Does anyone one here have Family that despice you have a Game Collection?
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Does anyone one here have Family that despice you have a Game Collection?
"That despice" or "that despises"? I have family but not one in which I play a patriarchal role or anything. My family doesn't bitch about my game collection save for when the room is flooded by wires and cords.
My wife hates it! We've developed a relationship whereby I order items and they arrive when she's not there, and I pretend that that she doesn't notice the ever expanding volume of games related paraphernalia beneath the bed and feel really clever about myself. It's like Homer Simpson's poker shack out in the swamp... she knows.
She doesn't know about the original X Box under there though, it's been there a year!
No but ever notice that just about every other person on the Antiques Road Shows says " I wanted my husband to throw it out" or " My wife wanted me to throw it out". Thank God my wife isn't like that. I couldn't handle that.
My wife has never complained about it, but it will occassionally annoy her if I spend too many late nights playing.
Neither were theirs' until they went on the antiques road show I'd bet - watch out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Iron Lizard
We have a three bedroom house and one kid. One room is our bedroom, one is my kids room and the third is my man/game room. It has a ton of gaming junk and a couple of arcade cabinets. It's never been an issue until she decided she wanted another kiddo. :?
So say to her, "The kid we have now hasn't reach the end of its development life cycle yet. Why should we get a new one already, when the old one's still being supported by its manufacturers?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle
The thing is women forget that men want their own space and need to back off. It seems women take over the whole house and don't let the men have their own space. Eventually forcing them into the garage or throw away everything. You wonder why the divorce rate skyrockets? If a women acts like this, she needs to realize that it is wrong. We give them their space, practically the whole damn house and they want to take away our man cave, because having 99% of the house isn't enough.
In a relationship both the man and the woman need their own personal space. It's how it is. If she is the jealous type that throws your stuff on the lawn because you need a little you time (a break), than you're with the wrong person who doesn't care about you at all.
No complaints by my family. The kids usually get a kick out of it when I get older games and they try them out.
My wife was a gamer for a long time, but once I started consolidating and collecting stuff more regularly she seems to have soured on it a bit. The space is definitely an issue somewhat now that we have a daughter, but like Kyle said above it will come to a head if/when we decide to have another child.
My family does not care about it. My boyfriend has 0 issues with me collecting retro games and has even helped me out a bit. All he asks is that I keep the sound down when hes going to bed. Tho space is a issue and what I have is a small set it is slowing growing. Right now I have a small game room but I may have to make the living the new game room in a few years lol.
My wife is fine with it, and I keep my gaming stuff in the basement/man cave, so it's not like there's gaming crap piled up all over the house. If I get excited about a new game, she'll even feign interest, but she's just not into games. Basically, she let's me just do my thing as long as I'm responsible about it. She'd probably be upset if I spent a lot for a game without consulting her first. My daughter thinks the collection is neat and she even has a few favorites she asks to play from time to time.
i take offense in some things that have been said here.
and i agreewith some as well.
we have to understand that when we wanted to get married and have kids that these things would happen. my wife is a really nice woman to me. and i thank god for what she does for me. she makes my meal. she wakes me up. my coffe is on time and she takes care of our children.
yes my whole house is occupied and sometimes i get frustrated playing 3ds with my daughter on my head and shoulders.
but honestly guys we man should know that the house in essence is not ours. the woman is the ruler in house. i swear to god most of us dont even have the affinity to decorate our homes. therefor i thank my wife for having my house.
ofnow that i have thanked and blessed her i want to move on about my collection. i used to have LOADS of games and consoles, and basically realised that when i die i wont take them with me to heaven or hell. really collecting became greed and i didnt really play most of the games. my wife said that it was unneccesary and stupid. i took offense in that. but then when you are really honest then you will find a truth in that.
so what did i do? cause i was not planning to quit gaming. i prepared myself for give and take. the first thing i did is sell aaaaaaaaaaaaall things that i would really not play. believe me that was loads of stuff. so what did i have left.
boxed md2 europe pal
boxed md2 korean pal
all sonics for md2 all sor and all shinobi and thats it; the rest is played trough everdrive
boxed sms 2 alexkidd
cyber shinobi aztec adventure and aladdin
saturn 60hz modded(only backup games)ok and shinobix original
dreamcast wit resident evil shenmue 1 2 skies of arcadia. all sf series
andthats it.
all of those collections are not in the house but stashed in the basement.
the only consoles at home are wiiu 3ds and vita. and i ONLY play them when kids sleep. it is rude to neglect your dear kids when they miss you coming from work and play games. that is selfish and unacceptable.
so this is what i gave my wife. and what did she take? she plays animal crossing now and shares the minimum interest in gaming.
she really like playing it thus she at least can understand me.
i am planning in the future to go handheld only. and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that since the games on vita are so bad ass that it doesnt even matter.
i agree about the divorce part. there are some women that are straight forward bitches and selfish as well like some of us are selfish with games. what it comes down to is that you take not your road not the middle road. but slighly under middle. your hunger for games will always be there.
financial.
i know some gamers go so far that it hurts their wallet. i can understand the women that get mad at them? fucking hell grow up take care of your kids and stop whining like a fucking bitch. have a different hobby go skating boxing or climbing running whatever is good for your health. cheaper and better. makes you sexy for your wife and she will be happy to prepare you a meal.
guys really i love gaming. and i will always game, but not so much anymore.
family comes first right?
All the single people are either smiling because they can do whatever they want or weeping because they are single.