A sad day in Arcadeland...

so guys, tell the truth.

IF your wife/girlfriend/whatever, had a 'hobby' of collecting antique hair dryers and beauty parlor equipment, and it filled up the entire garage...AND this all started after you two got married...

You think asking her to scale back so you could park in the garage is completely out of control?

I know I'd tell my wife to get a grip if I couldnt even walk through the garage any longer because if was filled with 25 (15 working and 10 non :) ) sit down hair curlers/dryers.
 
GameyMcGame said:
so guys, tell the truth.

IF your wife/girlfriend/whatever, had a 'hobby' of collecting antique hair dryers and beauty parlor equipment, and it filled up the entire garage...AND this all started after you two got married...

You think asking her to scale back so you could park in the garage is completely out of control?

I know I'd tell my wife to get a grip if I couldnt even walk through the garage any longer because if was filled with 25 (15 working and 10 non :) ) sit down hair curlers/dryers.
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Scale back? Yeah, no problem. Your analogy isn't quite complete. This is like a chick having 25 hair curlers in her personal study and her guy telling her to get rid of ALL OF IT despite pretty much never going in there, just because he doesn't like hair curlers. That I would not do.
 
Some women get overly jealous, especially if the machines seem to take up too much of your time. Let's ponder that fact a little, at least. We don't know the full story. It's your civic duty to bang that booty. Fulfill those obligations!
 
GameyMcGame said:
IF your wife/girlfriend/whatever, had a 'hobby' of collecting antique hair dryers and beauty parlor equipment, and it filled up the entire garage...AND this all started after you two got married...

You think asking her to scale back so you could park in the garage is completely out of control?
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That's a good point, I read "girlfriend" and assumed the hobby pre-dated the girl.
 
Honestly, I can't say that she's wrong for leaving. You meet, weird hobby seems cool, their obsession gets old after awhile. Fine, move on. But relationships are about working together, and "it's me or the {insert hobby here}" is a big indicator of rough seas. Keep the games and go find a new girl. Or dump the games and find a new girl. But don't dump the games and keep the girl who makes ultimatums
 
Silverunicorn said:
Maybe the games were not that important to him to begin with. Maybe they just filled his time, something which is not waken up by something else. Maybe he did not play them that much.
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+1.

Thats exactly why I kicked all of the games I had in my house out of the house. The sat around collecting dust. At one point I thought it would be fun to have 5-10 games in the house but after I was done with all the restoring and what not there was no desire to play any of them.

No games in my house and I'm cool with it.
 
pldoolittle said:
In all likelyhood, he will end up without the girl and the machines... When you ask someone to give up something they love in exchange for your love, they may do so but it generally creates resentment that festers and divides. It's a whole different situation when they do not ask, and you do it because it means something to them. That's self-sacrifice and is a relationship builder.
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This right here.

From my experience, any lady that starts a relationship with what she doesn't like and what she won't do needs to sit down. That's already a sign she a pretty princess and it's all goin downhill.

Not to say my way or the highway, but both sides gotta make those share sacrifices and shared acceptances. Spouses having personal and separated hobbies is a healthy part of a long relationship.

This is a personal hobby he kept in the privacy of his garage in his own home that she was movin into. It's not like he was bringin some dirty arcades cabs into the living room, or a home they moved into together.

No offense JustIn but ya boy sounds a lil bitch made. I woulda told boo to either accept my shit or get the steppin.

At least she moved out. I'm shocked the bitch ain't move IN with her new man and kick the dude and his arcade games out his own home.

Well, his choice. The poon game musta been strong with this one lol. I can't picture some high maintenance chick comin between me and my personal hobbies.
 
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Absolutely terrible.

My wife (then girlfriend) got our first machine together, a DDR, and it served as a great bond for us and a wonderful thing to do together. My arcade has expanded way beyond that first machine to games she both cares for and some she doesn't but we still play our DDR machine together.

Anymore I spend money on arcades and she spends money on freakishly human looking dolls. I don't understand her hobby but I'm more than happy to support her in it. It makes her happy and she always appreciates when I do something nice like buy them a new set of clothes.

Relationships are built on the mutual understanding and respect of each other. It's one thing if he was spending everything they owned in the pursuit of arcades. It's another if he has a healthy amount of time and money sunk into it depending on their financial situation. I can see her wanting him to get rid of the arcades if he was really pushing it and was going to financially ruin them. She may have been scared that having a couple machines around might ignite a relapse (just playing devils advocate here). A lot of severe drinkers have to give up alcohol entirely instead of scaling back. Maybe that's what happened here?

Hopefully they can work things out. Love is a blessed thing even when it can cause people pain.
 
Silverunicorn said:
Well at least that is classy :rolleyes:

Chris
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I ain't mad at em. She don't sound like no wifey material to me.

Any controllin chick that wants to walk in and diss me in my own home don't get a ring from me.

Who want's some "my way or no way" psycho trick?
 
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