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August 3, 2010 by Chykara at 12:23 AM EST
A few months ago, my husband and I were on Youtube and we saw a woman who was extremely upset that her boyfriend was up for most of the night playing video games. What she then did was grab a hammer, went over to the PS3 and began to smash it, yelling all sorts of things. For us, it was a crazy thing to do, but for most women, they feel the need to take out their anger on things that their men love. Most video responses I saw were ridiculous. Most women thought it was funny, others thought he deserved it, and so on. The nerve of these people to be so selfish when it comes to personal property is beyond me. I could not imagine if someone ever had the guts to smash something of mine without remorse. But to most women, video games are considered a worthless pasttime that only children should do. I'm not picking on just the women, but 95% of the time, it is. I'm a female gamer that loves playing RPGs, platform and some Point-N-Click games (If you don't know what I am talking about, google it). I think the problem lies with other issues in the relationship rather then the fact that "he is always playing THAT game".
I could talk about this topic all day, so I would recommend you get your message by watching the video below or keep reading.
This is a growing epidemic ever since FPS (First Person Shooters) made it cool to play video games, I thought I might share a viable solution for the gamer finding love. You know when you are desperate and want to be with someone, most people tend to blindly pick without setting some sort of standards. It is really simple...Find someone that is into the very same thing. This also applies to techies, geeks, otaku and the like. I cannot stress this enough because it will be horrible to hook up with someone who constantly pokes fun at what you love because you are not providing them with the attention that they so desperately want. Even though this solution is simple, you still must be careful about people who "camouflage" and try to fool you that they are into what you are into. This can be very easy or very hard to detect because sometimes they do some very good research on what you like, until they grow tired and later decide that what you like is getting on their nerves.
Some people have told me that they live happily with a significant other that does not share the same fondness of games, and I am cool with that. I'm guessing certain agreements come into play and limitations...but WHY would you like that? I'll tell you a funny story. I was in the game store around Christmas time and I overheard a conversation that went like this:
Guy #1: Yooo my friend is so crazy about WOW that his wife left him.
Guy #2: How did that happen?!
Guy #1: His wife gave an ultimatum, either her or the game... and he logged on. He logged on.
That guy was addicted to WOW, but I mean come on, why didn't his wife join him to see what was so great about World of Warcraft?! And I will leave this post at that. I'll go further in depth about this some more on another day.
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