Would you date a woman who didn't play video games?

[Anonymous]

Oh boy, if this is what's coming for my daughter's generation too (she is 16), she will never marry, lol. She could give a rat's @$$ about video games. She's too busy and completely uninterested in gaming thus far.

[Anonymous]

Stupid question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Women here. A guy who plays video games over the age of 18 is a deal breaker for me. I don't want to marry a child. To each their own.

I'm guessing that you're over 40. XBox/Playstation are ubiquitous and today's men, and yes women, grew up on these things. It's not your Daddy's Pong. I know it's portrayed on TV Comedies as something dorky guys who can't get chicks do but the reality is that most men under a certain age probably play video games to some extent.

This isn't a personal defense, btw. I've over 50 and own no game consoles of my own. My college age daughter does own a playstation and she routinely plays things like Grand Theft Auto with her friends when she's home on breaks. It's not just dweeby teenage boys anymore.

[Anonymous]

If your question is "should I date someone who stridently opposes X activity?" and that activity is important to you, the answer is probably "no" unless the person you'd date wouldn't begrudge you your activity.

It's OK -- preferable even -- for a couple of have individual interests.

But if video games are so important to you that they take a seat at center stage in your life, I think most women will find that a turnoff.

[Anonymous]

Some of the happiest couples I know are two-gamer couples. There's nothing wrong with looking for someone who shares your interests, and nothing wrong with one of those interests being video games. For social reasons there are fewer gamer women then men, but they're definitely out there. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Early 30s guy here, and lately I've noticed a lot of women I end up on dates with simply don't play video games. At all. Generally I associate people not playing video games with them being terrible bores who don't really want much out of life (to take an entire medium of art, one as rich and vibrant as music or literature if not more so, and just write it off entirely is a fairly extreme act), so I treat it as a major deal-breaker, but I'm curious if there are others who disagree. I'd do the same if they issued a blanket statement like "I don't listen to music" or "I don't read fiction" too, obviously.

It seems you are the one who is closed minded , fun can only be video games.

If it's working for you, go with it, but it seems it's not working for you as you are here asking the question and are 30s and single.

When you date you can make as many rules as you want, but they may or may not get you what you want.


As a women I'm okay with dating someone who doesn't share my hobbies or exact interests- I got over that being a sign of "true love" by the time I left high school. Focus more on values and what you want out of life. I doubt your values are video games.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a woman wrote original post, I call troll

[Anonymous]

Do them a favor and write the off.

[Anonymous]

I'm a woman and I play video games. My husband does not. I don't think that it's necessarily a totally juvenile activity. There are some games that are honestly more like interactive movies than anything you'd see in an arcade. I'm pretty picky about what I like to play, though, and I can totally understand why many women would find the type of guy who sits around playing Madden or Halo to be immature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women here. A guy who plays video games over the age of 18 is a deal breaker for me. I don't want to marry a child. To each their own.

I'm guessing that you're over 40. XBox/Playstation are ubiquitous and today's men, and yes women, grew up on these things. It's not your Daddy's Pong. I know it's portrayed on TV Comedies as something dorky guys who can't get chicks do but the reality is that most men under a certain age probably play video games to some extent.

This isn't a personal defense, btw. I've over 50 and own no game consoles of my own. My college age daughter does own a playstation and she routinely plays things like Grand Theft Auto with her friends when she's home on breaks. It's not just dweeby teenage boys anymore.

I don't know about that. My teenage nieces gave up the video consoles when they got car keys.

[Anonymous]

Of course! Someone has to cook and clean.

[Anonymous]

I think the real question here is would a woman date a thirty-something guy who regularly plays video games.
Probably not. Most WOMEN look for MEN. Not boys.

[Anonymous]

I don't play video games or read fiction. I hardly read anything really. what I don't do doesn't have any bearing on what I can do. Different strokes dude

[Anonymous]

This thread has given me my laugh for the day. Haha. Thanks, Op.

[Anonymous]

My DH is a partner at a firm, very busy and successful,mind plays Xbox when he has a chance. What's the harm? I never minded.