. Well my girl of my dreams would JOIN me gaming anyway.
meh, i probably would game less anyway, the only reason i do it so much is because theres nothing else to do in my tiny village in the ass end of no where
Gaming is something I enjoy doing. It is a hole-filling activity that gives me something fun to do when I have nothing more fun to do. If my partner was offering something fun to do as an alternative, then yes (and I'm sure you can fill in the gap there yourselves). I think I would naturally game less with a partner i wanted to spend time with anyway.
However if they just wanted it in order to make me do something I hated (making me watch corrie, for instance) then nooooooooooo, no freaking way!
However if they just wanted it in order to make me do something I hated (making me watch corrie, for instance) then nooooooooooo, no freaking way!
Well it's one of my fav hobbies, and I don't consider myself addicted enough for it be a problem in a relationship, plus the girl of my dreams would join me instead of ask me to stop. Obviously I'd game less, instead of spending evenings on TF2 I would spend them with her watching a movie or something. But if I'm lucky enough, I could spend an evening gaming together every now and then.