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Post by Confessor on Jul 18, 2016 11:29:08 GMT -5
It's not really important to me at all, as long as they aren't critical of my love for it. My fiancée is a big fan of things like the Harry Potter books & films and the Twilight books & films, while also enjoying Tolkien and a lot of the superhero movies that have come out over the last decade or so. But she's in no way into geeky stuff or the geeky side of things. That is to say that she hasn't got a head full of Harry Potter trivia or anything; she just enjoys the books or films for the fantasy fiction that they are and that's that. She's a voracious reader of fiction generally though and gets really absorbed by books, so she totally understands why I like to immerse myself in the fictional world of '60s Spider-Man comics or '80s Star Wars comics, even if they're not really her cup of tea. Why do you ask? I suppose because I've never met anyone who shares similar interests and I think it's affecting my relationships. I just sort of find people who aren't into fantasy at all kinda...boring. It doesn't have to be the be-all-end-all to life, but on occasion it would be fun to talk about this stuff with a significant other. They don't have to be into comics, mind you, but something similar to your fiancee who loves fantasy and reading. Yeah, I think it is definitely important to at least have some things in common in a relationship -- if for no other reason than to give you something to talk about in the early stages. I know there's the old adage about opposites attracting, but I don't believe that's true in the purest sense of the phrase. You have to both have some common ground in your likes or interests. On the other hand dating someone who is into exactly what you're into would be deathly boring, I think.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 18, 2016 12:04:53 GMT -5
For those of you who are married or in a serious relationship, how important is it to you that your significant other shares your love of comics and all things geek? Hey, if I gotta hear about Sam & Dean non-stop, she can hear about Thanos and Warlock once and a while. :-) But we pretty much don't have a whole lot of entertainment similarities. X-Files may have brought us together from different parts of the country, but most all other entertainment we differ on greatly. But we each enjoy what we enjoy and there are some things that we still do enjoy together or new things we find we like. Like when she found out she at least liked one video game when we played Resident Evil 5 together back when it came out.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 18, 2016 13:44:10 GMT -5
For those of you who are married or in a serious relationship, how important is it to you that your significant other shares your love of comics and all things geek? Not at all, as long as it is kindly tolerated! (The same goes for my opinion of what colour the dinner plates should be). Totally agree. She has interests that I don't share, and I have interests (comics, toys, etc) that she doesn't. I listen when she talks what she's interested in (mystery novels, cat figurines, etc) and she listens when I try to explain comics stuff. Works out well.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 18, 2016 16:07:39 GMT -5
For those of you who are married or in a serious relationship, how important is it to you that your significant other shares your love of comics and all things geek? My wife hasn't the slightest interest in comic books, Magic: The Gathering, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, or Supernatural. She respects my love for those things and encourages me to enjoy them, just as I encourage her interest in old movies, photography, hiking and biking, and entertaining guests in our home, none of which appeal to me in the slightest. Luckily for me, I have a 10 year-old daughter who is into all of the things I like (minus the GoT and Supernatural, obviously), and we have a marvelous time hanging out and enjoying them together.
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Post by impulse on Jul 18, 2016 16:34:01 GMT -5
I agree wit the sentiment that it's nice to have a decent amount of overlap for shared interests and common ground, but it's not necessary to share the same exact preferences. We both enjoy sci fi and fantasy but I am far more on the geekier/nerdier side (shocking, I know).
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 19, 2016 1:43:38 GMT -5
My wife and I do not have much overlap in entertainment. She's mostly non-superhero, sci-fi, fantasy. I'm much more flexible about what I'm willing to watch with her. One series we watched together and both really loved was Downton Abbey. I grew up in a large family that played games, mostly because of me being the oldest and teaching the rest of them both D & D and later, Magic the Gathering. She only has her brother, 6 years younger, and their family just didn't or doesn't play games, except she and her niece like to play dominoes. I still play MtG online with my son, and hopefully soon, with a brother (and anytime you want to jump in Captain. She loves 70's music. It's ok, but I'm not very musically engaged. One thing that's huge in our lives we both love and share and bond with are our miniature schnauzers Hildie & Greta. We both love traveling and are foodies, so there's that too, but our entertainment tastes don't overlap into my geekdom. Despite registering years ago in high school as a Democrat, cause her friend told her to, she's mostly a moderate Republican. That's not me; well, maybe I could be a moderate Republican, but prefer being a liberal Democrat. We do mostly agree except for healthcare, which we've learned not to talk about, cause it's a guaranteed fight everytime. What's most important is we both love and respect each other and realize we don't have the same interests. She slavishly follows Facebook, People and US Weekly, and all the celebrity gossip, which I care nothing about, though I follow politics closely and she hardly follows it or world events. I like to think we balance each other out. As far as geek talk, thankfully I can express myself here, with people that know what they're talking about and care somewhat
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 19, 2016 19:26:48 GMT -5
If anyone ever read the B&W digest size adventures of Gon the mischievous and diminutive T-Rex by Masashi Tanaka there is a 26 episode series on Netflix instant I am about to watch that I never knew existed. Hopefully it'll be as fun as the books. But the intro already seems it's really geared for kids.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Jul 19, 2016 23:28:15 GMT -5
My head has finally started to stop spinning from the mayhem that was the road trip and then moving to Macau. I mean there is still mayhem as it will take a few more months to get moved into my new residence in Macau and take care of the rest of the red tape of being an expat that's currently at the front of the line (still trying to figure a bunch of stuff out). So it's basically me, my wife, and my dog staying at my mother in law's place, who like I said previously is a very kind woman. Even with the language barrier we have, we still manage to enjoy each other's company. Just to be clear, on the road trip I feel like it was more so my brother in law + his wife + her parents that were really making me grind my gears at times. I know that sounds mean, but the driving issues, the never being able to decide where to go, the constant complaining with food service (which my wife had a knack for too) while taking overly long to decide what to order, and just the overall "wavelength" of back and forth conversation really left some salt in my mouth more often than not. My mother in law was probably the most chill person there and handled her business so to speak. I smile as I write that because wherever she goes she has these vintage pair of Terminator glasses that she wears. I've never seen an older Chinese lady look so bawse, it's hilariously awesome. The only thing was that she snored pretty loud in our hotels, but I soon got over it with the help of some earplugs. My wife told me that she couldn't wait to get back to her life in Macau when we were only a few days into the trip which was kind of funny. But she wasn't afraid to try new things like American food, and didn't immediately seek out sanctuary in the form of a Chinese restaurant. Perhaps I was a little too patriotic, but I was a little disappointed in my group as a whole that we would make sure to always eat at a Chinese or Asian inspired restaurant every one or two restaurants. Especially since some of the choice we picked just seemed like Americanized Chinese food. I know not everyone is capable of going outside their comfort zone, but if you're going to go to another country you might want to try to explore not eating food that is already readily available in your own country. Especially a lower quality version of it. It would be like me here in Macau having to race to a burger place or US diner for every two Chinese restaurants I ate at. My wife and mother in law wre interested in exploring American cuisine more so, but as a group we all decided to defer to the other two seasoned individuals and their need for "home cooking". Am I completely off base on this? Part of me feels that I'm not accounting for something and/or complaining about shit that in the end really just isn't that big of a deal.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 20, 2016 9:55:52 GMT -5
Yesterday, we apparently broke the record for most users ever online at the same time (101). Love seeing this community continuing to grow ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 20, 2016 12:32:08 GMT -5
I looked in the Comics related section for TV/movie related threads. And I know Shax started a thread about a specific anime, but do we have a general discussion thread for anime that I am missing? If not, where would be the appropriate section for a "in general" anime thread? I have two series I am looking to watch for the first time, and I think it's going to spark some nostalgia to watch stuff I have seen before.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 20, 2016 15:27:14 GMT -5
A Summer pet peeve of mine : a) Receiving an email that says "Urgent - send your course curriculum, a copy of all you exams and of your exercises to Such-and-such posthaste. Without these documents it is impossible to get a certification from the Order of Engineers. Urgent! Urgent!" b) Stopping everything else to prepare the documents and send them in a hurry to Such-and-such, hoping that my apparent tardiness didn't put anyone in trouble. c) Instantly receiving an automated from Such-and-such, one that says "I am currently on holiday and out of the office; will be back in two weeks". <img src="//images.proboards.com/f/smiley/superangry.png" alt=" ![>:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/superangry.png) " class="smile" contenteditable="false" text=" ![>:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/superangry.png) "
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 20, 2016 15:38:48 GMT -5
A Summer pet peeve of mine : a) Receiving an email that says "Urgent - send your course curriculum, a copy of all you exams and of your exercises to Such-and-such posthaste. Without these documents it is impossible to get a certification from the Order of Engineers. Urgent! Urgent!" b) Stopping everything else to prepare the documents and send them in a hurry to Such-and-such, hoping that my apparent tardiness didn't put anyone in trouble. c) Instantly receiving an automated from Such-and-such, one that says "I am currently on holiday and out of the office; will be back in two weeks". <img src="//images.proboards.com/f/smiley/superangry.png" alt=" ![>:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/superangry.png) " class="smile" contenteditable="false" text=" ![>:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/superangry.png) " Reminds me of my military days when the mantra was "Hurry up and wait".
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Post by shaxper on Jul 20, 2016 16:11:28 GMT -5
I looked in the Comics related section for TV/movie related threads. And I know Shax started a thread about a specific anime, but do we have a general discussion thread for anime that I am missing? If not, where would be the appropriate section for a "in general" anime thread? I have two series I am looking to watch for the first time, and I think it's going to spark some nostalgia to watch stuff I have seen before. Sounds like a great topic for general discussion!
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 21, 2016 7:41:15 GMT -5
For those of you who are married or in a serious relationship, how important is it to you that your significant other shares your love of comics and all things geek? Hey, if I gotta hear about Sam & Dean non-stop, she can hear about Thanos and Warlock once in a while. :-) I like both! Do you two have a long lost offspring?
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 21, 2016 7:41:39 GMT -5
If anyone ever read the B&W digest size adventures of Gon the mischievous and diminutive T-Rex by Masashi Tanaka there is a 26 episode series on Netflix instant I am about to watch that I never knew existed. Hopefully it'll be as fun as the books. But the intro already seems it's really geared for kids. Do you know when this was made?
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