My Girlfriend Keeps Getting Stoned All Day and Playing Fallout

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Ok so, a few months ago, I got really into Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I played the shit out of them, but always did so on my own time. I'd always mention to my girlfriend how blown away I was by the games until I finally finished playing them.

So a couple weeks ago, she randomly started playing the game on her own. I thought it was neat cause I could talk to her about how great the game is if she ended up getting into it.

Any ways, she's become a monster. All she does with her free time now is get high, and play Fallout til she goes to bed. She's well on her way to getting 100% in the game, and I will admit she had quite an awesome character.

But still, its been weeks of this now. I come home from work, she's just there stoned playing Fallout. She doesn't talk to me all night, never cooks any more, we don't go out for walks or dinner, just Fallout, Fallout, Fallout. Worst part is knowing how pumped she is for New Vegas.

I don't know what to do. I feel like the redditors wife meme. I try to talk to her about it, but she just make Jerry Seinfeld style jokes about creatures in Fallout "Whats the deal with these super mutants? What makes them so super any ways?". Oh, and she always has the Fallout soundtrack on if she finds herself doing non Fallout related things.

Some times, I'll wake up in the middle of the night, and hear Three Dogs voice. Its the worst shit ever.

Guys, I don't know what to do. Please help.
 
When she's not around, load her file and detonate the nuke in Megatonne. Then erase any other saves so she only has that one.
 
eh, doesn't sound that bad ... she'll get tired of it ... eventually ... just hang in there or maybe introduce her to a co-op RPG you both can get high to ... my wife and I just started playing Dragon's Crown ...
 
Op not to be an asshole because drunk but your GF sounds SSSS+ fuckable just because she plays fallout.

just sayin'


keep that one close. she's a keeper @_@
 
tell her you're concerned and mean it.

don't get angry. don't get frustrated. don't make it about you. and don't do anything drastic like yank the power chord or some shit.

talk to her.
 
Has she let herself go? Does she no longer practice good hygiene?

If neither of these things is the case... where is the problem?
 
Some times, I'll wake up in the middle of the night, and hear Three Dogs voice. Its the worst shit ever.

She's obsessed. Time to go off the Fallout for a bit. Get her some methadone. Try Oblivion, Morrowind or Skyrim.
 
Why don't you tell her that it's bothering you.

Do that or be prepared to live on a diet of Mountain Dew and hot pockets.


Seriously though.... just walk up, turn off the TV, and say "we gotta talk about you turning into a Neckbeard"
 
She'll grow out of it, RPGs are notorious for being time thieves.

Next time, try to initiate some moderation. Take her out to dinner, offer to play a co-op game, sleep with her.
 
Op not to be an asshole because drunk but your GF sounds SSSS+ fuckable just because she plays fallout.

just sayin'


keep that one close. she's a keeper @_@
I don't think the OP is gonna get laid if she never stops playing the game.

She needs a new routine, and possibly a job. Something to get her out the house.
 
Your girlfriend sounds pretty fucking cool. Just let her have fun and beat the game.

You're acting like a cliché girlfriend stereotype that keeps getting mad that your girl is having fun doing something without you.
 
kind of weird its Fallout 3 of all things. loved the game but its half a decade old now, and even back then it wasn't THAT addictive. skyrim i could understand
 
This topic is weirdly relateable to me. My girlfriend got deeply hooked on Fallout 3. I believe she played it for almost 36 hours continuously. It was kinda scary, and in the end was masking some depression.

If her behavior has changed drastically, and this isn't something that lasts for a little while and then stops, you should have a serious talk with her.
 
Thinly veiled "Bethesda please add co-op to your games" thread?
 
Order pizza & watch TV?

Call the boys and go out for a few beers?

Get a 2nd girlfriend that will pay attention to you while the 1st one is busy playing games on the computer?

Buy/build a 2nd computer and join her in the game? (edit: apparently not a multi-player online game...)

Enjoy the YOU time while you can?

Get a cat or dog?
 
I swear, girls get might be less willing to get into games but once they do they go all. in.

obviously not a statement to be taken seriously, just my experience :P
 
I am somewhat curious as to what this thread would have looked like, had it landed on the gaming side of GAF's fence.
 
Duh you got a taste of what a lot of girls feel when the opposite happens...
Let her do what she wants, i know i would want to be left alone if it was me. How much more time she could take to 100% 3 and New Vegas? another month max? just endure it man...
 
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