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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5365657" data-attributes="member: 58197">Hmm... well, I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that you consider whether your future fiancee has a point. (Incidentally, what's the "within the next year I will be engaged to" deal? Is this one of those promise ring things, where you propose to propose? Or have you not popped the question yet and are assuming she'll say yes? Watch those assumptions...)Now, I'm not saying I agree with her suggestion that gaming is a childish thing for people to grow out of. That's a load of baloney--as Invokethehojo says, it's no more immature than sitting on the sofa watching football and drinking beer.But it sounds as if her real problem is not the activity itself, but the amount of time you spend on it. If she says you're too wrapped up in it, it's always possible that she's right. There's a difference between gaming being part of your life, even a big part, and gaming taking over your life; I have seen the latter and it ain't pretty.I'd go with the question that's often used to diagnose addiction: Is gaming interfering with other parts of your life? Is it cutting into your time with your girlfriend, or interfering with work/school? Are gaming-related purchases straining your finances? Do you spend almost all of your spare time on gaming and gaming-related things?If the answer to any of the above is yes, consider setting some boundaries, maybe even walking away from the table for a couple of years. Otherwise, see other posters' advice on trying to reconcile your fiancee-to-be with your hobbies.</blockquote>

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