Why do girlfriends/wives want you to get rid of your games?

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wiggy:

--- Quote from: segamer on December 03, 2014, 11:28:54 AM ---I've never had a girlfriend in my life that wanted me to get rid of my games. However, if I did, I'd just get a new girlfriend.

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Pretty much this. I'm not going to ditch something which is a big part of my life because someone else doesn't like it. If they don't, then we never belonged together in the first place.

shenske:
For me its one of those "You must like me for me and not for what you want me to be" things. My girlfriend is not a gamer but she is totally cool with my collection.

mojoeskateco:
I'm lucky that my wife is supportive of my hobby and the only rule is that I have a fair budget that I stick to and that my collection is neat and organized.

Every Christmas and birthday I always get something gaming related from her. She goes out of her way to find me some great items.

Einhander:
Man. It seems like 75 percent are cool with it, but it's those other 25 percent that get weird about it. Obviously a lot of gamers are adults these days, but it's those 25 percent who are clueless and don't know what's going on.

Well I'm single now, but I will sure make sure that I never get married to someone who doesn't agree with my hobbies. When or if I get into a relationship with a girl, I'll make sure to tell her that collecting certain video games is a big passion of mine. If she is not okay with me keeping my stuff, then that will be the end of it.

I realized something. You're most likely a hoarder in one way or another. People hoard useless emails (never delete them), people hoard facebook friends. Why do so many people have 500 facebook friends if they're never going to see them? I can look at that as hoarding too. If you're not hoarding, you must have some kind of hobby. Maybe you love to drink and you spend money on alchohol or you love drugs, or you love to eat out. Doing all those things costs money, can cost as much as game collecting.

But the difference is that game collecting at least gives you something tangible, so you have something to show for it. When you go out and party or spend money on sporting events, you spent money on experiences but you probably don't have anything to show for it except for pictures. That's another thing, people hoard pictures on their phones. Tons of picture hoarders.

And at the end of the day, if you're not spending money on physical items or entertainment, and you have lots of money just sitting there, then you're still a hoarder. You're a hoarder of money. You have the money, but the money is only there in case of an emergency, and none of it can be used for enjoying your life.

So I guess I'm a small time hoarder. But ultimately I still try to buy only games that I really really want. Maybe 5-10 percent of the games I have are more of a nostalgic thing. But most of them are games I really want to play for a long time.

sheep2001:
For anyone that has a significant other who doesn't get it, ask them why they need so many handbags, pairs of shoes, different cosmetics, etc. not trying to stereotype, but most people have a more than adequate amount of something in their lives. And whilst too many handbags may not be considered a hobby, i would imagine it gives the same pleasure having the collection, as it gives us for ours.

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