Ignores. though that said first game she opened w a4 and because I may have said something she won't let me talk about it
How does your girlfriend/wife put up with your devotion to chess?
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StupidGM wrote:
My "arrogance" as a chessplayer and aspiring world champion comes off as "alpha" to some women, and attracts them.
Once, at a World Open warmup event, I was outside the tournajment aera, while some older man (also pompous and arrogant) left his queen, i.e., super-hot 26 year-old girlfriend, "en prise" while he was taking forever to play his tournament game.
Once I was done repositioning the queen, I put her back where she was before he even finished his game.
Yes. I'm sure that happened to you. It's not just part of your world champion delusion at all.
Also: http://knowledgenuts.com/2014/01/11/the-alpha-wolfe-is-an-outdated-myth/
btickler wrote:
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.).
Haha, that's the way to do it nowadays, yes! 
Not sure if you're sarcastic or not, but I see it as an acceptable way of doing it. Though, if you live in Ljubljana or some other random country, you don't really get much choices to swipe for. 
alma_eterna wrote:
I wonder if this is a problem the other way around too. Could this be why I don't have a boyfriend/husband?
Hi,
Can my wife and I buy you a drink?
Crazychessplaya wrote:
There is a grudging tolerance, mixed with jealousy. On rare occasions, there are also threats. I am warned that some of my chess books will be thrown out of the house if I don't do this or that. I can't go into details, since it is well past midnight, and I am being observed.
Sometimes at night, around bedtime, I put her favorite treat on her side of the bed, jellybeans.
When she sees them, she looks at me and says, You're not sho shtinky."
Her way of saying, I know we fought earlier but I'm not so mad at you anymore."
sea_of_trees wrote:
Her way of saying, I know we fought earlier but I'm not so mad at you anymore."
What's this, some wholesome thread? 
sea_of_trees wrote:
alma_eterna wrote:
I wonder if this is a problem the other way around too. Could this be why I don't have a boyfriend/husband?
Hi,
Can my wife and I buy you a drink?
Sure. But I'm not sure drinking would help me with either playing chess or finding a boyfriend.
Jun 22, 2017
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How does your girlfriend/wife put up with your devotion to chess?
Barely.
Well if you are spending more time on a hobby like this than on real priorities then you are stupid and deserve to get dumped.
But if you do it the right amount of time and at the right moment, and she still gets angry about it, then you should think if you really want to be with a person like that.
It's quite easy
When you are doing something with the wife. give her 100% of your focus. make that time really count and make her feel like she is the centre of attention.
I can guarantee she will be much more accommodating when it is time to study chess.
Just in case, I take advantage and study while she's taking the nap after.
lol
I take advantage and study when she's at her AA group.
Jun 28, 2017
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#56
Eat Drink and be Merry however
1) Watch what you Eat
2) Watch what you Drink
3) And watch what you Marry.
She went on holiday with me in Politiken cup 2014. She got lot of time for writing her book when I was playing chess. She is supportive, but I do limit myself and does play significantly less tournaments than I had done if I was single.
DjonniDerevnja wrote:
She went on holiday with me in Politiken cup 2014. She got lot of time for writing her book when I was playing chess. She is supportive, but I do limit myself and does play significantly less tournaments than I had done if I was single.
I find this an awesome compromise for both of you :)
And still I can hear her: "hey, am I supposed to write all the Game of Thrones saga?!"
I wonder if this is a problem the other way around too. Could this be why I don't have a boyfriend/husband?