What does your partner think about you playing ED?

Codger

Codger
My wife is fine with all my game-playing. We play a few games together, as well. But I once was married to a gal who hated gaming, and hated that I gamed. Didn't last :)
 

d8veh

d8veh
He's happy as long as he's not too hungry. Normally, he'll sit happily on my lap while I play, but when he's hungry, which is more often than not, he'll get up and stand in front of the monitor. If that doesn't work, he tramples all over the keyboard. He managed to crash my ship one time and nearly got me blown up many times when I'm doing combat.
 

Sublime

S
My wife thinks it’s dorky, but she says she doesn’t mind as long as I don’t let it interfere with my duties...
 

AkenBosch

AkenBosch
Old Duck said:
My wife would much rather me be home playing video games than at the bar with a bunch of guys, or worse, a strip club. I tell her the only lady she needs to be jealous of is my starship ;)
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You never told her of Aisling, didn't you?

After silently tolerating my Elite ramblings these past 5 years, and surrendering to the dark side of space games with No Man's Sky, my partner caved in to ED curiosity during the Epic giveaway. Space is not her thing, flying is not her thing, flying in space is even less her thing, not mentioning doing the above in a language she barely knows, but there was clearly the sparkle of satisfaction in her eyes on the first 100.000 cr made in her freewinder. She'll hardly ever become an experienced cmdr anyway, she's far more proficient with city builders and shooters/stealth action. I just feel lucky she might look at me in amused contempt from time to time, while I play my pew pew games yanking a hotas with funny stuff attached to my head, but she'll never belittle her same hobby.
 

Michael Whatever

M
In almost twenty years of marriage I've hardly ever been able to figure out what she thinks about anything. Almost never.
Just when I thought maybe I'd figured it out, I was informed that, apparently, I was wrong.

The fact that Thargoid intentions are more interesting to me that those of my "significant other" is a symptom of, rather than a cause of my recent divorce.
That she (offered to) "pay" for the Odyssey extension post-divorce is complex.

I still have no idea what she thinks, but at least I have high hopes for Odyssey.
It has to be better value for money.
Whilst I fully expect to be disappointed on all accounts, at least MY conscience is clean.

For the most part, I play to escape the vagaries of my partner's thoughts and emotions, it seems infinitely complex, ultimately unrewarding and does not come with an appropriate forum to help figure it all out.

After decades of compromise I have almost given up trying to guess what others think, and for the most part have resigned myself to the fact that my actions probably can't make them happy, so I may as well play something that I enjoy, regardless. That way at least one of us will be happy. I hope.


It's just possible I'm being somewhat cynical.
 

MishaTX

MishaTX
My wife usually complains if I haven't played for a while because she really enjoys the tunes and skits from Hutton Orbital that I tend to play when I'm out on a long trip. Also, if I ever referred to her as my "partner", she'd probably kill me in my sleep. She might let me live if I used the term "significant other", but that's about as "progressive" as she'll ever get, and I'm old enough to love that. A lot. :)
 

lordzaz

lordzaz
I'm waiting for the 'if you spent as much time working on the house as you do playing, we'd have been finished years ago' comment.

Little does she understand that I'm smart enough to know, after 15 years, that there will never be an end to her home improvement requirements, regardless of how much I do.

I play early mornings on weekends when everyone else sleeps in till noon, lockdown has blessed me with a few hundred extra hours play time :D
 

Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
Back when I was in the Utopian Powerplay power, I was working to flip every system to favourable in the BGS. I had a giant spreadsheet that read 'KILL X SECURITY' 'FORCE WAR HERE' ' STARVE THIS SYSTEM' 'START OUTBREAK'.

My wife once looked over my shoulder and asked if this is what its like being married to a despot, rolled her eyes and tried to make me crash my ship 'by doing things'.

In short she views it as a hobby, and is cool with it as long as its inexpensive hides Lego.
 
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