Seriously. Am I the only one?
I know I'm not. I know that there are a ton of women out there involved with gamers.
The problem is, either:
a) they don't want people to know they're with a gamer
or
b) they HATE the fact that their gamer games.
I'm not in either category.
Yes, I would much rather Chris didn't play games as much as he did. Yes, I wish he could just pause WOW whenever I wanted him to. Sure, I'd rather be a millionaire's wife, or a celebrity wife, before I would have chosen to be a gamer's wife.
But ultimately I've grown to relate his personality to that of a gamer, and I understand his habit of playing. It doesn't get in the way of his real life (most of the time), and he doesn't neglect me or his responsibilities (usually).
The problem is finding other gamer's wives who think like me.
There are a TON of women on the internet moaning and groaning about their husbands playing games too much. They call themselves gaming widows.
They, unfortunately are not happy their husbands are gamers, and thus they are no fun to associate with. There are message boards full of these women complaining and arguing about how their husbands play games 24 hours a day, don't pay attention to them, their jobs, or their kids.
Thankfully, my gamer isn't like that.
But it sure would be nice to be able to have other wives to talk to and joke with!
And that's the other problem with fitting in with the blog world. There are tons of mommy blogs and food blogs, but not a whole lot of newlywed blogs, and certainly not gamer's wife blogs!
Maybe one day.
And maybe one day I'll start my own gamer's wife club when all the guys in my life get married - PJ, Jeff, Tim, Ryan. You know, so when you steal my husband away for a gaming weekend, I've got a group of women to moan and complain to :-P
And, so I don't have to listen to things like...
"We'll be raiding tonight honey....so, you're on your own."
Which is exactly what I heard in the car this morning on the way to work ;)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
7 comments:
I'll have you know that I am a gamer's wife as well. My hubby is a HUGE gamer (albeit in a responsible way). Unfortunately, we live in GA, which isn't close enough for our hubbies to game together as we commiserate.
Yeah, I'm definitely not embarrassed of the fact that my husband is a gamer, much less a game developer. If anything, people tend to congregate around him at parties because they're so curious about his cool job!
Hey, if you start a club, I'm in! My hubby has been a gamer forever. We travel a lot of me job, and he uses his gaming to keep in touch with his buddies and cope as a stay-at-home dad. I totally understand his need to game, although I can't help but just roll my eyes sometimes. I'd love to find some women who don't just bellyache about their gamer men, but can totally understand my point of view.
I'm a gamer's wife too. Thankfully, he is not hard core, most of the time. I used to play games with him but somewhere along the line I realized that playing games really wasn't what I was into. I would rather go out for a walk or now that we have a baby, play with my baby girl. My husband hasn't grown out of the gaming thing as I assumed he would (he grew out of the DnD faze as I did too). For a while he did get out of playing consols and only used the PC, but then he got the PS3 and has that hooked up to the computer in our bedroom. It sucks going to bed staring at his back knowing that he is in his own little world with his headphones on. I'm not embarrassed about his gaming, (heck I am as big a geek about some things myself) but I am feeling a little frustrated and alone. It's hard to get him to do something with me sometimes. Our baby girl unites us for now. I am hoping that by the time we are in our fifties and the kids are grown and gone we will still have somethings in common. For now I am persisting, staring at his backside and plotting how to get his attention!
I'm a gamer wife. I actually found this site because i have a gaming husband and figured there were other women out there who needed support to.
Check it out: http://gamerwives.blogspot.com/
I try to post helpful content as well as my own advices from experience.
I'm a gamer's wife too! I have quite a few friends who are as well, and we all get together at LANs once a month. We play just as well as the guys in some games.
Sometimes I complain that he spends too much time online, but mostly I'll try to join him.
FYI I started a Gamers Wives group on steam, and hoping to get other gamers wives who want to play.
Hello I'm a gamer's wife too. My husband plays EVE and chats on team speak all time, causing me to pick up random jargon I don't know the meaning of. He might be a little embarrassed if I publicized that fact :) Anyways just thought I'd say hi. btw you look like Jenna Fischer!
Post a Comment