A Must Read for the married gamer...and those thinking about

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:59 am

Had to post this. The wife was out all night working and asked me to take care of some things. I decided i'd get a game or two of ESPN in before i do the chores figuring i had plenty of time. 23, yes 23, innings later i'm in a 1-1 duel with the Yankees (i'm Boston). It's a great game, but time is growing short before the little woman finds her way home and tears me a new one for sitting on my arsh all night. Two outs in the top of the 23rd, men on 1st and 2nd for them. No word of a lie, as i throw the 2-2 pitch to A-Rod, the door knob turns and she walks in. With the first step into the house, A-Rod jacks a 3 run job over the monster. They add one more and i lose 5-1 in 23 innings. God i hate Murphy and all his laws.

The moral of the story..........too many to list.

Rally

fletcher21 · Post by **fletcher21** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:06 am

man look at you, no offense but i think you need to assert yourself to your girl and tell her that sometimes you need some guy time.. chores and sh1t can be done at your convenience, i just feel bad when i see dudes who let their woman walk all over them, and are actually afraid of them.. if a girl ever tells me that then sh1t will hit the fan.. you gotta be a man first and not let a female get into ur head just to get some head... g's up hoes down haha i know you feel me on that db bbr and others in the forum, maybe not pk tho but hey its all good ur old school pimp pk ;x

never talk down

btw rally monkey this isnt a slam at you its just like a public service announcement you know.. as the resident sr "pimp" i am here to give advice to the masses and to remind u that a cage is not only reserved for an animal but also an unruly and out of control female... haha maybe not, but sometimes a woman's place is in a cage so to speak, if u know what i mean

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:51 am

We missed ya fletch dog.

SoMisss2000 · Post by **SoMisss2000** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:39 am

fletcher21 wrote:man look at you, no offense but i think you need to assert yourself to your girl and tell her that sometimes you need some guy time.. chores and sh1t can be done at your convenience, i just feel bad when i see dudes who let their woman walk all over them, and are actually afraid of them.. if a girl ever tells me that then sh1t will hit the fan.. you gotta be a man first and not let a female get into ur head just to get some head... g's up hoes down haha i know you feel me on that db bbr and others in the forum, maybe not pk tho but hey its all good ur old school pimp pk ;x

never talk down

btw rally monkey this isnt a slam at you its just like a public service announcement you know.. as the resident sr "pimp" i am here to give advice to the masses and to remind u that a cage is not only reserved for an animal but also an unruly and out of control female... haha maybe not, but sometimes a woman's place is in a cage so to speak, if u know what i mean

you must not be married?

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:39 am

Fletch:

I'm not even going to debate the point with you, but you know I still want to have your first child, you filthy, rotten piece of pork.

Seriously, all I could think of was you saying to your girl, "I'm Rick James, B*TCH!!!!" the whole time I read your post.

Funny as f*ck, man!

Out,
PK

seanmac · Post by **seanmac** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:56 am

My man is definitely not married. Def-in-ite-ly.

Game time can be defined as a) when the wife is out b) when the wife is asleep c) when the wife is on the phone or d) when the wife is nowhere to be found and you should be calling the police but figure you'll get a couple of games in first.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:36 am

seanmac wrote:My man is definitely not married. Def-in-ite-ly.

Game time can be defined as a) when the wife is out b) when the wife is asleep c) when the wife is on the phone or d) when the wife is nowhere to be found and you should be calling the police but figure you'll get a couple of games in first.

Of course you have to pump one out first then play. And I recommend using turtle wax since it doesn't bead up when you try to wash it off your hands.

This is definitely some funny s*** here. And Rally, you do know that ESPN has an in-game save feature rIght??

kevinpars · Post by **kevinpars** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:36 am

There is nothing more chilling than the sound a pump action shotgun makes when someone chambers a round. The deep metalic 'chaa ching' sound is unmistakable and made even more chilling when the realization hits you that the gun is leveled at your head.

So when my wife tells me to get off the xbox for a while, I just shrug and say 'OK sweetie. Wanna go to a movie?'

Actually, getting off the console is like alt tabbing from the internet to a spreadsheet while at work. In one quick motion, the Xbox is turned off and the TV is on the Lifetime Network showing a movie about (and this is no exaggeration) some women coming together and discovering an inner strength to deal with a terrible situation (usually involving a controlling and violent man or men). By the end of the movie, the man or men are in jail, dead, or otherwise engaged. The women are hugging each other and shouting something about 'girl power'. This is generally followed by a commercial (women doing splits, jumping around, and talking about winged pads and how they feel like they are wearing nothing at all). You get the point.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:51 am

funny stuff!!!

My wife actually bought me my PS2 2 years ago and just recently my xbox, for our 2nd anniversary. But the only time I can get any gaming in is weeknights when she gets sleepy (around 10:30pm - midnight) or early
weekend AM's. You single guys don't know how good you have it, being able to game at will

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:54 am

Game time is pretty easy for me.

When my kids are up, I don't game. When my wife wants to hang after they go to bed, I don't game.

When both are in bed or the frau is settled in with a book or something on TV, I game. That usually takes place around 9 p.m., so that leaves me a good four hours to game, read, surf the Net, download music or watch the tube.

Those aren't my rules because the frau says so. They're the rules because I'd rather spend time with the frau and kids when they're up than game. Nobody has to pull me away from some black plastic console to spend time with human beings. That would be pretty sad if I'd rather game than hang with my wife and kids.

Plus I usually have a decent chunk of time, depending on work, chores, etc., after they go to bed to do what I want. One of the benefits of getting older: Your body requires less sleep. BONUS!

Take care,
PK

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:32 am

Yeah, Mrs. Brando is pretty cool about the gaming thing. She thinks it's a dorky hobby but doesn't mind as long as I don't throw controllers and scream f-bombs when my closer blows a three run lead.

However, I've been in Rally's position before. It's not a question of being scared of your wife. It's that you promised you'd do a bunch of stuff, get wrapped up in a game, and lo and behold it's, "hi honey, I didn't pay the bills today but you won't believe the game Kerry Wood had for me." Put that shoe on the other foot and believe me, you might be pretty annoyed at your woman.

That said, the moral of the story is every sports game from now on needs a save feature.

As for that no-good dirty himbo fletcher, remember what Chris Rock said: "Is new p***y going to make me soup when I'm sick? New p***y can't cook! Is new p***y going to read to my kids? New p***y's illiterate!"

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:40 am

Yeah, Fletch, Brando is right.

Do you ever get pissed at your girl for not fulfilling a promise? This really isn't about gaming as much as it is about being trustworthy and somewhat responsible. If I tell my frau that I'm going to clean or do some sort of chore, and it's not done when she gets home, then she has every f*cking right in the world to be annoyed, at the least.

You know why? Because I'd be annoyed, too, if I saw her laying on the couch watching "The O'Reilly Factor" or some Lifetime movie instead of doing some basic chore for me that she promised to do.

Shoes are worn on both feet by both partners, BIATCH!

Stay single if you don't like that, because marriage ain't for you if you're not willing to have rules that apply equally to both partners and give a bit at times. Or follow your rules, and you'll be in divorce court in five years. That is, unless you get a mail order bride from Estonia.

Being married gives you more than a great friend, hopefully steady sex and a couple of kids, if you want: It also gives you a damn psychology degree.

Take care,
PK

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:04 pm

Well I've been married for almost 17 years and I have gamed the entire time. I had the trustly old NES and SNES when we first got married and have had every system since. My wife understands that gaming is my hobby and I think she'd rather have me home playing games than in a bar somewhere chasing some skirt. Its like I always tell her...it could be worse, I could be a coke addict.

But I've got a great wife and 3 great kids and they all love to play games, too. We've got 2 Gamecubes, 2 Xboxs, a PS2, an N64, 2 PS1s, 2 Dreamcasts, and a SNES. So any given night you might find me on one Xbox, my 13 year old son on the other, my wife on one of the Gamecubes playing Animal Crossing, and my two younger sons playing Mario Kart on the other Gamecube.

My wife and I have certain "tv nights" when there are shows that we watch together. Sunday night starts off with the Simpsons from 8-9, then the Sopranos, then Dead Wood. She will usually go to bed then and I will play a little bit if I want to. Tuesday and Thursday are other tv nights, but the other days are open to whatever we want to do. We watch a lot of family movies together...I highly reccommend "Brother Bear"...and we will occasionally game together like Mario Party or Pac Man vs. We have a blast when we do this. All in all, I pretty much play when I want to and my wife is very considerate of my gaming time. Sometimes I get the guilt trip like last weekend when she cleaned the entire house while I ripped through 5 games in my ESPN franchise.

I don't think I could handle being married to a woman that tried to "tell" me what to do.

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:53 pm

I think i gave the wrong impression of the incident here. Rally is not AFRAID of his wife, nor do I get bossed around. Sure, like 90+% of marriages, expectations from both sides are part of life and i fulfill my part while she does her's. (A side note, the wife makes double what i make, and i do just fine, so there is no "bread winner" here, just two professionals with two kids to take care of in a very limited amount of time. Anyway, the story was more about how perfect it was that the game ended JUST as she got home, almost as though the XBOX gods were saying, "okay man, we gave you everything we could, time to head back to reality".

Oh, and she gives me the jar with my balls in it anytime i ask her for them.

(It's a joke).

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:05 pm

RallyMonkey wrote:A side note, the wife makes double what i make, and i do just fine, so there is no "bread winner" here, just two professionals with two kids to take care of in a very limited amount of time.

So either you're very good looking or she's not good looking. One of the two....the girl just isn't meant to make more, especially twice the amount, money than the man. The hot girls just don't strive to make money, because they can get it from the guy who makes money.

I'm a pig, I know, I accept it, and so does my girl.

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:11 pm

More a career path issue than anything else. I'm an educator (I do it for the kids man, for the kids

), and she's a C.E.O. Met in college when both on even ground and stayed together personally while we headed in different directions professionally. But as they say, it's all good. I'm certainly secure enough in my masculinity to handle a successful wife.............apparently unlike some of us here, eh DB?

skidmark · Post by **skidmark** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:16 pm

Wife making good money means its time to retire and become a full-time professional gamer

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:16 pm

RallyMonkey wrote:More a career path issue than anything else. I'm an educator (I do it for the kids man, for the kids ), and she's a C.E.O. Met in college when both on even ground and stayed together personally while we headed in different directions professionally. But as they say, it's all good. I'm certainly secure enough in my masculinity to handle a successful wife.............apparently unlike some of us here, eh DB?

See that's a bit different...met in college, stayed together...cool. Congrats on a successful wife. I was speaking more in terms of entering a relationship after you both have established careers. You, being an educator, likely will never make big money unless you go on to teach at colleges or whatever (a serious, serious flaw in our government spending). So you're the man, landing such a successful wife and riding her coat tails to financial stability.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:17 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
RallyMonkey wrote:A side note, the wife makes double what i make, and i do just fine, so there is no "bread winner" here, just two professionals with two kids to take care of in a very limited amount of time.
So either you're very good looking or she's not good looking. One of the two....the girl just isn't meant to make more, especially twice the amount, money than the man. The hot girls just don't strive to make money, because they can get it from the guy who makes money.

I'm a pig, I know, I accept it, and so does my girl.

DB:

That's bullsh*t. Rally is right; it's all about career choices.

Before my wife "retired" to have kids and be a stay-at-home mom, she worked in banking. When we first got married, I was in journalism; she was in banking. She made double what I did, simply because bankers make a lot more money than sports writers.

But yeah, we met in college. Still, I think your idea of couples from dissimilar economic backgrounds is something that's more of a function of image-conscious SoCal than reality. I have friends who have married broads who make more than them, and they didn't meet the chicks in college.

PR pays better, thankfully. But I fully expect the frau to make more than me when she returns to work in a few years. She's very good at what she does and works in an industry where compensation is higher than PR.

No worries -- all the bread goes into the same account, so it's "our" money.

Out,
PK

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:21 pm

You guys do know how much I like to stir sh*t up on an otherwise laid back and boring Friday here at work and on these forums.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:22 pm

I'm with ya Rally. I would absolutely have no qualms whether or not my wife made more coin than me. Heck, I wouldn't even care if my friends and family knew. More power to her. Honestly, I truly think it's more important you enjoy what you're doing.

As it stands, the wife just quit her job as we can't see there being a way to afford 2 kids in daycare. So, we're a little cash strapped at this point but we're making ends meet.

A side note: I got a buddy of mine who does extremely well selling cars. It's really unbelieveable. Anyways, he's the biggest dick because all he ever talks about is money. Whether it's buying a new car for the wife, or asking me how much I paid for such and such.....even to go as far as saying he may need to work part time because of all the money his wife spends. Everything is money money money. Sometimes the conversation is about another topic (kids, family), but it always comes back to what he does and how well he's doing. My wife thinks he's the biggest a**hole and sometimes I wonder why I stay friends with him. He really does have a good heart but he's one obnoxious ass. It's kinda nice to see there aren't many of us like that in this forum from what I can tell.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:33 pm

Dan:

I have a buddy like that, too. He measures himself by his toys and his income. Pretty sad, but he does have a kind heart.

Still, I can only take him in limited doses. His dependence on material goods is pretty depressing and annoying. And this isn't a jealous rant, either, as I think I make about as much coin as he does.

Take care,
PK

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:34 pm

db, i totally know you were just stirring it up. no problem at all.

Hey, i look at it this way. I do something i love from 8:00-3:00, i'm a head hockey coach in the winter and golf coach in the spring. I have two AMAZING little girls at home and a successful wife. And i can still game at 32 years old. There are most certainly worse ways to live life.

"Jolly Mon Sing"

Sport73 · Post by **Sport73** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:53 pm

As a personal friend of Rally's, having known him since well before he married his wife, I can attest to the fact that there is adequate balance in his household.

You often find (in dual-income families) that one partner makes the $ doing nothing worthwhile for society, while the other makes a contribution that is SUBSIDIZED by their spouse.

My wife is a nurse, makes a 3rd of what I do, and has a serious hand in LIFE or DEATH while you're being cut open on the operating table. I'm in marketing for a large printer/copier company. I'd say she adds more value to the world, but in this backwards world it pays more to do less good.

That's a bit generous in Rally's case, because he was my R.A. in college and I can attest to the fact that he is more likely to corrupt the kids than to foster their growth...

Of course, I can also attest to having seen Rally's testicles in the jar above the fridge at his house, but mine are in the same spot in my place and I'm the one who works...

The wife stays home now with the kid. Lazy b*tch...JUST KIDDING.

It's probably more difficult to manage our lives than it is do work a full-time job, and my wife is definitely the manager of our lives.

As for gaming, I play only when allowed by my wife. I speak only when allowed by my wife, and I buy things only when allowed by my wife. I know who's boss and anyone who's been married for a while knows that there are 2 kinds of gaming husbands: those that are unhappy because they don't get to game enough, and those that are VERY unhappy because they don't get to game enough and made the mistake of letting their wives know it...

I played golf last night. Didn't shoot well, but I know why...My wife wasn't drunk.

No, she wasn't on the course; but I've been married a while and I know that I can't get anywhere near the hole unless my wife's had a few drinks...

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:54 pm

Not only do I NOT have a problem with someone's wife making more money than their husbands, but I'm jealous of those guys!!! I wish my wife made a ton of money. I have alot of hobbies that could keep me busy all day (along with with 2 kids).