SEIV or Marital Divorce!

Gandalph · #1 June 7th, 2002, 12:06 AM

I guess I've got it made. My wife likes TV, I like gaming. From 6-11pm almost every night, she's in there, I'm in here. We do have an agreement to sit and talk at the dinner table, which seems to be all the interaction necessary for our lives. Well, not all!

dmm · #2 June 7th, 2002, 12:09 AM

One of my wives nagged me once, so I had her publicly whipped. End of problem. It is such fun being a male Al-Quaeda!

mac5732 · #3 June 7th, 2002, 03:55 AM

maybe we should buy them their own seperate computers and put it in same room as ours, that way we can play and talk with wife....

just some ideas mac

Gryphin · #4 June 7th, 2002, 12:35 PM

My sweetheart is trying to learn SE IV. She does not want to become an "SE IV Widow".
She does follow the board but mostly the fiction and the Cantinna.

We have started a new game where she is Role Playing the "Trade Federation" idea.

Trajan · #5 June 7th, 2002, 02:02 PM

Gentlemen,

My wife and I have a general agreement that I get one evening a week guaranteed (usually Sunday night) to game -- guilt free

. Any other time I spend on the computer playing games is usually at my own risk.

I recently introduced The Sims to my wife and she is playing it. I suppose that is because it is so very much like playing Barby. Also, she enjoys playing when I am playing rather than separately.

Wives are scary.....somtimes.

Cheers!

rdouglass · #6 June 7th, 2002, 10:07 PM

I used to have that problem. I have mostly solved it by doing this:

As soon as I see my wife when I come home (or she comes home - whoever gets there Last), I sit down and give her at least 30 minutes of time where I just sit and listen about her day and issues. Not talk or comment but just listen. Oh, every now and then I might say something like "Oh, that must have been terrible!" or something like that...

However, that little bit of time I devote to her sure makes those red-eye sessions on SEIV far more acceptable (and not just tolerable) to her. Seems to be a pretty good deal for me too - 1/2 hour of listening for 4-6 hours (or more) of SE time!!!

Krsqk · #7 June 8th, 2002, 04:21 AM

I have absolutely no complaints about my wife and this game. My wife is, well, my wife, and as such is just a teensy weensy little bit more important than my gaming. At least, on weekdays.

j/k. She's quite happy to let me have my hobbies, as long as I take care of her. She's even getting interested in reading the forum, at least the OT threads like Board Games, First Computer, etc.