Hey everyone.
So yesterday I was out at a LAN party hosted with some friends of mine. Nothing too big, we had about maybe 6+ people there, and we played a bunch of PC games, as well as everyone's favorite, Super Smash Bros Melee, and we even busted out the Wii motes and played some Wii Sports.
Near the end, we were cleaning up when my best friend approached me. After asking what was up, he told me that he came and needed some advice. Turns out that he came to the LAN party, when he really should have been on a date with his girlfriend. After an obvious "what the hell man !" I tried to comfort him, cause obviously he was feeling like shit.
This morning he IMed me, and told me that he had called his girlfriend, and that she was "seriously thinking about our relationship" In more simpler terms, she wanted to break up. Obviously he's going to blame his failure on one thing, video games.
This is the type of stuff that just gives games a bad name. I'm no relationship expert myself, I'm in a relationship, and I can safely that I have given up a lot of video game time just for her. Its not that I don't mind, but then here comes a hardcore gamer refuses to give up anything for anyone. How does he expect to maintain a relationship when he refuses to even see her?
This isn't the first time that I've seen this done, so many times have we seen things go wrong over people who love games more than life. What seriously needs to stop is the accusations of the games. Its not their fault, its the person's fault.
I'd just like to share that story with a video gaming community, but I ask you guys, have you ever seen this happen? Or know someone that this has happened to?
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Short of it, Wii is the door opener for getting your girl into video games.
Not everyone can be so lucky, but if you make a date with your girlfriend, you should really honor that commitment. I can understand wanting to hang with the boys, but at least have a talk with your girlfriend, explaining there's time with her and time with friends. But don't make one date and go something else, that's not cool man.
I was a big gamer and then I got into grad school and got married. Now I'm coming back around to games. I try to get the wife involved, but she's not a gamer at all. I think she understands why I like them so much, but it seems like there are times when I just want to game and she wants other things. Such is life though. Sometimes I give in, and sometimes she does. Compromise. It sounds like your friend just wasn't wanting to compromise. Especially given the fact that he broke off a date to go to a LAN party.
Tell him I said that unless when she spreads her legs fucking rainbows shoot out of her pussy that he needs to dump her ass and enjoy life.
Yeah, I noticed that too, its just that I don't have some epic omg eye blinding banner.
He should just be like, whatever and tell her to fuck off, then he can go find a girl who has the same interests that he does.
And from a retard with experience, I'll give you some advice. None of my girlfriends were into gaming. But I always honored prior commitments, so your friend was not bright in just ditching out like that. Unless she wore a paper bad as make-up, there shouldn't be a reason for him ditching her like that.
Plain and simple, plan ahead and don't bail.. on your boys or girl(s).
Now where's my golden star sticker for this epic advice!?
Otherwise you should really tell him to find himself a girl who games. It makes life so much easier. My current girlfriend games and while I still don't play as much as I would if I were single, I get a lot of game time in. Also being able to play through the latest and greatest video games with a loved one just makes it that much better.
Come on. Doesn't your friend have common sense.
Is she controlling and hates video games? Does she try to demand he spends time with her?
Does he spend every day with her and she never lets him get out? Or does he spend all day playing games and she never sees him. There can be some seriously deep rooted issues at work here.