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The other day, my girlfriend said the strangest thing to me, she said that she was fine with me not giving her all that much attention after the 11th. I assure you, it didn't actually sound like she was preparing to cheat on me when she said it. It sounded.. Well, It just made sense, OK?!
I always knew that she was more or less completely fine with me being a videogame-nerd, but I still found this rather surprising.

What I am wondering is: Have any of you guys n' gals had a similar experiences? Someone close to you, who's not a gamer, all of a sudden accepting the fact, that Skyrim will suck every single fiber of your being away from them for quite some time and telling you that it's alright?

The boyfriend is a gammer but still...

My girlfriend is totally fine with it -forever alone face-

Spiney wrote:The boyfriend is a gammer but still...

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Spiney: Good :3 last exam
Simon: goody :3
Simon: oh right, then skyrim x3
Spiney: Mhm :3
Simon: perfect time to drop out of -most- internet community contact for a bit then x3
Spiney: Oh I won't be that devulged
Spiney: Though you won't mind me being distracted?
Simon: mhnn :p

I can just be an acting Spiney }:y

My brother has been made aware that if he needs me, oh well. He's gotta deal with the fact that Skyrim is out. But if he absolutely needs me, I am entitled to bring my laptop with me and play while I help him with whatever.

So that's a slight exaggeration, but he's going to the midnight release with me so he gets a chance to see me at least for a bit.

If my boyfriend even tries to contact me this weekend, he is going to be sorely surprised when I answer and say, "SKYRIM CAN'T TALK!" and hang up. He will very likely call me a bonehead and say I'm dumb, but I don't give two shakes of a lamb's tail. I already told my friends to don't bother me starting Friday - with the exception of a birthday party I have to go to.

I've actually had mixed experiences with people and my being a gamer. My brothers don't care because we're all into it - we have family Bust-a-Move competitions at Christmas, for heaven's sake. Whereas my friends are a little surprised by it, and usually respond to my enthusiasm going, "What? You're into video games?" as if I suddenly got a second head. But they know it's my thing and that we all have our own individual quirks, so once they get over it, the amount of space they give me for my little indulgences is actually very sweet.

My good friend actually keeps joking and saying how she'll visit me or have everyone call me on Friday. I will punch her in the nose, I swear.

Don't worry, give me your phone number and I'll call you.

Avron the S'wit wrote:I already told my friends to don't bother me starting Friday - with the exception of a birthday party I have to go to.

Aw man, I think I can use the line. Yes, this will work:

Hey, scribbane, just because you guys PM me doesn't mean I have to read 'em.

But I will because that wouldn't be polite if I ignored them. Booo.

addictedtomorrowind wrote:Don't worry, give me your phone number and I'll call you.

Kids got game, nice and subtle. They grow up so fast...

Avron the S'wit wrote:Hey, scribbane, just because you guys PM me doesn't mean I have to read 'em.

But I will because that wouldn't be polite if I ignored them. Booo.

Ouch. That hit me right here. Or there, or somewhere. You know why I am hurt? It's quite painful actually. This is the first time in a while you've used my full name. I feel like I am in trouble. You cut me real deep just now.

scribbane wrote:This is the first time in a while you've used my full name. I feel like I am in trouble.

Oh my god, I really am the forum mother. Using your full usernames and inducing terror? I have powers, man. Powers.

Seriously though. We moderators have it a little rough, since we want to play Skyrim...and we have to mod the forums for what will surely be a surge. And then there are the brave moderators who won't get Skyrim for months and are going to read through all your posts and potentially ruin the game. Can I get a big, "Um, you guys rock" for my fellow teammates or what?

Of course "Um, rocks for you, guy". Wait I got that wrong didn't I? No but seriously, let's have a big hand for the mods. This place is gonna be crazy in just over 24 hours and they are gonna kick ass. I hope that those of us older members that have been around a while can help, at least by just setting an example.

I envy anyone who has copious amounts of time to play Skyrim, but thanks to my job, I really never get a break. I love my job, early looks at lots of new games and electronics, free electronics but when things go bad, I work 18 hours day.

That being said a big F U to S&P and talking downgrading Sony's debt rating!

In closing I wish I had the time to disappear and friends except it.

scribbane wrote:Of course "Um, rocks for you, guy". Wait I got that wrong didn't I? No but seriously, let's have a big hand for the mods. This place is gonna be crazy in just over 24 hours and they are gonna kick ass. I hope that those of us older members that have been around a while can help, at least by just setting an example.

Do I qualify as an older member? Good luck mod team with keeping up the work, you guys are probably going to be overloaded once it comes out. (maybe you could hire on temporary mods...)

OH RIGHT TOPIC!

My social life outside of school will take a dive lower than it already is, and I don't have a girlfriend so I don't have the potential for something like this to happen to me, some of my friends understand though.

Thankfully I'm single, so no girlfriends gonna get in the way of my relationship with Skyrim! And I ain't got no soical life (except in Tamriel).

Well, aside from everybody making me swear that I'll stay off Skyrim till after my wedding, the almost-husband and I plan to get lost in Skyrim together-separately as soon as we return from honeymoon. The house will be dirty and we'll eat nothing but greasy take-out for a week, but we'll be happy. There was talk of taking the computers along on honeymoon, but that wouldn't be right. And since I have nearly no friends, my whole family is well-aware that I'll be spending most of December in a Skyrim daze. They're mostly OK with it, luckily.

Captain Future wrote:

Spiney wrote:The boyfriend is a gammer but still...

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Spiney: Good :3 last exam
Simon: goody :3
Simon: oh right, then skyrim x3
Spiney: Mhm :3
Simon: perfect time to drop out of -most- internet community contact for a bit then x3
Spiney: Oh I won't be that devulged
Spiney: Though you won't mind me being distracted?
Simon: mhnn :p

I can just be an acting Spiney }:y

You don't have the libido for it.

I doubt I'm going to get Skyrim for a while, and when I do I'll no doubt be having an important exam or two on the horizon. I'd put my serious life first even if I got it tomorrow anyway.

Veck wrote:I doubt I'm going to get Skyrim for a while, and when I do I'll no doubt be having an important exam or two on the horizon. I'd put my serious life first even if I got it tomorrow anyway.

A sensible outlook on the release of a highly anticipated game? Fus [ro] dat.

My boy insists that I get out and socialize today to compensate for tomorrow.

Luckily my girlfriend is being, well, uhh... a "female" at the moment, so she won't be forcing me to, you know... "stuff". Which might be part of her reson for accepting my addiction.

That's open for interpretations, some funnier than others.
Speak clearly least people think you've said something you didn't intend.