ask yourself this, whats more important to him you or the game? obviously if he likes the game more then leave him. then play the game a little and see if you like it. then ask yourself this, do you really want to play this game just to impress someone? if he truly likes you it wont matter what you are interested in. if you just get interested in it because you like it then by all means go ahead and buy your own copy.
Lol ashgutz, im sorry but some people would like to spend time with their significant other. In fact i wish that my girlfriend would take more time out to try things i like, not just gaming but other things. Im sorry you have no one to share time with. But the way you present yourself no wonder you dont have another person by yourside to share things with.
Lol ashgutz, im sorry but some people would like to spend time with their significant other. In fact i wish that my girlfriend would take more time out to try things i like, not just gaming but other things. Im sorry you have no one to share time with. But the way you present yourself no wonder you dont have another person by yourside to share things with.
Good luck
There is someone for everyone, i'm quite happy with my boyfriend that I live with.
To the OP: you are gold. My wife supports me in my gaming as well, and it makes life so much easier.
I suggest either playing the game yourself, or just learning about it. After all, you don't have to like the same hobbies that he does to be supportive. When I tell my wife that I'm interested in a game, she'll go to its website, or another gaming website, and read up on the game features so she can discuss it with me.
MMO games played or tested: EQ, DAoC, Archlord, Auto Assault, CoH, CoV, EQ2, EVE, Guild Wars, Hellgate: London, Linneage II, LOTRO, MxO, Planetside, SWG, Sword of the New World, Tabula Rasa, Vanguard, WWIIOL, WOW, Age of Conan
Lol ashgutz, im sorry but some people would like to spend time with their significant other. In fact i wish that my girlfriend would take more time out to try things i like, not just gaming but other things. Im sorry you have no one to share time with. But the way you present yourself no wonder you dont have another person by yourside to share things with.
Good luck
There is someone for everyone, i'm quite happy with my boyfriend that I live with.
So you found someone with an equally mean dispostion ?
Lol ashgutz, im sorry but some people would like to spend time with their significant other. In fact i wish that my girlfriend would take more time out to try things i like, not just gaming but other things. Im sorry you have no one to share time with. But the way you present yourself no wonder you dont have another person by yourside to share things with.
Good luck
There is someone for everyone, i'm quite happy with my boyfriend that I live with.
So you found someone with an equally mean dispostion ? Would you ever tell a woman that in real life? Why do people insist on being mean to each other on the internet.
Oh and back on topic... I went out with a girl for 7 years that on the last 3 years I got her to join me in MMO's. Ashgutz was dead-on on some things she said. I enjoyed the fact she didn't bother me anymore about games but then she wanted me to teach her EEEEEEVERYTHING and then "hang-out" and spend time together in-game. The great thing was SWG had (pre-NGE) an excellent collection of social professions, so after she found out she was a little too slow for combat, I taught her how to be a crafter/tailor and setup her own shop and advertise, and also how to be a dancer, work the cantinas, tap into the social aspect and possibilities with the game, and she finally semi left me alone.
I've never played DAoC, but hopefully you enjoy that game. Not every game is for everyone, so if it's not for you, move on to the next =Op
See, a human can try to resist conditionning and be nice instead of reacting accordingly to negative conditionning, but that is hard and need efforts...you may want to make sure you don't condition your BF negatively.
See, often GF come around and they command attention NOW. In itself, this isn't that bad usually...but, if he was having a great time and you remove him this great experience, unwillingly he will associate you with this lost of great time. The problem is not turning off the switch of the computer and commanding his attention, it is how and when it is done.
Of course, your BF is more brilliant then a dog and he will try to resist negative conditionning, but if you work on this on your side to, it will help a LOT. He is having a great time on the computer, wait later to command his attention, or write a little note of what chores he needs to do. Again, doing his chores himself isn't the problematic most peoples have, it is how and when they are to be done. If you stop him NOW and cut his enjoyment, it is a lot worser then just leaving a notice and see him do it later that day.
Humans are overgrown animals. Conditionning work on us two, especially the negative conditionning. Trying to not command attention at the wrong moment is an art, which make all the difference between couples loving each other or not.
Your BF doesn't care that much that you like or not his pass time. But learning when to interrupt him is an art in itself. Most negative comments must have come from guys/girls which sweety half has no understanding and just condition them extremely negatively, so they just react fast as they would react to their sweet half if they didn't resist the urge.
PS: Hint 1: Find the GROUP window on his screen. See if he is alone or if he is grouped. If he is grouped, it is a bad time to come bump around.
PPS: Don't overdo it, occasionnal interruptions for greater reasons is not bad, it is the day-to-day interruption which could have wait that is heavy. I mean, if you never cry in 4 months and want to cry, it is a good reason enough to command his attention. If you are crying every few days...err...also be careful not to condition yourself in the reverse...finding a good reason to command BF attention...that wouldn't be good at all. As you could find yourself assiociating something bad = BF attention and looking for bad stuff...not good at all.
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
Ooook, here is my two cents from a gamers' point of view. If I had a boyfriend, I wouldn't want him trying to play games with me for a few reasons. I play games to get AWAY from life, I want to prance around as a zombie shooting fireballs from my hands -- what makes you think I want someone i'm involved with along side me while I do this? It sounds like you are just a kid wanting to make something work that shouldn't. If you don't have the interest prior to meeting this guy and you ONLY become interested because you know he likes it, that's ridiculous. I stumbled upon MMORPG's about 8 years ago, and no specific event inspired me to do so. This i what you need to do, one - learn things for yourself do the research instead of us giving you advice on something that can pretty easily be figured out on your own time if you would take a minute to put two things together. Two, do not crowd him when he is gaming -- I was in a relationship for two years and on that two year one month mark I broke it off because he wanted to start gaming with me (a big NO-NO). Three, if you DO actually like games try to play your own character away from him, don't automatically jump in to "omg baby I will catch up and we can do super awesome PvP together!". As far as learning gaming lingo and crap, it takes time. I could sit here and explain how WTS = Waiting/Wanting to Sell. How, LFG = Looking for Group. But, why should I make a dictionary for you? I took the time to learn on my own, and you should too. Put it this way, i've been playing WoW since Dwarves could be Mages and I STILL don't know everything about the game.
Exactly why don't you want to play online games with your boyfriend?
I just think that it's pretty strange because if you don't want to share things with your partner in life you will not have a future together.
Ooook, here is my two cents from a gamers' point of view. If I had a boyfriend, I wouldn't want him trying to play games with me for a few reasons. I play games to get AWAY from life, I want to prance around as a zombie shooting fireballs from my hands -- what makes you think I want someone i'm involved with along side me while I do this? It sounds like you are just a kid wanting to make something work that shouldn't. If you don't have the interest prior to meeting this guy and you ONLY become interested because you know he likes it, that's ridiculous. I stumbled upon MMORPG's about 8 years ago, and no specific event inspired me to do so. This i what you need to do, one - learn things for yourself do the research instead of us giving you advice on something that can pretty easily be figured out on your own time if you would take a minute to put two things together. Two, do not crowd him when he is gaming -- I was in a relationship for two years and on that two year one month mark I broke it off because he wanted to start gaming with me (a big NO-NO). Three, if you DO actually like games try to play your own character away from him, don't automatically jump in to "omg baby I will catch up and we can do super awesome PvP together!". As far as learning gaming lingo and crap, it takes time. I could sit here and explain how WTS = Waiting/Wanting to Sell. How, LFG = Looking for Group. But, why should I make a dictionary for you? I took the time to learn on my own, and you should too. Put it this way, i've been playing WoW since Dwarves could be Mages and I STILL don't know everything about the game.
Exactly why don't you want to play online games with your boyfriend?
I just think that it's pretty strange because if you don't want to share things with your partner in life you will not have a future together.
Are you a goth by the way?
I don't like to, just because i've seen it make or break relationships. The boyfriend I live with I actually purchased WoW and Burning Crusade for him, not to mention I pay for his Sub. I even told him a great server I play on to play with me, but it's different.. What I see from this OP is an annoyance, a wanting to indulge into something that her other does not WANT her to.
And what is your definition of goth? I wear bows in my hair, Batman/Superman/Mario T-Shirts.. and regular blue jeans (Aka : I shop at Wal-Mart). Being goth would take far too much effort.
Couples do things together. Playing mmorpgs is just one thing couples can do together. Couple compromise with each other. Couples try to find common ground. Couples also get the other to try different things.
So why pick of mmos? I mean if a girl was into horses and she started dating a guy. She spent a lot of time riding her horses and grooming them. The guy knows nothing about horses. Would it be bad if that guy went online to learn about horses? What if he asked her questions? What if he suggested they ride together sometime?
It is the same with any activity that one is a part of and the other one isn't. Certainly if one person does not like the activity that the othre person engages in, then there are potential issues. If a person plays a game and one person doesn't and the person always picks the game over the girl, then that can be an issue. But, just because the guy wants to play a game does not make him a bad person or boyfriend. It just means he enjoys an activity.
Eh, if you can find someone in a game and actually sinc with them, it's a rare thing.
Getting into a rhythm in game with your signifigant other is a HUGE pita. And if it doesn't work out, THEN it's a bad thing.
In daoc, it's not as forgiving as a game like WoW where you can go off on your own when you play and not have to be around other people (specifically you signifigant other) and actually just play the game and waste time.
In daoc, if you waste time, you can FEEL it without really having to be that observative. It's simple. Wasting time in daoc happens right before your forehead hits the keyboard and you start drooling on your mousepad.
Which means that if you jump into daoc with a bf/gf, they will expect you not to waste their time, and expect that YOU don't want THEM to waste YOUR time.
Which leads you to things like schedualing your life around a game, unfortunately. And that is a relationship breaker if ever there was one.
The upside is if you actually find someone who you sinc with in the game and they happen to be into your personality and know you in real life as well. If that happens, you are pretty much inseperable in game and out. In daoc, that means that you both are able (if you avoid voice chat or are in the same room) to communicate effectively with or without verbalizing OR typeing. It means you both know your roles, both understand your strengths and weakness, both can react to gaps in each other's defense and gaps in the enemies' defense. It means you can put up with each other over LONG periods of dead time (sitting at a BK for instance, or during a drawn out siege), and it means you can handle losing without blaming each other (or yourselves) without due cause. And it means you both have to be willing to get better at what you do.
Finding a friend online or in real life that can do that is a RARE thing, and it's not the same thing as attraction or love. It's trust and reliablity. But more importantly it's communication and finding each others' rhythm.
So, Cliff Notes:
If you find someone worth playing with in RL or in game and manage to make it work, it's pretty fantastic.
However, the odds are insanely against you if you can't communicate, rely on each other, or trust each other.
Lastly, just because you can't sinc-up in a game, doesn't automatically mean you suck at the realationship in RL
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Girls don't use the internet unless theres a webcam involved....its a physical impossibility.
They also don't play them thar vidya gaymes, mmorpg = most men online role play girls...even in ventrillo.
He may be the first reason i started to play, because i wouldnt have given a thought about it if i hadnt met him, but he has gotten me to try a lot of new things, techno, microwavable burritos, swimming at the beach at night....and more. Some i have liked and some i havent so it definetly seems worth a try, and hey it must be pretty good there seems to be tons of people playing. ive even found out some of my friends play and thats something i didnt know.
As an avid gamer and athlete I wish my wife would involve herself in gaming or fitness. Taking part in his hobbies probably means more to him than you think. I just hope that he does the same in what you love as well! My wifes ex only gave a damn about games and she would always try to fit in with his gaming although thats ALL he did. He never took part in anything that she liked so obviously it never worked out that way and won't.
i go over to his house with my laptop and sit on the bed and play while he sits at his comp. thats the best set up for right now because he is right there if i have any questions. last night was our second night of playing, im getting pretty quick as i am getting used to the number shortcuts and we teamed up i stuck to him and we grouped with some others im a healer, seer. its alot of fun, were really enjoying playing together. at first i think he didnt think i would like it, he thought that i would try it and quit but im actually enojying playing, its a good way to escape but i get to escape with him!
were playing again tonight after work and im excited to.
I think it's great you're trying to give it a shot.
The key is to try to exist on your own as well as with him. You know how it's possible to be too clingly in a relationship? Just as easy to do things in the game. If you play for a month and reach level 30 and the only friend you have in game is him, that's not a good sign. Doesn't mean you're nessecarily annoying him, but the possibility is there. A lot of people do use games to escape, and while he may not be escaping from you, he does need time to do his own thing and he may view this as you infringing upon that.
The other thing is it's great to try it because he likes it. But, after a while if you're still playing it should have an element independant of him. You should play because you like to, as well as to spend time with him.
My own girl I know wont get into games, which is fine by me. She's not the gaming type at all, minus some Mario Party. I try to keep my gaming to something I only do if I can't be with her. Make it clear she's first, etc. But my other love is football (It's a bad addiction too) and she's made an effort to get into football, since it's an overwhelming part of my life. She asks me while I watch NFLE to teach her the specifics, the rules, the types of offenses, etc. Personally, I loved it when she called me to yell excitedly about an Arena League football game that I wasn't even watching. It was cool for a couple reasons:
A.) She tried to learn it because I liked it. It was sort of a small sacrifice, and I do the same with her gymnastics.
B.) Even though she started it for me, it's independent of me. I don't feel like I am wasting her time when I watch a game with her, because she is actually interested in it.
Doing A is great. He'll understand that you're trying to do something for him. If you can pull off B, that's great. If not, just quit and say it wasn't for you. It really is the thought that counts as muc as the result, in this case. I'm sure you have hobbies he doesn't care for - I can't get excited for gymnastics to save my life, but when her girls are competing I drive down simply to show that if it's important to her, I'll make an effort to support it, even if I can't get enthusiastic about it.
Ooook, here is my two cents from a gamers' point of view. If I had a boyfriend, I wouldn't want him trying to play games with me for a few reasons. I play games to get AWAY from life, I want to prance around as a zombie shooting fireballs from my hands -- what makes you think I want someone i'm involved with along side me while I do this? It sounds like you are just a kid wanting to make something work that shouldn't.
I am going to have to disagree here because I think it is important to look at this situation exactly the way it appears to be. A girl interested in what her boyfriend is doing, and wanting to try it for herself. I'd think it would be very easy to catch any negative signs showing that he is disinterested in her trying it out. It seems as though (from observation) most people are happy when others take interest in any on of their hobbies. So basically, your opinion is YOUR opinion - but I really don't think anyone in that situation would sound 'like a kid wanting to make something work that shouldn't'.
i am actually in the process of downloading the 14-day trial. i know he will be suprised. he had mentioned something before about me becoming a healer. he just plays alot and i would love to show him i want to be a part of what he is interested in.
WoW your b/f is a pretty lucky guy. im 22 and have yet to meet a girl thats willing to do this on her own. Best of luck with you 2. if anything happens you know were to find me baby
Although, it must be awkward having about 20 guys just post saying "OMG UR THE GREATEST LOL!!1!!" Check the other posts guys, 20 people have made the exact same one before yours. Goodluck on your venture, anyhow.
I hear you man. Thanks to Wii now at least my gf has started playing games and enjoys some of them as much as I do but it's a far cry from being into mmo's. Honestly though it is nice when the person you're with shows interest in your hobbies. My gf never played tennis before we started going out and I'm glad she took interest because it's something I enjoy and finding something you both can appreciate isn't always easy! Just make sure to let them win sometimes though.
I wish My GF would join me as well... She likes to watch me play but never got her to actually try it out she maintains that it isn't her cup of tea...
im a level 23 shaman right now, about to order some pizza and play again. i really like playing im glad he got me into it. i havent really started playing while he is at work or anything, i mostly play just with him. but i deffinetly dont regret playing!!!!
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ask yourself this, whats more important to him you or the game? obviously if he likes the game more then leave him. then play the game a little and see if you like it. then ask yourself this, do you really want to play this game just to impress someone? if he truly likes you it wont matter what you are interested in. if you just get interested in it because you like it then by all means go ahead and buy your own copy.
Good luck
There is someone for everyone, i'm quite happy with my boyfriend that I live with.
To the OP: you are gold. My wife supports me in my gaming as well, and it makes life so much easier.
I suggest either playing the game yourself, or just learning about it. After all, you don't have to like the same hobbies that he does to be supportive. When I tell my wife that I'm interested in a game, she'll go to its website, or another gaming website, and read up on the game features so she can discuss it with me.
MMO games played or tested: EQ, DAoC, Archlord, Auto Assault, CoH, CoV, EQ2, EVE, Guild Wars, Hellgate: London, Linneage II, LOTRO, MxO, Planetside, SWG, Sword of the New World, Tabula Rasa, Vanguard, WWIIOL, WOW, Age of Conan
There is someone for everyone, i'm quite happy with my boyfriend that I live with.
So you found someone with an equally mean dispostion ?
There is someone for everyone, i'm quite happy with my boyfriend that I live with.
So you found someone with an equally mean dispostion ?
but she started it.... O_o
seriouly get your brain out of your dick, just because it's a woman doesn't make her always right (though they always seem to think so)
Did you read her first few posts or did you just zip on by to reply to the "woman-offender"? lol
Oh and back on topic... I went out with a girl for 7 years that on the last 3 years I got her to join me in MMO's. Ashgutz was dead-on on some things she said. I enjoyed the fact she didn't bother me anymore about games but then she wanted me to teach her EEEEEEVERYTHING and then "hang-out" and spend time together in-game. The great thing was SWG had (pre-NGE) an excellent collection of social professions, so after she found out she was a little too slow for combat, I taught her how to be a crafter/tailor and setup her own shop and advertise, and also how to be a dancer, work the cantinas, tap into the social aspect and possibilities with the game, and she finally semi left me alone.
I've never played DAoC, but hopefully you enjoy that game. Not every game is for everyone, so if it's not for you, move on to the next =Op
Ever read Maslow?
You can condition animals, but humans too.
See, a human can try to resist conditionning and be nice instead of reacting accordingly to negative conditionning, but that is hard and need efforts...you may want to make sure you don't condition your BF negatively.
See, often GF come around and they command attention NOW. In itself, this isn't that bad usually...but, if he was having a great time and you remove him this great experience, unwillingly he will associate you with this lost of great time. The problem is not turning off the switch of the computer and commanding his attention, it is how and when it is done.
Of course, your BF is more brilliant then a dog and he will try to resist negative conditionning, but if you work on this on your side to, it will help a LOT. He is having a great time on the computer, wait later to command his attention, or write a little note of what chores he needs to do. Again, doing his chores himself isn't the problematic most peoples have, it is how and when they are to be done. If you stop him NOW and cut his enjoyment, it is a lot worser then just leaving a notice and see him do it later that day.
Humans are overgrown animals. Conditionning work on us two, especially the negative conditionning. Trying to not command attention at the wrong moment is an art, which make all the difference between couples loving each other or not.
Your BF doesn't care that much that you like or not his pass time. But learning when to interrupt him is an art in itself. Most negative comments must have come from guys/girls which sweety half has no understanding and just condition them extremely negatively, so they just react fast as they would react to their sweet half if they didn't resist the urge.
PS: Hint 1: Find the GROUP window on his screen. See if he is alone or if he is grouped. If he is grouped, it is a bad time to come bump around.
PPS: Don't overdo it, occasionnal interruptions for greater reasons is not bad, it is the day-to-day interruption which could have wait that is heavy. I mean, if you never cry in 4 months and want to cry, it is a good reason enough to command his attention. If you are crying every few days...err...also be careful not to condition yourself in the reverse...finding a good reason to command BF attention...that wouldn't be good at all. As you could find yourself assiociating something bad = BF attention and looking for bad stuff...not good at all.
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
Exactly why don't you want to play online games with your boyfriend?
I just think that it's pretty strange because if you don't want to share things with your partner in life you will not have a future together.
Are you a goth by the way?
Exactly why don't you want to play online games with your boyfriend?
I just think that it's pretty strange because if you don't want to share things with your partner in life you will not have a future together.
Are you a goth by the way?
I don't like to, just because i've seen it make or break relationships. The boyfriend I live with I actually purchased WoW and Burning Crusade for him, not to mention I pay for his Sub. I even told him a great server I play on to play with me, but it's different.. What I see from this OP is an annoyance, a wanting to indulge into something that her other does not WANT her to.
And what is your definition of goth? I wear bows in my hair, Batman/Superman/Mario T-Shirts.. and regular blue jeans (Aka : I shop at Wal-Mart). Being goth would take far too much effort.
Couples do things together. Playing mmorpgs is just one thing couples can do together. Couple compromise with each other. Couples try to find common ground. Couples also get the other to try different things.
So why pick of mmos? I mean if a girl was into horses and she started dating a guy. She spent a lot of time riding her horses and grooming them. The guy knows nothing about horses. Would it be bad if that guy went online to learn about horses? What if he asked her questions? What if he suggested they ride together sometime?
It is the same with any activity that one is a part of and the other one isn't. Certainly if one person does not like the activity that the othre person engages in, then there are potential issues. If a person plays a game and one person doesn't and the person always picks the game over the girl, then that can be an issue. But, just because the guy wants to play a game does not make him a bad person or boyfriend. It just means he enjoys an activity.
Getting into a rhythm in game with your signifigant other is a HUGE pita. And if it doesn't work out, THEN it's a bad thing.
In daoc, it's not as forgiving as a game like WoW where you can go off on your own when you play and not have to be around other people (specifically you signifigant other) and actually just play the game and waste time.
In daoc, if you waste time, you can FEEL it without really having to be that observative. It's simple. Wasting time in daoc happens right before your forehead hits the keyboard and you start drooling on your mousepad.
Which means that if you jump into daoc with a bf/gf, they will expect you not to waste their time, and expect that YOU don't want THEM to waste YOUR time.
Which leads you to things like schedualing your life around a game, unfortunately. And that is a relationship breaker if ever there was one.
The upside is if you actually find someone who you sinc with in the game and they happen to be into your personality and know you in real life as well. If that happens, you are pretty much inseperable in game and out. In daoc, that means that you both are able (if you avoid voice chat or are in the same room) to communicate effectively with or without verbalizing OR typeing. It means you both know your roles, both understand your strengths and weakness, both can react to gaps in each other's defense and gaps in the enemies' defense. It means you can put up with each other over LONG periods of dead time (sitting at a BK for instance, or during a drawn out siege), and it means you can handle losing without blaming each other (or yourselves) without due cause. And it means you both have to be willing to get better at what you do.
Finding a friend online or in real life that can do that is a RARE thing, and it's not the same thing as attraction or love. It's trust and reliablity. But more importantly it's communication and finding each others' rhythm.
So, Cliff Notes:
If you find someone worth playing with in RL or in game and manage to make it work, it's pretty fantastic.
However, the odds are insanely against you if you can't communicate, rely on each other, or trust each other.
Lastly, just because you can't sinc-up in a game, doesn't automatically mean you suck at the realationship in RL
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Girls don't use the internet unless theres a webcam involved....its a physical impossibility.
They also don't play them thar vidya gaymes, mmorpg = most men online role play girls...even in ventrillo.
-kyte317
As an avid gamer and athlete I wish my wife would involve herself in gaming or fitness. Taking part in his hobbies probably means more to him than you think. I just hope that he does the same in what you love as well! My wifes ex only gave a damn about games and she would always try to fit in with his gaming although thats ALL he did. He never took part in anything that she liked so obviously it never worked out that way and won't.
were playing again tonight after work and im excited to.
I think it's great you're trying to give it a shot.
The key is to try to exist on your own as well as with him. You know how it's possible to be too clingly in a relationship? Just as easy to do things in the game. If you play for a month and reach level 30 and the only friend you have in game is him, that's not a good sign. Doesn't mean you're nessecarily annoying him, but the possibility is there. A lot of people do use games to escape, and while he may not be escaping from you, he does need time to do his own thing and he may view this as you infringing upon that.
The other thing is it's great to try it because he likes it. But, after a while if you're still playing it should have an element independant of him. You should play because you like to, as well as to spend time with him.
My own girl I know wont get into games, which is fine by me. She's not the gaming type at all, minus some Mario Party. I try to keep my gaming to something I only do if I can't be with her. Make it clear she's first, etc. But my other love is football (It's a bad addiction too) and she's made an effort to get into football, since it's an overwhelming part of my life. She asks me while I watch NFLE to teach her the specifics, the rules, the types of offenses, etc. Personally, I loved it when she called me to yell excitedly about an Arena League football game that I wasn't even watching. It was cool for a couple reasons:
A.) She tried to learn it because I liked it. It was sort of a small sacrifice, and I do the same with her gymnastics.
B.) Even though she started it for me, it's independent of me. I don't feel like I am wasting her time when I watch a game with her, because she is actually interested in it.
Doing A is great. He'll understand that you're trying to do something for him. If you can pull off B, that's great. If not, just quit and say it wasn't for you. It really is the thought that counts as muc as the result, in this case. I'm sure you have hobbies he doesn't care for - I can't get excited for gymnastics to save my life, but when her girls are competing I drive down simply to show that if it's important to her, I'll make an effort to support it, even if I can't get enthusiastic about it.
I am going to have to disagree here because I think it is important to look at this situation exactly the way it appears to be. A girl interested in what her boyfriend is doing, and wanting to try it for herself. I'd think it would be very easy to catch any negative signs showing that he is disinterested in her trying it out. It seems as though (from observation) most people are happy when others take interest in any on of their hobbies. So basically, your opinion is YOUR opinion - but I really don't think anyone in that situation would sound 'like a kid wanting to make something work that shouldn't'.
This is the cutest thread i ever seen lol. OP´s bf must be a very lucky man. Best wishes.
There's this really cool rule you might want to follow in life....and its a mature rule kids.
If you don't have something nice to say, then shut your piehole.