I know this is a little 'OT' but I guess it's something that affects us all...
I am VERY lucky - in that I have a girlfriend that works as a barmaid (double whammy!), so I have a lot of evenings to myself.
Despite this, or because of this, we have agreed 'quality time' evenings where I don't play, and watch a girly film or go for a walk with my 'better half'...yadda, yadda, yadda!
How does everyone else cope?
Or is BF2 causing tensions! LOL
I'm married with young twins. Over the last several years, we formed a a general rule of thumb that I play games on Wed and Sun nights (Which are the AFK AOK:TC game nights). We go out on Fri or Sat night and spend the other nights together. However if she's watching some particularly girlie thing on the telly I'll usually slink off to the soho for some more gaming.
Alhtough she has no interest in gaming she does appreciate that it's an important part of my life so doesn't mind too much - Heck she even came along to the last LAN.
It can be hard (but essential) to balance one's RL and VL
PEN
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Jul 27 2005, 09:10 AM
I'm married with young twins. Over the last several years, we formed a a general rule of thumb that I play games on Wed and Sun nights (Which are the AFK AOK:TC game nights). We go out on Fri or Sat night and spend the other nights together. However if she's watching some particularly girlie thing on the telly I'll usually slink off to the soho for some more gaming.
Alhtough she has no interest in gaming she does appreciate that it's an important part of my life so doesn't mind too much - Heck she even came along to the last LAN.
It can be hard (but essential) to balance one's RL and VL
PEN
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You guys coming to the next one?
My misses being a teacher means that she often has work todo which frees me up for a fair amount of gaming time. Everything in our routin is planned, god forgive me if i ever stray from the "list".
I am lucky because before i got married i then had a Amiga 1200 Gasp !!! lol
I said to her that my computer come with me as a package ( joke )
we been together 15 years
married for 13 years 3 kids
1 border collie 3 cat lol
and i can play on bf at night every night anytime yippeee
I dont play during the day as i have work to do plus house that need doing up
( that what pleased her )
as u noticed i am on it quite alot lol apart from last night due to server account so that was my night off
i play bf 2 when i am home and anytime no pressure at all
she is brillant with it and we say it seem fair cos woman like watching soap program so why not men like playing bf2 lol
she doesnt like computers but sometime use it for browsing the site for information which can be handy
i do understand some are on limited but then everybody is different
like i knew someone that love sea fishing i can go anytime i like this person had to ask his wife permssion to see if he is allow to go that is sad but then again that is their life everybody lead a different way of life
the main thing is as long as everyone is HAPPY
my gf and I live in different cities atm, so during the week I have little to do but play games or go to the pub or whatever with friends/housemates etc... On weekends I have no desire to play computer games :D
Interesting thread mate :)
I'm married too and have an agreement with my wife that I have Sunday nights and one other day in the week for gaming. Shes often doing her own thing, ie swimming, reading etc so I'll sneak a few hours in here and there. We have Friday and Saturday night as QT (Quality time) and Sunday we go out somewhere and then watch Topgear sunday night (women love TG -bonus!).
I'm sure all the single blokes on here are thinking jeez sounds like a pain in the TANGO, but its all about compromise and having an easy life... you'll understand when you get a long term girlfriend!! :)
My wife thinks its a bit geeky and weird playing games with mates on the web, but I've pointed out its very sociable, helps keep me up to date with a lot of IT stuff and its my hobby :) Which I genuinely believe. She's coming round to my way of thinking and is quite understanding.
Oh and I also agreed that on work days I'd goto bed at 11... so if I'm ever up after 11 and playing on the DMW server... let me know, else i'm a dead man *Joke*... :]
She moans about my 'constant' gaming all the time. I moan about the crap on the telly I'd have to endure with her, or all the 'little' jobs she has for me to do, if I wasn't gaming.
You have to do the 'quality time' thing every now and again to keep 'em sweet.
It's a great relationship - honest ;)
My girlfriend lives 160 miles away. No worries!!!
Living with my girlfriend for 4 years, to be engaged on 18th of august. She is very tolerant with me, especially since she has started to do a little gaming herself (she is hooked on yahoo games, just moved on to some basic 3d stuff). But I do BF2 too much and try to moderate it. We have so little sparetime together, so I try to keep the BF2'ing down - difficult though :)
I have to smile at the term 'quality time' :D This generally means guys huffin' an' puffin' with frustration until wife/gf says 'for god's sake go to your bloody computer'. I'm so lucky that my wife doesn't like me, so she thinks it's great that I'm outta her space. :lol:
Addendum: We have a great relationship really. 8)
EDIT: Punctuation.
QuoteOriginally posted by Cadaver@Jul 27 2005, 11:36 AM
She moans about my 'constant' gaming all the time. I moan about the crap on the telly I'd have to endure with her, or all the 'little' jobs she has for me to do, if I wasn't gaming.[post=89564]Quoted post[/post]
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Sounds familiar!! :roflmao:
Depends on her mood quite a lot, if she's had a bad day at work I don't even think of going near the PC :ph34r:
i found that poppin a cap in her @ss then burying her in the garden made online gaming a whole lot less naggy. :ph34r:
QuoteOriginally posted by Doorman@Jul 27 2005, 01:18 PM
This generally means guys huffin' an' puffin' with frustration until wife/gf says 'for god's sake go to your bloody computer'. I'm so lucky that my wife doesn't like me, so she thinks it's great that I'm outta her space. :lol:
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My missus runs karate classes 3 nights a week, and has done for the past 7 or 8 years...the kids go too :D
the other nights she plays darts for the pub next-door and watches crap tv...
so basically I can do wtf I like :D
did I mention I live next-door to a pub?
a couple of pints early doors then home for a couple of hours gaming 8) :clap:
and if my beer fridge runs dry, I can tap on the pubs kitchen window for a take-out :beer:
QuoteOriginally posted by Blunt@Jul 27 2005, 04:58 PM
did I mention I live next-door to a pub?
I'm a 100m away from our village pub... but I don't drink :blink: *I can hear the forum falling of their seats in disbelief! *
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What, 100m is too far to walk or is it a bad pub? :devil:
QuoteOriginally posted by Blunt@Jul 27 2005, 03:58 PM
My missus runs karate classes 3 nights a week
*ouch* could be painful if you're naughtly :)
PEN
QuoteOriginally posted by BIG-Dewey@Jul 27 2005, 10:16 AM
Interesting thread mate :)
I'm married too and have an agreement with my wife that I have Sunday nights and one other day in the week for gaming. Shes often doing her own thing, ie swimming, reading etc so I'll sneak a few hours in here and there. We have Friday and Saturday night as QT (Quality time)
Looks like we're pretty similar on this
QuoteMy wife thinks its a bit geeky and weird playing games with mates on the web, but I've pointed out its very sociable, helps keep me up to date with a lot of IT stuff and its my hobby :) Which I genuinely believe. She's coming round to my way of thinking and is quite understanding.
Claire has never really understood it, but appreciates that it's an important part of my life. At the LAN last October when she came , she was amazed how 'normal' everyone was - I think she thought it would be a geek-fest.
I did point out a few DMW geeks though so she didn't feel too wrong :lmfao:
PEN
PS. Jamoe - I'm coming to the next LAN, Claire isn't as it was a choice of coming to the LAN or a luxurious spa weekend .......... i mean sheesh that much have been a hard choice for her :roflmao:
PEN
Heh,
I'm married to a dotcor, so when she's on duty in the evenings, I tend to play a bit.
However, I have a job which can be very stressful at times (insurance company lawyer), and my wife thinks its a good way for me to relax by shooting new and old friends. My wife is like every other girl, she likes to watch soaps on the TV. When she does, she gives me that look and tells me to game a bit if I'm really nice to her a bit later.... :D
No problems, as long as I keep the gaming time within reason. Life is full of compromises, and I don't mind. I have spent three weeks alone now, as my wife had to go visit relatives (she's not from Norway), and I'm a bit bored... it is much more fun to have a game when she's around.
Actually, I don't watch telly. I spend time with the computer instead.
And to those of you who lives nearby pubs (100 m), I envy you!!! In Norway a pint will set you back about £4 in a pub. Beer cannot be bought in shops after 8 pm. weekdays and 6 pm. saturdays, and here it is generally considered a sin to have a pint during the week (getting pissed every weekend is OK, though... :blink: ) . thank god my wife likes her beer.
Talking about beer, if any of you takes a notice of my somewhat bad driving habits in APCs an tanks, it could be the beers that I like to drink while gaming :devil:
QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Jul 27 2005, 05:12 PM
What, 100m is too far to walk or is it a bad pub? :devil:
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No BlueBall I just don't drink very much alchohol :)
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Jul 27 2005, 07:29 PM
I'm coming to the next LAN, Claire isn't as it was a choice of coming to the LAN or a luxurious spa weekend .......... i mean sheesh that much have been a hard choice for her :roflmao:
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Agree with you Pen, it must have take her a nano-second to blurt out Luxurious Spa Weekend :roflmao:
Well it sounds like the many of us here have the same compromises between RL and gaming - that makes me feel better :)
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Jul 27 2005, 08:29 PM
Looks like we're pretty similar on this
Claire has never really understood it, but appreciates that it's an important part of my life. At the LAN last October when she came , she was amazed how 'normal' everyone was - I think she thought it would be a geek-fest.
I did point out a few DMW geeks though so she didn't feel too wrong :lmfao:
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Who did you point out then?
And 'normal' ? :roflmao: ;)
BTW: My ex was a bit like: You play onlinegames? What's that. She looked a bit and was: okay... Seems nice.
Since I still live with my mom she's more like: Didn't you play this map yesterday aswell? I'm like: Ehrm, yeah, but not with these people....
Well im single so i can play whenever i like with no nagging. Of course trying to fit BF2 between climbing 3 times a week, pub night fri& sun and trying to actually cook and eat a healthy meal after getting home at 7 after work every evening really makes finding time quite hard.
God forbid i had to fit someone else in aswell!
actually i think thats why my last partner left me. :(
QuoteOriginally posted by BIG-Dewey@Jul 28 2005, 09:14 AM
No BlueBall I just don't drink very much alchohol :)
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Shall I BB? Or do you want to? OK I will.
Ahem. But you spell as though you do. :lmfao:
Sorry, cruel I know, but irresistable. :norty:
QuoteOriginally posted by Doorman@Jul 28 2005, 11:03 AM
Shall I BB? Or do you want to? OK I will.
Ahem. But you spell as though you do. :lmfao:
Sorry, cruel I know, but irresistable. :norty:
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Ouch!! :blush: oops. I should know better I spend quite a bit of time copy-editing other peoples work! Perhaps it was a Freudian slip :)
QuoteOriginally posted by Doorman@Jul 28 2005, 10:03 AM
Shall I BB? Or do you want to? OK I will.
Ahem. But you spell as though you do. :lmfao:
Sorry, cruel I know, but irresistable. :norty:
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Cheers Ron. teamwork eh? ;)
QuoteOriginally posted by BIG-Dewey@Jul 28 2005, 08:14 AM
No BlueBall I just don't drink very much alchohol :)
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Neither do I - I'm not allowed to any more :(
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Neither do I - I'm not allowed to any more :(
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Bummer! :( Medication? If so, is it working?
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Bummer! :( Medication? If so, is it working?
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Yup. Medication. Doc says it'll be about 2 months before I start seeing any benefits although I can see the side effects after 2 weeks - I have never felt so tired in life!
Powerful stuff though. Only allowed 1 x 10mg tablet per week :blink:
QuoteOriginally posted by Doorman@Jul 28 2005, 01:33 PM
Bummer! :( Medication? If so, is it working?
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What? Who you calling a fool?
Yeah sure it's working ;)
QuoteOriginally posted by BIG-Dewey@Jul 28 2005, 08:14 AM
No BlueBall I just don't drink very much alchohol :)
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Er...What BIG-Dewey means is he
can't drink very much alchohol!
(...Remembers back to infamous 'Joint Operations' evening when Dewey had just two cans of cider. 'I'llll 'aavvvveee yeeewww know I emmm perfffikly sober! Hik!')
;)
QuoteOriginally posted by FBG@Jul 28 2005, 09:49 AM
Of course trying to fit BF2 between climbing 3 times a week
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NvG (who came to the last LAN with me) is an instructor, & we go climbing regularly round here...loads of quarries on our doorstep...
we're planning our second trip to Stannage later in the year :D 8)
QuoteOriginally posted by Blunt@Jul 28 2005, 09:29 PM
NvG (who came to the last LAN with me) is an instructor, & we go climbing regularly round here...loads of quarries on our doorstep...
we're planning our second trip to Stannage later in the year :D 8)
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You're mad! But not
quite as mad as potholers. Unless you do potholing as well and then you're twice as mad as a potholer........ Or a climber. :wacko:
QuoteOriginally posted by Doorman@Jul 29 2005, 01:06 AM
You're mad! But not quite as mad as potholers. Unless you do potholing as well and then you're twice as mad as a potholer........ Or a climber. :wacko:
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Thanks Ron...
from you that's a compliment :D