All the single gamers, all the single gamers.

[sevin0seven]

find the right girl, no complaints and your happy for life.

find the wrong girl, complaints (read all the single comments above and below..)

[jfrost]

I hate these threads about relationships lately.

[Bikeage]

When it comes to women, be careful what you wish for. I had an ex who got me Shenmue for my birthday, then sabotoged any attempt to play it for weeks. I've also had girlfriends who were cool with me gaming all hours of the night... it all depends. Remember, to females, every interpersonal relationship they have is one big game, that they play 24/7. Your occasional 8 hour RPG marathon can't compare to those experience points.

[the7k]

I'm single. Not exactly by choice, but I can't seem to find a single girl who I'd like to be with who isn't already with someone.

[Golgo 14]

Remember, to females, every interpersonal relationship they have is one big game, that they play 24/7.

These threads are depressing.

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Best thing about being a single gamer
Getting to play with any girl I want.

[BRIK]

My girlfriend actually plays video games with me or watches me. She says she actually enjoys the stories of games so I try to play the more story centered games around her like Uncharted 2.
Its great but it just means I have to watch her shitty movies with her.

[Retrogamer0001]

Blah, single life is ok, but not a good substitute for a loving relationship. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my game collection, but I've been single for about a year now and I'm starting to feel it. I'm also not some shut-in living in his parent's basement either - I have a full-time job, a decent car, my own apartment, and I just got accepted to grad school. The only problem is that I just can't seem to find a decent lady. My opinion: get a good girl, explain to her and show her why you're passionate about gaming, and then go from there. Good luck to us all finding that gem though

[aaron]

Does anyone have a wife/girlfriend that they have to answer to about their hobby? I don't know anybody like that. It must really be hell to be with someone who doesn't let you do the things you love. I am guessing Niode had a bad experience with that kind of woman otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned it in the original post. I am pretty much just as free as I was when I was single, only my place is in better order and I eat a lot healthier. My hobbies are still intact. I was playing Shadow of the Colossus until 4AM last night. Not one complaint from my fiance with whom I live with.

I know you're angry and bitter, Niode, you go out of your way to let people know this any time there is a conversation about relationships. But there are girls out there who will let you do whatever you want. You wanted sympathy from board members (If you didn't want sympathy, you still got it) when Katie left and some brunette got the best of you, and you turned on those very members and put them down because they still have what you used to. That's not cool. Get over it and move on.

....or you can just sit in the dark and listen to Nine Inch Nails' "Somewhat Damaged" over and over again for the rest of your days.

i would have picked This Mortal Coil's "It'll End in Tears" on repeat, but that's just me.

my girlfriend is cool with what i do, and i know it. which is very valuable to me. i was married for a while and my ex was very controlling over my time, the way i spent my money, who i was friends with, what i wore, etc etc. the worst part about all of this was that i let it happen. that's what i regret more than anything.

i think if you let your relationship get the best of your personality then you're doing it wrong. but if you let your personality get the best of your possibility to even engage in a relationship, you might not be doing it right, either.

[CatchFiveBats]

Some people don't place dating very high on their priority list, or on their priority list at all. For them (for me), having video games is definitely a reason to stay single...but so is just about everything

But you didn't get my point. Why can't you have both?

I barely have enough time for all the things I want to do as it is; why would I have time for a relationship? Again, I have my own things to do and getting tied up with another person would just get in the way of that.

I personally get tired of the constant pressure from society to date, as if it's some kind of requirement for being human. People say that it's human nature to want to build that kind of bond with another person, and maybe that was true in the past (and is, of course, still true for certain individuals). However, we're in an age where there's a near infinite amount of essentially immediately obtainable new information and hobbies, activities, etc that a person could spend every waking moment of their entire life learning about and experiencing and still only scratch the surface.
There's a subset of society that sees that opportunity and sees no reason to waste our time with dating (and in some extreme cases, some of them see no reason to waste time with other people at all)...some people spend their time experiencing new things all the time, others find one thing and devote all their time to that (and think about that - ONE thing is enough to satisfy one person's entire intellectual need and yet there still stands a near infinite number of other possibilities, with that number of possibilities constantly increasing at an exponential rate? There's not enough time in the history and future of mankind, let alone in one person's lifetime...).
Perhaps some people will find something that resembles a relationship, or serves nearly the same purpose as a relationship...but if that's what makes them happy then I see no reason why they should date. This is the information age, and I see no harm in people developing the same depth of connection to information that has been reserved for the company of other people throughout history (or, in my case, developing a connection with people that one is incapable of having a traditional relationship with - what is a relationship, anyway? Does it have to be limited to two people who know each other personally?). Sure, that requires a certain degree of introversion...but I see no issue with introverted people if they enjoy what they do.

It aggravates me to see people limited to societal definitions of acceptable relationships and conduct. As long as no one is hurt (assuming that person doesn't want to be hurt - there are people who do haha), it's all good in my book. Just do what is fulfilling for you.