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JoyMonkey:
Have a read of this thread on rec.games.video.arcade.collecting.
Imagine the horror- you're skimming through the classifieds and find that your own wife has put your games up for sale!
ChadTower:
WOW.  And the guy is actually saying he doesn't want them and may sell!  The wife deserves to be thrown out of the house, not to get her way here.
KenToad:

--- Quote from: MonitorGuru on May 27, 2005, 09:33:30 am ---Ditto -- My new wife of 2 months (girlfriend of 5+ years, live-in for 3+) actively encourages it.  I hold back and she says why not get another project game.  Never mind I am almost out of room in the house and the 3rd garage stall will have to become the new storage spot for extra's.

I wouldn't have married her if she was going to become "the boss of me". We are neither the boss of each other.  If one spouse bosses the other around with demands and prevents you from enjoying yourself (as long as you're not overboard), then you have a problem in your marriage. Seriously.

It's almost like where there are so many women who continue to get verbally assulted as well as physically and stay in a "bad marriage" becuase "they love the guy"... the same holds true the other way... if you can financially, space and timewise 'afford' your hobby, and your significant other places tons of demands/restrictions and complains at everything you do, and you're one to post "i gotta pass this by the wife" or "the wife won't let me do this"... then you have the same problem and should seek consoling. Seriously... Especially if you're the one bringing in most/all the income AND she has similar cost (time and money) hobbies that you don't complain about.

Marriage is about equality, not one side "ruling" the other.

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I don't know MonitorGuru--if you're taking up all the space in the house and the garage and she doesn't really care for the games, then I don't really think that's equality.  On the other hand, if she does dig the games, then you just happened to get really lucky to have a gamer wife.  I've tried and tried to get my fiancee to try the games, but Cameltry is the only game she would try more than once.  However, we have very limited space in our apartment and I'm already taking up the lion's share with my brewing equipment.  Now she has to deal with my current bartop project and the floor is almost never clear enough to vacuum.  Keep in mind, she's German and likes to keep things organized ;), so I respect her for not flipping out about the mess that I keep creating and cleaning up over and over again.  Just my thoughts, counselors can be fine, but some dudes around here would probably need more counseling for letting the games get between them and the opposite sex.  Tron ain't that good and this is just a hobby.  Don't let the obsession get in the way of living a good life. 

Cheers,
KenToad
RayB:
The key is tolerance. You don't have to like something, but you can tolerate it. Like I tolerate the fact that my bathroom cabinets are 100% full, but only 2% of it consists of products I use. The rest I consider a big waste of money on products that she thinks she'll use but doesn't.  :D

LPZ:

--- Quote from: RayB on May 26, 2005, 09:32:57 pm ---LPZ: Do you not see any irony in the fact that your games are relegated to the GARAGE? I think most women could care less what's in a garage, since it's out of sight...


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My wife wouldn't mind If I kept my machine in the house.
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