I can say this about women in all my old man years of dating and now marriage…
Women initially are attracted to looks, but will stay with you based on how you treat them, personality, etc, but you have to keep them interested. If their interests change, you need to show an interest in them, be resourceful, be progressive, show them you actually are genuinely interested in stuff they do, even if it is just conversation, that goes a long way (being a great listener)
In terms of women despising games and thinking they are “childish”, I mean, the average male gamer is around 36 years old these days, it’s as normal as watching sports, etc. Some women can not accept this and treat it as juvenile. To me I think women that get drunk at the bar all the time and smoke and party is juvenile. They don’t see it that way. I don’t have a problem with women getting excited about going to the salon, getting their nails/hair done, and shopping all day. It’s their prerogative on what THEY like to do. Finding a woman who understands that talking down to a man about something he likes to do actually makes the woman look juvenile/petty is the challenge.
The main difference is really balancing your time and not playing WoW 24/7 while your significant other wants to cuddle on the couch and watch a movie or something. There is that little thing called “balance.” =)
We aren’t all perfect and it can take awhile to realize certain things at any age. When I was 16-19 the girl I dated sat and waited outside the arcade or watched me play old SF and MK games after we went to the movies for 2+ hours…I am sure she didn’t appreciate that but I was a kid, what did I know…I treated her with respect but didn’t realize that “maybe” date night didn’t also combine with “fight” night, lol
Now on the flip side when I was 21 and started working at Tips & Tricks I went back to Chicago (which I did almost monthly) to visit my girlfriend who while super nice in person really had a problem with video games because even as a career she thought they were childish. She basically talked down about my job and wanted me to come back to Chicago and try and work for the Tribune or Sun-Times, but working for a paper doesn’t exactly pay well, and I had always wanted to work for a video game magazine…while bringing my work to Chicago one weekend, she threw a debug PlayStation down the stairs because she was so sick of “video games” even though it was my JOB. There were other things she tried to do to keep me in Chicago to get me out of my job, even down to not taking birth control pills which I found out she had been doing for a few months and I was wondering why I had to always come back around the middle of the month (holy crap) but it just goes to show you that finding a good significant other can take awhile because you have to find someone who likes YOU for YOU and understands how the world/society is about video games as a hobby or career.
Even so you could treat your significant other like crap and I see guys all the time treat their wives like whatever and wonder how the heck they were able to get married and what the woman even see in the guy in the first place, lol
Dr. Dream off to Huntsville for moving fun.
