I love my girlfriend, I don’t want to lose her. But I also want to be level 60 by the end of the first week. She doesn’t play video games so gaming with her is out of the question.
Please help me out I’m having a panic attack D:
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Accept your fate.
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Make her play WoW, too. She’ll be a Druid or Hunter, guaranteed, so plan your main accordingly.
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Obviously dump your Normie girlfriend, quit your job, and cut out as much sleep as possible.
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Is she giving you an ultimatum? If so, gotta make a choice, do you want to be with someone who cares so little for your passions they can’t let you have 1 week to yourself for your hobby?
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Just do something really nice for her after you’re done playing WoW for the night. You know, Pavlov’s dog and all that. Then, when she hears that sweet sweet login music, she’ll get excited for when you’re done. What sort of nice things? You’ll have to figure that out, I don’t wanna get banned.
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Is not hanging out for a week really that big of an issue? I’m sure she’ll understand if you take the time to plan it with her. Have a lot of fun and time together the week before that.
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Facing the same thing.
Best advice I can give is tell her that for the first week you wont be around much. Maybe dedicate one evening to her during that week. A break will probably be nice anyway, then get back to the grind.
After the initial grind, dedicate nights to her. Play the game on raid nights but set aside girlfriend raid nights and stick to them. 2-3 a week depending on what she wants. Most important thing will be to not ditch her on the nights you promised her and she will understand. If she doesn’t then you gotta make a choice. Her, hardcore Classic or maybe a more casual playing schedule.
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Be persuasive. Use the ol’ Jedi mind trick on her.
If she is kick her butt out the door. Ultimatums have no place in a healthy relationship. They only lead to controlling behavior and resentment. Also, if they’re holding the relationship hostage that means the relationship is not very important to them.
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Set her up on play dates with her friends/family for a week.
Communication and compromise - pretty much standard relationship fare. (Couples have these discussions all the time, over all kinds of things. This isn’t gamer specific.)
First comes adult responsibilities. Are you taking care of all of them, and making sure this decision isn’t going to cause harm? (Example is taking unpaid time off work and being unable to meet rent causes harm, while taking paid vacation does not.) You, her, any living things you are responsible for, how are they impacted by this and what can you do to minimize the negative impacts and not dump responsibilities on her?
Once you’ve got that clear, you sit down and talk with her about what you want to do and what it will take, and let her express her concerns. Listen to those and don’t just brush them off. Try to see them from her perspective. (Example: What if she wanted to spend a week backpacking across Europe? What if she wanted to attend every single game in the NHL Stanley cup qualifiers and finals?)
TL;DR … you adult.
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Your relationship with your lady friend is far more important than any video game could ever be. Spend your time with her and not staring at a computer monitor. I love to play WoW when there’s nothing better going on, but it’s really at the bottom of my priority list.
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I, for one, am blown away that there is actual good advice in this thread. I’m chalking it up to classic. All the best people are here.
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Uh… you’re debating over someone who could potentially be around forever, versus a video game that won’t matter 5-10 years from now.
Balance it out. What’s the point in rushing to 60? You’ll be fine if it takes you 2 or 3 weeks instead of 1.
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don’t say this right now I don’t want to feel this feeling
Girlfriends come and go. Classic WoW only happens once twice in a lifetime.
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Be a guild leader. Guarantee her every epic she wants.
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Do people actually struggle with this answer? Do you really NEED to be 60 by the end of the week?
I mean jokes aside.
Yeah I get the memeing “BUT ONY AND WOW MORE IMPORTANT LEL”. Seriously
Weird, people were saying this 5-10 years ago…
How old is wow now?