Topic: Would You Ever Date Someone Who Don't Like Gaming?

My exes treated me like crap because of it and implied I'd go nowhere because of it.

Now I run my own site and community. Looks good on a CV.

So yeah, I wouldnt date someone who looks down on gaming. Thats just...no.

It's a gaming forum. It's kind of expected.

Why would you date anyone if you are a true gamer? Gaming is life and wife and happiness. Live by the game, die by the game. Everything else is a pointless distraction from gaming life.

Someone who hates video games, no, I wouldn't. Someone who just doesn't like them, meaning hasn't got even a passing interest in them, of course. That's the usual. My wife would belong to that group. I just ask them to respect and understand this is my hobby.

i will not date anyone who does not like or know of castlevania or the mother series or have shirts of said games.
oh lonely mii

I wouldn’t wanna get caught. I’m married and a father of four

Nope. Gaming is such a huge part of my life that being a gamer is pretty much a requirement for any prospective girlfriend. It'd be hard for me to enjoy spending time with her otherwise.

@Bolt_Strike

You're right !
I married my wife not because she is a gamer but I can't deny that when you find a beautiful woman, smart, funny and gamer... gosh, you put a ring around her finger as fast as you can !

@Zuljaras: I've always wondered if your username was a WoW reference. The trolls always were one of my favorite races.

@Lloiddd I watched my parents for years who had almost no interests in common. Suffice to say they weren't happy with each other. Even though they cared for each other as partners and I don't doubt they loved each other, I actually doubt the liked each other as a result of a total lack of shared interests. I would advise anyone that if you have a serious disagreement like that - one that you cannot genuinely resolve - such as a lack of similar interests, or even one person significantly hating one other other's interests - to abandon ship. Such a relationship will not be healthy or pleasant.

But, if you care about the girl, and she's also interested in you, it's possible you could draw her into gaming to an extent, or at least open her mind a bit to show that gaming is not the negative thing the media portrays it as. Further if you have other shared interests and the disagreement over gaming is nothing more than a lack of interest on her part, then there shouldn't be issue.

But for a relationship to be healthy and happy I really think both parties need to have something they enjoy doing together - besides the NSFW stuff.

Giving introverts all of these traits is a load of BS. Introverts aren't necessarily thinkers, they aren't necessarily more independent and they certainly aren't always smarter. The most popular personality chart-thing that uses this sliding scale doesn't even say this. The only thing you can say about an "introvert" is that social situations are draining and they recharge by being by themselves.

With that said, personality is certainly a part of it. Not so much as to whether or not they're into gaming but more how they express their interest or lack thereof. For example some personality types are happy to go along with what everyone else is doing, for others they'll bring out Mario Kart for a party regardless of how interest the room is because it's the most logical way they know to interact with others. For some it'll be central to any friendship they form because they will only come out of their shell when discussing their shared interests. Others are more concerned about whether or not everyone else is happy.

The world is not just sport's obsessed social jocks who were extroverts and gaming focused socially awkward game obsessed introverts. Why are there gaming shows on youtube? Why are there gaming conventions and games built around playing with friends? And on the other side, why are there some athletes who despite their huge ability don't make a point of parading themselves on TV?

Thanks for all the responses. Keep them coming.

I just want to add that I've never dated a woman who never really liked gaming. Most (of the few women I've dated seriously) are either gamers or casual gamers.

I haven't really dated a real gamer in a while (I haven't dated seriously in awhile in general lol) but I kinda miss gaming with a significant other. But even then I think we really 'split' the console, ie she'd like fighting games and I'm into single player games, so sometimes we'd play together then she'd play this for sometime while I played the PC etc.

I want to try this...with a girlfriend of course. lol Looks fun.

@Lloiddd I would (and have) but she definitely needs to change that perspective ( at least in my case or we would discuss a lot) and that can be achieved with a good, logical talk. I mean, it's easy to point out that more successful people than her in every way (no insult against that girl) like gaming, so I think it's easy to make her understand that gaming is just as respectable as any other hobby, if she's worth it.

Most of my ex-girlfriends disliked gaming at first and then ended up enjoying it along with me, even if it was just a little and certain games. That part isn't necessary, since you have to respect if they don't want to try gaming at all, but the part where she doesn't make you less based on american highschool stereotypes from decades ago is necessary and easy to achieve in most cases simply because the argument of the people that think that way is really weak. It would depend on her though, but if she can't get it, personally I wouldn't find her worth it.

@Tyranexx Only the Zul part the rest is mine. The funny thing is that I have used this name only on Orcs and one Dwarf.

Well no girl would like me anyways, so...even if I didn't play videos games I'd be screwed.

Doesnt bother me if they dont like gaming, but like others have said, if they look down on me for playing games then screw em.
Lifes too short for putting up with that kind of bullpoo

Been together with one for 19 years. She never plays games. I play games with our daughter.
People are different.

Been with my wife for 14 years, she hates gaming (well hate is too strong a word, she just doesn't see the point in it and doesn't have the patience, tried playing co-op games but she just got bored). So only played when she was working saturdays.

Ever since switch came out, it's been great, she can watch whatever she wants on TV (if theres nothing I want to watch) and I sit there playing on my switch.

@EightBitMan said "there isn't much genuine love in this world."

I'm almost sure that you live or in the US or in the UK.

There's certain types of girls who will look down on you regardless of interests/hobbies. I dated a girl once and she used to make my life miserable because I liked drinking and she was strictly non-alcohol and said she hated everything related to the world of alcohol and drugs. Then she left me because she fell in love with somebody who was a pathological alcoholic, much worse than I ever was. Go figure. I became very cynical with girls after that, although I think I've mellowed with age.
Then there's girls who seem to like you regardless of your interests/hobbies. I recommend you seek one of these rather than the former type.

I would totally date a girl who doesn't share the interests I have, but I wouldn't date a girl who reads too much into it, or makes too big of a deal of it. I like to think that I judge and get judged by people based on what I am rather than what I do - because what I do can easily be misleading or artificial. Nowadays I usually tell girls that my dream job is working at a launderette and see how they react