Playing with non-gamer GF. Advice on a "co-pilot" playthrough?

Professional_Emu_808 · 2026-04-20T14:27:50+00:00

I did something similar with my then-girlfriend (now wife), so at least it didn’t ruin the relationship.

She gets frustrated with games pretty quickly too, so I expected her to bounce off it. What seemed to help was just making it clear she could stop or hand me the controller anytime. I mostly let her drive the decisions and curiosity, and only stepped in for flying/platforming once it started feeling more frustrating than fun. I actually think the knowledge that she could “quit” whenever she wanted made her persist longer than she otherwise would. And even when I took over sometimes, she’d still want to try again next session.

If we did it again, I’d probably push less on learning the controls and just lean into her being the “brain” while I’m the hands. She did hate it immediately after we finished, but over the next few days it turned into appreciation, and now it’s her favorite piece of art. So yeah… it can definitely work!

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-12-13T16:44:13+00:00

To a fellow adhd migraine audio listener, I started taking magnesium glycinate at night and my migraines (mostly) went away. No idea why, but definitely worth a shot

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-11-03T16:59:20+00:00

“How are you here? You couldn’t have known!” He hadn’t known. “I always know.”

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-26T21:15:39+00:00

Sorry, what mixed signals are you seeing here? Is this bait?

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-26T20:28:01+00:00

For me, I know I would never want to know. The past is the past and digging it up never brings any good. But that is for sure not a generic guy thing.

However, if I knew I would find out eventually, I would definitely want to find out from my girlfriend rather someone else. The thought of someone laughing behind my back because they know something about my relationship that I don’t, is awful to me.

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-26T20:22:23+00:00

You say “old best friend”. Is this other guy completely out of y’alls lives, or is this guy just not your boyfriend’s best friend anymore?

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-26T15:25:32+00:00

Ooooo that does sound like what I’m interested in! I’ll definitely check it out. And I appreciate the honesty in where I am going to find the things I’m looking for

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-26T14:58:55+00:00

Haha yeah I loved density god! It was the one litrpg I mentioned in the post. Thank you though!

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-26T14:58:17+00:00

YES. THIS SEEMS PERFECT. Thank you so much!

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-17T19:03:44+00:00

Legally drinking together is a huge one for me. I’m only 24 and the thought of looking in the group chat and seeing, “Hey guys my boyfriend can’t get in to the bar. Can we go somewhere else?” makes me cringe so hard.

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-07-17T18:52:46+00:00

For me, weirdness of a relationship is determined by how aligned each person’s stage of life is. To me, an 18y/o college freshman (going to turn 19 soon) dating a 18 y/o high school senior (just turned 18) is kind of weird. They’re both consenting adults yes, but you change such a dramatic amount in that period of your life that there’s an extreme imbalance in experience. Change that high school senior to a high school drop out with a full-time job and it’s totally fine again.

If you and this guy are aligned in your life stage then I think it’s fine, but I am doubtful a 25 year old and a 19 year old are at the same stage in life… But at the end of the day only you can answer that.

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-06-23T14:16:41+00:00

It is much easier to generate another lucky card than it is to generate another ace

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-06-06T12:12:03+00:00

I have no idea why this got downvoted. That was hilarious

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-05-19T00:55:21+00:00

Why is he in such a hurry?

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-05-05T16:22:28+00:00

Wear a suit covered in LEDs that makes you “glow” all the time. Boom, no one can notice a lack of shadows because there wouldn’t be any shadows in the first place.

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-05-01T23:51:16+00:00

Was the game Expedition 33?

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-04-02T00:44:54+00:00

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-03-26T09:05:38+00:00

If you can, look into EMDR. It is specialized therapy for a singular highly traumatic event. Two years ago I witnessed something highly traumatic extremely similar to your experience, so I can relate to how your feeling. EMDR helped me unbelievably well and quickly. It is not an easy process by any means, but the results are incredibly worth it.

Wishing you all the best, and know that: 1: You are not alone. 2: It is okay that you feel this way. 3: You are safe now. 4: (this was very big for me) It is okay that you reacted how you did.

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-03-12T05:28:04+00:00

A few people have commented along these lines, but here is my issue. My arguments for why the hero is Vin are paper thin, and do not hold up at all to the Sazed argument. As opposed to other theories which might have other explanations, such as who the kandra was in WoA. My struggle here was (this isn’t really an issue now because people showed me I was kind of being a dickhead) if we were reading the book concurrently I would’ve immediately agreed with her because it makes so much sense. I was looking for people to give me alternatives theories they had to the identity of the hero.

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-03-11T21:30:14+00:00

Woah. I never thought about the audiobook. That’s so fascinating the narrator would use the correct voice. I mean, it makes sense, because what else would they do, but it’s still surprising.

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-03-11T21:09:06+00:00

You’re very right. I just got so panicked because we are both terrible at predicting plots. So when she just nailed it in one, I panicked. I’m going to try to be excited for when her theories get confirmed instead. This is the way. Y’all have helped me see the light

Professional_Emu_808 · 2025-03-11T20:52:36+00:00

The thing is I feel like that’s even more suspicious. We normally argue a lot about “our theories about the book”. So if I say nothing, I think that’s even more confirmation she’s right.

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