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Edited by J M A X 3four:
3/5/2015 2:21:30 AM
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The FAMILY MAN struggle
Any other family peeps out there have to balance Destiny with work, kids and a wife/girlfriend? My wife puts up with Destiny but it's mostly because I don't play till kids are tucked in and read to and I try and watch a show of my wife's choosing before jumping on. Stay on late get up early... Worth it!
What is everyone's ritual for getting to Destiny without getting in trouble with the family?
Edit: I love that I'm not alone in this. I can't believe how many people have the identical schedule as mine! Must be why I always find good randoms when I'm on, we are all family men. #destinydadsunite
Edit: We got our first Toxic Troll response. So I would like to give the award for biggest buzzkill to SEANY, You earned it bro.
Edit: WOW GUYS AND GALS!!! I woke up to hundreds more comments and 99% of them are positive! It's amazing to see so many good family peeps finding a healthy balance between gaming, work and family. You people are amazing and I'm not sure I've smiled so much reading these posts.
Edit: over 1000 replies!!!! Nice to see so many awesome people out there and hardly any trolls! Stay real guardians.
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Feel that. Usually have dinner and time with our pet bird. Then destiny. We live together. She hates when I stay up until 4am. But I agree, so worth it.
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1 ReplyI got mine to play w me. Date night - nightfall on Venus. Dress for the occasion. Bring the "weapon for the burn". And icebreaker. :)
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4 RepliesEdited by LogDizzle22: 3/4/2015 4:52:47 PMI hear you broham, the struggle is real! Haha, I have a 3 year old daughter and have been married to my wife for almost 6 years...but we've been together for nearly 14 years. She knows my *cough* addiction *cough* to video games and doesn't mind when I game, but now that we have a kid it's made gaming so much harder. Pretty much Friday and Saturday nights are my time to game, with the occasional weekday night after work for an hour or so. Plus, my wife is a volleyball coach and has practice and tournaments all the time so it's a lot of daddy and daughter time. Not gonna lie, I'll give my daughter the tablet to keep her busy for a bit while I game! Hahahaha, gotta do what you gotta do right?
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1 ReplyYep juggling a job, wife, kids, hobbies, mates and Xbox is a struggle. I normally get an hour at night once I've eaten and put kids to bed, bit of Xbox and then sometime with wife. Weekends I get up early with kids and get a bit of time then. I don't get to stay on late as I'm up for work at 6am
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I do something similar. My wife allows me to play, but she doesn't like it. So I play after the girls go to bed. She lets me off easy on Tuesday's reset and Friday I can log in when I get home to do my Xurpping! But the rest of the time its from 9:30pm on. Thats after I get the kids to bed by 8:30 and spend some quality time with my wife. On weekends, I tend to not play at all except for during naptime/quiet time from 2-430 pm. It's a balancing act. On another note, don't worry about that TROLL SEANNY. I pulled his Bungie Character profile. He has 2 31's and a level 10. So one would assume maybe he plays a lot less than some of us. Nope... not the case. He has 19 days worth of play time under his belt. Thats over 450 hours of playtime. I dunno when he started, but it doesnt matter if he started day 1. Even starting on day one that means he has logged in approximately 3 hours per day since the game was dropped. If he is being truthful that he has a family and kids and a wife and a job and a life as he says he does, then he ABSOLUTELY has to work to balance his gametime. Thats a lot of gametime.
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2 RepliesMy wife is prego with our first but I def have to balance everything. She doesn't mind me playing games but she says destiny is boring to watch because I just do the same thing over and over. On one hand I can't argue that point on the other she just doesn't understand.
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Wife and three kids. Luckly, everyone but me is usually currently in bed by 8pm which gives me PLENTY of gaming time in the evening.
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Blimey I'm the same as you in a way. But I raid when me lil'uns fine to bed. Play till like 11pm maybe 12pm. And be up at 5.45am mon-fri... I play and obviously greet my daughter when I get in. Fiancee don't mind me playing as long aslong as I change her put her up to bed
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Exact same thing here.
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Like your post :) same here
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4 RepliesI stay up late. Can't play til the kiddos are passed out. I recently deleted my hunter cuz I just don't have time for 3 characters. My son will actually use a disconnected controller and pretend like he's playing with me but we only do that when mom and baby aren't around. I feel your pain man.
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Yeah it's a tough thing juggling so much, I'm lucky and get Monday-Tuesday of work, so wife is at school and so are the kids. I get some good game time in on those two days. 3 32s and just recently got my first gally to finish my collection. So now I'm taking a little break until HoW comes out
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Our MO is simple. We enjoy dinner together, relax with a coffee afterwards then she ships me off to my man-cave. She, like the rest of us, wants some time on her own to decompress before her night ends. She has an awful , early morning commute, so she's in bed by 9pm so she has little time on her own. Our son is 12 so he blesses us with his presence when he's hungry, that's about it. Besides, he's usually gaming too. Saturday night, that's all us. All in all, I have zero reason to complain, I have more than enough time to play everyday.
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No kids. But I am lucky, in that my wife is still in school. I get to play anytime she's studying. Apparently petroleum engineers have a lot of homework.
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I have to balance out school. Usually only get on during weekends due to that. Used to barely play at all. Now that I don't have a girlfriend who would yell at me for playing. Now that she cheated on me no longer have to worry about that.
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3 RepliesI stay up late and play but im on baby watch if im up so my wife likes it cuz she can sleep without worrying at all about the baby... so that means my raids are often interupted.
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I'm engaged, soon to be married. Fiancee doesn't care if I play, but if she is home I'd rather be spending time with her. Usual routine: work 8-5, workout until 6:30-6:45, get home and start making dinner. While dinner is in the oven, Play Destiny until fiancee gets home.
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Wow. Just wow.
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2 RepliesIt's all about balance. You have to balance out the times you're 'allowed' to play Destiny against the times you shouldn't be playing Destiny, and play anyway!
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1 ReplyTuesday night is raid night wife and kids know that. My golf league is on Tuesday this summer could be a problem.
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This is my life, EXACTLY, just about every night. Lol
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We have the same ritual. Put the kids down watch a show. Play destiny til late. Get up early
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No kids here, so I feel for you on that one! But priorities of course. My wife does not like it when I play and she is home, SO, I either hope she works on the weekend, or I find something to distract her. Send her to the spa with a girlfriend or out shopping or something. I don't feel like honestly I would want to play too much more than I do, but of course there are times where I'm just feeling like "just chill and let me have a couple hours of uninterrupted time already!" haha. Sometimes I do just sit down and play anyways, and be damned with the consequences!
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Edited by Daetok: 3/4/2015 4:03:08 PMI get home before my wife and my son usually wants to watch curious George while I make his dinner, usually when he's eating and watching his show I'll hop on for a few then get him bathed and ready for bed then hop on again. My wife doesn't care as long as it's not all night. I usually try to be done by the time she gets home which is late. Other times I text her that I'm in a raid and she's gonna have to hate me. But I am usually one ear on one ear off with my headset.
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come home from work and watch my 2 boys until 8pm or whenever they're tucked in. Weekends, I'm in my own little world.
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It's been a struggle to find the time lately...wife and just had our first. I have to squeeze whatever I can in between feedings, diaper changes lol, but it's all good, as long as you keep your priorities straight, the game isn't going anywhere.
