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Adult daughter gaming every hour she is off work?

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Asterid · 22/09/2018 00:52

Adult daughter is 21 and just recently moved back in after finishing her degree. She has a job.

However every hour she isn't working, it's spent gaming. I mean every hour.

AIBU to be slightly bothered by this?

OP posts:
Inthetropics · 22/09/2018 16:22

I don't think that's a problem as long as she is washing her clothes, cooking at least somegimes, cleaning her room, shopping for stuff when she needs, taking the trash out sometimes, etc. If you are doing all those things for her i'd stop. It's ok to be a gamer but these mundane tasks stop us from being completely focused on gaming.

I've had times whe i was obsessed with a game but i still had to work, feed the cats and my dog, clean ans tidy my house, wash my car, wash my clothes, go to the bank to talk to the manager and so on.

Inthetropics · 22/09/2018 16:23

*that should've been "sometimes"

worridmum · 22/09/2018 16:41

No one on here would care if she spent all her down time at the gym or walking or reading. Mumsnet is living in the past thinking gaming is ethier a waste of time (like most hobbies) or thats it for children or males and the OP is being too judgemental.

Most games are 15+ and the average age of gamers is late 20s and studies show 40% are female. I would seriously back off she has a job and a degree you might of had a point if she had neither.

JessicaJonesJacket · 22/09/2018 16:47

What do you want her to do instead? If she's playing multi-gamers then she's chatting to her friends and interacting with people. If you wouldn't worry about her sitting reading then I don't think it's fair to complain about her sitting gaming.

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