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Granted, marriage is a lot more of a long term commitment than just simply a boyfriend/girlfriend situation. But, if a girlfriend ever had *that* much of a problem with me playing games, I'd tell her that I hope the door didn't smack her on the butt on the way out.

Sorry ladies, but gaming is my absolute number one hobby. Take that away from me, and you'll find yourself with a constantly unhappy camper.

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I shot a man in Reno just because he took my copy of Double Dribble.

What were we talking about?

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one time i asked my girlfriend to play NCAA football on the gamecube. she tried, but after 5 minutes she got pissed off and threw the controller at me. then i started playing RE4, and at first she didn't like it. after a while though, she would ask me if i wanted to play it because she liked watching. that right there is probably one of the best things in the world. she let me play video games by myself, and she enjoyed it!

now, she loves the wii. when i got it, she was excited to play it, and still is. it's awesome. plus, she loves to play her favorite game, super mario world, on the virtual console.

unlike so many games, i've been lucky to have a woman that doesn't persecute me for my love of gaming.

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I've been with my fiance for almost 7 years. She's not as big a gamer as me but she's into them. She'll play games with me and all of my friends. Everyone thinks I have the coolest girl because she's into games. She has an original nes,a gamecube, and a pink ds lite. She never gives me a hard time about playing games. The only time she says anything is if she wants to watch tv when i'm playing. I just make sure I spend some time with her to so it doesn't become a problem. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

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I've always been a big gamer, and being a girl, never really had that much problem with my boyfriends not understanding (except maybe in highschool when I would beat them in their favorite fighting game the first go around).

Now I am in a long term relationship and we game alot between the Wii, DS, and PC, and a little PS2 action every now and then..and we have a PSP too (WTF is awesome!) it can get a little crazy, but we always manage to set time aside to just sit and hang out or go out, the gaming doesn't take over our whole lives but if it takes over a Saturday every now and then, it's not a big deal. ;)

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As a matter of fact, my wife got me my Wii. She camped out outside of a Best Buy before Christmas (unbeknownst to me) to get it for me. As cool as the Wii is, the biggest gift was the trouble she went through to get it for me.

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My wife enjoys games as mush as I do. She loves Mario games, so the Wii is a god-send to her. And after her 8 hour Viva Pinata stint a few months ago, she really has no problem with me popping in a game. To be fair, though, she was sick and didn't have anything else to do.

But, to be honest, I would say she is as much a gamer as I am. Our tastes are slightly different sometimes, but we still play together occasionally (she loves kicking my ass at Wario Ware) and she says she can watch me play Zelda for hours. I love being married to a fellow gamer.

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My last girlfriend used to enjoy watching me play (some games at least), and if it was an RPG she'd help out with puzzles or what not. Then after I got my PSP, I ended up getting her one just because it was a cool tech gadget (she was kind of a geek) and we played through Untold Legends together and had a blast. From there I showed her World of Warcraft. We're no longer together, and I no longer play WoW, but I understand she's still heavily involved with a raiding guild.

My current girlfriend is an EQ2 junkie, but curiously she's less interested in other games than my previous girl was. At the same time she spends so much time playing EQ that I have plenty of time to play whatever I'm into.

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It has definitely taken me a while to admit to myself I spent a little too much time solo gaming. My fiancee and I would be in the same room but there is no connection as I played Counter Strike for an hour or two with headphones.

Finally I decided it sucked to have this isolation and bought a Wii. At first she did not seem interested in playing but now every other day she asks to play something together, or we just mess around making Miis. Good times.

Oh yeah and I cancelled 2 dates on my last gf when I was on the verge of winning top-100 server wide ranked Warcraft3 games when it came out. That was bad (my relationship AND my rankings suffered!)

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My wife is borderline - she has had fun with me and wii sports, but she's not initiating play. She gets a little irritated when I play Zelda too long.

I'm trying to think of strategies to get her more into it. Maybe Smooth Moves? I could get sim city on VC, she said she used to be into that...

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Aside from past memories of Super Mario Bros and Pole Position, my wife has absolutely zero interest in video games. It doesn't bother me that much though. Marriage is all about sacrifice and living for your spouse, so it has been nothing to me to shave off hours of my pre-marriage gaming rituals. I'll be happy as long as he respects the fact that I enjoy video games as an adult hobby.

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I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world.

My girlfriend isn't very into gaming herself (besides previously being into Bubble Bobble and somewhat of a savant at Tetris), but she has bought me every system that I currently own: PS2, PSP, Xbox360, and my beloved Wii.

I think she must enjoy the time to herself doing Pilates or reading or whatever it is she does because she definitely refuses to just sit and watch me play.

I did catch her playing a solo game of Wii Sports bowling the other day, though, so we played a round and she beat me pretty bad. I think she's been praticing.

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Yeah, my girlfriend once told me that Video games aren't a hobby.

Then I bought her a DS with Mario Kart... I've not heard that argument since then.

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My wife likes a couple types of games, but she gets kind of annoyed if I spend too much time on games, or want to play when there's "important" (family- or chore-related) stuff to do. I keep trying to get her to like more kinds of games, but I think half of her likes to play, while half of her has that "don't understand the hobby and consider it childish or a waste of time" attitude. It's a weird inner struggle.

At least I can game with her sometimes, and she still likes to watch certain games -- "interesting" RPGs (not a lot of reading, but also not too much combat), some stuff targeted at a younger audience like Pikmin or Viva Pinata)... most of the time, though, she doesn't want to see it. And I think she's getting more squeamish about violent games since we had our first kid, so I may have to find a way to play Resident Evil 4 when it comes out without "subjecting" her to it...

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I have been punched in the face while sitting too close to my girlfriend when we were playing WarioWare... Does that count as abuse? :)

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Somebody should tell that guy there's a thin line between divorce and eating her brains. I'd choose the latter.

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About 15 years ago I met a girl who had an NES in her room and a varied collection of games, from Final Fantasy to Equinox to Codename: Viper. 14 years of marriage later, we're still gaming together on a regular basis. (And to my chagrin, she made Don of NYC in Godfather: Blackhand Edition before I did.)

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Am I lucky that my girl is a gamer... If anything, she'd be pissed that I'm hogging the TV with my Wii if she wants to play her PS3... Of course... that's when we get married, which is pretty far for us...

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my ex-gf got really pissed everytime we would play mario party 6 (or whatever it was). I guess it was kinda my fault when I told her (intentionally) to go the wrong way as a joke... but it was a joke!

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My wife games almost as much as I do, just in different realms. While I enjoy things that blow up she likes more RPG and puzzle type games. So it works out great.

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