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I've never had a partner who a) didn't have their own hobbies and got upset at mine, or b) didn't play video games at all.
I think this is just a mismatched couple thing, rather than men vs women.
My partner and I both enjoy video games, but I def enjoy them WAY more. It is possible for me to play video games too much, to the detriment of my relationship with my partner. There is also an element of "we want to spend time together but we don't want to play the same game". Idk, I guess my point is, it's not a black-and-white thing. There's a lot of daylight between "couples that game together all the time" and "mismatched couples".
Oh yeah, my partner and I don't play games together very much at all, I just mean that if your partner is actively opposed to your hobbies, that's a problem.
I have couple friends who's wives complain that they play to many video games. I've never understood this because my spouse and I both play games, mostly single-player games in the same room and we love it. And if they don't feel like playing games, they have other hobbies, or read, or anything else. If your partner needs be be giving you attention, there is something wrong with the relationship
I've dealt with dating people with a video game addiction. We barely spent time together, let alone spoke to each other. And I played video games but didn't spend my entire day doing it to the point of missing eating meals together, ignoring what my partner says to me, neglecting chores, losing sleep, etc. My partner gave me the time of day when they wanted sex, that was it. Ignored for my birthday, dating anniversary, valentines day, etc. I barely had a friend, not really a partner. I was told if I wanted to spend time with them or talk to them, I would have to game with them and join discord with 10 other guys talking at once and playing games. It didn't help that I had little interest in the games they liked and vice versa. And I would hear from other women dealing with the same thing. It's not that we don't have other hobbies or need constant attention, it's that there is very little to no connection going on with our partners. No emotional intimacy erodes relationships.
I think we're talking about different things. There's a difference between not being allowed to play video games and having a video game schedule with max one hour a day vs an actual addiction, being unable to stop. In this thread we're referring to the people who treat it as a hobby, but who are not allowed to have it as a hobby.
I feel like video games are just getting caught in the crossfire in situations like these, because if someone doesn't want to spend time with their partner, kicking them off of whatever hobby they're using to avoid it won't fix the issue, it'll just force them to switch to another avoidance mechanism.
Gym rats are just lonely/ detached guys without video games. /s