This might be a sin but I'm gonna stop gaming!

Ok, well good luck then. Gaming is just a hobby so if it's something that you don't want to do anymore, for whatever reason, then feel free to put it aside.

I was about to congradulate you, but it seems like you don't really want to stop gaming....

Anyway... I wish you all the best. And if it helps I'l stop gaming for 24 hours... Just for you.

if you feel you have to stop gaming for a girl...then she might not be the right girl.

Okay.

If you have to change aspects of yourself for a girl, shes not worth been with. Trust me when I say she won't change a single thing about herself for you. I stopped gaming for a girl I was dating once, she kept complaining how I was wasting my time and money on games instead of spending it on "us". Yet all she ever wanted to do was go clothes shopping, and buy shoes, once she spent over £200 on a single pair, and then had the cheek to have a go at me for wasting £40 on a game. So I made a deal with her, I'd stop buying games, if she stopped buying shoes, yet she couldn't even last a month before she was out buying more, so I said screw it and bought another game and bang, she was having a go at me again for wasting money, so I ended it there and then.

It's not worth it to date someone who's got vastly different interests to you because you are expected to stop liking anything she doesn't and only enjoy what she says you're allowed to. Since I finished with that girl, I've never dated anyone who's not shown an interest in videogames, and it's made those relationships a lot more enjoyable.

I have the same question. Are you a console peasant and she belongs to the master race so it's putting a barrier between you?

LOL

I was about to congradulate you, but it seems like you don't really want to stop gaming....

Anyway... I wish you all the best. And if it helps I'l stop gaming for 24 hours... Just for you.

I have no sympathy for you OP. Is that why you made this thread? For sympathy?

What kind of simpleton quits a hobby because of possible relationship starting up? You can't do both?

LOL, what is wrong with people!? -_-

listen to him, he is correct.

My girlfriend and I have been together for 10 years, we have lived together for 9 and a half of those years, and it has not interfered with my gaming life at all. The right girl should enhance your life, not make you quit the things you like, and if you feel the need to quit gaming, even though you don't want to, than I strongly suggest you try and meet someone else.

It is your choice. If you think by no longer playing video games, you will think of yourself as more mature, maybe you should reevaluate your view.

it's threads like this that make me think i'm getting far too old for gamespot

Learn about 3DS.

The day I allow someone to dictate to me what I am going to be able to enjoy or not is the day I put a bullet in my own head. Decide for yourself.

I thought you was gonna say your new love interest doesn't like video games but she does, you're so lucky to have a girl that likes video games. Anyways I'm sure you don't have to stop gaming completely maybe just game less. I usually game after the misses has gone to sleep. Plus i allocate a day where i will be gaming for a few hours.

As long as it's your choice and not hers. People who love you the way you are, never ask you to stop doing what makes you happy.

Ultimatums are always an alarm bell.

You shouldn't have to give up a hobby to please someone. If they can't love you for who you are, they aren't worth being with.

This is completely irrelevant, no matter how good looking someone is you should never give up something you enjoy for them. Remember kiddies, beauty fades over time, but a meaningful connection only gets stronger.

@christiaan1996: ok? Good luck? But why do you have to stop gaming?

Man why the hell u should stop ? I mean seriously a little bit of control over your life would do the trick , u can have less gaming time and spend more time with your girl , u shouldn't necessarily stop ...u can always prioritize stuff in your life ...it happens for me not playing games for like one month due to work and stuff ...but i would never ever stop gaming because it's my main hobby ....

Interesting. Do what you need to do. I'm confused to what the issue is though? You mention at the end of your comment that she likes PC games. My wife and I have been married for years and I still play video games on a regular basis. If you are going to change who you are this early in the relationship, then maybe she isn't the one for you? Basically in the end...balance is the key here. Start playing games she might be interested in or ones that she might just like to watch for one reason or another.

You might not have to stop! She might just love you even more because of what I'm about to tell you! I found this website that will pay you to play video games! Now I know she would't be mad if you were reeling in cash would she? Just take a look: http://bit.ly/1wbb3b3

Thanks guys, your opinions really helped me to decide what to do about this "dilemma"....I dropped both...

Good for you. Who needs videogames and women anyway? Overrated crap. You've got the world and you've got your hand. That's more than enough.

She should accept your hobby if she doesn't or you feel like you need to give up something you love to have a relationship,then you are already doomed to fail,and when it ends and she pisses off what then?

Key to success? -play less games do not stop,everything in moderation,when I am alone I game like a boss and when I have a GF it takes a back seat to things we like to do together,to this day I have not been lucky enough to find a woman that loves gaming:p

Do what makes you happy.

Don't, five years ago i was dating a girl, I'm from Shanghai, that girl was nice but she just didnt like tv games, so I quit the game for her, and I skipped the whole age of PS3, for the rest of the years I spent all my money on her, I thought thats the right choice for stop gaming, but she got a richer guy and broke up with me, then I thought about palying game agian, so I bought my ps3 three years ago and ps4 this year, then I realize one problem is I couldnt catch up the tv game lately, and Im really regret I stop gaming once........