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Re: I have started my collection 3 times...
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:09 pm
by Dylan
jfrost wrote:Dylan wrote:chupon wrote:Lets face it - a wife that loves you and any kids you have are more important then any games or systems. But since video games are another love you just gotta find a balance.
Go for the SNES cart collection.
Yeah, a good marriage is worth more than any possession you can have. However, it should be totally reasonable to hold on to your interests as well, but I'd try to hit close to home first. Maybe work something out if things go south, which people usually do anyway (though progressively less so nowadays).
I don't know about this. Seems like a false dichotomy to me.
This isn't a case where you should give away things you love for the sake of a marriage and your family (I would think that would only be justified if the family was in dire straits financially). Rather, your games or any hobbies you have are one
component of a happy marriage. It's not like you have to pick one of them. On the contrary, the fact that you can keep your wife, kids, and hobbies assures that you'll have a happier life.
Like others have said, if your wife can't tolerate the things you love, she's not right for you.
Yeah, that's a good point, you should be able to have both. On the other hand, while I love video games, they don't really love me back. Just as a matter of preference, I'll stick with family when interests conflict.
Re: I have started my collection 3 times...
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:45 pm
by MrPopo
Dylan wrote:On the other hand, while I love video games, they don't really love me back.
That'll be the next Wiimote attachment after the vitality sensor.
Re: I have started my collection 3 times...
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:03 am
by J T
The Portal weighted companion cube loves me.
Re: I have started my collection 3 times...
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:03 am
by Dakinggamer87
These are all interesting stories indeed much knowledge has been shared here...
Re: I have started my collection 3 times...
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:35 am
by vejita
Ack wrote:I'd like to think that I have a rule with my girlfriend. No matter how bad things get, no matter how poor we can be, we do not sell the games. WE DO NOT SELL THE GAMES. We have to keep our priorities straight, after all.
Haha, for the most part I agree that we don't give up stuff easily- but if
I bought the game and I'm looking to trade, then I will go for it. I just hope that for either of our sacred collections/objects we wouldn't force giving them up for someone else. Plus, I like your hobbies and I know what makes you happy- I wouldn't trade any of that just for some quick monies. There are other ways...
Re: I have started my collection 3 times...
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:57 am
by ZeroAX
General_Norris wrote:ZeroAX wrote:as my girlfriend put it "i prefer you have a hobby like video games or train modeling (was playing railroad tycoon 3 when she said that), than you making a hobby of drinking, or cheating"
man it's good to have a girl with a brain.
and btw tough break man. i wish you good luck
HAHAHAHA TRAIN MODELLING?
That's like the worst hobby on Earth. It's expensive and looks unimpresive model-wise (You just spend how much for that 7cm machine?) and takes huge amounts of space. Your girlfriend sure loves you.
Unfortunatedly my parents do not want me to build huge railroad networks so my trains are gathering dust in the closet =/
i'm not really into it. It just happened to be a topic in the conversation because i was playing railroad tycoon 3, and I told her one of my friend's father does train modeling.
and yeah she does love me
