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This seemed to be the best place to reach out with a question like this. My wife doesn't play games such as destiny. She's more into the "just dance" and "super smash bros" crowd. In her eyes, every moment I spend gaming is a moment I don't get with her, even if she's sleeping. I find myself scheduling my gametime after the test of the family has gone to sleep, and my normal sleep rhythm had gone to pot as of the last couple weeks. I have no more candle to burn. So after reading a thread here about managing game time, I'm now reducing the time I spend each day playing to completing the daily, weekly heroic/nightfall (if not done), and some farming to level up my gear. I wanted to say hi and thank this group for helping me mature a little more as a gamer.
One final note, I have a good raid crew, but sadly we have yet to kill atheon. So while we may not have completed the raid, I'm willing to help out when anyone needs a +1 for most any event. Psn:Coedbeast (ps3 only)
Happy hunting guardians
Edit: I realized I never asked my question. Any suggestions on how to approach my wife about the game?
Edit 2: such wonderful comments. I have some ideas on what to do now. Thanks for the help. Nice to know there is a great bunch of gents here willing to help. Look forward to playing the game with you all. Well, all you ps3 users anyway.
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My wife isn't much of a gamer either. She plays here app games on tablet. But does love Minecraft on the ps3. So now and then my son, her and I will all play together in one world. Him on his ps3 and us on splitscreen on my ps3. The kid and I are gamers and both play Destiny as well as many other games. I guess I am lucky as when we are gaming for hours she is doing her thing. Which is either reading (she can read a book in a day sometimes) streaming shows on her tablet or doing facecrack. She doesn't mind because we aren't bugging her. Lol Also my wife works part time evenings during the week. So after I get home she leaves for work. That's when I mainly play and as long as the kid has his homework done, so does he. We still get alot of family time together and she has her alone time with son as they watch a series of youtube videos. We have our family things like hiking, RC crawlers and stuff we do together. My wife probably thinks I play alot but she knows I enjoy it. Same as I don't harp on her for reading all day on a rainy Saturday. My Destiny addiction is healthier and cheaper then a drug addiction I guess. So there are for worse things in the world. You just have to balance family, time together and personal interests/hobbies.