My Girlfriend Keeps Getting Stoned All Day and Playing Fallout

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So I finally managed to have a talk with her before I went to bed last night. I shouldn't complain. She does have a job, she takes care of her shit for the most part, she's just super into the game. She herself even made the point last night that she hasn't been this into a game since PSO.

I ended up just spooning her while she played. I eventually woke up to the sound of Three Dog again, but whatever, at least I wasn't alone this time.
 
So I finally managed to have a talk with her before I went to bed last night. I shouldn't complain. She does have a job, she takes care of her shit for the most part, she's just super into the game. She herself even made the point last night that she hasn't been this into a game since PSO.

I ended up just spooning her while she played. I eventually woke up to the sound of Three Dog again, but whatever, at least I wasn't alone this time.

How long has the binge going on (I know she's been playing it weeks, but has she been really on it the whole time)? If it's been like a week, and she hasn't done anything particularly unnerving, it might just pass in time. If it's been years since the last binge, I don't know if you should begrudge her this too much - if it lasts too long, or doesn't at least start to peter off, maybe have another talk with her.

Till then, just try to at least get her to continue to split the chores and keep having sex, and hopefully she'll wind down to more reasonable levels of play.
 
So I finally managed to have a talk with her before I went to bed last night. I shouldn't complain. She does have a job, she takes care of her shit for the most part, she's just super into the game. She herself even made the point last night that she hasn't been this into a game since PSO.

I ended up just spooning her while she played. I eventually woke up to the sound of Three Dog again, but whatever, at least I wasn't alone this time.

I, like many it would seem, thought this was a phase. But I'm sorry, if you ever play games like that, it's done. Good luck.
 
The end. Now get Kate Beaton from hark a vagrant to make this story into a mini-comic, and you've got something solid.

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Can you even do that? I know in modern Bethesda games they tend to not give you that kind of freedom with important characters like quest/main story characters.

I killed those kids in that camp once... I think my game glitched, but I did not like the attitude I was getting.
 
My Girlfriend also games alot, though we also do alot of stuff together or just watch while the other plays, or we both mind our own game.

Never was I in a situation with her like this.

Though she is also not a pothead. Talk to her and say bluntly you feel unwanted right now and don't want this to continue for weeks.

Though she shouldn't get high everyday and game, something is up man.

If this is even a real thread and not a joke
 
Im wondering what you'd say if the roles were reversed in this case. Why should he have to clean up everything when she just wastes all her time gaming. If he did that he would be labelled a loser.

The way the OP phrased it, it came across as "The house is dirty and dinner ain't ready when I get home" which is on some backwards, MadMen misogynistic shit. The fact that you think he would be labeled a loser for helping around the house only helps to perpetuate that fallacy. And since he recently clarified that she does have a job and generally keeps her shit on point, it's even more egregious.

I get the main concern is the spending time together, and that's a valid one, so keep it focused on that. Septimus hit it on the head that maybe she's tired of doing all the house chores and is like 'fuck it, I'm all about Fallout for a bit, homeboy can cook his own dinner for a while'.
 
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.

This.


Also for lulz, pull your dick out and gently set it upon her shoulder. See what happens
 
Can you even do that? I know in modern Bethesda games they tend to not give you that kind of freedom with important characters like quest/main story characters.

Yeah. You get some other guy complaining on the radio that someone killed Three dawg.
 
Though she shouldn't get high everyday and game, something is up man.

Why not? If she was just gaming everyday would it make it ok? What about just getting high everyday? Ok with you? What if she was watching television everyday and getting high? Is that not ok? Does the game make a difference? What about board games?
 
My wife was addicted to Elder Scrolls IV, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Skyrim for a long, long time. Not to mention other RPGs like Dragon Age and Mass Effect.

Eventually she got bored of them and moved on to other things. She's currently addicted to Starbound. But then, she's currently a housewife, as she's unemployed and having a hard time finding work. She'll occasionally fire them up, mostly Skyrim on the PC so she can mod the fuck out of it. She gets bored at home by herself all day, so she games and writes and reads and watches stuff.

I guess the difference is that she doesn't neglect our relationship. When I have free time, we pretty much spend it all together. We watch stuff, go for walks, play games together (ie, Starbound and Terraria, Borderlands, etc).

If it bothers you that much OP, you need to talk to her and find out if there are some underlying things that are causing this behavior. My wife also fights with depression, and playing games helps her in her own way, as well as spending time with me, and chatting with people.

LOL. People don't believe the soundtrack, 3Dog stuff? My wife also would listen to the soundtrack of Fallout 3 and New Vegas (mostly New Vegas), while she was doing other stuff like writing or reading shit on the internet. She also spent many a late night playing stuff. Most of the time, our sleeping schedule is in sync, but she certainly is more of a night owl than I am these days, since I have to get up pretty early to head to work.

But yeah, I've woken up to the sound of Three Dog and Deathclaws and V.A.T.s, so I don't find that part of the OP's story particularly hard to believe.

Women do game. They do get obsessive about games. They're not aliens, you know.
 
Why not? If she was just gaming everyday would it make it ok? What about just getting high everyday? Ok with you? What if she was watching television everyday and getting high? Is that not ok? Does the game make a difference? What about board games?
Yes to all of your questions.
 
Why not? If she was just gaming everyday would it make it ok? What about just getting high everyday? Ok with you? What if she was watching television everyday and getting high? Is that not ok? Does the game make a difference? What about board games?
No to all?

Yes suddenly doing board games all day for 2 weeks is completely normal man.
 
I clearly have a dramatically different idea of what a "perfect" partner is.

This is a person who apparently does not have a job, apparently does not attend school, does not clean up after themselves, smokes pot constantly and plays video games all day.

If that's your idea of a perfect mate, fine. I don't agree, and I think my sentiment is shared by most people. Put that on your OKCupid profile and get back to me with your results.
 
I clearly have a dramatically different idea of what a "perfect" partner is.

This is a person who apparently does not have a job, apparently does not attend school, does not clean up after themselves, smokes pot constantly and plays video games all day.

If that's your idea of a perfect mate, fine. I don't agree, and I think my sentiment is shared by most people. Put that on your OKCupid profile and get back to me with your results.

O, if you got a lifestyle like that and you're on OKCupid out of all places to look for a partner, you'll find one.

It's one of the reasons I dont go on OKCupid.
 
how do you keep playing these games for weeks anyway? I was done with Fallout/Skyrim in a few days

fortunately for the OP she doesn't seem to know about MMOs yet
 
So I finally managed to have a talk with her before I went to bed last night. I shouldn't complain. She does have a job, she takes care of her shit for the most part, she's just super into the game. She herself even made the point last night that she hasn't been this into a game since PSO.

I ended up just spooning her while she played. I eventually woke up to the sound of Three Dog again, but whatever, at least I wasn't alone this time.

Where's Kevin Butler?

"Yeah... I'm gonna go ahead and file this under 'Not a Problem.'"

I clearly have a dramatically different idea of what a "perfect" partner is.

This is a person who apparently does not have a job, apparently does not attend school, does not clean up after themselves, smokes pot constantly and plays video games all day.

If that's your idea of a perfect mate, fine. I don't agree, and I think my sentiment is shared by most people. Put that on your OKCupid profile and get back to me with your results.

She does have a job, and takes care of business, boyfriend just seems weirded out that she's really into the game. At least that's what what I'm gathering from the post on the top of the page.
 
I clearly have a dramatically different idea of what a "perfect" partner is.

This is a person who apparently does not have a job, apparently does not attend school, does not clean up after themselves, smokes pot constantly and plays video games all day.

If that's your idea of a perfect mate, fine. I don't agree, and I think my sentiment is shared by most people. Put that on your OKCupid profile and get back to me with your results.
OP said she has a job.
 
I clearly have a dramatically different idea of what a "perfect" partner is.

This is a person who apparently does not have a job, apparently does not attend school, does not clean up after themselves, smokes pot constantly and plays video games all day.

If that's your idea of a perfect mate, fine. I don't agree, and I think my sentiment is shared by most people. Put that on your OKCupid profile and get back to me with your results.

If this women posted all this on her OKC profile the inbox would max.
 
I clearly have a dramatically different idea of what a "perfect" partner is.

This is a person who apparently does not have a job, apparently does not attend school, does not clean up after themselves, smokes pot constantly and plays video games all day.

If that's your idea of a perfect mate, fine. I don't agree, and I think my sentiment is shared by most people. Put that on your OKCupid profile and get back to me with your results.

Well she has a job, at an animal shelter - I assume by 'all day' he means in her free time. Also, it is probably not 'literally' all of her free time either, but more of an emotional response to a heightened amount - so she's probably smoking more pot and playing more games than usual, to some varying degree.
 
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.

Is she hot?
 
It also leads to huge man tits and rap music. Good on you for keeping your guard up.

Except that the estrogenic effects of weed have been documented and researched (and continue to be). The man tits part isn't some plot by "the man" to dog on your marijuana habit, man. It has effects on the endocrine system. Those effects differ person-to-person (genes/environment to genes/environment).
 
O, if you got a lifestyle like that and you're on OKCupid out of all places to look for a partner, you'll find one.

It's one of the reasons I dont go on OKCupid.

Nothing wrong with online dating. There are perfectly normal, functional people on there with careers, interests, and a personality. You just have to weed out the crazies (like with everything else).
 
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