To think it's not normal for an 18 year old to play video games on their day off?

[FiremanSamuel]

To think it's not normal for an 18 year old to play video games on their day off? Mine doesn't move!

I'm an almost 40yr old woman and I'll happily play PS4 /pc games all day Totally normal for an 18yr old!

^^ what Dobby said!

I have never joined a guild but if there was a Mumsnet one I'd be on it like a flash... Someone please do it!

It's not very healthy though is it. I wouldn't want any teenager of mine to do that

There are more women over 30 that game than there are males under 18. Totally normal.

It's not very healthy though is it. I wouldn't want any teenager of mine to do that

Spending a day off doing a hobby? Seems perfectly healthy to me.

Not a hobby where you don't much. Not something I would encourage

*don't move much

Not a hobby where you don't much. Not something I would encourage

Like sewing or knitting or painting or reading or writing or colouring or watching movies etc etc.

Weekends when DD is with her dad I can quite happily spend a whole day sitting and reading 3/4 books.

There's nothing inherently healthy about any of the above, including gaming, being done on a day off. The very fact that its a "day off" suggests their life contains other things

I'm almost 46 and have spent the afternoon playing Fallout 4.

Colouring all day? Never watched movies all day either but then I like moving around.

Not a hobby where you don't much. Not something I would encourage

Pretty sure one day isn’t going to kill anyone.. 🙄

@Lethaldrizzle

People in liking other things shocker!

Very normal lol

Anyway, I’ve woken up from my nap and have just loaded Horizon Zero Dawn into the PS4.

It sounds extremely normal. "Day off" suggests it's not the main focus of their life.

It’s normal for 18 year olds, very sad for anyone over the age of 23.

Mydcaremarvel 23 and have been gaming since I was 8. Does that mean I'm too old now?

ZOMBIE.

This thread is ten months old!

Im 30 and still like to game on my days off lol

DP is 30, I'm 27 and we used to spend our days off gaming at home or gaming with our friends.

Now we have two small DC so no opportunity to play and we're usually asleep by half 9 anyway!

We do still have a D&D session every 2-3 weeks with some friends though, it's great fun

Totally normal. Video games aren't just for kids OP, chances are they won't 'grow out of it' any more than someone might grow out of any other pastime they enjoy. My husband sometimes plays games on his days off, as do most of our friends, most of us are aged mid 20s-mid30s (although those of us with kids get considerably less time to). We play games together usually a few evenings a week.

What would you deem an acceptable passtime?

Very normal

So at the stroke of midnight on my 24th birthday I will go from normal to very sad. At least according to some random judgmental Mumsnet poster. Good to know.

I'm 36 and would love to spend a day off playing Pokémon Go. Not quite the same as console games, but still gaming. It's not just teenage boys!

One day off if only they did that! I remember reading that was one reason Andy Murray's now wife left him when they were going out, she couldn't stand him constantly gaming.