as a kid I used to think "do you like video games" was a terrible opener for a first date
now I know it's a great filter, as you should ALWAYS look for someone who shares or at least appreciates your interests, and wearing a mask for someone is just going to exhaust you and waste both sides time
now I know it's a great filter, as you should ALWAYS look for someone who shares or at least appreciates your interests, and wearing a mask for someone is just going to exhaust you and waste both sides time
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We've been dating for almost 7 years now.
Tis a checkbox rather than a relationship.
One or my in-laws became an avid reader after trying out one of my brother’s favorite fantasy novels.
Every relationship that lasted longer than a year months began with shared interests.
Now that he's out, years later she's realized how much he plays games. Constantly complaining had she known how much, she would have planned better for them and their kids.
Does he neglect them video games?
Or would she have created a gaming room for the family?
Cause he didn't fully get back into gaming until he finally got his ptsd undercontrol and s stable job, and he spends a LOT of time on games-
The husband obviously having issues after being in the army.
The wife is dealing with a closed off husband.
The games don't seem to be the key issue.
Uh... thanks for that, hope they can find a solution.
At least for me anyway. Alone with the GF is the last place I actually feel safe...
If anything it got better.
I was correct.
All we can do is improve upon ourselves. Takes discipline. In my depression, I haven't been committing to it to the degree I need to, because "it won't happen for me."
But that's not what I tell others and I need to follow my own advice.
2025 🫂
It's why I lead with "I like RPGs and rolling dice for basic actions like eating and brushing my teeth"
We've been married almost two years now and together twelve-ish years and its been amazing. ^_^
It wouldn't necessarily be a dealbreaker if a potential partner just wasn't interested in TTRPGs. I wouldn't force them into something they don't like, but I don't want them to feel like they're being abandoned either.
Ain't trying to deal with someone getting judgey over hobbies
There used to be such a negative stigma about video games that made a lot of people (including myself) hide our interests away from others.
Nowadays it's just as much of a recognised hobby as basically everything else and everyone is far more open with it
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/84171-critics-who-treat-adult-as-a-term-of-approval-instead
BUT, my get-to-know-you is entirely “will you roll your eyes or make me feel bad for any of my fun hobbies?”
It saves everybody time/hurt
No one bats an eye at "Do you like movies" so it shouldn't be any different for video games.