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Wife Aggro (100mil ISK contest)
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Kyle Yanowski
Malevelon Roe Industries
Convocation of Empyreans
#1 - 2012-12-05 15:06:01 UTC
Most of us have been there. You are home from work, the kids are finally in bed, and you have a planned night of endless spaceship mayhem ahead of you... or so you thought. As you settle down in your computer chair, you hear a low whine emanating from the kitchen... or is it the laundry room (I joke... I joke...).

"Honey.... Do you want to watch this movie with me? Come spend time with me."

Sometimes it's not a whine at all... it's something much... much worse.

"You get your ass in here and spend time with me, or I'll kick that damn triple screen in."

It's called wife aggro, and it's a serious problem. I'm currently in pre-production for the next High Drag podcast, and I need your stories... and tips... about your own wife / girlfriend / significant other aggro. The plan is to read the tips and stories on the podcast, and I will even throw in 100 million ISK to the winner of the best story (selected by the High Drag team).

If you wish to remain anonymous just say so in the message or post. Feel free to post your story in this thread, send an ingame mail to kyle yanowski, or send an e-mail to keepitlikeitwas@gmail.com.



o/

Host of the High Drag Eve Online Podcast ( http://highdrag.wordpress.com). Director of Aideron Robotics.
Borlag Crendraven
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-12-05 15:08:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Borlag Crendraven
Been there done that, though I'd say the wife agro isnt' always the most serious agro...

Case in point, in the middle of fight, answering the phone and that way having to turn your back on the computer all the while your 4 year old son initiates self destruct on your shiny boat...
okst666
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-12-05 15:08:56 UTC
Tell wife that they got shoes in the NEX-Store and make her play eve...

worked for me.

[X] < Nail here for new monitor
Zack Korth
Livid CO.
#4 - 2012-12-05 15:14:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Zack Korth
my g/f aggros me every day, you learn to live with it. sometimes she sits here talking thinking i'm listening (shes doing it right now) and that seems to sate her, but most of the time she wants me to watch some buttshow like criminal minds or law and orders: SVU (or, "****" as i like to call it), i'm relegated to a silent soundboard for random thoughts she has, stuck in the living room (the RL rapecage)

I usually yield to these demands because shes the only person alive that has sex with me, and sex is more important than one more forlorn hub, also I would like to think it will be around long after EVE, but my life is full of wishful thinking.

Its better than being alone m8s
ArmyOfMe
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
#5 - 2012-12-05 15:15:05 UTC
Well a eve friend of mine came home to find that his wife had sold his pc cause she was pissed as heck at him playing eve all the time.Lol

GM Guard > I must ask you not to use the petition option like this again but i personally would finish the chicken sandwich first so it won´t go to waste. The spaghetti will keep and you can use it the next time you get hungry. Best regards.
Karn Dulake
Doomheim
#6 - 2012-12-05 15:15:25 UTC
A lot of women believe watching TV programmes that she likes together is quality time

I disagree

If we do that then ill only grow to hate you and she will deserve it.


Spend time on EVE and then spend time doing what you both like anything else is a compromise that you are losing.



The only thing that my women asks me to do is keep my sleep routines consistant. I cant argue with that.


Just came back from a week in the mountains in a log cabin with no EVE and no TV. Had a great time. Lots of sex, food and scenery.



I dont normally troll, but when i do i do it on General Discussion.
Zack Korth
Livid CO.
#7 - 2012-12-05 15:15:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Zack Korth
edit: tred to edit my other post and quoted it like a dummy, I would like to give the OP credit though for posting my favorite topic ever in GD
Jame Jarl Retief
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-12-05 15:22:18 UTC
Kyle Yanowski wrote:
"Honey.... Do you want to watch this movie with me? Come spend time with me."


You reply with "Coming, light of my days!" and go and watch the movie. It's really that simple.

But if you absolutely do not want to choose between your significant other and a game (and it's not really a choice), your best bet is to get your significant other involved in the same game as you. That way you can have quality time together and still play games. This, pretty much.
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#9 - 2012-12-05 15:52:26 UTC
Top tip:

Disregard females
Acquire Inter Stellar Kurrency

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
Onyx Nyx
The Veldspar Protectorate
#10 - 2012-12-05 16:11:32 UTC
If you care that much about your gaming, why did you get together in the first place? You can make the choice to be single.

I kill kittens, and puppies and bunnies. I maim toddlers and teens and then more.

  • Richard (http://www.lfgcomic.com/)
KIller Wabbit
MEME Thoughts
#11 - 2012-12-05 16:41:13 UTC
Onyx Nyx wrote:
If you care that much about your gaming, why did you get together in the first place? You can make the choice to be single.


because IT'S A TRAP! Marriage - meta gaming at its finest.
Mr Pragmatic
#12 - 2012-12-05 16:42:30 UTC
You can play Eve? I thought it was a 15 dollar skill que.

Seriously, the only time I get wife aggro is when....Actually never. We each have our interests and we try not to interupt eachother.

She even calls when I play eve "eveing"

Super cali hella yolo swaga dopeness.  -Yoloswaggins, in the fellowship of the bling.
Kimo Khan
Rage Against All Reds
GunFam
#13 - 2012-12-05 16:46:27 UTC
Wife aggro: I am playing eve. My wife comes in wearing very little and asks, "So when you going to be done playing?" I look at her and say, "Logging off now!"
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2012-12-05 17:01:17 UTC
Kimo Khan wrote:
Wife aggro: I am playing eve. My wife comes in wearing very little and asks, "So when you going to be done playing?" I look at her and say, "Logging off now!"


That's not wife aggro - that's a straight out gank.

My wife used to give me a grief about my play time. We came to a compromise, of sorts. I spend a couple hours a night with her watching tv, or talking, or whatever, and in return, when I say the words "I have an op tonight" she leaves me alone to play.

Note that this only works when used sparingly. If you "have an op" every night, she's likely to get very very irritated.

@the guy who posted his friend's wife sold his computer: That would be grounds for divorce in my house, seeing as I use that computer to make money so she can spend it on the TV she wants me to come watch with her. (I love being a programmer. Oh uh, yes, I had to buy a new PC this year, and I use that for roughly 15% of my gross income. How much can I write off?)

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
Gneeznow
Ship spinners inc
#15 - 2012-12-05 17:01:28 UTC
I think I'm lucky mine is zero maintenance, doesn't bicker or complain about vidya and even asks questions and wants to hear the odd piratey story, she even loves clear skies series and watches them every few weeks; every time she comes in and sees me flying a tempest she says ''trust in the rust''
Ovv Topik
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2012-12-05 17:25:49 UTC
Kimo Khan wrote:
Wife aggro: I am playing eve. My wife comes in wearing very little and asks, "So when you going to be done playing?" I look at her and say, "Logging off now!"

GANKED!
Well and truely.

"Nicknack, I'm in a shoe in space, on my computer, in my house, with a cup of coffee, in't that something." - Fly Safe PopPaddi. o7

Elmanketticks
In Fidem
Outsmarted
#17 - 2012-12-05 17:30:09 UTC
Since I've been a gamer all my life, e.g. since the late 80s, my wife never knew me different than that. Though since we have two little ecm drones who can insta-jam your pc-target lock (= kids) my eve time - at least the quality eve time where I get to play for longer than 30 minutes - has very much diminished.

I have an unofficial agreement with my wife: one night a week belongs to eve, and only eve. Works quite ok... though I have to watch all that bullshit tv shows for the rest of the week with her (as long as I'm not on the macbook playing eve at the same time ;)

The State will not fall. Join us. Fight. Conquer.

edit: disregard that, the state has fallen.
Borascus
#18 - 2012-12-05 17:37:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Borascus
Set up another bank account, transfer all your RL $ into it, next take the wife on a 3-day lavish experience including the Cinema, a Restaurant, a Bar (if your wife is over 21), followed by shopping then a drive out to a tourist place with another high-priced eatery.

The next week: Show your wife the bank account, claim trolls etc etc, played EVE bank now empty and DEMAND that you be left alone at the pc to track down the scammers that emptied the bank account.

Just before Christmas send all the money back and relish in the fact that you FOUGHT LONG AND HARD for a couple of days :)

Alternatively rinse + repeat steps 2-4 every month.

EDIT: I just realised how off-topic this was.....
Dyvim Slorm
Coven of the Morrigan
#19 - 2012-12-05 17:41:29 UTC
I took up wife swapping - swapped mine for a new graphics card.

Best decision I ever made Big smile
Aurelius Valentius
Valentius Corporation
Valentius Corporation Alliance
#20 - 2012-12-05 17:48:15 UTC
ArmyOfMe wrote:
Well a eve friend of mine came home to find that his wife had sold his pc cause she was pissed as heck at him playing eve all the time.Lol


I wish that logic went in the other direction... A woman came home to find that her husband had sold all her bras, panties and clothing saying he was pissed as heck with her for wearing clothing all the time.
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