QOTD 9/21

minionlover

Does FI play video games?  How do you feel about it?

jessiflower

FI does not play video games...sometimes I wish he did...lol...  I like to get on the Wii with the kids...he never wants to tho....no big deal...better than playing them all the time I guess...

lehc723

Yeah. Some times it doesn't bother me (especially because sometimes they're fun, like Mario Kart). It's when he spends hours and hours and hours playing things like Portal that I kind of hate it.

minionlover

FI is a huge gamer.  We will even play together depending on the game.  I have no problem with him playing by himself either.  I will let him know when I want more attention from him and he is really good about it.  If he is playing when I am cooking dinner, he will always stop when it is time to eat, even if he is playing a co-op game.

achiduck

He does, but he gets home about 2 hours before I do so he gets his gaming time in then so it doesn't cut into our time.

It doesn't bother me in the least.

catwine

yeah he does but only 1 game and then he buys the added features for that one.  we don't live together so his gaming doesnt really affect me.  Except when he is supposed to be doing important things  (packing, researching, etc).  When we are married and living togetehr he won't be playing as much but will probably have his friends over to play sometimes.  i hate video games (except wii!) because they make me really dizzy.

ericaandtom2012

FI occasionally plays video and computer games.  It's mostly a social thing with his friends - they'll all play and talk to each other.  It doesn't really bother me, unless there's something (usually WR)  that I want him to be doing.  He usually picks up on when I'm annoyed with it and ends the game as soon as he can.

mlperkins12

FI does not play video games.

goatlady12

He plays daily.  I try to play with him sometimes but I suck at all video games!  Most of the time I read while he plays them, it's nice together, but not together time.

CFM102012

FI and I both play games and we play together as much as possible.  We're both big into WoW though I haven't been playing as much as the wedding gets closer. Like Cathy's FI, mine will usually come as soon as I say dinner is ready.

poison+kisses

FI plays video games sometimes, but mostly he plays computer games. He started playing WoW again and is getting back into it hardcore, which I am not totally cool with. He used to play it but then stopped and got into Star Wars, then Diablo 3, and he wasn't too bad with those games. But now he's playing constantly and it is getting on my nerves, particularly when he comes home from work and plays it nonstop until he goes to bed. That's not cool. 

SharEtoBe

FI likes to play video games but we work opposite schedules so he plays when I'm not home. He has made it his own personal rule (with no input from me) that he won't play if I'm home so that we can spend time together. However, once in a while he likes to show me something in a game that he thinks is especially cool lol.

aro1589

yes.  all the time!

it wouldn't bother me except he pulls the big recliner right into the center of the living room (right in front of the tv) and sits there ALL night.  and then leaves the recliner there all day.  so...essentially my recliner is always in the center of the living room unless i move it back to the corner.  THAT really frustrates me. 

trawas01

He doesn't. He did when we met, he was also 19 at the time. Now he'll play once in a blue moon when we visit family.

Frankly, I consider them time sinks and violent ones are not allowed in my home. Between work, school and the house we both have plenty of other places our energy should be spent.

When we we have down time we do pull out board games to play together though.

nitecheese

Not really. One day, he dug out his old Nintendo and played Jurassic Park for like, 15 hours, because he couldn't save the game.  He will bowl or golf with his dad on the Wii, but other than that, nope.

LDubHawksFan

It goes in waves,  but yes he likes to play games.  He's a huge Zelda fan, so when new ones come out, it a nightly thing.

It doesn't bother me.

reagane02

FI is a HUGE gamer. Most of the time it doesn't bother me. When he plays story based ones I like to watch and get into the storylines (I could care less about most of his 1st person shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield)

Sometimes its annoying that I can't watch regular TV if I want or sometimes its like trying to pull teeth when I want him to do something for me while he's in an intense game. I take it all in stride because I play a lot of games on the computer, and he really has cut back A LOT since we 1st started dating.

tamrahelmer

He does. I have mixed feelings about it. We actually play a select few together, and its fun. But there are a few that he is a little hard core about. He usually has a sunday "funday" with one of his guy friends to get all the nerdiness out. lol

hllokttygirl

We are both HUGE gamers, so the only time I get annoyed is when a new game comes out and he hogs the PS3. We have thought about buying a second one just to avoid the argument.

ivedonethisb4

He use to...mostly when I was at work and he was bored but he recently sold his xbox360 kinect and all games because he said he doesn't play it very much and we needed the money to finish up some stuff. I was very surprised he did this but at the same time happy because I hate when he played if I was at home he'd be so engrossed in it for hours!

Poppy101212

Oh he sure does. Normally it doesn't bother me as we plays if I have gone to bed early. He also has this horrible habbit of playing them while I have a gilfriend over and we are chatting, nothing like trying to have a conversation over gunfire!

mmmendi

Huge Everquest player. I didn't know! It hit a huge amount of daily hours in March, and I told him I wasn't ok with that much time. The agreement since then was three nights a week. That frees me for time with my son, uninterrupted - but it has creeped up again the last few weeks. Right now, it ok. I did tell him last night that bringing his daughter into our home means that game has to go - she needs way more attention than he can provide from glued to the computer screen. Otherwise, I have learned to say 'I need to you turn it OFF and pay attention to ME'. I'm not terribly needy, it works pretty well. LOL

lv2011

My ex was a huge computer gaming (and computer in general) addict. Yes, addict. He was on all the time, even while he was working (a computer IT job). It's where he met his girlfriend whom he cheated on me with and impregnated before we separate, and married 1 day after our divorce was final. So I have a huge loathing of mmost things gaming/ excessive computer time related.  

End bitter rant.

FI enjoys old-school games, some on nintendo and some on computer. He only gets on a kick every once in awhile and NEVER plays to excess. So, no, this doesn't bother me. I think he knows to be particularly mindful of that, given my unfortunate history. But eve if he went on a rampage, I'd still be ok. I understand- and he makes it very easy- he's not and never will be my ex.

I feel like I just had a little therapy session

ccarrion77

The only thing he plays is Wii and normally only with me, occasionally by himself, yay for mario cart. 

I dated a guy a while back that played them wayyyyy to much and it pissed me off.  I mean I wouldn't mind if it was reasonable but 5 hrs on weekend days, 6-8+ on weekends if home, come on now...

[Deleted User]

Yes he does, not a lot though. The has this one that he plays and swears at the tv it's funny. He mostly plays at night when I'm going to bed. But also I like to read so I can do that and not feel guilty!

mbuckley85

Thank God no...he hasn't owned a gaming system since Super Nintendo and was never interested in video games.  He graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology and it was unusual to not be into video games there!

[Deleted User]

FI loves video games. Luckily he has two days off that I'm working and on the other days he's home 3 hours before me so he plays them then. Sometimes he'll be playing when I get home but its usually just to finish up a game. I think it'd bother me more if I was always home when he was playing.

bbair89

ugh. yes. and I'll leave it at that.

BrittneyRN

FI plays a lot when he gets a new game. I don't mind at all, even if he plays for hours, because I love my time to go watch tv and get on the computer. But, I'm a loner. Even when FI isn't playing a video game and we're spending time together, we'll both be doing different things like playing on our computers etc. we almost never just sit and cuddle and watch tv... Haha we never even sit on the same couch.

MegenQ

Mine does, he is so bummed about boardlands 2, and I can't afford to get it for him for the wedding, I feel so bad about it. I do as well, we are actually using Rapture from Bioshock 1 and 2 as ou theme for the wedding. I will admit there are few things better than beating him at hammers in Halo. I know that he is upset tha Bioshock Infinite got pushed back, he was going to get it for us after the wedding.

LoriMc12

FI doesn't own any gaming consoles and he even says that he would play too much if he bought one.  He does get into games on his computer which definitely go in streaks.  He has been into a shooting one lately (can you tell I don't pay much attention?!) which can be annoying because it is loud.  But I really can't complain because I am on my laptop waaaay too much in the evenings.  I had to laugh the other night...we were in bed, both on our computers.  He was playing his computer game and I was on TK.  I pointed to him and said "boy", pointed to me and said "girl".