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I recently read this article on The New York Times online about how to date a video gamer. It was interesting because I never thought anyone needed a strategy to date a gamer in general. In fact, I’ve known a few non-gaming friends who swallowed their pride and learned to game just to save their own marriage. But as I read this article, it was interesting to see how this couple, Miho Walsh and Roy Prieb, learned to get along and make their marriage work. Now that’s amore!
“She was staring into her screen, and I was staring into my screen,” Prieb told the New York Times reporter.
She knew what had to be done to keep her main squeeze happy. According to the story, Walsh gave Prieb a copy of World of Warcraft for his 32nd birthday and their lives were enhanced through gaming.
So I ask myself “Why am I still playing Silent Hill Origins when maybe ... just maybe I could find Mr. Right on World of Warcraft”. Well, even that would be a stretch. I am the most romantically challenged woman in North Carolina ... ask my friends. I can barely keep a boyfriend for more than a week before the ever-so-familiar battle for attention begins. “It’s me or the videogames, you can’t have both.”
Sigh. I seem to go through boyfriends faster than Pac-Man through a row of white dots. I wonder when I’ll find someone who accepts me for who I am the way Walsh accepted Prieb.
Then I break out out a tub of Ben and Jerry’s Cookie Dough ice cream for comfort, wipe the tears from my eyes, and smile at the one and only thing that loves me for who I am—my Sony PlayStation 2, 3 and PSP.
A few of my gamertell comrades have kindly offered me some advice:
Richard Snyder writes:“Whether it be male or female, be sure to bring some earmuffs or earphones equipped to a good sound system. Earbuds may be preferable for stealthy jobs. You’ll need protection from someone’s rants about World of Warcraft, especially the female gamers who may go out of their way to present “Gamer Cred.”
Joshua Mallory writes: “Learn to enjoy games. Share your hobbies with your date, too. My fiancee adds: ‘Take turns.’”
Read [The New York Times]
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That’s was cool! Imagine two people from online gaming world found each other and keep each other together…forever! That was exactly a nice story to share. Continue to inspire!
on March 31, 2009 at 03:16 AM - LINKThank you. The couple who saved their marriage through World of Warcraft is a true story. Both Soldiers who argued about anything and everything in real life, much like Walsh and Prieb. One gave the other their own copy of WoW and now for the past few years the only argument they have is who had rights to the gold dropped by the ogre they just killed and would engage their characters in a challenge. They actually do everything together now both in real life and in WoW.
As an update I finally found a gamer boyfriend ... and when we argue we take it to Metal Gear Online and fight. :) Last man standing wins the argument ... of course ... it may take 14 rounds to accomplish that.
on March 31, 2009 at 09:05 AM - LINK