• yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    I tell my single friends it pretty much balances out. Being in a relationship (albeit a healthy one) definitely makes you happier, but it comes at a constant price of compromises.

    Loving someone and being loved is great, but i do miss playing online games with my microphone on until I pass out in my underwear covered in doritos dust.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Yes. Relationships always require ongoing compromise. No two people are identical in their desires or needs.

      For some people the benefits of a relationship offset the need for compromise, for others they don’t.

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      8 hours ago

      After 25 years of marriage (no kids), I can say that, if you make the right choices, you can have both lol. We both played WOW for a decade or two off and on, and still game, just less passing out, less online, and less Doritos… Because age.

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      11 hours ago

      Why would a relationship be in the way of that? My partner would have zero issues with me doing that, as long as it doesn’t become a concerning pattern

    • AcidBurn@retrofed.com
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      8 hours ago

      Uhuh.

      My partner of 10 years sometimes comes to bed at 3am after getting too eepy to carry on playing vidya