Does your missus moan at you...

... for playing FM?

Mine does.

mine sighs everytime i reach for my laptop

My girlfriend is actually pretty good. She plays FM on the PSP, so she understands "the addiction".

Only problem happens when her family comes round. All the portable games consoles mysteriously disappear, and the computer gets unplugged. :confused:

Mine is on her laptop more than I'm on mine (bloody Mumsnet and WDDC!) so she can't really complain

if theres a moan the reply theres a door walk through it.

Missus?!? ... is that some kind of woman?

nope, don't have time for those. My team doesn't manage itself

if theres a moan the reply theres a door walk through it.

LMAO!!

I know if I used that then I'll end up with a hand print on my face

I get a sigh everytime i turn my laptopon, which is greeted by a loud laugh and the line "Love, my team won't manage itself"

My girlfriend plays Sims 3, so I play FM, whilst she plays Sims 3! Perfect!

Mine loves it because she gets to watch TV shows she wouldn't get to watch otherwise.

if theres a moan the reply theres a door walk through it.

Best. Response. Ever.

Thinly veiled "I've got a girlfriend" thread

Yeah... or rather, she gives me "the look". You all know what I mean...

i knew i was gay for a reason lol he plays the game as well so its easy times for me!!!

i knew i was gay for a reason lol he plays the game as well so its easy times for me!!!

Fair play.

Mrs Crouchaldinho is pretty cool actually. She doesn't mind me playing.

My wife isn't that into football generally but I have managed to get her to come to a St. Albans City match with me. But as for playing FM, she's not interested unfortunately.

However, she does listen (or at least she pretends to listen) to me when I talk about my FM careers.

She knows that I research for FM and when I told her that I was a 'faceinthegame' she thought it was cool. She likes to know where I have ended up on my FM saves and how the virtual me is doing.

I don't think I will ever manage to get her to play the game though.

Crouchaldinho

Thats brill mate, atleast she seems a little interested . You live close to St Albans ground?

Crouchaldinho

Thats brill mate, atleast she seems a little interested . You live close to St Albans ground?

Not close enough. Why, are you a Saints fan too?

Mrs C has a 100% record watching the Saints. True, she has only been to one match, but at least she has never seen them lose or draw! I told her maybe she should retire from supporting the Saints from now on.

The good thing about Mrs C is that she knows all of the Saints players now off by heart. So I'll be playing FM and managing St. Albans City, and she'll glance over at my laptop and say 'oh great save by Bastock', or 'is Gary Cohen scoring any goals for you?' This despite the fact that she isn't really that interested!

The misses calls it " that game " and normally lets me play "my game" pretty often, just with a request for random date nights. Its a fair trade

Mine happens like this:

Girlfriend: 'What You Doing?'

Me: 'Playing Football Manager'

Her: 'Such a dork'

Me: 'Im your dork and you love me '

Her: 'Yeah '

So not really moaning

Mine happens like this:

Girlfriend: 'What You Doing?'

Me: 'Playing Football Manager'

Her: 'Such a dork'

Me: 'Im your dork and you love me '

Her: 'Yeah '

So not really moaning

If only all of us could have such a simple existence...

my gurl paid half for the game as a present so i just keep reminding her of that fact;)

Luckily I'm a coach IRL, so whenever she asks, I can always answer it's my job to play this and then give her a sample, if there was game about lawyers, she definetely must play it (I don't know, is there?)

The name escapes me, but I think there is a rather old one for Nintendo DS.

Mine bought me FM as a birthday present. I don't think she quite realised what she was getting herself into...

Generally she doesn't mind, although there is some heavy hint dropping when I've pushed my luck a little too far.

I think I read something once that chicks actually secretly dig the fact that men love computer games, football etc...

They say it's because they love men to be passionate about things. I'm still unsure of this theory so I just play it safe and don't have a girlfriend. No moaning at me to contend with

The name escapes me, but I think there is a rather old one for Nintendo DS.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Wright-Ace-Attorney-Nintendo/dp/B000EOTWSI

My girlfriend plays Sims 3, so I play FM, whilst she plays Sims 3! Perfect!

Same as for me, gotta love EA for that!

I play it on the girlfriends laptop and im under strict rules

1. I can't play it when shes around

2. I can't play it when we have company

3. I can't play it when there is kids in the house because they will want to play it

So that leaves me with playing it when no one is around, so she comes home after me playing it and goes "what have you been doing all day" and i respond "Playing Football Manager" and she replies "I knew it, you and that bloody game, you have to get rid of it"

Sometimes you just can't win

She calls me sad, but isn't living with me yet so it doesn't matter. I suppose I have all of this to look forward to.

I play it on the girlfriends laptop and im under strict rules

1. I can't play it when shes around

2. I can't play it when we have company

3. I can't play it when there is kids in the house because they will want to play it

So that leaves me with playing it when no one is around, so she comes home after me playing it and goes "what have you been doing all day" and i respond "Playing Football Manager" and she replies "I knew it, you and that bloody game, you have to get rid of it"

Sometimes you just can't win

Get in there first and ditch her!

After 2 ex-wives,FM is now my girlfriend so no probs now.

My fiancee is very good about it tbf.

I usually play it when she's watching Dancing On Ice or Strictly Come Dancing or some such programme.

However, once I hear the dreaded "I'm bored now", I know to turn it off!

Guys, I solved this problem for you in a thread last month. I used the editor to make my wife our chair(man). Now she's the boss and in control of the budget, so she can't complain. The only drawback so far is when she wouldn't allow me to strengthen the squad until we bought a new washing machine.

Nope, never.

My girlfriend moans about everything. I can't even do the dishes for her without her moaning about how i'm doing it.

I used to play it on my laptop when my ex was watching ****e on tv. Meant she could watch stuff I didn't like and we'd both be happy.

It helped that she was a nerd who liked games anyway though.

My girlfriend moans about everything. I can't even do the dishes for her without her moaning about how i'm doing it.

Why would you do that? I've just trained my wife by showing her the entire 6 series of Men Behaving Badly. Now she understands.

No. She supports my FM playing because it means she can watch as much TV and play as much Tiger Woods PGA Tour on XBOX360 as she wants.

It works for both of us

Not close enough. Why, are you a Saints fan too?

Mrs C has a 100% record watching the Saints. True, she has only been to one match, but at least she has never seen them lose or draw! I told her maybe she should retire from supporting the Saints from now on.

The good thing about Mrs C is that she knows all of the Saints players now off by heart. So I'll be playing FM and managing St. Albans City, and she'll glance over at my laptop and say 'oh great save by Bastock', or 'is Gary Cohen scoring any goals for you?' This despite the fact that she isn't really that interested!

No mate i live close to st albans. In Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

My missus works 12 hour shifts at hospital.

Lots of 'me' time .... Tbf, she's not really got a problem with it. The odd whinge now and again.

It dont bother me the slighest she comes round im playing football manager i hand her the remotes she doesnt say a word at all just watches tele lol lifes grand

It dont bother me the slighest she comes round im playing football manager i hand her the remotes she doesnt say a word at all just watches tele lol lifes grand

until she

A. Comes home in a really bad mood

B. Cheats on you

this game is one of the reasons i split with mine lol. i used the phrase "theres the door walk through it". pmsl. thats the other reason lol

If a girl is controlling your life to the point you can't do anything you want, you need to grow some balls or look for a new girl tbf...

It's not good to get addicted to FM but personal time is personal time.

Not really. I play it while she watches Coranation street, Eastenders and other such crappy shows or while watching sport in the spare room.

As mentioned by someone else she used to call it "that game" and generally thought i was pretty silly playing it. That all changed when her mother bought her that Gordon ramsay's kitchen nightmares game though, she plays that more than i play FM these days.

The other day, my girlfriend said she wanted to play a game like FM.

Maybe one of the sims would interest her. Her laptop can't handle it though.

I downloaded Sims 1 into my missus' Acer netbook thingy. Try it.

my mate just gave me his old playstation 2 and a lara croft game. And guess what? My wife is getting stuck into it while i enjoy a quiet, moan-free session of FM. That's what friends are for!!!

Both my ex and current girlfriend have bought me the past few editions of the FM series and neither moan... although have any of the rest of you noticed how they don't like being called "current girlfriend", makes them think you're looking for an upgrade ;-)

Although given how much travelling i do with my job, and the fact that when my and my girlfriend are usually out when we're together, i don't get the opportunity to play it that often anyway, so she couldn't moan even if she wanted too. lol.