Poll: Would you quit gaming if your partner asked you to?

[Woem]

Watching the Second Skin [http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/second_skin] documentary it raised an interesting question: would you quit gaming if your partner asked you to? Or if you're not willing to give up gaming altogether, would you be willing to game less in order to free up time to spend more quality time with your partner? Even if that wonderful person would make it a relationship breaker?

I was a pretty fervent Half-Life deathmatch and Counter-Strike player myself before I got into a relationship and shedding of my gaming skin came natural to me. I do know however that my wife wouldn't like me getting back to gaming if that meant spending less time together.

 

[BlindTom]

I don't game excessively, asking me to stop now would be like me asking them to stop something trivial like watching Jeremy Kyle, not worth the drama.

 

[WolfThomas]

The more important question is "Would you quit your partner if gaming asked you to?"

 

[Blackadder51]

I would game a lot less but never give it up.

 

[Pandalisk]

Gaming doesnt take up alot of my life, if she takes away my gaming/guy time then she suffocation me!, a man cannot stand and let such a thing happen! unless she is a good cuddler, in which case OBEY

is the woman hot? if yes, obey.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

Between gaming or sex, I choose gaming.

Why? You can't miss what you never had.

 

[somerandomguy76]

Game less - maybe.
Give up forever - no.

It's part of what makes me me and, while I acknowledge that it is necessary to adjust oneself in some ways in a relationship, that is one of the things I am simply not willing to give up.

 

[Jandau]

If my partner asked me to give up a part of my life that brought me much happiness and joy, then that's not really a partner I want to be with. I don't see why such a demand would be made, unless the partner in question was a selfish individual. And if a person cared so little about my feelings to make such a demand, then that's not a person I want in my life anyway. Basically, it's a non-issue as far as I'm concerned.

 

[CmdrGoob]

The more important question is "Would you quit your partner if gaming asked you to?"

Hahah, that's exactly what I thought. And yes, yes I would dump anyone who wanted me to dump my interests.

 

[Borrowed Time]

I'd say yes, but that's mainly because I know my gamer of a wife would never ask me to. =P Although I have already quit WoW because she asked me to raid less and there was nothing left for me to do besides raid. She was right though, I was getting far too involved with it and it was starting to hurt our relationship/my time spent with the kids. Being a MT in an Ulduar guild meant I either had to raid almost all their days, or couldn't raid at all, i chose to not raid at all.

 

[Eleuthera]

Game Less - sure. Gaming isn't that important, and I game mostly to fill up my freetime.
Give up completely - Very unlikely, evryone has/needs a hobby, gaming is mine. I'm sure she'll have things she wants to do as weel, if all her hobbies mean I have to be with her 24/7 we're definatly not meant to be.

 

[Cxizent]

No. I don't think I can put it any more succicntly [SPELLING ERROR] than that.

 

[Scrythe]

Short answer: No
Long answer: If my partner wasn't willing to accept that I'm pursuing a future in game design, then that person is no longer my partner. End of story.

 

[Haydyn]

Depends. Is my partner my girlfriend, or wife? Does she dislike gaming, or just want more free time with me? If it was my girlfriend, I would already be spending very little time playing video games as I would be too busy enjoying dating while I could. But in a better world where a girlfriend isn't a distant dream, I would slightly reduce gaming time, while sneaking as much as I could. If it was my wife, if I hadn't already given up my job as a full-time gamer, I would reduce it to playing casually, (but not be a casual gamer, of course.)

 

[Halceon]

It's very unlikely i would even get into a relationship where my gaming could be an issue.

 

[Lord Thodin]

No...........I watched Second skin too. The Escapists review was spot on. It gives no leeway to this direction, or that, but would rather you draw from it what you will. I personally would stop for nothing. If I was Andy from the movie and just had two twins, and the woman asked me to quit gaming or she'd leave me......"Checks will be in the mail, bye."

 

[Kajt]

I would game less, but I would not quit. I'll never quit.

 

[crypt-creature]

That would depend, if it were becoming unhealthy in some way I would game less.
Completely give it up? Fat chance. The few games that I do play I enjoy very much.
Plus my partner enjoys watching me game just as much as I like gaming.

 

[AboveUp]

I think gaming less to be able to spend more time to spend with her would be a natural thing to happen.

Completely stop doing something I've been doing for years, something that I absolutely love doing, simply because someone tells me to. Fuck no.
What am I supposed to do with the gained time then, watch TV like everybody else does? I haven't watched TV in years. I don't see how watching mind numbing shows like that are any better than plotting how to kill someone and take their flag.

I'm raising the TV bit because I've actually experienced this choice. It was gaming or watching pointless shows with her. I tried it for a while, and felt my brain cells oozing out of my ears in shame of the stuff my eyes were taking in.