Survivor Series:Anime, Games, and Relationships

Hey there, hope your having a great day. So this is a topic I wanted to touch on for while now, but I put it off in favor of other things to write about. However, recently something happened that made me need to rush out and write about how being an anime\video game fan can affect your relationships. I’m going to address this in general and add my own personal experiences. So let’s get into it.

Its probably pretty likely that most anime fans have a story of someone they know questioning their maturity because that person thinks watching and enjoying anime is only for children. Its a narrow minded view and it really annoys me that people I know have that view about something I really enjoy. Similarly, with video games some people take the view that if you play video games your a child in an adult’s body. I would always hear from my mother that games are a waste of time and that I needed to grow up, but I just told her it was something I enjoyed and would continue to do so. There is always times in anyone’s life when someone questions one of their passions because that person cannot do it as good as you or just because that person thinks its worthless. You just have to have the backbone and confidence to tell them that they are mistaken.

Now, I want to get into the romantic side of relationships and the effect being an anime of video game fan can potential have on it. When it comes to my personal experience with dating and being an anime\video game fan, its mostly positive. I do have some horror stories to share with you about some close minded women I had the displeasure of coming across. Since, coming to South Korea I have quite bit of experience dating Korean women, of which the majority has been good. That said, I have two stories of women that didn’t like the fact I played video games. The first one  didn’t last long because during our first chat on the website we met on she asked what were my hobbies and I listed them all along the fact I play video games, and she basically flipped out told I me was a child and then she left the chat. The other story lasted a bit longer as I dated this women for about two months. She was actually half Japanese and Korean, she was fine with me being an anime fan. However, when it came up I was a gamer was when she decided she didn’t want to be together anymore, and I never got a straight answer as too why she dislikes video games. This raises a question in my mind; when is best or right time to tell a women\man that you are an anime\video fan? Some people might say to not mention it, but its eventually going to come up, so I would recommend telling the other person  as soon as possible because you know almost from the start if that person will cool with your hobby or not. Honest is also important in an relationship and I’m sure the other person will appreciate it.

Well that’s all for now,

Devil_Survivor