- 2. 3. listen to them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How does your girlfriend/wife put up with your devotion to chess?
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imsighked2 wrote:
Threads assumptions:
All chess players are male.
All chess players are heterosexual.
Or maybe it's just geared toward people with thise characteristics.
imsighked2,
You are welcomed to post about your relationship with your non-chess companion.
here is Kaydo.
Pretty easy, since I don't have one. 
Makes me free to do whatever I please with my free time!
I wouldn't want to be together with someone who doesn't respect my hobbies and interests in any case - what's the point?
MayCaesar wrote:
Pretty easy, since I don't have one. Makes me free to do whatever I please with my free time!
I wouldn't want to be together with someone who doesn't respect my hobbies and interests in any case - what's the point?
Hey, this is true! Unless that's the only "flaw" and it's not serious, then Iwouldn't mind, I guess.
I traded her for a space advantage
Indifference. But brags about it when I'm not present.
StupidGM wrote:
Exactly how many chessplayers actually get women?
If you don't really go to the bar and announce it on the top of the table, it doesn't mazzer.
I became a chess player later anyway.
Jun 17, 2017
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StupidGM wrote:
imsighked2 wrote:
Threads assumptions:
All chess players are male.
All chess players are heterosexual.
Plus "posters are speaking for themselves."
No, I'm speaking for others here. You chose your name wisely.
MSC157 wrote:
StupidGM wrote:
Exactly how many chessplayers actually get women?
If you don't really go to the bar and announce it on the top of the table, it doesn't mazzer.
Or, you could just stop going to places like bars to meet women, put "chess player" in your well written and authentic OKcupid profile and not think another thought about it, and "get" women anyway. You know, like mature adults do. By not pretending to be someone else because you assume you will be unattractive if you are honest .
Replace OKcupid or add to it with whatever service you like (Tinder, eHarmony, Match.com, Fetlife, etc.).
Wife: You're playing chess again online, aren't you?
Me: No, I'm watching porn. Degrading, awful stuff. I'm so sorry. I'll never go to one of these porn sites again.
Wife: Don't lie to me! You just fianchetto'd your light square bishop! You promised me you'd only play chess twice a week!!
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Jun 17, 2017
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#37
^ Lol @ TadTots. 
My wife tolerates my chess playing as one of my quirks.
Though, she has an uncanny knack of asking for my help with something whenever I'm halfway into a blitz or bullet game.
Jun 17, 2017
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Pulpofeira wrote:
Indifference. But brags about it when I'm not present.
Hahaaa badass
Jun 17, 2017
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#39
If I spent 23 hours a day doing unselfish things for my wife, I'd still be a selfish prick lol. No way around it. When I was into chess and little else a few years ago it caused a lot of fights, so I have to work around that and find a balance.
Putting aside gender because it has no place here:
Never fear, there are some some people that see it the opposite way...that chess is an "intellectual pursuit" and thus attractive, and that other types of gaming are frivolous wastes of time and childish.
Both viewpoints bother me...because really, chess' history is impressive, but ultimately it is, in fact, a game used for leisurely enjoyment just like any other game. The substance of a person's character lies elsewhere...which is not to say that glimpses of that character cannot be gleaned through watching someone play chess, but that chess itself does not produce or directly refine those character traits.