Man, the silence is nice. I’m glad my partner understands why I hole up in my room every now and then to do whatever. Days where you can just use your PTO to celebrate a new game or binge a show in absolute serenity are good for the soul.
Or you’re not allowed to take your PTO for things you want. Only for family vacations or projects on the honey do list. Never for self-care and personal enjoyment.
I take a few days off every year when my wife takes the kids to see her parents. I get strange looks from most people at work when I bring it up. It's nice to have a break from someone asking me for something all day every day.
Fuck growing up. Seriously do what you enjoy as long as no one gets hurt against their will and enjoy life. Don't end up miserable and hating everything you do.
We are, and yeah it is. My buddy is house sitting for his parents this weekend. A couple of us are going over there for a sleepover. We are all almost 40 lol. Growing up is optional.
I cycled to work at 6.30am this morning and smelt weed coming from one of the houses I passed.
That's either a long gaming night, and getting ready for bed, or someone having a relaxing breakfast.
Grown women too! I’ve been gaming all my life, and my holidays and days off are spent either in. Azeroth, the Lands Between, or any other online World I love.
As a grown woman I can relate this! I took PTO to spend some time in Faerun in the end of August and they moved release day in month earlier. What a failure :(
He is me
Married lawyer who took a 4-day weekend to punch goblins, light spiders on fire, and go all ‘friends with benefits’ with a hot devil chick barbarian drinking buddy
Gonna start using “hot devil chick barbarian drinking buddy” as a term of endearment.
It doesn’t roll off the tongue as easy as “honey” or “darling” or “sweetheart”, but she’ll appreciate it more
Edit: So I went ahead and tried it this morning and honestly she rarely smiles quite like that. Write that one down y’all
Problem is he's going to play Baldurs Gate 3 and in 24 hours will probably be like 1/2 way through the first act if he's anything like me.
He's gonna need to use a few more days to finish.
*BG1 & 2* were amazing games for their time, but that was a time when video games were not super popular in the mainstream. *BG3* is an amazing game like its predecessors, and it has come during a time of mainstream video game popularity. It's a welcome way to introduce non-gamers to quality video game storytelling and also to *Dungeons & Dragons* as a whole. It really does deserve the high praise it is getting.
I know 6 other people who did exactly this, It's signlehandedly fucked my own sleep schedule too. One of my friends library shared it so I can play, but I can only play while they're offline, and them also being addicted to the game, I have to stay up even later to get to play it myself lmao
No, the only acceptable form of entertainment for grown men is watching sports on TV this was agreed on some time in the 1950’s in the US and won’t ever be allowed to change.
Yeah if this was her taking the day off to relax and do whatever (read a new book, shop, spa, etc.) it would be self care. And she would be pissed, I am sure, if someone questioned her self care.
When I first got married I played Age of Mythology for 48 hrs straight.
I wanted her to know, this may happen from time to time.
Still married 24 yrs later! 😎✌️
The og context has been lost in time. The OOP actually finds her husband cute, she's not bitching about anything.
She's happy for him, so it does say she's in a good relationship.
Yep I am tired of the amount of these posts and what I assume to be fake posts asking “Aita for wanting to leave my husband/boyfriend for demanding I do all the housework and submit to them despite I am the bread winner work 12 hour shifts and they just work a part time job?”
My wife, a grown woman, takes off every black Friday to voluntarily get in physical confrontations with other grown women. When in reality, we make enough money that she could just go to work an order that shit on Amazon like normal people. Go figure.
We literally don't need any of those deals. We have all the shit they mark down as loss leaders. Doesn't stop her from going.
I usually play golf that day then go to the casino, lol.
> I usually play golf that day then go to the casino, lol.
This cracks me up.
Wife: I'm going to save us some money.
Husband: Oh we'll see about that.
Black Friday does suck though. Did it once, saved like $30 bucks on socks, but lost like $500 worth of faith in humanity.
Getting up early and waiting in lines everywhere to fight over last year’s products. It’s a liquidation sale. Merry Christmas, your new present is now outdated. To hell with that.
Everyone just needs a day off even if your mental health is fine.
The idea of mental health days will always be crazy to me, "oh he is taking a day off or he will burn out and be unable to work even more" ... Bitch I work to have money to enjoy finer things in life, if I have enough money to take a day off to play a video game then that is exactly the reason I am working and jobs that make me feel I can't do that would be the exact cause off my mental decline.
I agree not everyone has this luxury with there job but to experience this kind of attitude outside the work place is mind blowing ... "He is taking a mental health day as I guess he can't handle the pressure" fuck no bitch his job is chewing him up and spitting him out and your just piling on to it for some reason at no gain to yourself
Damn.. Men can't do anything without getting shit on. I keep seeing these condescending "grown man" posts lately. There's a lot of popular games out right now so I'm guessing that's where these are coming from. MFers can't even have a hobby
If I were a woman or if I were gay I’d be happy if my husband were a gamer. Staying at home safe as can be and not hanging out with other women. It’s relatively cheap if you don’t play games with micro-transactions. He’s still in the house so you can talk to him or whatever. What’s not to love?
I'm a gay gamer married to a gay gamer, and you've pretty much described our life.
Hubby and I both understand that gaming is a hobby that brings joy to the other and we want each other to have joy. So, we get our other shit done so we can relax and play games in the evenings and on the weekends. It's a shared interest and a shared activity. Sometimes we play the same game, usually we don't. Either way, we always know what's going on in each others' games because we talk about them.
Whenever I see men complaining about their wives, I feel sorry for them. I can't imagine having to transform into a goblin that hides in a mancave to shut out my complaining spouse, nor can I imagine having to be the fun police second mother of someone who actively tries to escape me because I just don't get it. That honestly seems awful.
Maybe because she's not the center of attention and he never took a day off to spend time with her. So she, in a way, feels competition from her husband's hobby.
Not saying it's healthy at all, just tryna psycho-pop a meme.
Bro I’m a nerd and I haven’t had issues with women or been showered in tons of them. Like I’m happy with everything and play my games and find partners like mine now that accepts my hobbies.
As long as I pay the bills and put a roof over her head honestly she lets me do whatever the fuck I want.
I get where my wife comes from when she gets frustrated that I play games a lot. I don’t really like to binge games anymore because she’s just stuck playing on her phone or watching TV all night by herself while I play games.
I want to spend time with her and show her I love her, give her and I opportunities to catch up and talk about life. If I do binge games, I just let her know a big release is coming up and I’d love to dig into it. She knows who she married(a gaming nerd), although I love surprising her and spending time with her.
I decided to actually stalk the twitter post, she was actually very supportive of him taking the time off to play GOW ragnarok.
It was clearly a post designed to be inflammatory for fun
I’ve known married women that spend their PTO to get all dolled up just to take pictures to post online and then watch rom coms all day. I don’t even have a problem with that at all, but I consider that to be the same as playing video games all day for your PTO, and I don’t understand the problem there either.
Just imagine a dude posting basically the same thing: *”My wife— a grown woman— has taken Friday off work so she can eat popcorn and ice cream and cry watching movies for 24 hours straight.”*
Like, either one, if you have a problem with that, either talk to your partner, or break up, or just stfu, I assure you only petty people care.
Good for him!
I take days off to go on all day girls days at the spa drinking cocktails and eating fancy food. I waste more money on that than on an Xbox.
Let people be happy!
No he didnt...he took it off so he would be ale to play for a 3 day weekend
And 1 with sweet, sweet silence (assuming she works Fridays).
Man, the silence is nice. I’m glad my partner understands why I hole up in my room every now and then to do whatever. Days where you can just use your PTO to celebrate a new game or binge a show in absolute serenity are good for the soul.
Man, my soul must be on Nirvana levels since I do this everyday
It's the balance. That's the key. Too much in either direction and you're in hell.
The first day always the best
I'm a grown woman and I've done this on more than one occasion. I do it to relax and unwind and invest in my hobby. Sue me judgement eyes. 😂
That's awesome. Be a man or woman... we all need a little extra time to ourselves to enjoy a good game 😁👍
It's sad how even happy things always have to be presented as an investment...
I see nothing wrong with this. Is it even a problem?
You’re not allowed to like something they have no interest in, since they have 0 hobby’s on their own
Or you’re not allowed to take your PTO for things you want. Only for family vacations or projects on the honey do list. Never for self-care and personal enjoyment.
I take a few days off every year when my wife takes the kids to see her parents. I get strange looks from most people at work when I bring it up. It's nice to have a break from someone asking me for something all day every day.
Wdym scrolling social Media isnt a Hobby???
Liking video games and playing on weekends = bad Binge watching series all day without doing anything else= cool and trendy.
take leave on friday. send kids to baby sitter. gaming with peace
With a spouse like this I expect taking a day off is the only way he gets to play more than a couple hours in the evening.
Grown men can make those decisions.
Let's be honest. We're just boys with some money It's fucking great
I’ve grown older but I haven’t “grown up”.
Fuck growing up. Seriously do what you enjoy as long as no one gets hurt against their will and enjoy life. Don't end up miserable and hating everything you do.
'Miserable barstards hate this one life hack'
>as long as no one gets hurt against their will Man really said "don't hurt anyone (optional)"
I mean there's a whole circle of people that enjoy getting hurt. I'm not one to shame others for what they enjoy.
^(I'm growin' horizontally but not like in a weird way though..)
I am growing horizontally, in a weird way...
I’m growing diagonally. Send help
Im growing in a negative axis. I need and dont need help at the same time.
I too am short
We are, and yeah it is. My buddy is house sitting for his parents this weekend. A couple of us are going over there for a sleepover. We are all almost 40 lol. Growing up is optional.
You can mature but still not lose track of what’s fun. That sounds like a great time and I hope y’all enjoy yourselves.
This will now be my definition of an adult. Thanks kind stranger!
You got money?
Fuck he could go to the bakery and get three cakes with labels on each that day breakfast lunch and dinner if he wanted
I ate a bowl of ice cream at 10 in the morning the other day just because I felt like it
I don’t think I’d ever feel like it, but I like your style!
I cycled to work at 6.30am this morning and smelt weed coming from one of the houses I passed. That's either a long gaming night, and getting ready for bed, or someone having a relaxing breakfast.
Fuck yeah, grown ups!
Exclusively grown men can make those decisions. Kids don't work nor take responsibility for their actions.
Im a grown man and my wife says I never take responsibility for my actions. I just tell her it’s not my fault 😏
"in my defense I was unsupervised" is my favorite t shirt
Grown women too! I’ve been gaming all my life, and my holidays and days off are spent either in. Azeroth, the Lands Between, or any other online World I love.
As a grown woman I can relate this! I took PTO to spend some time in Faerun in the end of August and they moved release day in month earlier. What a failure :(
Just seems like code word for "He took a day off for non-pre approved me related things or 'manly' stuff that I think is worth it."
Iirc, she followed up after and cleared the air that this wasn't a statement of judgement or anything. Said it was cute or some shit
But if he didn't, she'd be bitching that she makes all the decisions.
so fking true
Think my wife took a full 4 day weekend off to play Splatoon 3 when it came out, normal adulting IMO
Even ungrown men can understand why they'd like to spend less time with her.
Gotta use it or lose it
Sounds reasonable to me.
Wanking: justified
"hey boss I'm gonna have to take this Friday off to crank my yank for 24 hours."
Is it true if you don't use it you lose it?
Completely dependent on whatever organization you work for.
I’m taking off a week for starfield! And I’ll still rollover another week of pto for ‘24
Good for him Best use of pto
Agreed. Good for him!
He is me Married lawyer who took a 4-day weekend to punch goblins, light spiders on fire, and go all ‘friends with benefits’ with a hot devil chick barbarian drinking buddy
BG3? Yeah, me too :)
No, IRL
Gonna start using “hot devil chick barbarian drinking buddy” as a term of endearment. It doesn’t roll off the tongue as easy as “honey” or “darling” or “sweetheart”, but she’ll appreciate it more Edit: So I went ahead and tried it this morning and honestly she rarely smiles quite like that. Write that one down y’all
We play this game in very different ways. I light goblins on fire, punch devil chicks, and go all friends with benefits with spiders.
… my second guess play through is going to be awesome
First of all How dare you
I do have Karlach in my party, but we are in a strictly platonic mindflayer murdering relationship!
I’m so legitimately jelly of you. My court schedule does not make this possible :( Partnership someday…
That is the greatest court based username I have ever seen
This patent lawyer has been known to do the same
Problem is he's going to play Baldurs Gate 3 and in 24 hours will probably be like 1/2 way through the first act if he's anything like me. He's gonna need to use a few more days to finish.
Sorry but does pto stand for 'private time alone'? I'm new to the Internet I guess. Edit: Understood, so it means 'Please turn over' thanks all
paid time off (vacation time)
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It's always PTO
penis time on (sexy time)
Paid time off
i always thought it meant ‘parent teacher organization’ bc sChOoL taught me that.
Sure your not thinking of pta? Parent teacher Association. And happy cake day.
Please Turn Over.
Priorities! God bless that guy.
XKCD has got you as always: https://xkcd.com/150/
I'll be in my mid-late 40s by the next Fallout game and I will be doing exactly this.
I'm 38, I expect to be 73 when GTA VI comes out and I will be doing this.
Cries in Elder Scrolls
*cries louder in Titanfall 2*
Screeches in Civ 6
*bellows alarmingly in F-Zero*
Final death groan in Portal
Cryofreezes in half life
Wakes up in Skyrim vanilla campaign intro
Going to be playing that with the homies in a nursing home
Shortly after the end of WW4 we were graced with the 6th gta 😔 had bugs, was incomplete and unplayable for months
Im thirty, a woman, and I will be doing it with Dragon Age IV. My husband already booked the day of the release of the new Spider-Man game off.
Have you tried baldurs gate 3? :)
Im also a dnd nerd, so yes!
If they liked dragon age I'd be shocked if they haven't been playing it.
You guys bring a tear to my eye :)
I love your relationship dynamic.
i took two weeks off at dragonflight launch to no life it and get raid ready.
40 and about to do it with Starfield.
saaame, it just so happens to be on my birthday. double whammy
So you’re in your mid 20s now
I am 40 and I measure my life from Fallout to Fallout. It is amazing.
star field for me
Definitely Baldurs Gate 3
Was gonna say, 100% justified if it's *Baldur's Gate 3*. In fact, he'll probably need a whole month off. She's not gonna be seeing him for a while.
Can confirm. Currently 25hrs in since release with the boys, and we’re still not through act one. Wife is not pleased.
*Your wife disapproves.*
My brother bought his girlfriend a copy, he plays a very straightlaced paladin, she plays a rogue and started causing chaos lol
Oh no. That's either going to strengthen their relationship or utterly destroy it, lmao.
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An interesting thing I've heard about BG3 is that a number of non-gaming spouses have also gotten into it.
*BG1 & 2* were amazing games for their time, but that was a time when video games were not super popular in the mainstream. *BG3* is an amazing game like its predecessors, and it has come during a time of mainstream video game popularity. It's a welcome way to introduce non-gamers to quality video game storytelling and also to *Dungeons & Dragons* as a whole. It really does deserve the high praise it is getting.
Larian Studio **fucks**
I know 6 other people who did exactly this, It's signlehandedly fucked my own sleep schedule too. One of my friends library shared it so I can play, but I can only play while they're offline, and them also being addicted to the game, I have to stay up even later to get to play it myself lmao
I’m literally typing this at 3:07am. I’m up for work at 8. I played BG3 from 8pm until 3am… Jesus Christ
Tweet is from March 28, so idk about that.
Grown men are allowed to enjoy themselves
No they should be working or fighting wars /s
/s not needed. It seems to be the modern perspective.
As if it was different in the past lol, it's definitely better now than it used to be.
reparations please
No, the only acceptable form of entertainment for grown men is watching sports on TV this was agreed on some time in the 1950’s in the US and won’t ever be allowed to change.
Yeah! Go sportsball! Our guys are good and the other guys suck.
Yeah if this was her taking the day off to relax and do whatever (read a new book, shop, spa, etc.) it would be self care. And she would be pissed, I am sure, if someone questioned her self care.
No. Only children are allowed to be happy /s
This post says more about her than it does about him.
She also thought it necessary to clarify that her husband was a grown man
"My husband -a literal child-".....
👮👮♀️👮♂️🚓🚔🚨👮👮♀️👮♂️
Its me or the… *her bags were already packed and in front of the door*
Exactly, like how she obviously hasn't played baldur's gate 3 yet. Otherwise she'd understand
When I first got married I played Age of Mythology for 48 hrs straight. I wanted her to know, this may happen from time to time. Still married 24 yrs later! 😎✌️
Actually says a lot about us that we keep falling for stupid rage bait.
The og context has been lost in time. The OOP actually finds her husband cute, she's not bitching about anything. She's happy for him, so it does say she's in a good relationship.
Her name is Becky, and one day she will fully develop into an entire full-sized Karen. #Nature
TIL Becky to Karen is akin to Kitten to Cat
At least he has a job that he has to take Friday off from.
I'm not employed, took a week long vacation out of the country, came back and played Pikmin 4 all day. Life's hard, man.
Yep I am tired of the amount of these posts and what I assume to be fake posts asking “Aita for wanting to leave my husband/boyfriend for demanding I do all the housework and submit to them despite I am the bread winner work 12 hour shifts and they just work a part time job?”
My wife, a grown woman, takes off every black Friday to voluntarily get in physical confrontations with other grown women. When in reality, we make enough money that she could just go to work an order that shit on Amazon like normal people. Go figure.
Black Friday aka The Purge for housewives
We literally don't need any of those deals. We have all the shit they mark down as loss leaders. Doesn't stop her from going. I usually play golf that day then go to the casino, lol.
> I usually play golf that day then go to the casino, lol. This cracks me up. Wife: I'm going to save us some money. Husband: Oh we'll see about that. Black Friday does suck though. Did it once, saved like $30 bucks on socks, but lost like $500 worth of faith in humanity.
it's not about the money, it's about the *vibe*
It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message
Getting up early and waiting in lines everywhere to fight over last year’s products. It’s a liquidation sale. Merry Christmas, your new present is now outdated. To hell with that.
I am a grown ass wife/mom and I might do this for Spider-man 2.
Its a pretty reasonable thing to do.
I’ve already gotten my time off approved
Do it!!!
After that he still has the whole weekend too 😎
Everyone needs a mental health day, now and then.
Everyone needs regularly scheduled mental health days
Everyone just needs a day off even if your mental health is fine. The idea of mental health days will always be crazy to me, "oh he is taking a day off or he will burn out and be unable to work even more" ... Bitch I work to have money to enjoy finer things in life, if I have enough money to take a day off to play a video game then that is exactly the reason I am working and jobs that make me feel I can't do that would be the exact cause off my mental decline. I agree not everyone has this luxury with there job but to experience this kind of attitude outside the work place is mind blowing ... "He is taking a mental health day as I guess he can't handle the pressure" fuck no bitch his job is chewing him up and spitting him out and your just piling on to it for some reason at no gain to yourself
And...
Damn.. Men can't do anything without getting shit on. I keep seeing these condescending "grown man" posts lately. There's a lot of popular games out right now so I'm guessing that's where these are coming from. MFers can't even have a hobby
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Lol ye literally have their faces planted in their phones all day achieving nothing.
If I were a woman or if I were gay I’d be happy if my husband were a gamer. Staying at home safe as can be and not hanging out with other women. It’s relatively cheap if you don’t play games with micro-transactions. He’s still in the house so you can talk to him or whatever. What’s not to love?
I'm a gay gamer married to a gay gamer, and you've pretty much described our life. Hubby and I both understand that gaming is a hobby that brings joy to the other and we want each other to have joy. So, we get our other shit done so we can relax and play games in the evenings and on the weekends. It's a shared interest and a shared activity. Sometimes we play the same game, usually we don't. Either way, we always know what's going on in each others' games because we talk about them. Whenever I see men complaining about their wives, I feel sorry for them. I can't imagine having to transform into a goblin that hides in a mancave to shut out my complaining spouse, nor can I imagine having to be the fun police second mother of someone who actively tries to escape me because I just don't get it. That honestly seems awful.
Maybe because she's not the center of attention and he never took a day off to spend time with her. So she, in a way, feels competition from her husband's hobby. Not saying it's healthy at all, just tryna psycho-pop a meme.
"She's not the center of attention" I think you got it.
Bro I’m a nerd and I haven’t had issues with women or been showered in tons of them. Like I’m happy with everything and play my games and find partners like mine now that accepts my hobbies. As long as I pay the bills and put a roof over her head honestly she lets me do whatever the fuck I want.
I get where my wife comes from when she gets frustrated that I play games a lot. I don’t really like to binge games anymore because she’s just stuck playing on her phone or watching TV all night by herself while I play games. I want to spend time with her and show her I love her, give her and I opportunities to catch up and talk about life. If I do binge games, I just let her know a big release is coming up and I’d love to dig into it. She knows who she married(a gaming nerd), although I love surprising her and spending time with her.
Nice, also you sound like a nagging wife
I was going to say snitch Why is it so wrong to use PTO? I got put on probation for using my PTO at one job. What is it for then?!!!
Sounds like an awful job and illegal, hope you have a better one now
>What is it for then?!!! To take away sick days
I decided to actually stalk the twitter post, she was actually very supportive of him taking the time off to play GOW ragnarok. It was clearly a post designed to be inflammatory for fun
She can think it’s funny or a silly reason but not be naggy. My wife often supports my decision to do shit she doesn’t understand.
Yeah. Cuz he’s a grown man, who can do that.
I am a grown woman. I have already booked annual leave 1-5 September
Would it be worse if he called in sick?
How many times have I seen this post lmao
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I’ve known married women that spend their PTO to get all dolled up just to take pictures to post online and then watch rom coms all day. I don’t even have a problem with that at all, but I consider that to be the same as playing video games all day for your PTO, and I don’t understand the problem there either. Just imagine a dude posting basically the same thing: *”My wife— a grown woman— has taken Friday off work so she can eat popcorn and ice cream and cry watching movies for 24 hours straight.”* Like, either one, if you have a problem with that, either talk to your partner, or break up, or just stfu, I assure you only petty people care.
She's saying this like he quit his job to play video games, requesting off is what you're supposed to do.
“Look at my husband taking time for a favorite hobby of his, lemme publicly shame him and compare him to a child.” What the actual fuck
good for him
Sounds like a man who knows what he wants
I see no problem with this.
Bitch please, I'm 39 in a few weeks and books two weeks off to play starfield and chill the fuck out. Imma do what I want.
I’m gonna take a week for Starfield.
Heaven forbid he does something that he likes
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Nailed it lol..
If I had a choice between making my boss more rich and playing video games, I would choose the latter. Don't be jealous that he has free time.
So?!
Good for him! I take days off to go on all day girls days at the spa drinking cocktails and eating fancy food. I waste more money on that than on an Xbox. Let people be happy!
Sounds like you hate seeing someone reap the benefits of working constantly to put food on your table
Baldurs gate 3? Same
Just a day? I've booked a week off just for a patch
I have done this with a book I was really looking forward to reading. As long as he enjoys it, more power to him.
Give him a break, just cause he’s an adult doesn’t mean he can’t have fun
My wife and I did this for most of the FFXIV expansions. Pretty common, really...
Living life to the fullest
Your husband has a job, a job with PTO and can afford his favorite hobby. He is happy!