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In response to "Real Gamers, Real Relationships" from The Escapist Forum: I'm married to a non-gamer. He's a great guy, and he does like to do things, but playing games is not one of them. He'd prefer to watch television. My family, though, plays games. When I was a young teen, our television set broke, and my parents noticed that the house was quieter, even though we had a lot of friends over and we were constantly playing. They didn't fix it, so we started getting games. Video games weren't around then, but Avalon Hill made bookshelf games, and we had a LOT of those. Great times. :) Video games are what I play since I don't have a gaming group I can sit around a table with.

Oh, and I met my husband in karate class. It's going to be hard to meet a gamer in real life. If you do want to meet one, you'll need to start frequenting the gaming groups in your area. Eventually you can find someone who seems to be compatible.

- ceolstan

I think what this shows is that gamers should shack up with other gamers; not exclusively of course.

Both my wife & I play games and oftentimes the same games, though we usually have each other to thank: she got me into the Sims and I got her into GTA and neither of us thought we would like it as much as we do.

The benefit of dating another gamer is that when one of us gets a little addicted to a game, the other is a bit more understanding. This of course eventually leads to both of us wanting to play the same game (most recently Fallout 3) but I think our bickering over who's character gets loaded up is much lighter than the one sided addict arguments I've seen tear up a marriage. And yes I've known a woman who divorced her husband (of course she started by cheating on him first: with a friend of mine) because he gave his games more attention than her.

- GonzoGamer

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