To be honest I think about the same thing quite often.
At the moment I'm single, but I've recently ended a relationship with my ex whom I've been with for like 3-4 years. She practically lived here, and we were extremely close and not just with ourselves, but with our family's as well. We met eachother when we were only like 11-12, and I'm 20 now, so we go wayyyy back. This is the main reason we broke up, basically we grew apart, our interests and our lives did. We are still friends to this day but that's a story on its own.
I've asked myself the same questions over and over though. I really enjoy gaming, and in 20 years from now I can say "I've been there since the beginning of gaming" which is a nice thing in my eyes.
But anyway, I've asked the same things, will I be gaming when we live together which was probably going to happen soon? Would she start hating me for it? Will I be addicted to an MMO?
It's a big thing IMO that is really underestimated.
There's this really big dutch/belgian IT website which has the website of the year title from 2009 (called Tweakers.net) and they have really big forums, news & headlines, all kinds of IT subjects, job and CV options, company solutions, a massive pricewatch page where you can track prices from ALL hardware and electronics in holland etc. It's a really mature environment. I see people who are at least 25 years old on there every day posting in the gaming section, and they always talk about their wives and girlfriends how they have to spend time with them, or how they have to finish a mission/quest later because of their wives. Sometimes they post the opposite, "she can wait" or something like that.
I think it will be hard for me personally to have a balanced life that includes gaming, a wife/girlfriend with our own place, and children. I don't see that happening. It might be because I have this thought in my mind where playing a game like WoW will be considered childish, or because it's just plain rediculous in the eyes of some women that you're sitting there playing a videogame. I can't see myself stopping, but it might be a hell of a lot less in the future. I don't know, hard to foresee. I do think that
I don't know, but it's a big thing and I really believe this is an underestimated subject in todays modern relationships. Obviously the amount of average and casual gamers grow each day. Not just PC's but consoles too.
I'm sorry for this huge wall of text and before I forget, big congrats to you and your (now?) misses. You guys have any set plans yet? Children? House?
Anyone else share the same interest?
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