OT but EB

[Dayve]

I thought the idea was when a guy called his girlfriend - to sit there and listen to all the crappy things that happened to her in the day and then earn brownie points by telling her everything'l be fine and that you love her.. I wouldn't dare talk about my hard days conquering on the phone to mine simply because i know she wouldn't care... Although when she comes to stay with me for a few months in june and starts playing the game herself she might find she likes it... And maybe THEN i could talk on the phone about my hard days conquest...

[Rodion Romanovich]

GAH! Where do you find girlfriends like that?

Most girls usually like to talk 25 hours a day about their own extreme problems (like "OMG I ran out of lipstick today and had to walk around an entire day without it, OMG it was SOOO embarrasing") and glorious achievements in their everyday life (like running 50 meters to catch a bus at the last second or similar), and don't seem to care if the man replies or not (well, after 15 minutes of silence they sometimes put up an angry face and the man wakes up and says "yeah I agree" and then they continue talking again with a happy face).

I don't know how you did it bro, but getting a girl to not only LISTEN to what you want to say, but also enjoy it, takes skills

[Laundreu]

GAH! Where do you find girlfriends like that?

Most girls usually like to talk 25 hours a day about their own extreme problems (like "OMG I ran out of lipstick today and had to walk around an entire day without it, OMG it was SOOO embarrasing") and glorious achievements in their everyday life (like running 50 meters to catch a bus at the last second or similar), and don't seem to care if the man replies or not (well, after 15 minutes of silence they sometimes put up an angry face and the man wakes up and says "yeah I agree" and then they continue talking again with a happy face).

I don't know how you did it bro, but getting a girl to not only LISTEN to what you want to say, but also enjoy it, takes skills

You...haven't dated much, have you? Shockingly enough women run the same gamut of personality types as men do.

[jerby]

the day I tell any perosn fo teh opposite gender about Gaming I'd....I'd.....I'd....ehm..I would...ehm..

screw this...

[jebes]

My wife was not interested in this game at all until she saw me fighting with the Gaesatae. ... I haven't decided if this new interest is a good thing, but at least I get to play more.

[spirit_of_rob]

I would say this depends is she holding a ruler or anything?

[Dooz]

Yes. I am a lucky mo***rf****r.







Big John, get your own!

[PSYCHO V]

lol ..found the opposite myself..my wife is soooo... sick of EB it has almost brought our relationship to an abrupt halt several times.

[Simetrical]

You...haven't dated much, have you? Shockingly enough women run the same gamut of personality types as men do.

But in different proportions. There's a reason stereotypes exist, and it's because they're true.

[Yun Dog]

my wife cares enough about me to humour me and pretend to listen when I tell her about EB

but then I humour her and pretend to listen to her talk about this customer and that person


yes dear

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I've had the good sense not to mention it to anyone I know in RL. But that might have poor side effects though. I somehow am quite sure I'll be talking about it to a shrink one day when I'm trying to explain what happened to me.

[mattholomew]

Wow, i've got some great pickup line ideas from this thread.

[PSYCHO V]

I've had the good sense not to mention it to anyone I know in RL. But that might have poor side effects though. I somehow am quite sure I'll be talking about it to a shrink one day when I'm trying to explain what happened to me.

lol .. my whole family know about EB... not sure whether to applaud or refer me to psyche ward.

What means more to you... And be honest! EB, or your wife?.

..rrr.. oh my wife of course. She's 'some-what' understanding though so I get time for EB.

[Forgus]

my wife cares enough about me to humour me and pretend to listen when I tell her about EB

but then I humour her and pretend to listen to her talk about this customer and that person


yes dear

Last night when I was playing with some concept ui changes my girl said that she is sooo proud that I make such pretty things... Live and let live. I wont'be picking on her devotion towards Desperate housewives either...

[Samurai Waki]

My girl friend shows no interest in EB, and I don't really force it on her. We get off work/College, eat dinner, hang out for a bit and I play EB until 3:00 AM and nobody is any the wiser.

[Dooz]

But in different proportions. There's a reason stereotypes exist, and it's because they're true.

Amen.

[fallen851]

But in different proportions. There's a reason stereotypes exist, and it's because they're true.

Yeah, because all EB players are computer nerds, right?

Stereotypes are generalizations, and when you generalize, you're wrong.

[LordElrond]

Thats generally true but not always.
Hey lets make up a new cliche while we're at it!

[Simetrical]

Yeah, because all EB players are computer nerds, right?

Stereotypes are generalizations, and when you generalize, you're wrong.

EB players are disproportionately history and computer nerds, definitely. I'm sure a computer nerd, I wrote an IRC bot. You don't get much more nerdy than that.

Generalizations are not absolutes. They're . . . generalizations. As in, they aren't true for everyone, but they're true disproportionately.

Let us reexamine LegioXXXUlpiaVictrix's original statement:

Most girls usually like to talk 25 hours a day about their own extreme problems (like "OMG I ran out of lipstick today and had to walk around an entire day without it, OMG it was SOOO embarrasing") and glorious achievements in their everyday life (like running 50 meters to catch a bus at the last second or similar), and don't seem to care if the man replies or not (well, after 15 minutes of silence they sometimes put up an angry face and the man wakes up and says "yeah I agree" and then they continue talking again with a happy face).

Clearly hyperbolic, but disregarding that, it essentially states only that girls like to talk about a lot of things that guys would view as trivial. This is, in general, patently true. Women talk about tons of things like makeup, furniture arrangement, how to dress, etc., that men generally care a lot less about. Obviously there are many women who don't care about those things, and many men who do, but that's why these are only true in general.