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“i am a girl and i stood in line for over 8 1/2 hours to get a wii, and I got one, yay!”

Advice:

1. You’re SO better than that guy:

My girlfriend had an X who would play games instead of spend time with her. Find out why she thinks that you wouldn’t pay attention to her. Assure her that you aren’t like that guy (you’re way better, of course).

2. Make an effort to play co-op games WITH her:

I slowly took my girlfriend through Halo’s campaign on easy mode. She likes the game, but doesn’t like versus modes because she gets wasted pretty easily. You may never personally plan on purchasing or renting Rayman Raving Rabbids, but you might if it’s something that she might get into. If you get Wii, make sure to get plenty of controllers so you can invite your wife and HER friends to play when they are all around. It’s way better for her to play with her friends than it is for her to play with your beer guzzling, frag-tastic buddies.

3. Learn her video game past…if she has one:

My GF loved NES Mario games. Now she loves New Super Mario Brothers on the DS. She also used to play Tetris on her graphing calculator, now she loves it and other puzzle games on modern consoles and handhelds.

4. Confirm priorities:

When my girlfriend and I moved in together and I set up my NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, PS2 and XBOX around the entertainment stand, she was shocked. She had no clue that I was that into games (I haven’t had time to play much in the past 2 years because of school/life/work/etc). She knows that I’m a gamer/collector, so she’s expecting my purchase of a Wii soon. BUT she also knows I wouldn’t waste money on games/entertainment when there are bills to pay. Games are NOT the number one priority of my life. Living is.

5. Be honest:

I sent out a disclaimer: once every six months or so, I just need to rewind and will sit on my big, fat white and hairy playing games for about eight hours on a saturday while drinking beer. Or, when [insert favorite franchise title here] comes out, there is a chance of you losing your soul to the game for a week or two. Let her know about any bad habits that may be seen due to gaming.

6. Sacrafice:

Make a comprimise with her…maybe get her that new phone/puppy/vase she wants, etc. Sacrafice also comes when you know you’re thirty minutes past a save point and have no clue when then next one is coming, but you turn of the game anyway because she needs you.

Good luck. Fight the good fight.

-Jeff
http://blog.zemote.com