Girlfriend say we can have pins or vids in the basement because it will take a space and kids won't be able to play there...

Ok... we don't have kids... don't have plan for one right now, maybe in two years at best (or seeing my groing interest and future project talks, she will change is mind and give me a baby to fill my time
So I'm suppose to have an big empty space for the next 5 or 7 years (baby won't come alone to play in the basement for a long time, and after that he can play pins so problems solve!
Anyway, I will win my point when time come with a little man's logic

Does your girlfriend come with a worst excuses to not have a pins or new project? Maybe we can make a guide " How to survive girlfriend's logic to pinball for life"

don't ask her opinion or permisson on it ...just BRING IT IN and THEN deal with it...

If your girlfriend is so determined to prevent you from doing things that make you happy, perhaps it's time for a new girlfriend.

Girlfriend/wife/woman logic = Oxymoron

Your GF doesn't want you to fill the house with pins
because you'll never get rid of them when the kids come...

I should know I had the same problem...

When we renovated our basement (this was 7 years ago, before I got into the hobby),
I wanted a nice big space for a pool table.  The GF (who is now my wife...),
said I could claim the space only when the "kids" have outgrown their toys
and are old enough to play with the pool table.

Three kids later, this is  what my "space "looks like   (see pic below ...)

My youngest is 5 months old , so I figure it will be another 7-8 years before I get my pool table.  

The morale of the story is that you won't win ...
Man's desire for toys is nothing compared to a woman's desire for kids...

In the end, I found some "other" space in the house (much smaller mind you )
in which I was "allowed" to have games.

If you the GF is "The One" , you'll no doubt need to find some compromise...

Good luck....

Steph
( ...still happily married after 7 years... )

  

Have her living in her own condo   , and do whatever you want in your house !!!!     

HAHAHAHA i'm kidding !!!    to reach that point it may cost you a lot more than negociation !!  almost!!

Happy divorced man!!!

It is always easier to ask for forgiveness, even if you have to do it a few times  , than ask for permission.

A friend wanted a Harley, he has 4 kids and knew he wife would say no. So he bought it and drove it home. She did not speak to him for two weeks, but now he rides and she has a covertible and everyone is happy.

she is only a girlfriend.  tell her is she wants to be bumped up to wife to give in.
  
  i am lucky that my wife is really into it.  did have to fight alittle when the hobby had over a dozen pins in our shop and vids all over the place.  

   but as for a child.  we all have pics of our little ones playing our machines.  kids love them.
   our little girl is only 7 1/2 months and she enjoys all the machine.  you start playing and she just crawls over and climbs your leg till you lift her up to play.  yestarday she was doing all the controls for magic worm (centipede).  all i did was fire and she did two full boards.   when i play hyper olympics she just gets a kick out of me with my rapid fingers.  she does try to do the same.  as for pinball, she just goes on top and chases the ball.  or sits over the small flipper on paragon and watchs it.  

   hope some of this might help.   give us all a heads up if you two come to a meeting.  maybe we will all bring our little ones and she could see and her for herself.  that our she might just get sick of our kids and tell you can have a pin instead of children.

Quoted from cooke

If your girlfriend is so determined to prevent you from doing things that make you happy, perhaps it's time for a new girlfriend.

A soul mate is someone that supports you and your interests (of course, you do the same I have a few friends going through divorces now that didn't choose the right mate the first time.

I'm lucky. My wife fully supports my interest in the hobby, although she doesn't enjoy playing pinball. I have three kids and all enjoy playing the silver ball.

Mind you, I was smart. When we got married I already had 2 uprights and said, "When we get a house, the basement is mine, the rest is yours". Of course, she said if they ever creep up to the main level, they are for sale and she sets the price ! Meaning fire sale price!

To get her on your side sell her on the kid aspect. Kids LOVE pinball. I have had a few birthday parties at our house and the kids go ape when they play pinball. For  most of them, they have never seen or played one before.

Duane

i was really lucky too, when i started dating my now wife, i already had a vid and a pinball, so she knew they would be with me, she hasn't "Loved" the hobby, and sometimes i'm lucky to get her to come and play pinball with me, but she doesn't hate it, and she's been supportive with all my other crazy ideas, i told her that i would get myself out of debt before i started buying more machines, and i've done that, and i told her they would always only be in the basement,

oh and did i mention i put in a jacuzzi tub for her in the basement bathroom? that made her happy too.

Eric

warning!!! do not move a pin into the house if gf(s) got a temper.



my friend's gf stands at ek,holds a hammer to the bg when she is pissed off.


i wonder how many pins are bring held hostage.just because the guy thought to himself, she will understand.

Quoted from hardkor

warning!!! do not move a pin into the house if gf(s) got a temper. my friend's gf stands at ek,holds a hammer to the bg when she is pissed off. i wonder how many pins are bring held hostage.just because the guy thought to himself, she will understand.

Time to find a new girlfriend if she has a temper like that. One of my favorites quotes is: "Women are like buses, there is always another one following the one that just departed".
Compared to your friend's girlfriend, my wife must be an angel, she has shaken her head a few times, but has never complained.

my girlfriend is great,she got a nice cold  beer at my favorit machine when i get home from work.

There was a thread on RGP about a wife that got pissed off about a game her husband brought home, and threw a chair through the BG.  (pics and all)  Can't find it now though...

I have done both, bought a pin and brought it home without discussing it with the wife, and I've discussed bringing another pin into the house before buying.  Either way, if the circumstances are not ideal, it's always an interesting conversation, but ultimately she understands.  I will say that my wife claims she doesn't like the hobby, but every now and again I'll find her downstairs playing a few games with and without the kids.

D.

So this begs the questions: Other than pins_only, does anyone of us have a wife (or partner) that enjoys the hobby as much as we do?  

Quoted from HP5P

So this begs the questions: Other than pins_only, does anyone of us have a wife (or partner) that enjoys the hobby as much as we do?  

Mine does understands as well but she doesnt like pinball.. except Guns N'Roses.... i got a lot of games in the last 3 years and GnR is the only one she liked and played. She is still playing it often and put a hold on it.

Everytime i threatened to sell it, answer was the same : it is your choice, but remember you were not allowed to have pins in the basement... if you sell it, make sure to unload the others at the same time Seems like a very good concensus, i like the game and dont mind keeping it (to the point i now have 2 of them :-O since it is definitely a keeper.

If you find a game your wife likes to play, KEEP IT !! So next time, when you're getting another one in the basement, tell her you would have sold the GnR to finance the new one but since she is holding on it, you couldnt... so you just bought the new one outright

All in all thou, it is a hobby, so take it for what it is. If you love your wife, it has to be took in consideration first, dont do things that can put your couple in troubles. Its only my opinion, of course, but my family goes first.

Quoted from HP5P

So this begs the questions: Other than pins_only, does anyone of us have a wife (or partner) that enjoys the hobby as much as we do?  

Yup wasn't happy about SS being sold, here I'am today still unable to find a nice one.

Man, some of you guys hooked up with first class psychos....sometimes it's portrayed as if the
arcade machine is going walk into the living room, piss on the floor, and beat the children....so I gotta ask,
what's in everyone's living room that's SO sacred that an arcade game gets banished to the wood shed?

Is the living room a shrine to that fat ugly flowery couch your wife's parents gave you? or is there an unwritten
rule that living room space must be occupied by 700lbs worth of  shelves to prop up 3 lbs worth of
pictures of your dead relatives?

What about that monstrosity of a dining room table that's used twice a year to feed your fairweather friends and extended family?  shouldn't the machine be there most of the year, and conversely, the dining room table hauled out of storage for occasional use??

Money?? You gotta be freaking kidding me....you can get a game for the price of a speeding ticket....and even if you get a high end machine, it'll still outlast that Piece of shite limited edition car you pissed away 35K on.

Craig

Quoted from Azatotht

If you find a game your wife likes to play, KEEP IT !!  

Yep..  I didn't and that was a mistake.  See my trade post...  
http://archive.maaca.org/s107351202.onlinehome.us/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1188486749/

Mike

My wife says pins and vids are ok,but NO GIRLFRIENDS.

My wife enjoys the pins.  ...provided they stay confined to the games room.

Every now and again, she'll "dump" the 3 kids on me and cut loose on LOTR.

She enjoys the games, but doesn't  understand why I want more than the 4 I've already got
(...  as she scans through another shoe store flyer...  


Steph

Quoted from poolman

My wife says pins and vids are ok,but NO GIRLFRIENDS.

That is funny.

Quoted from poolman

My wife says pins and vids are ok,but NO GIRLFRIENDS.

Isn't that the whole point of the name poolman?

My girlfriend told her dad i was getting a 3rd pinball machine and he said and I quote, "A pinball machine can't be worn on your finger".  (For those that are slow, he wants us to get married and I have yet to buy an engagement ring lol)

Why even ask the question? Does your girlfriend look for your approval when buying a sewing machine?

My wife said pinballs take up space. I agreed. That was the end of that.

Unless your using up cash that you need to run your household, what business is it of hers? The only statement my wife made with regard to pinball was that the dog on the raft in WH2O made it look like a fun game. So what can I take from that?

Quoted from necro_nemesis

The only statement my wife made with regard to pinball was that the dog on the raft in WH2O made it look like a fun game. So what can I take from that?

Everyone knows my Wife's Opinion, She likes the games and understands the Hobby. I had a Cocktail Vid in the Kitchen (Hey, Everyone needs a Kitchen table, Right?), but it is gone now! Damn! Almost smoothed over the No Pins in the Kitchen rule!! hehehe

She used to say "You have to tell me when you are going to Spend that much Money, Now she just rolls her eyes and sets the High score!! Then I can't get rid of it until She is off the list! Not a bad rule!

Dave

Quoted from necro_nemesis

Why even ask the question? Does your girlfriend look for your approval when buying a sewing machine?

My wife said pinballs take up space. I agreed. That was the end of that.

Totally, that's what I was trying to say too although I sounded like a long-winded cynical jerk lol, and you however, summed it up with a lot more grace Necro  

Guess I feel that, if I don't have room in my house for an arcade machine, then chances are, it's because I have too much OTHER crap in my house....

How much useless crap are we cramming into our houses these days if we don't have  10 square feet of floor space for a game?  

Quoted from Teamatomics

Guess I feel that, if I don't have room in my house for an arcade machine, then chances are, it's because I have too much OTHER crap in my house....

How much useless crap are we cramming into our houses these days if we don't have  10 square feet of floor space for a game?  

Amen, brother!

Duane

Quoted from necro_nemesis

Unless your using up cash that you need to run your household, what business is it of hers?

That's pretty much the deal I have with my wife.  As long as there is a roof over our head, food on the table and clothes on the kids backs, we're cool.

D.

I must live at the paradise ... I do whatever I want with the space in the house because it's MY house. I have plenty of space on the basement for arcade machines. Each one has his money to buy stuff we like. My girlfriend loves pinball and plays tournaments with me. She almost encourages me to buy new pinball machines. Baby or not, pinballs will stay there and the collection will continue to grow ..  Also the girlfriend is sexy and loves sex.  

Quoted from kicknhard

..  Also the girlfriend is sexy and loves sex.  

You got me, until that part i thought you were serious...  

Quoted from necro_nemesis

Why even ask the question? Does your girlfriend look for your approval when buying a sewing machine?

What do you have agaist sewing machines ? she actually bought ME one !  -->   http://mrhide.pinnesota.org/gallery/spike