| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/30/2005 9:11:43 PM | What other avenue offers the opportunity to save the world by killing 50,000 Martians a day without the threat of reprisal?
. . . and it looks SO GOOD on a resume!
. . . and forces instant emotional age regression of up to 25 years?
. . . and puts your job "on the line" if you do it at work?
Idiots are not born -- they are created.
Thudpucker said it.
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/30/2005 9:18:12 PM | I played way too many video games and was on the computer too much, not when I was dating my ex tho. I never even watched movies then, I spent all my non work time with her.
Now games and computers became something that I started to resent since I realise I flushed away the best years of my social life on them, instead of out clubbing or even dating.
So I dropped gaming/computers altogether for a long long time. but since no girls want to come out and play with me (figure of speach, i'm not looking for 1 night stands) i'm thinking of getting back into gaming again.
At least i'll have something to do.
lol
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/30/2005 9:27:43 PM |
My ex worked on computers all day, and came home at night and played video games on our computer all night.
And, he gave me an attitude when I asked him to stop and come eat dinner (nevermind when I asked him to set the dinner table.)
So, after a while, I got fed up. So, I tested him. You know how men can always ignore a woman when sports are on? Well, my ex was that way with his video games. I walked up to him buck-naked and began to kiss him on his neck. He got pissed at me because I made him lose one of his guys' lives.
And people wonder why I kicked his azz out. heh! (Not that this was our only problem...but it was one of them.)
He sounds like a real loser, to be blunt.
If my girl did that, I would be like, video game, what's that? lol
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/30/2005 9:34:41 PM |
Luckily I've never had a guy treat me like that! OMG! What people aren't getting is that this video game is becoming two people. That is a toy, a game, not a person.. Its not healthy to spend some much time on a machine..really! It takes a way from the relationship. I'm not talking about guys that play for an hour or two..im talking about the ones that work all day, rush home to play the game, blast past their girl and hit the game and sleeps maybe an hour before heading back to work..thats the kind of guy I'm talking about..
I have my own hobbies thank you. I run my own theatre company and I dance all the time... (Ballroom, shut up) Thats not the problem. A hobby is a few hours here and there..an addiction is something else entirely. So most men can't handle reality and try to escape to childhood. Why is it that people only remember the great things about childhood..like summertime in the park etc. There were bad things too..like not driving and not being able to do whatever whenever... Everything in life is about balance..and without that balance..life is crazy..too crazy to handle.
Remember people..we are talking about ADDICTION...and Blizie whatever your name is..you are an azz... when you get a brain, think of an opinion, when you have it, type it out..and then you can join society...until then..BACK TO YOUR ROOM YOUNG MAN! or should I have said girl?
Yeah I would never blow past my girl coming home, she would be the first thing I would want to see. Games in moderation and at appropriate time.
I want to go back to childhood because personally I think I totally blew it in my life. I want to go back and do it over again, yeah I know everybody says that. But for me personally. Extreme shyness cost me the social experiences that I think are essential to living a full happy life.
Like i can do whatever, whenever, but I do it solo, so what's the point.
but I digress,
Anybody that lets a video game take over their life, when they have someone they love who loves them the same is an idiot. IMHO.
cherish what you have guys, some of us will never have that.
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/30/2005 9:40:17 PM | some guys like myself play games to pass the time in a otherwise boring day and whenever my g/f is around i give her all of my attention we play the same online game so we play together and such with my past g/fs my gaming never got in the way of the relationship things usually fell apart by a outside force such as distance,time, ***hole best friend stealing my last g/f anyway that stuff has happened to me never my gaming at fault i'm good to whoever i'm with so long as they are good to me  | |
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/30/2005 11:31:56 PM | Wow..you gamers sure get defensive about it don't you? I agree with the guy who said that TV and gaming are alike. No one still has answered the question
"WHAT TYPE OF GUY WOULD DO THIS?" We've found out that video games are an escape and people "get their minds off things" with VGs. We've found out that VGs get angry and come out of the woodwork when discussing this and we've also found out that some women use their gaming skills as a way to get a guy who is very pale, very thing, and worn out from his video games. I wonder if men get addicted to things easier than women. Most alcoholics are male (That is scientific, not my opinion, thank you very much). Men get addicted to porn, to alcohol, to drugs, to sex, to gambling, to video games... Still I have to wonder what type of guy would throw his life away for a game. Someone emailed me and said they knew someone that lost their job over a game by never sleeping and actually not showing up for work and just playing games...all day.... every day..... thats more than 12 hours...;-) | |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 11:55:18 PM | | you must keep in mind no ones life is perfect some people can't work and live home because of reasons that are out of they're hands atleast some people that play video games don't do drugs,drink,or abuse women so its not all bad if you consider that some guys that play video games are actually good people such as myself i'd be willing to do anything with a woman :-) | |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 12:08:56 AM | | i love playing videogames too.but i play my way.i use the same concept than strip poker...the loser gets to take off a piece of clothing...and when theres no more clothes then the loser gets to do what the winner wants,XXX.fun,no?trust me at this point he should forget about the videogame for a moment...just an idea like this...so maybe he will never see videogames the same way anymore... | |
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/31/2005 1:29:17 AM | | the type of guy that would do that is one that has more interest in games or love because some guys get true happiness from doing what they love instead of dating | |
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/31/2005 1:48:59 AM | A question, is gaming the same as chatting? I know people that sit and chat for freaking hours and you just can't drag them away from the computer.
The reason I ask this is that I don't own a game thing nor do I chat. | |
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/31/2005 2:26:30 AM | **************************
Its the obsession..and NO ONE has answered my question.. WHAT TYPE OF A MAN WOULD DO THAT? WHAT IS SO APPEALING ABOUT THE TOY? I'm not talking about a guy who does it for fun for a couple of hours to have fun...thats not it...its not the escape artists we are talking about either here..its an addiction to the game.... WHY?!
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Fallon Hughes - are you sure this is not about yourself ie a man in your life?- you seem reall y,really hent up about it??? As to why - you answered the question yourself then. Its an addiction. Why do people gamble, why do people smoke, why do people over-drink, overeat??? get hooked on drugs??. There is NO rhyme or reason then if this guy is as addicted as you say. Its whatever triggers something for him. It could be a comfort thing, an escape from reality, depression...any number of things that would trigger any other dependency in another person. Maybe a lot of personal problems he just cant deal with??
I mean you say 12 hours a day - every day? all weekend? and for how long now? how long has it been going on?
I agree its bad to neglect your other life and responsibilities if it is as bad as you say. The guy would obviously needs professional help. And unless someone on here is a pyschologist I dont think you will get a very clear-cut answer as to why. Sorry, | |
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/31/2005 3:49:16 AM |
A question, is gaming the same as chatting? I know people that sit and chat for freaking hours and you just can't drag them away from the computer.
The reason I ask this is that I don't own a game thing nor do I chat.
I think it depends on what game and how it's being used. Chatting is addictive because of the social aspect. Not all games have this aspect, although as online gaming becomes more popular this is a bigger aspect in gaming now. Microsoft is betting that will be the biggest component with their next console. They already have a couple million Xbox Live subscribers, playing games with each other and voice-chatting at the same time. Their marketing literature for the 360 talks about connecting people, so this is definitely their focus.
I think it's got some good aspects, much like "traditional" IRC does, but like anything else can be taken to extreme. Moderation in ALL things in life should be the goal. | |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 4:58:46 AM | | It was strange my ex would complain that I playied a video game for a couple hours. She never thought twice about talking on the phone through dinner. I would cook, tell her it was ready feed the kids we would all eat she would still be on the phone. But I am the total ass. This might be why the kids live with me. | |
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| WHY DO MEN RUIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VIDEO GAMES?
Posted: 8/31/2005 6:53:55 AM | | Fallon I'm thinking that maybe that guy really wasn't attracted to you to begin with. I, as well as many others on this thread have already mentioned we would put aside the video game controller for a naked and ready to go woman. Maybe he thought that you were over analyzing him like a scientific experiment.... that is the way you come across. Put aside this scientific approach and be more woman-like and horny and maybe the next guy will put up the games at a yard sale or at least in storage until you revert back to your old ways again. | |
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