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Todd H:

So I spent all that time and money building a fantastic MAME cabinet, yet it hasn't been touched in over a month. The sad part is I'd love to actually sit down and play some of the games. But being married and a father means that free time is a rare thing. Don't get me wrong though. As soon as the wife and son go visit some of her family for a week or two, I'll be cranking up the 80's metal and playing until my hands hurt.

Anybody else run into this problem?

trencej:

I feel ya.

My old cab was very much like this. And i rarely get any spare time. Although now, with my new cab, things seem to be a little different. As my son has now grown older, he wants to play games with me, and now, so does the wife occasionally. Plugged in an xbox pad last night and played 3 player gauntlet with them both. That, and now my new cab can play DDR, the wifes happy with it.

Ginsu Victim:

Sure. If you played as much as you wanted to play, the wife and kids wouldn't be a problem because they'd be long gone.

It makes you appreciate your cab more when you actually do get to play it. It means you've taken care of the things that need to be done for your family and now you can enjoy a game. You've earned it.

gaffner:

I actually have the same sort of problem.  I have no kids, but I'm married, and my wife is a stay-at-home wife.  When I get home, she is ready to do something with me (which I'm not complaining about), but it leaves little time to work on/play with my machine.

The biggest issue we have is that she doesn't like to hang out in my game room at this point.  The possible solution for you (and me) is to make the room where the arcade machine is into a room that anyone would want to regularly hang out in.  My wife likes to read, so we are going to get her a good chair/sofa for her to do that while I play.  Also, I plan on setting up some kind of media system for her so she can listen to her music or watch TV while I'm playing.

It's all about compromise...

Ginsu Victim:

gaffner:

Luckily, my wife let me move our MAME cabinet into the living room. It has worked out much better this way and we both play it more.

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