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With the impending arrival of my daughter, I have been having a few conversations with mates and colleagues about leisure time activities!
Namely that friends who haven't had children yet would like me to be a guinea pig for them.
They are hoping that I will be able to successfully continue to play online games, whilst carrying out paternal duties, whilst keeping OH happy and giving the support that she deserves ❗
Do any of you out there play online games (mmorpg's) and if so how do you/have you managed to balance this (as they are amazing time sinks) with children/partner duties?
Perhaps by having Baby in a carry harness against you while you play, hoping that the pretty colours and sounds will gently lull her off to sleep 😆
Or am I going to have to hang up my keyboard and forget that part of my life for the next umpteen years? 😥
Suggestions please
Hutchy
I manage to balance online gaming with house duties - however you may find yerself far too knackered at first.
It's important to get some down time to yourself however of course your other half will need down time as well.
You need to get the balance right and that's the tricky thing.
We have an agreed one night a week where I can play online gaming, in return for giving her one night a week to do what she pleases, which is fare to me.
I just accept the fact I'm going to have to get used to having less sleep for the next few years and play at night, when everyone else should be sleeping. PLUS, if the littlun wakes up, you can earn credits with the Mrs by looking after the baby for a while so your wife can sleep!
I found a way of connecting my xbox to my pc screen so i could play whilst my OH has the telly. So i can play in the evenings when the kids are in bed.
I just wait til the kids have gone to bed and the mrs has crashed out, then the laptop is all mine
I wait until kids are in bed and then get a few hours in while my wife is on the internet or working. I also work from home so get time in the day. I dont get as much time as I would like but hey better then nothing.
I think when you have the nipper you will need the escape even more, I know I do!!
The problem at the moment is Skyrim and the amount of time I would love to spend on it!!!!
Unfortunately I cannot compete with the kids - I should spend time practising Halo as they just laugh at me!
Did you guys hear about that couple in China or Japan that basically neglected their own child til it died so they could play Sims on their computer!!! Crazy
Not saying thats what we do or anything, I just remembered the story 🙄
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