If you want to play and she’s around, make sure she has something to entertain herself with. Put up a video/movie/tv series on a second monitor, etc. Let her do her thing during the day Saturday, that’s a solid 8hr of gaming, then go out at night. Or take her out during the day, do her thing with her, and keep the night for yourself. Balance is important.

There’s nothing wrong with clocking 40hr at the office, then 40hr at the computer, and still having plenty of time for the girl. There’s 168 hours in a week, if sleeping 8 hours a night that’s 56 total, minus your 40 for work and 40 for gaming, that leaves 32 hours for her, that if is properly placed, can be easily utilized to it’s maximum potential. That’s 32 hours of dedicated time to her as well. She can also share some of your 40 hours at the console.

Just because your not physically doing something together, doesn’t mean it’s not time. Be in the same room, the same couch, the same bed, whatever, and do your own thing. Sure, it’s not actually entertaining her, but it’s not a guy’s job to entertain his girl. It’s a mutual thing. She reads a book, you play a game, your next to each other, if you’ve been together for more than 2 weeks, time spent physically together, so you can look over, smile, etc. periodically, she can also enjoy it.

Women are not children. They do not have to be entertained. Go out, catch lunch, check out some stores, she looks at music, he looks at giant tv’s, she buys a couple cd’s, he buys rechargeable batteries for his cordless controller, go back to the house and listen to her cd’s with her while you play the game. It’s all pretty easy to figure out if you just think about it.