Hi, I’m Vicki. I like making silly puns, baking cookies and all things designy, advertisingy and arty. And my partner is a gamer.
I decided to start this blog after seeing and hearing way too much bashing of gamers by their frustrated significant other. There are entire forums where girlfriends of gamers rant to one another and Yahoo Answers is littered with cries of “HELP my BF is addicted to gaming, what do I do??!!” and “My boyfriend won’t stop playing his stupid Call of Duty game!”. This is not cool and I’d like to do what I can to change this attitude around.
TO PARTNERS OF GAMERS (POGs):
Things can be better, trust me. Let me give you some insights into the mind of your partner and his* love for gaming, and show you how it can work to your advantage. I will share ALL my tips and mind games with you, if you’ll care to listen. His love of games does not have to mean Game Over for your relationship.
TO GAMERS:
Gather round. A little closer now. You may not realise this yet, but I hold the power to make your Significant Other much more understanding of your significant other hobby. Share this blog with your partner. I’m doing this FOR YOU.
Thanks for stopping by and GL HF**
You can also find this blog on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Google Plus, so definitely follow along on those too, because I’d love that :)
-Vicki
*For simplicity’s sake, I will refer to The Gamer as “he” most of the time, but I fully acknowledge that there are female gamers out there (and male POGs, for that matter). Please don’t take offence and please read this as appropriate to you.
**GL HF = Good luck, have fun. Pay attention to this gaming lingo I’m teaching you – there’ll be a pop quiz later.
thanks for sharing – loving your stories!
This is seriously cool. Thankyou for sharing such a fresh viewpoint, i must say that ive seen the haters a fair bit too. From a grateful PoG =)
Teehee, glad to see I have some PoG supporters! Spread the word, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!! :)
ha, i love this blog. i have to say that at times i can play the angry girlfriend that you mention. please keep sharing and ill keep listening. i hope my boyf appreciates this!! <3
Thank you for your kind words! I hope my tips can benefit both you and your boyfriend :) Happy reading!
lol, I’m totally getting my gamer man that+filing it with cookies for his birthday!!!
Genius!! I hope many GoG listen to you. I will follow you anyway, just in case I can help with anything :)
I will take all the help I can get!! :) Thanks for stopping by, glad you’re enjoying the blog!
My boyfriend and I are both gamers! I’ve laughed so much, just started reading this and I read through the whole blog in under 2 hours! Please keep up the good work, I know there are girlfriends out there wanting to rip their hair out of their head because of their gamer boyfriends (;
Teehee, I’m flattered! So glad you’re enjoying the blog, and I hope you’re not one of those girlfriends that has to rip your hair out over your boyfriend ;)
Hah! I’m more intrigued in League of Legends/World of Warcraft more than he is!