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meowcat
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Posted - 2004.05.07 07:53:00 -
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Well, i was just about to set off on another jaunt - this time with a couple of fellow noobs, when the wife comes in (see exclamation in thread title)
Has anyone else suffered sudden and out-of-the-blue marital strife as a consequence of this game, or is it just me?
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Jonathan Freeloader
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Posted - 2004.05.07 07:59:00 -
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Edited by: Jonathan Freeloader on 07/05/2004 08:04:21
I am now single, and i don't get out much.There are days when the only human interaction i have takes place over teamspeak and the guy at the 7 11 down the road (incase i run out of****s)
So my advice to you: QUIT WHILE YOU STILL CAN! 
Edit: i'm not allowed to say****s?I know they cause lung cancer and all... 
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Jec Polux
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Posted - 2004.05.07 08:23:00 -
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The fights I have with my fiancee that are a direct consequence of me playing Eve too much are WAY to common! But strangely, the REAL 'annoyance factor' comes when we have to go out somewhere, and for I'm in mid warp, she can't fathom that fact that I can't just close down the frickin computer in an instant! I have to dock and then log off for crying out loud woman! There's no getting it through to her! hehe!
'Desire the Right'
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OtherSide
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Posted - 2004.05.07 08:30:00 -
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My partner hates this game with a passion  .
Well only when she's not doing her college work, and wants to spend time with me. I usually log off, just I can't log off in the middle of a mission, or warp!
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V2GBR
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Posted - 2004.05.07 08:34:00 -
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My wife use to hate me on PC's but now she has realised as long as im on the PC , im not down the pub ****ing money up the wall and dogging some chick !
So she is happy. Try it :)
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2004.05.07 08:37:00 -
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That's part of the reason I'm not married.
The other part being a gibbering fear of commitment.
LEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
Amaxma
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:04:00 -
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ROFL @ Joshua
Never mind guys, just make sure they got a fully charged mobile phone, several episodes of some gawdawful girlie sitcom or suchlike, warm fire going in front of the telly, and give em a regular 'serivce' 
Tis the sexy voice of the ship AI that really get to em 
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Fto Cruise
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:14:00 -
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Just send them off out and forget they exist.
Blissfully ignorant for twelve years
Manufacturers of the 425mm Railgun II |
meowcat
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:41:00 -
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heh...
apparently i have to survive a whole week without turning my PC on (am at work now)
this could prove difficult....
at least i can set a skill going and still get somewhere
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Ravelin Eb
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:48:00 -
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Edited by: Ravelin Eb on 07/05/2004 09:50:32
 Quote:
Has anyone else suffered sudden and out-of-the-blue marital strife as a consequence of this game, or is it just me?
It's not just you! Funny though, it only ever becomes a problem when the wife has nothing to do so "I just want to spend time with you" comes up. The solution, keep em busy and compromise by having at least one night a week Eve free for "quality time together".
Ravelin Eb
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Cool dude
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:52:00 -
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My wife left me 6 months ago as a result of eve.
I only found this out last night when we had a powercut. |
Grimster
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:56:00 -
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Originally by: Cool dude
My wife left me 6 months ago as a result of eve.
I only found this out last night when we had a powercut.
LMAO!
Same wife strife
It's universal.
My wife's OK when a new "West Wing" box set comes out, but they just don't release them quick enough 
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Severus Trajan
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:56:00 -
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Originally by: Jec Polux
...she can't fathom that fact that I can't just close down the frickin computer in an instant! ... There's no getting it through to her! hehe!
ROFL! Way too is too familiar! 
"It's just a game, what do you mean you can't shut it down? Are you addicted or what, do I have to call a shrink?"
"I just have to finish what I'm doing, it takes less than five minutes. Then you will have my undivided attention for several hours, okay?"
"You care more about that computer than me!"
*stomps out in rage*
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Cool dude
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Posted - 2004.05.07 10:01:00 -
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Its a tragedy she has taken the car, the furniture the kids and the dog!
I will miss that dog! |
Bogenhagen
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Posted - 2004.05.07 12:16:00 -
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Had two members of my Corp become suddenly single due to EVE in the last week...my wife doesn't mind oddly enough.
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Bella Verde
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Posted - 2004.05.07 12:45:00 -
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Why would any of you put some game ahead of your wife? Really, thats sad.
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Lachenlaud
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Posted - 2004.05.07 12:51:00 -
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The only times I have problems is when my sister comes over to visit when I'm playing the game.
She likes to talk - NONSTOP - so she'll sit here and blather at me while I'm in the middle of doing something - usually distracting me to no end.
Don't get me wrong - it's family and all - but sometimes I'm tempted to open the desk drawer, take out a roll of duct tape while she's watching and set it on the desk next to the mouse - and look at her significantly for a moment before returning my eyes to the screen.
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Deloup Drakar
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Posted - 2004.05.07 12:56:00 -
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Edited by: Deloup Drakar on 07/05/2004 12:58:46
I bought some time by buying her a laptop to keep her busy. Also by trying to get her addicted to video games. The only problem is, she still continues to want to spend time with me, yet she wont agree to watch anything I like on TV, so heck if I'm going to give up EVE to watch some stupid show on VH1/Animal Planet or Will and Grace.
I've already been told however that I cannot be playing EVE on the day of our wedding, since she's scared I'd forget about the wedding while playing it .
**edit**
as to your comment that it should have a health warning....check the CD case (if you got it on CD) it states "Warning your new life may be better than your current life" or smoething like that...i'm unfortunatly at work (something gotta pay the subscription bills)
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Zarquon Beeblebrox
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Posted - 2004.05.07 12:57:00 -
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Originally by: Jonathan Freeloader
Edited by: Jonathan Freeloader on 07/05/2004 08:04:21
I am now single, and i don't get out much.There are days when the only human interaction i have takes place over teamspeak and the guy at the 7 11 down the road (incase i run out of****s)
So my advice to you: QUIT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
Edit: i'm not allowed to say****s?I know they cause lung cancer and all...
there are months only human contact i have is teamspeak ...
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Lady Beeblebrox
Teddybears movies
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Nostradamu5
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Posted - 2004.05.07 13:13:00 -
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Quote:
"I just want to spend time with you"
That used to be my wife's favorite statement untill my smartass came up with a comeback; here is where I'll advise you to proceed at your own risk, one male coworker threatened me with physical violence for putting the smartassed comment in his head
response: "What's the difference between spending time and doing time?"
Depending on her uptake, you may want to make yourself a smaller target, verbal or otherwise
Also it seemed to get awful chilly, but it did shut her up for awhile.
Stop griping about server instability and go buy an EVE mug!
Additionally with the purchase of each mug you will receive two(2) invisible Elves.
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Gun Kata
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Posted - 2004.05.07 13:18:00 -
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My partner thinks the afterburner icon looks like a torch (or flashlight if from the states)
"I have seen everything now."
"Yeah? Have you seen a man eat his own head?" |
Lianhaun
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Posted - 2004.05.07 13:19:00 -
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Disco once mentioned something to me about being as sexy as some amarr interceptor.
I slapped him,
he then said I should take it as a compliment
I knew then that I was meant to be with a girl
This is not a hijack
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Rodge
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Posted - 2004.05.07 14:48:00 -
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One of the guys in our corp has the right idea.
Go with a girl that plays Eve (yes they do exist!)
So he can play as much as he likes and it's cool, because she's playing as well.
I wish that my (now ex-) girlfriend had been like that. She just didn't understand things like "I have to go to the corp mine today" or "But our ceo has declared that all pvp ready pilots have to go to..."
*Sigh*
[ 2005.04.17 00:34:30 ] Nagilam > u better leave Rodge, u will not gank any1 else 2nite......
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Vittorio Lukas
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Posted - 2004.05.07 14:53:00 -
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My wife brings me tea and sandwiches. :)
You just have to teach them that their role in life is to look after you and to STFU.
Now that may sound like a one-sided deal but, whilst I'm playing EVE my wife has full access to the TV remote.
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Zarquon Beeblebrox
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Posted - 2004.05.07 15:00:00 -
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Originally by: Vittorio Lukas
My wife brings me tea and sandwiches. :)
You just have to teach them that their role in life is to look after you and to STFU.
Now that may sound like a one-sided deal but, whilst I'm playing EVE my wife has full access to the TV remote.
IM offended, can we have a ban here polaris ? its agains forum rules you know..
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Teddybears movies
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Dust Puppy
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Posted - 2004.05.07 15:17:00 -
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Originally by: Bella Verde
Why would any of you put some game ahead of your wife? Really, thats sad.
When someone puts a video game ahead of their spouse it indicates that the relationship perhaps isnŠt very good. EVE doesnŠt ruin relationship that werenŠt previously on shaky grounds.
My girlfriends things this whole idea of mmog is very odd and does not understand why I would like to talk to people I have never even met. I usually tell her to shut the hell up and see procedes to kick the **** out of me. This relationship would suck if I wasnŠt a masochist
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Cravin
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Posted - 2004.05.07 15:26:00 -
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Edited by: Cravin on 07/05/2004 15:28:37
Wives,Girlfriends, any woman for that matter will allways get competitive over her mans other interests. Its the way them chicks are hardwired by the forces of nature. Unless you can teach 'em to fish.
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Hasek
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Posted - 2004.05.07 15:39:00 -
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hehe my wife plays eve and we have had fights over the game but mainly its because she ended up friends with anti-pirates when im a pirate....
gets real annoying when u have to listen to the TS channel going on about a battle you fought from the otherside...
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MiloMorai
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Posted - 2004.05.07 16:19:00 -
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I got my GF an account of her own for her birthday last August and I get to play everyday after we get the kiddies in bed. Sometimes earlier, WOOT! Personally I'd play more but I want to keep the relationship. Too bad I still have to support her ingame, but she's getting pretty good at killing the rats.
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Thomdril Merrilin
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Posted - 2004.05.07 16:32:00 -
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Originally by: Vittorio Lukas
My wife brings me tea and sandwiches. :)
You just have to teach them that their role in life is to look after you and to STFU.
Now that may sound like a one-sided deal but, whilst I'm playing EVE my wife has full access to the TV remote.
HAHA, excellent!
My girlfriend leaves me to be, i try and limit myself to no more than an hour when she is around. She does not understand the game tho... oh well.
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Jay Gatsby
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Posted - 2004.05.07 16:36:00 -
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My girlfriend wouldn't have a problem if it wasn't for the fact that the game I'm playing has the name of another woman.
Unfortunately the game does have the name of another woman, and thus she is beside herself with jealous rage.
Why CCP couldn't have foreseen this possibility and called the game "Space Adventure 3 Million" or somesuch, I don't know. In fact, I may sue.
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Valrandir
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Posted - 2004.05.07 16:45:00 -
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Originally by: Deloup Drakar
as to your comment that it should have a health warning....check the CD case (if you got it on CD) it states "Warning your new life may be better than your current life" or smoething like that...i'm unfortunatly at work (something gotta pay the subscription bills)
It's more like "Warning, your new life may be to addicting to leave".
So true. I cannot lose what I don't already have (wife), but I had to find a new job once. Now it's ok I found a equilibrium.
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Kitten Hearder
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Posted - 2004.05.07 17:14:00 -
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Well if it wasn't EVE, then it would be some other MMOG, single-player game, a sport of some kind, or some other hobby that would make your spouse a "[activity] widow."
For me it used to be an Ultima Online Widow before I learned when to play and when not to play.
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Evolution made my sig
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Fred0
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Posted - 2004.05.07 17:50:00 -
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Seems to be universal. :) Aw well the struggle to get the woman to understand goes on :)
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Kerosene
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Posted - 2004.05.07 18:45:00 -
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I played mmorpgs before I met my wife so she knew that it was my hobby. As someone said before, she's just happy I'm not down the pub chatting up the barmaids. That's friday's job. Also since I don't speak Chinese and live in China she knows it's one of the few times I get to talk to people properly, even if they are 'virtual' people. Only thing that annoys her is if I play past midnight on a work night or if she finds out there's a girl on teamspeak.
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Tibor Ferenc
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Posted - 2004.05.07 19:21:00 -
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Yup I had the problem trying to fit time for work, gf, pub with pals. However I think I got it about sussed, now im seeing a waitress who works at the resurante my pals head chef at. So now I can play EvE till they finnish then go for a drink at the resturante, thus killing 2 birds with one stone pint with pal and seeing the bird. Then home for nookie with my lass.
So to all those having problems with the wife gf etc send them out to work at a resturante, also it helps if you make them squeel when they get home.
Love, peace and all that sh1t.
Tib.
http://mmogcenter.com/tiborsig.jpg
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Warsawa
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Posted - 2004.05.07 19:26:00 -
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Originally by: meowcat
Well, i was just about to set off on another jaunt - this time with a couple of fellow noobs, when the wife comes in (see exclamation in thread title)
Has anyone else suffered sudden and out-of-the-blue marital strife as a consequence of this game, or is it just me?
I found a work around by making the wife play EVE. It worked. But now I'm celebate- life goes on.
They also never fixed the Butt-Numbing bug.
Completely low quality software. Pathetic.
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Rizmordan Hillgotlieb
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Posted - 2004.05.07 19:34:00 -
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LOL - EVE is pretty damn crazy. One of my GFs is a CAD tech so she's into the computer and computer games (sims) and she's always working so it evens out. I have all this free time till she gets off work unless she brings work home with her then I have even more free time. Ordinarily I might have been the one to complain she's always too busy but TBH it's kind of a relief because I have something I enjoy that sucks my life away w/ each accumulated skill point.
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Madcap Magician
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Posted - 2004.05.07 20:01:00 -
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hehe
My favorite discussion happens at least 3 times a week.
Her:
"Are you coming to bed yet?"
Me:
"Hold on! I gotta kill this last guy!"
Her:
"Why?"
Me:
"He called me a n00b!!"
Her:
. . .
Me:
"Hon? Where'd you go? Honey??"
She knows it's my tool for relaxation though, so it works in teh end.
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UBERSOLDAT
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Posted - 2004.05.07 20:31:00 -
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Whew, thought I was the only one. Here is what I do to at least pacify my wife part of the time. She's at home with the kids most of the week while I'm at work. On the weekends I say "Honey, why don't you take some time for yourself and go shopping, I'll watch the kids." Bingo, I've shown empathy for her and just got myself 6-8 hours of wife-free Eve time. (now if that pesky 3 yr old would stop calling out "Daddy come wipe my booty")
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OverKill
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Posted - 2004.05.07 20:38:00 -
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/chuckles
I see many many all to familiar symptoms out there. I too have run into this issue with the wife although not as bad since we got married.
I do not recommend looking at her and stating "I am the CEO of a major Corporation. The time I allot you is precious." (check skill) "You have 4 hours and 23 minutes. Make the best of it".
That one doesn't go over well...
Neither does "Not now woman, theres a war to be fought" as you crank up the tunes and boot up the PC.
Regards,
OK
[email protected] - http://www.hadean.org
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Cayote XIII
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Posted - 2004.05.07 23:16:00 -
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My wife has often gotten upset about the time I play the game. She has tapered it off though.
First I pointed out to her that if I went fishing instead of playing the game, I wouldn't be at home and it costs a heck of a lot more cash then $15 a month. Nor do I go horseback riding, a hobby I used to have, which again, was a bit on the expensive side. Nor do I go out to bars, sporting events or other such activities as that too would require more isk. That helped a little. And I pointed out, nicely, that she spends a considerable amount of time conversing with her family and friends over the I-net, more then I play.
Then, once I didn't play for three days, I kept asking her what she was doing, who she was e-mailing, can we watch a movie, generally, I was there constantly and became a pain. Not on purpose, but because I was bored, I can't stand TV and not particularly interested in surfing the internet and it's usually too late to go anywhere, aside from the budgetary restrictions. After a couple of days she asked me why I wasn't playing the game and that she felt it helped me relax in the evenings.
Now the only time she says anything is when she starts cleaning the house at 1 AM for some guests that are coming over and I protest. Although I do help as it is easier and faster that way.
I'm a bit amazed at how many peeps have the same situation. I wonder what it is about the game or our personalities that we get so involved in it. It is fantasy, right?
I still say it's better then TV...
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Shamis Orzoz
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Posted - 2004.05.08 00:02:00 -
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The problem is that EVE is so much more interesting than talking to most women. I just broke up with my girlfriend, and I have no desire to get a new one because I don't want to go out with them and talk about boring stuff and pay lots of money. Everything in life is starting to seem boring in comparison to EVE..but that's probably because I don't mine.
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Cao Cao
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Posted - 2004.05.08 00:03:00 -
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Anything that you interact with is better than T.V.
Now, I have a girlfriend, and I've been very careful to do my very best to keep Eve and her at arms length. We live about 6 hours apart (driving) so it's been pretty easy. If she moves in with me next year as might happen, or moves closer, well I will just have to get her playing too. Or cut down on Eve time in favor of her.
I did have a very severe problem of Eve in the context of law school . . . the two don't mix extremely well, especially when you are doing 90% Eve and 10% law school. I got over it though, and still maintained decent grades. I think the reason why it was harder to balance law school with Eve than it is my girlfriend with Eve, is because I don't like law school  but I love sex.
Cao
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Rizmordan Hillgotlieb
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Posted - 2004.05.08 00:20:00 -
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Originally by: Cao Cao
I think the reason why it was harder to balance law school with Eve than it is my girlfriend with Eve, is because I don't like law school but I love sex.
Cao
Agreed - You speak volumes of truth 
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QwaarJet
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Posted - 2004.05.08 00:54:00 -
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I'm shocked at how many people are in the same situation.I told my Girl before hand of my gaming addiction, so it's fine.
"Hobbes, she stepped into the Perimter Of Wisdom.Run!" |
Silverlancer
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Posted - 2004.05.08 02:28:00 -
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Originally by: Joshua Calvert
That's part of the reason I'm not married.
The other part being a gibbering fear of commitment.
Not to say there's anything wrong with it, but whats with the rampant corp-switching?
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Karrihn
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Posted - 2004.05.08 18:03:00 -
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This is how the conversation usually goes at my house...
HER : Wanna go do somthing?
ME: Sure.
HER : What do you want to do?
ME: Whatever you want as long as it dosen't involve a pets store or flower/tree/bush/greenthing nursery.
HER: Are you hungry?
ME: No.
HER: I am, when do you think you will be hungry?
ME: we can go eat if you want, I'll just get somthing to nibble on.
HER: nahh, thats ok. What do you want to do?
ME: I don't care.
HER: How about a movie?
ME: How about you decide what you want to do and tell me, then we will go.
HER: Well you could stop playing that stupid game and help me decide.
ME: You could decide on your own what you want to do, then I will turn off the game.
HER: Why do you play that game anyways, it looks stupid.
ME: So does your flower garden but I was trying to keep that to myself because I know you enjoy your gardening.
HER: Why is your game more important than me.
ME: my game is EASIER than you are.
HER: What do you MEAN?!?!?
ME: When I'm playing (with)YOU, my game dosen't interupt and start askin' me a ton of quest....(just lost a cruiser cause my attention was diverted)
HER: SEE! your not even paying attention to me!
ME: Crap I just lost my cruiser cause you can't decide what you want to friggen do....
HER: Well you could come up with a sugestio nor two.
ME: I'M DOING WHAT I WANTED TO DO UNTIL YOU CAME IN HERE AND STARTED BUGGING ME. IT WASN'T ENOUGH THAT I WAS WILLING TO TURN IT OFF AND DO ALMOST ANYTHING YOU WANTED, ONCE YOU DECIDED WHAT IT WAS. NOOOOOOO IT WASN'T ENOUGH THAT I WAS WILLING TO BE HAPPY JUST BEING WITH YOU FOR A WHILE. YOU HAD TO TURN IT INTO SOME KIND OF DEBATE OF GAME OR ME.....ARRRGH!!!!!
HER: Why are you mad at me I just wanted to do somthing together.....
ME: SO PICK SOMTHING ALREADY!
HER: You wanna go eat?
ME: Might as well, I don't have a cruiser to blow **** up with anymore...
HER: its just a game.
ME: Fine when your watching that trading crappy houses show don't ***** when I turn the channel.
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2004.05.08 18:21:00 -
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Originally by: Silverlancer
Originally by: Joshua Calvert
That's part of the reason I'm not married.
The other part being a gibbering fear of commitment.
Not to say there's anything wrong with it, but whats with the rampant corp-switching?
It's a symptom of serial boredom with Eve while waiting and praying that CCP do something good with Shiva.
LEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
teh pR3acH3r
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Posted - 2004.05.08 18:46:00 -
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/me hears footsteps coming down the hall. I think shes mad.
her: It's 11pm when are you coming to bed?
me: In a minute, just gotta finish this one thing.
her: whatever. *stomps back to room*
*1 hour passes*
/me hears footsteps...again.
her: ok its midnight, are you coming to bed now?
me: baby, just goto bed you gotta get up early you need some sleep.
her: well you can just sleep on the f****** couch then.
/me hears the bedroom door lock
me: well that was easy, i can stay up as long as i want now.
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Indefinately MIA
Former CEO Occassus Republica - Military Division Leader
Founding members of the Venal Alliance
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Rase
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Posted - 2004.05.08 20:24:00 -
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This is so eerie.
Way I figure it....if you think your girlfriend doesnt mind you spending nights with Eve instead of her then the fact she's banging someoneelse or looking for someoneelse to give her action
The only exception is if she plays a game as much as you do at the same time you do
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Mara Morai
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Posted - 2004.05.08 20:51:00 -
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You all are so funny. I watched my Boyfriend play EVE shortly after it came out. I kept telling him I wanted to play as an alt, so he went and bought me an account. My Boyfriend and I love playing EVE together. The guys in our Corp love having us as a couple playing EVE together. It's to bad more Girlfriends or Wives, don't play EVE together.
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Stefin
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Posted - 2004.05.09 18:51:00 -
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So so true... but I cannot explain to her how good EVE is, nor even persuade her to try an Alt... its so unfair |
Shia Dai
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Posted - 2004.05.09 19:21:00 -
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It's amazing we even have girlfriends .
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Sith Lord
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Posted - 2004.05.09 19:30:00 -
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I dont get why you people put up with it i really dont, my GF constantly moaned that i played computer games instead of spending time with her.
But i did'nt understand normaly every day we did something together but that was'nt enough, we went to the movies/dinner/days out at places but it was'nt enough so you know what i did next ?
I dumped the silly bint.
That was a year ago now i can happliy do what i want when i want with noone to answer to.
you might say do you get sex? hell yes i go out saturday chat up some bird bone her and thats me happy.
Single life.... would'nt trade it for the world
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Mara Morai
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Posted - 2004.05.10 01:02:00 -
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Originally by: MiloMorai
I got my GF an account of her own for her birthday last August and I get to play everyday after we get the kiddies in bed. Sometimes earlier, WOOT! Personally I'd play more but I want to keep the relationship. Too bad I still have to support her ingame, but she's getting pretty good at killing the rats.
Excuse me but who signed on to my account to borrow isk???? hmm wasn't the kids.
For the record people, he rarely has to support me in game at all. 
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Sceartan
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Posted - 2004.05.10 01:42:00 -
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Fortunately my GF is doing a Masters degree had has zero time for me :)
Shes at uni 9am-9pm so when I finish work I have a good 3-4hrs of playing time before she gets home and downtime hits start, one of the advantages of being an Aussie is that downtime is 9-10pm.
So she comes home and I spend an hour sitting and talking while downtime trickles away. The beauty is, she doesn't know what downtime is so she believes I'm taking a break from Eve to spend time with her.
Come 10pm and I'll either go back to playing Eve in the spare room or bring out the laptop and sit on the couch and do some semi-AFK mining (look at screen every minute, drag mouse, look back at TV).
Weekends can be a hassle when I end up going to bed at 3am and being woken up at 9am but hey.. its a small sacrifice to pay :)
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Kerosene
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Posted - 2004.05.10 05:14:00 -
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I think tonight I'm going to try the untried and untested..
Her: You coming to bed yet?
Me: **** off.
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Severus Trajan
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Posted - 2004.05.10 06:45:00 -
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Originally by: Kerosene
I think tonight I'm going to try the untried and untested..
Her: You coming to bed yet?
Me: **** off.
ie the real life version of End Yourself (tm).
Buh bye Kero!
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Kerosene
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Posted - 2004.05.10 06:57:00 -
[60]
Trust me. All will be good. Usually it's..
Me: Any chance of a cup of coffee?
Her: **** off.
or
Me: Fancy an early night?
Her: **** off.
or
Me: I'm off out the lads tonight.
Her: **** off and fellate some otters while you're at it. You bastard.
Nice wife I've got.
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Rholena Arx
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Posted - 2004.05.10 07:36:00 -
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Yes I`m a rl girlie and a football widow. Hubby is pleased I dont hog the TV now as he can watch as much football as he wants now:) And he brings me my tea and wine to sustain me. All I get is " can you dock now as I want to check my email".
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Tobruk
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Posted - 2004.05.10 07:52:00 -
[62]
Originally by: Joshua Calvert
That's part of the reason I'm not married.
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and your 12. safe spot fellas! safe spot!
ya my gf friggen hated eve. she said me or the game. ill be seeing her in hell
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jason hill
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Posted - 2004.05.10 08:20:00 -
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ROFL ...This is one of the best threads i have ever read !! ..
I must confess ..i used to get loads of grief off the wife when the game first came out .solution she now has an account ... but i still get moaned at ...now i cop it in game as welll out of the game ....i cant frigging win !!
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2004.05.10 08:22:00 -
[64]
Originally by: Tobruk
Originally by: Joshua Calvert
That's part of the reason I'm not married.
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and your 12. safe spot fellas! safe spot!
ya my gf friggen hated eve. she said me or the game. ill be seeing her in hell
kids
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Maud Dib
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Posted - 2004.05.10 12:57:00 -
[65]
I had that problem for a bit but then I figured out my wife was right and I cut down on EVE a bit. I still play a lot but just not crazy amounts. The added bonus is I'm enjoying it more now than before when I do play.
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Severe McCald
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Posted - 2004.05.10 13:29:00 -
[66]
It's not just Eve, so changing the name wouldn't help. Wives and gfs just hate the competition.
Even when they knew, before you got together, that this was your thing.
When I first met my wife my computer was situated right next to the bed, so I could just fall over and go to sleep; wake up and play. Now it's in a different room, but she still isn't happy!
Happily married for five years and six months so far. I'll keep you posted.
Severe
And Moses was content to dwell with the man:and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom:for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. |
Rual Storge
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Posted - 2004.05.10 13:42:00 -
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:) I got a girl who goes "Oh, you're on EVE" so she gets on my second PC and loads UT2004 and crushes people like the insignifigant worms they are. :) then we go out for dinner catch a quick movie and go about gaming again :P
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Ka Dargo
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Posted - 2004.05.10 23:40:00 -
[68]
ROFL LMAO
Oh my god this thread should be made a sticky.
I too have had problems with my girlfriend with regard to devoting too much time to gaming & not enought time to her. We don't live together so the problem really only surfaces on the weekend or if we are talking on the phone & I am not paying attention.
Usually I just stop playing while she is around, but I usually she doesn't mind if I change a skill over or the like... but yes it does depend on how many brownie points I have accrued that week.
But being an Aussie, the DT is now at 8:30 pm, which is usually a pretty time for us to call each other and chat.
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Vasudan
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Posted - 2004.05.11 00:08:00 -
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I got married back in December.
I made sure beforehand that she was aware I have something of an addiction to the computer, I don't think she really took that seriously.
"Your always on the computer" and "You like the computer more than me" are inevitable, especially when I'll make you a cup of tea after this mission, spawn or whatever it may be turns into an hour then you generally get in trouble.
I think I could honestly say that my amount of gaming is somewhat unhealthy but I think she does understand me, though most of the time now she only want's me off it so she can play.
Put it this way, when your wife's first sentence is "Next time your docked...." you may be playing EVE a little too much.
Vas.
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Rae Mathenge
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Posted - 2004.05.11 00:14:00 -
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Edited by: Rae Mathenge on 11/05/2004 00:26:59
Quote:
My wife brings me tea and sandwiches. :)
You just have to teach them that their role in life is to look after you and to STFU.
Now that may sound like a one-sided deal but, whilst I'm playing EVE my wife has full access to the TV remote.
How completely thuggish. It's probably just as well she doesn't spend more time with you because she'd have divorced you by now if she had.
I'm female, been a gamer since junior high and wouldn't have married a non-gamer. Matter of fact, I was the one that got my husband hooked on EVE. Nice thing is I can call him from work, ask him to start a skill for me and vice versa and we completely understand the addiction.
One of my favorite stories comes from when hubbydude called up Games Workshop to order some minis for me as a B-day present. For whatever reason, he told the customer service guy it was for his wife and the reply was 'Man... you're so lucky'.
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