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shateredsoul:
I've had my lcd topguns II for over two weeks now.. and have yet to find time to set them up. I'm a graduate student so the time I do have I spend with my wife or trying to exercise... but seriously, if I'm not studying or working out she won't be happy if I'm on the compute rdoing some arcade stuff. The worst part, is that all the friends I who liked videogames are back in Los Angeles where I grew up... everyone here (Santa Cruz) is too "grown up" to play games or they didn't play them growing up.
Silas (son of Silas):
I find the direction this thread has gone rather interesting.
I definitely have a crappy job that's for sure. I definitely spend too many hours commuting and I definitely don't have enough 'me time'. I arranged an interview yesterday for 6.30 on Monday for a similar role to the one I do now, but without the commute (they will pay to relocate me) and for more money.
The things in my life that come between me and my arcade are a PITA because simply put, I don't have enough hours in a day to get done all the usual stuff that a normal working day would allow me to do. They are not things that my wife has lumbered me with, they are regular everyday stuff that we all have to deal with regardless of whether we are married, in a relationship or single.
My wife constantly encourages me to take 'me time' the pressure for me to do family things comes from me, because I understand priorities and responsibility. A leaking tap or a busted washing machine are more important than wiring up an iPac or fitting CP buttons. My wife has never (and would never) add anything to my 'to do' list. If I gave that impression in my first post I certainly never meant to. I am responsible for my to do list, not my wife.
I am really lucky. When I am working away from home I regularly call home and speak to my wife and kids. Quite often my wife takes a long time to answer the phone. Reasons for the delay include (these are all genuine responses I have had from my wife in the last 12 months): "Sorry I was just plastering the kitchen", "Sorry I was wallpapering the bathroom", "Sorry I was redecorating the living room", "Sorry I was clearing the U-Bend under the bath" The list goes on. Without the support and huge amount of work my wife does to REMOVE things from my 'to do' list I wouldn't even have an arcade machine in the first place; as I recall it was my wife who insisted I build one in the first place.
RAYB, dude your advice to end my relationship really made me smile. Ending my relationship would take from me the thing in my life that is most precious to me. It would be like cutting my heart out with a steak knife. I won't be doing that any time soon. Every time I feel life is getting me down I take time to reflect back on my life since I met my wife and how this day made me feel, and how truly happy it still makes me feel. Of all the things in my life I would like to change, my relationship with my wife isn't one of them.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 19, 2010, 04:41:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 19, 2010, 04:22:11 pm ---You guys are too soft.
Now you know why I like long peaceful walks.... ;)
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Let me get this straight ... the pansy who suggested that a doctor should write a sick note for a week off due to stress is telling other folks that *they* are too soft ?
:dizzy:
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No the sick note gets paid leave other than unpaid leave.
Guys that are under the thumb - should get some backbone.
Gee thanks I like gardening.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: t3design on February 19, 2010, 04:26:48 pm ---
She did tell me once that if she ever left me she was leaving me the kids (6 of them), so I try really hard not to give her a reason to leave. :lol
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Heh . . . whenever my wife threatens to divorce me and vice versa the first thing out of the other person's mouth is, "I get Maddy!" Our kid must be way better than yours. ;D
Blanka:
--- Quote from: jamesjones626 on February 19, 2010, 01:44:31 pm ---welcome to the real world
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Well the real world is going to be pretty good. 50% of jobs we do now will be obsolete in a few years, just because we no longer need them. The art of doing nothing will become the most important problem in the western world before aging and environment. If you are a teacher, creator (welder/carpenter/designer etc.), artist, nurse/doctor or farmer, your job will survive, a lot else will cease to exist or marginalize.
So my advise: if you're not in the essential jobs, quit your job now, and try to become part-time employer in the mentioned areas. That's more than enough to support your hobbies.
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