bugging wife

[Avicenna]

[drone]

My lady did not like it at all when I would hole up in my computer room/office. It was upstairs, away from everything really, and she would always complain about not spending time together, she would always come in and bug me about random things, she would want to look up things online, etc. It got to be pretty impossible to get a few MTW turns in without harrassment. As a masterstroke, I got her a laptop for Christmas last year. Nothing too fancy (she just surfs the web and messes around with GIMP photo editing), but good enough to play some games as well. So naturally I installed MTW:VI (made sure to get a ATI vid card in it as well ) on it. She keeps it downstairs in the den. So now she can spend the evening watching shows off of TiVo, and I can be near her, playing through a VI campaign, on "her" laptop, without her complaining. As an added bonus, now I only have to go a few feet for another beer, instead of tromping up and down stairs. I've been able to play more MTW in the past year than I have in the previous 3.

Gaming while maintaining a relationship is just like TotalWar. Feints, flanking, diplomacy, and guile are all necessary skills. "This...is an age of darkness".

[bedlam28]

I think a possibly worse scenario:

Husband " ahh, house is quiet... time to grab the beer and Pie from the fridge, comfy cushion for the numb arse, and my battle plan; and off we go to the computer... whats that I hear, tap tap tap ??"

Door opens, slowly, and coming into sight is ... horror of horrors, Wifey sitting at the computer, playing ... SIMS !!!
Wife : " oh hello dear, I just got my charactor to clean the kitchen and make dinner, what a great game... oh, put the kettle on please I'm right in the middle of designing the bedroom!"

Husband " NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo"



edit : Language
-Mithrandir.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I dont have a lady,so lucky me. Though, Partents do complain when I spend from 7PM untill 1:30AM straight playing VI online

[Avicenna]

Is this your third account? Anyway, I must completely disagree with your statement. Having a lady is good. The trick is not to live together.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

4th I presume, Anyhow

I know what you mean, you really mean, just not to get a lady at all :-)

[Aisis Julius]

I have a Rule that keeps us both happy.
i play rome every day. thu i limit the time to the taking of one turn.
and days off i take five towns.
this keeps the wife faction high for me.
Works for me he does not like when i play .
but does not have a reason to complain since i limit myself to the play time.

[drone]

Having a lady is good. The trick is not to live together.

No truer words have been spoken.

I had to limit my Rome playing time severely when it came out, I could only play a few turns in a row (and city maintenance was a pain). Combine this with the load/save bug, and it's pretty easy to see why I got turned off of RTW quickly.

[doc_bean]

I found that having a girlfriend and PC gaming to be rather incompatible. You can squeeze in some quality time if she has a hobby (that doesn't involve you).

Also, getting a DS was a great plan, now we can be together, I can play a game, and she can read a book or surf the web or watch a movie while still being with me ! A PSP or a laptop should also work. At last the true benefit of mobile gaming is revealed !

[Scurvy]

why not try the computer game and girlfriend at the same time ?, multitask

[WifeoftheCount]

I vote for Senior Membership for WifeoftheCount immediately, if not sooner!

A pie-worthy sentiment.

[Lucjan]

I have a completely different situation, but still just as much of a pain.

See, I love my games, and I love my girl...but my girl loves "games" too.

I hope I've found the solution (went and bought a brand new gaming laptop) so that when she's, like someone already said, *shudders* playing sims or something equally non-destructive, I can just plop down on the laptop and no longer need to subject myself to the wretched filth that comprises just about everything intended to be 'entertainment' on tv anymore.

To think, I spent years wheening that pc into a destructive world conquering total war powerhouse, now half the week it spends its time cooking pancakes and upping creativity levels by painting the same exact picture over and over again.

Thank god for the laptop! My new baby.

[Fulliautomatix]

Crikey, the reason I haven't ever bothered registering on the Org until recently is because between:

--work
--TW series
--wife
--2 small children

who has the time!?!! Something has to give ... and for me, mostly it's sleep.

I agree that a real help is to get a really good laptop -- that way after the kids are in the bed, you can sit with the wife on the sofa, and surf the net, balance the chequebook, chat with the wife, pretend to pay attention to her awful taste in television, and occasionally .... try to sack Rome.

[Slartibardfast]

Put the PC in the shed and play RTW there.

This (and beer, poker, silence,etc,) is why men have sheds.

[Alexios]

Put the PC in the shed and play RTW there.

This (and beer, poker, silence,etc,) is why men have sheds.

I keep mine in the basement near my workshop. Occasionally, I will get up from the game, go pick up a hammer and start beating on a piece of wood somewhere, just to let my wife know I'm still "working."

[maximus overlord]

i luckely have my own company so its easy for me in the weekend to say that i need to "work" at the office

[Spongie]

Ha, you want us to believe that you COMMAND your wife?

Sure! Right-click on her with the mouse, move the cursor to where you want to go, and... uh...

Husband: "(...camels...)"

*lunges for the pc*

What a thread

[Samurai Waki]

I rarely have time to play RTW or MTW anymore. The She-Bear and her unborn cubs don't like the computer to take up to much of their 'Wakizashi' Time. Although back in the day, when sex was the norm (somehow having Sex with a Pregnant Women just isn't the same ) I would've kicked my computer out of the window if she commanded it. But... oh who am I kidding? I would still kick my computer out of the window in exchange for a night of raunchy sex.

[Lucjan]

Sometimes its best to plan game days in advance. Give the wifey a couple days of total undivided attention, then muse aloud that you wish you had some time to get back into that game you were having so much fun with a little while ago. You'll get at least one good game day out of the deal.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I rarely have time to play RTW or MTW anymore. The She-Bear and her unborn cubs don't like the computer to take up to much of their 'Wakizashi' Time. Although back in the day, when sex was the norm (somehow having Sex with a Pregnant Women just isn't the same ) I would've kicked my computer out of the window if she commanded it. But... oh who am I kidding? I would still kick my computer out of the window in exchange for a night of raunchy sex.

Yea, That why I don't plan on having any (nor my brother) of those demon Kids (no offense to partents, if you do take offense). First, I got a extreme Soft side for Babies, Second, I won't be good at rasising them later on :-(

[maximus overlord]

yea just for the laughf of it my wife deccides to by our little fraction heir a remote controlled car ours of fun for the kid i thought but now he comes the whole time to the office my wife made it clear that the charger should stay in the office because it wouldnt look good in any other rooms hurray

[Cowhead418]

The answer is simple. As others have said - if you have a woman, don't live with her. This way you have control of your gaming time. And, if you are a real man, you will have full control of your gaming time even if you have a nagging wife. Real men don't take orders, they give orders!

[Bagpuss]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...9&postcount=54

- Mithrandir

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...9&postcount=54

- Mithrandir

[Mithrandir]

Gentleman, disrespectful posts (towards woman in this case) will not be tolerated on the Org.

Please keep this in mind when posting.

[Bagpuss]

could I point out a backhander where I live refers to giving your missus money etc a sub/bribe ,lol an not violence ..HMM :(

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

and My Doesn't Include Violence, like beating, but ok,sorry.

[Lucjan]

...I agree with Mithrandir. It's ok to have some fun poking at the mrs'es, but be respectful.

[Bagpuss]

As I said I didnt mean to infer violence , so let this be an end to It OK !!!

Lucjan

I think your comments are very unhelpful to say the least ....:(

mods
maybe an apology for the warning I recieved would be the correct/decent thing too ..

[doc_bean]

Aw this was a great thread about how to live with the woman you really love AND be able to play games. Too bad it's ruined now