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Got something right about marriage
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Marriage and the Power of Divorce
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Fifey
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That was my big thing is I lost my freedom to do as I pleased, my life went from having adventures and plenty of things to do to coming home straight from work and having dinner and watching TV. It drove me insane and I kept letting her know I needed more space but I don't think she knew how to do that.
I felt rather upset about it the first week but now I realize I did the right thing. I was trying to compromise too much to make the relationship work that it just made me miserable.
I felt rather upset about it the first week but now I realize I did the right thing. I was trying to compromise too much to make the relationship work that it just made me miserable.
Tarrant
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Man two of my really close friends have done this. One got married and I instantly stopped hearing from him except for like once a month, I thought it was because he was newly married but it's been 8 months now and it's almost nothing.
Another buddy of mine did the same. Once he his the 2 year mark with his g/f he dropped off the face of the planet when she said him hanging out with friends once a week was unreasonable.
Kriptini
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My parents have always been very good at allocating their time together. They manage to have date night at least once a week and still find time to hang out with their individual friends or mutual friends independent of each other. Dad has always been big on golfing and mother likes volunteering with dog shelters, so usually they have their independent activities during the day on weekends and then spend time together at night.
Tarrant
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Phazael
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The cutting point seems to be kids. Now, my wife and I are unusual in that we are best friends and do all the same hobbies. We are constantly looking for people to board game with and so on, but the married ones drift off and then vanish entirely the moment it is time to crank out a fuck trophy.
Noodleface
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Yeah for real do people's significant others generally suffocate them like this? Literally all day yesterday I just had dinner with my wife then I was upstairs playing XCom while she watched Downton Abby and Supergirl. This isn't extremely uncommon for us.
Haast
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Yeah, I always thought I wanted to date a gamer. Over time, I realized I often play by myself even when friends are available so I can play at my own pace, do what I feel like doing, etc. So if my GF gamed and always wanted to play together, it would probably piss me off.
What I actually wanted is someone who'll give me space to pursue my hobbies & leisure activities, not necessarily participate in them. Which is my current situation. She only plays iPhone games and solitaire, and that's fine with me. She does that while I play a real game.
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My wife and I do a lot socially together, but we also have regular social times without each other. I have a group of guys I hang out with at least monthly. We try different pubs, we play poker, watch movies, etc. My wife knows all the guys, and there's no competition for time, but it's good to hang out without her some times. Not because I don't like her, but because we have some different interests. Diversity is a good thing.
Holy shit playing Yoshi's Wooly World is the most frustrating experience playing with my wife and that is basically a platformer with training wheels and a stabilization ball attached to it. I couldn't imagine how frustrating it would be to play like 2v2 Starcraft with her. I'd probably block her on BNet.
Noodleface
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I think for us it was most healthy that we shared some hobbies and had our own separate. For instance, she loves board games and some video games, we enjoy some of the same shows (I don't watch much tv), and we were compatible in sexy times. I play guitar and tinker with computers and am a heavy gamer - she enjoys stupid TV, cross-stitching, and not cleaning. If she ever made me pick up cross-stitching I'd kill her with the needle.
Noodleface
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I was trying to avoid generalized stuff but yeah this is my experience as well. I have yet to meet a girl who I'd consider even competent at the games I played with them. And I don't even consider myself very good at most console games.
Soygen
The Dirty Dozen For the Price of One
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Yeah, I'm not trying to sound like a douche, but it's my honest experience with gaming. Especially MMOs/online stuff. My girlfriend and I share a love of traveling, foodie-shit and sex. That's enough to leave us both with time for our own interests!
This drunk chick at a party was playing Aladdin (edit: Genesis aka "Big Dick" version) with me and bitch would just instantly die. I carried our asses to the magic carpet ride part that no mortal human can beat.
Noodleface
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Watching my wife play uncharted is the worst experience known to man. I half want to secretly stream her playing the new one
You should set up a race. Twitch Plays Uncharted vs Mrs Noodle. A battle for the ages.