Relationships and Neopets

[AbbiM14]

My boyfriend is the kind who teases me all the time about playing, but will sit and watch me for hours and even ask to play every now and then. He likes it in secret, I can tell :3

 

I once dated someone who played NP as often as I do... We never spent time together. We were both always online. And the sad thing is, I'm not even exaggerating. ;-;

[rinoa812]

My boyfriend teases me about it but he is just playing around. He really doesnt care what I do with my time as long as I pay him attention too =)

[AJ11]

My partner is happy that I have this interest but tried it briefly and just didnt get into it.

 

I do get a bit of teasing in that its a kids game and the pets look pretty childish etc but nothing really negative at all

 

It would be so good if we were both into it so I could talk about it and be understood, luckily both my daughters are neopet fans so I can message them all excited if something big happens and know they will understand it, as others have said I think that is why this forum is very helpful, we can come here and say the lab ray has done this or that and know that others will know what the heck we are talking about, instead of that glassy stare and repeating words like the Lab Ray?? erm whats a 'lenny' ? ... sigh

 

Its hard to convince someone its not just for kids when you have to tell them that a lenny is a big bird that looks like something out of sesame street :sad01_anim:

[haedder]

My boyfriend teases me, but it's harmless, he acknowledges that he plays an awful lot of video games and I'm just consistent with the game I play. I kind of wanted him to make an account so I could have a non quitting key quest partner but it was a no go. The only thing that ever upset me was when he teased me about it in front of one of his friends. I felt really embarrassed and asked him not to do it again. He apologized and hasn't since.

 

Oh but he does get a little concerned during the Altador Cup season :) I don't blame him.

[LeavingBabylon]

For all of those wondering what my situation is,

 

I don't think my boyfriend would care. It's just kind of hard though not to blab about your pets to people in real life :P

I get what you mean but it is kinda like something girly, or anything I care about and he doesn't. So if I am excited about some new makeup, or a new episode of a show I really like, or whatever, it is just something for me to enjoy.

 

My husband does not like any video games and rarely gets on the computer. He just thinks it is dorky but doesn't care. :)

[Venus0523]

My husband just thinks its "cute" and is glad I understand video games, so I don't care when he's online playing those he likes ... Works out for both of us :)

[tierney_dale]

I don't think my boyfriend likes it... he is pretty anti-gaming at all. He says they're addicting lol :P He says it's wasting time if you're building fake skills on a game, when you could be learning something new and building REAL skills. Personally I don't think playing neo occasionally is any different than watching TV or playing Angry Birds on my cell phone lol.

[nadabrovitchka]

I confess I keep it a secret from everybody right now that I'm considered and adult. I start dating 2 and a half years ago and was not playing, a few months ago I start playing again. If I knew I would lost the altador cup by such few time I'd return sooner lol

So yesterday I was searching TDN articles to help a friend and my boyfriend question me for what it was. I would like to say and show him what NP is but I only said it was online games fearing he would make fun of me. I kind of feel bad because I should be able to tell him with no problems and know he would respect me since I hate the football games he plays but don't care about it

[tierney_dale]

haha I did the same thing.... I kept it a huge secret from the guy I'm dating... But then one day I had my habi opened on his computer and he saw it and was like "umm.... seriously? you play neopets?" hahaha. He mostly just teased me about it and then we both got over it. You should casually let your bf know that you play, it's way better than trying to hide it :P

[Oganagey]

My boyfriend probably thinks I'm very childish...but it doesn't matter! Everyone has their own little things that make them happy, and good relationships will allow for that (within reason of course)

[nadabrovitchka]

So I told my boyfriend in the begining of the year that I played NP :) After all I was ok by telling, I was just avoiding the normal first reaction. The question I was waiting popped up ''so how old are you?'' lol It was really funny show him why I played and the variety of non childish thing the site has. My bf is very playfull and likes teasing a lot. So I asked his help to get an avie and putted him playing a bit of maths nightmare. From that day he didn't tease me again ;)