Do You Tell Your Parents...

When I first got the game, I did. But back then I was really young. Nowadays I keep what happens in my games to myself and I only talk about it with my friends sometimes.

My mum would try to parent shame me for it, but she doesn't know about it since I haven't lived at home in ten years. My toddler told on me lol so she kinda knows but she thinks it's a 'barely ever" type thing when I'm passing time waiting for something or whatever. I'm good with that.

Nah. My mom doesn't really care about my hobbies or my career goals. Even trying to talk to her about anything I enjoy is like talking to a brick wall...

"ChelleJo;c-17469169" wrote:

"Mariefoxprice83;c-17469149" wrote:
It's weird that people are so anti-gaming, and especially anti-sims, yet will spend hours and hours watching TV. I'd much rather do something active on a screen than just sit and watch all night long.

I agree so very much with this. I rarely watch tv. Oh, sure, there are shows I like and I'll dvr them and eventually get to watching them (never mind I'm behind this entire season of Supernatural, and still haven't found time to start watching it), but I'd rather spend my free time playing a game. Which is why my shows have several that I need to catch up on, but probably will only get about one episode every few days watched.

I rarely watch tv too, the same people I've heard say games are a waste watch tv daily... makes no sense to me! I watch tv/movies probably once every 3 months max and that's the very max, I've easily gone a year or two without turning the tv on at times.

I am a 29 year old. Been a sims fan since I was 11-12 years old. At that time my parents didn’t care, I’d ask them to buy sims games for me and they didn’t question. Up to this day they know that I still play the game but they aren’t interested. It doesn’t bother me. Growing up I never talked about it with anyone cause I don’t want them to think I’m weird or something. That is until I got with my husband. He likes to play sims too.. the console version. So we’d talk about all the things that had happened in our games and I shared what mods I have and the crazy things that happen. My kids sometimes get into it. They make fun of the language or the way townies dress. But overall I’m glad this forum is made so it makes me feel like I am not alone in the sim world.

"Kathykins;c-17469770" wrote:

"Mariefoxprice83;c-17469149" wrote:
It's weird that people are so anti-gaming, and especially anti-sims, yet will spend hours and hours watching TV. I'd much rather do something active on a screen than just sit and watch all night long.

I've tried so many times to explain my gaming to people who are not into games. And this the argument I'm making. I ask them: "how many hours of TV do you watch every night? Every week?" They never have a good reply for me, but claim that the two are not the same.

Its the same people who claim people you meet online are not real friends. I ask them to tell that to my bestie that I've known for 20 years, since we met online and kept it online for 3 years before we met. People are narrow minded and can't see beyond their own limited sphere.

Agreed on both counts. I've met some of my online friends in real life, some of whom live in other countries, and my family just cannot comprehend that they count as real friendships.

I've never really been that into TV anyway. These days I hardly ever binge shows, and even then I'll inevitably get bored and be looking at internet stuff, or writing, or playing Sims at the same time. I can only usually concentrate for a couple of hours on most shows before I need to do something else. The internet basically destroyed my ability to focus! Even as a child, though, before the internet took control of our lives I was not that fussed about watching TV all the time. Whereas with some games, I can keep going for hours and hours. Sure, I might take a break to look at stuff online, and if it's a Sims game you can usually let the sims keep living their lives while you do that, but I think the interactivity of games means I am more engaged because I have to actually make stuff happen whereas with TV my mind wanders more often.

"SimAlexandria;c-17470205" wrote:

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-17470200" wrote:

"Mariefoxprice83;c-17469149" wrote:
It's weird that people are so anti-gaming, and especially anti-sims, yet will spend hours and hours watching TV. I'd much rather do something active on a screen than just sit and watch all night long.

Not really all that weird. I mean my mother does sewing project. I play video games or listen to an audio book. It is just how people relax. My grandmother can sit and just watch the tv for hours, but she is also almost 85 years old. She sees me or my kids gaming and knows it to be a hobby.

They aren't saying it's weird they have different hobbies, they are saying it's weird that people shame gamers and say how terrible gaming is but think it's okay to watch tv for hours.

Yes, exactly! I don't find it weird that people have different hobbies, but I do find it weird that gaming is so often seen as less worthwhile than watching TV. Not only that, but a lot of people who are actually gamers think that Sims games are somehow "lesser" than RPGs, action games and others.

Well, maybe people don't consider the different aspects of The Sims and only think of them as "dress up and get pregnant" games mostly played by teenage girls.

I tell my husband all the time what is going on especially when there is drama. My mom not so much. I tried to explain raids in WoW and that was a process. I don’t even bother with the sims but she knows I play the sims.

I share quite a bit with friends and family, especially if there's a big building project that I'm working on as it literally takes days from my life. ?

Part of the joy of gaming and creating is sharing it with others.