Hassle form parents for playing computer games?

Come home ****ed 3 nights a week, leave the grill on with bacon underneath and fall asleep.

After 2 weeks they will pay for you to move out :) or join the forighn legion.
 
Load GTAV, sit you dad in front of the screen and show him a walk through.

Once he sees you killing innocent members of the public, stealing cars and having sex with prostitutes he'll realise you're not just gaming, you're preparing for life in the outside world.
 
I still live at home, play a lot of games and my parents don't really care as long as I don't make too much noise at night. But I'm only 21, I imagine if I'm still 30 living at home they might start to feel a bit different.
 
Look in the small ads.
Find a flat share
Pack your bags
Move out.

No matter what he says to your face he resents the fact you're 33 and living at home.
 
Do you collect Manga dolls ?

yes - poo through your own letter box.
no - carry on until he actually kicks you out - ride the XP wave till lvl 90.
 
opethdisciple said:
Just need a platform to vent. Had to turn PC off, as lost the enjoyment to play.

Since I was a boy I've always been made to feel bad for playing computer games. In fact any games to be honest. My dad smashed up my Super Nintendo and also broke my wrestling ring one Xmas. Just hated me playing games and wanted me always to be doing something 'constructive'.

The problem is I'm 33 and still live at home. I know I need to move out, but I'm saving cash up and plan to move out this time next year.

My gaming system is up in the loft where my dad keeps all his paper work, so came in to find me gaming and then went off on one. "This is not the behavior of a 33 yr old and that I need to get some responsibilities...."

I'm at work all week.... what else does he want me to do. And it's not like I spend hours on the PC. One hour here and there. I live my life, I go out and socialize and I game from time to time as a mode of entertainment.

My dad is from a small village in Cyprus, techno phobic so doesn't understand it at all. Just about gets on with an iPad. He just doesn't and will not get it. My sisters bf who is similar age to me is a barrister and he plays games.... but for some reason they don't click that gaming is a form of modern entertainment these days.

Clearly proves that I need to move out and sharpish. :(
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Dude if you want to live at home, live at home.

Your Dad isn't upset that you're playing computer games, it will be something else.

Do you talk to him about your life?
Does he think you're happy?
Does he think you're getting the fulfillment of life that is available?

If you are actually doing well at work and learning things then talk to your parents about it, it's the least you can do whilst they're putting a roof over your head.

I'll also hasten to add that it might be difficult to change the way you see your relationship with your Dad whilst you're still under their roof, but make the effort or move out IMO.

He probably wants to see you have a major event during his lifetime, don't mistake this as a personal attack from him to you, he obviously loves you very much if you're still living there. Some people get more or less evicted before they're 20.

Count yourself lucky and don't listen to the virgins on here calling your Dad unfair.
 
I relocated from Manchester to Edinburgh towards the end of last year and rent my own flat. My parents always told me that renting was a waste of money too, and to some extent I agree with them. On the other hand, I would rather rent a place where I am happy and can do exactly what I want.

Sadly, the only real opportunity I think I will have to get a mortgage or buy my own place will be when I lose one of my very close relatives. In the meantime, I'm happy renting and 'being young'.
 
Next year is going to be a defining year.

My sister is getting married and they have bought a house, which is going to be ready to move in too in Oct 2016. She's lucky as she spends maybe half the week at home and half the week at the fiancé's.

I have put my cash in to savings accounts and bonds which mature by June 2016.

So it looks like by late next year, both me and my sister are going move out.

It's not just the gaming thing, that's small fry, and only because he doesn't get it. It's all the other stuff, that goes with being independent and having my own space.

Did you know, despite me and my sister both telling my mum not to, she opens our post! :eek:

My dad anyway is very old fashioned. The only thing he cares about, is me getting married and having kids. Anything that doesn't lead to this end is a waste of time and the 'devils work' as he described my gaming last night.
 
"renting is a waste of money" is such a [bull poo] parent lie. It's so life-limiting if you believe it and wind up staying at home for years.

I bought as soon as I moved out at 24, but I had a settled relationship and we bought together. If I'd been single, I'd have moved out into sharedrented accommodation, probably earlier than I did. My friends who did so had a great time of it.

Renting is not a "waste" if it improves your quality of life
 
opethdisciple said:
Yep I need to move out. The problem is, since my dad turned 60 I have noticed he has aged a lot now. Our time together is surely getting very short .
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You can't think like that, my dad is now 70 and i'm looking to move out for the second time within the next 12 months because i want to get married and start a family. That's probably a better way to honer him.

I originally moved out when i was 23 and came back when i was 31 because my first marriage fell apart. I have my deposit saved and now looking for a house

The upside is that everyone knows i game and no one says anything about it because they know it entertains me and it's better than me going out getting drunk every night
 
cheesyboy said:
"renting is a waste of money" is such a [bull poo] parent lie. It's so life-limiting if you believe it and wind up staying at home for years.
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Depends on the situation.

Im 26, live and work at home and see my parents for an half an hour a day if that.

For me personally, renting is an entire waste of money because it will give me nothing but higher bills!
 
There are two sides to the coin.

Renting allows you to be independent and grow as an individual. Your also not tied down by a mortgage etc.

On the flip side, from an economical perspective, it is a waste as you are not putting your money in to your own pot, but rather in to the land lords.

So in my situation, I had the luxury of being able to live at home save up and buy my own place. Which is an investment in me. That property is mine and can get sold to recoup my cash back and more. Something you cant do with renting.

In the mean time I have to put up with living with parents.
 
When I lived with my parents i'd get get told to keep it down when screaming cheater at 3 in the morning playing COD,no issues with with time spent playing though :)
 
Dude, just move out into a shared house or something.
I got fed up living at home at 26 and moved out with my new GF, best thing I ever did even if it means I'm flat broke the rest of my life.
 
Maybe it's nothing to do with 'him not getting gaming' and maybe that he'd like to have the house to just the two of them and not feel like he has a lodger? Plenty of parents speak about how they look forward to getting their youth back and having the house to themselves when their children mature. It just so happens that gaming is something he can vent at because he thinks it may stifle your chances of meeting someone, getting married etc etc but ultimately for him and your Mum... You moving out.
 
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