Dumbest reason an adult family member has been mad at you

[Guy Incognito]

Me and my sister had a rough patch when I was like 19 and she was 17. The girl I dated my senior year of HS and into my freshman year of college went off the deep end when we broke up. I had stopped talking to my ex because I was getting tired of her attempts to get back with me, so then my ex started talking to my sister through AIM, and my sister would talk to me and get the info to her. We buried the hatchet a long time ago, though.

That was about it, though, for me. My MIL and some of her siblings have some weird hangups, but those aren't my problems to solve.

 

[NU_WTF?]

Yeah, within the next few weeks they'll be adding a bunch more content to enhance gameplay and replayability. I expect I'll continue playing it regularly for the next couple months. Even if the game ain't spectacular, it's quality time with the wife.

Yea i can relate to that. My wife and i play a few different games together. Elder Scrolls Online, Call of Duty MP Warzone and Zombies, there was a time we played Diablo 3 together a bunch, and when the kids beg us we play Minecraft with them

 

[PackJason]

We bought F76 for $15 knowing it was not well-received with a mentality of "screw it, let's give it a try - and if it's garbage, big deal, we spent about the same money as we do for a fast food meal". Turned out to be worth the money for us... It's been pretty much the only game we've played for the past several months.

There's a guy we've gamed with who got F76 when it first came out. He played it for a little while initially and quickly realized it was trash at that time. Fast forward - when he saw my wife and I were on it for several weeks in a row, he joined us to check it out and was pleasantly surprised by how much they improved the game since launch and how much interesting content they added. He's joined us nearly every night over the past couple months.

It's a game my wife and I play cooperatively together. We like teaming up for games like Far Cry & Borderlands and F76 is in a similar vein. F76 isn't void of frustrating bugs or crashes; but for $15 we certainly got our money's worth.

Is there a monthly fee?

 

[Me]

why would she not speak to her? that sounds like a very nice thing to do for someone on their birthday.

 

[fishinabarrel]

I have a great aunt who has refused to talk to me since she found out I'm an atheist.

If there's a family get-together and if I'm there she won't show up.

That lightning smiting you got coming might hit her too!

 

[RP-29]

Yea i can relate to that. My wife and i play a few different games together. Elder Scrolls Online, Call of Duty MP Warzone and Zombies, there was a time we played Diablo 3 together a bunch, and when the kids beg us we play Minecraft with them

We played ESO quite a bit together a while back - when it was first released on console with no monthly subscription cost. We played Black Ops 1 & 2 together for a while (TDMs offline versus AI). We did Diablo 3 for a while too. Never Minecraft, though.

The first game I can remember we really put a lot of time into together was the original Star Wars Battlefront. She wasn't much of a gamer before that and would just watch me play games or do something else, but I coaxed her into split-screening with me and she found herself enjoying the cooperative accomplishments that the game provided - even if I was the one carrying most of the load. Of course, as she played she got more proficient. To this day, I'm still more proficient, but she can hold her own well in most games now. In F76, she's usually the one reviving other downed players in public events.

 

[BigRedMoe]

She has a kid with my cousin’s husband from before they got together. She also has a kid with friend’s little brother

Weren't you making fun of the English Royals' family tree last week?

 

[BigRedMoe]

Also, no one in my family ever gets mad at me. They're all scared of my temper.

 

[RP-29]

Is there a monthly fee?

Fallout 76 has an optional monthly subscription service called "Fallout 1st" that adds some extra content - such as granting you to the ability to play in a private server and includes extra in-game currency for unlockables (and more), but it's certainly not required to play the game or have fun with the game.

 

[PackJason]

Fallout 76 has an optional monthly subscription service called "Fallout 1st" that adds some extra content - such as granting you to the ability to play in a private server and includes extra in-game currency for unlockables (and more), but it's certainly not required to play the game or have fun with the game.

Cool. I'm a Fallout fan but took a hard pass on 76 after my buddy got it at launch and said it sucked ass.

 

[RP-29]

Cool. I'm a Fallout fan but took a hard pass on 76 after my buddy got it at launch and said it sucked ass.

If you've got a buddy to play with and progress with, it will likely make the game more fun. The game encourages cooperation.

 

[NU_WTF?]

We played ESO quite a bit together a while back - when it was first released on console with no monthly subscription cost. We played Black Ops 1 & 2 together for a while (TDMs offline versus AI). We did Diablo 3 for a while too. Never Minecraft, though.

The first game I can remember we really put a lot of time into together was the original Star Wars Battlefront. She wasn't much of a gamer before that and would just watch me play games or do something else, but I coaxed her into split-screening with me and she found herself enjoying the cooperative accomplishments that the game provided - even if I was the one carrying most of the load. Of course, as she played she got more proficient. To this day, I'm still more proficient, but she can hold her own well in most games now. In F76, she's usually the one reviving other downed players in public events.

I got my wife into being competitive during halo 3 or reach i forget but thats when we started gaming together (on the 360) after that we got into mw3 and bo2 and she usually plays each of the cod titles with me since we game share between our consoles it doesnt cost extra or anything for her to try it out, she hasnt played warzone with me for a bit but life has been busy and our game time hasnt aligned as well and when it does its been ESO time. One of these days ill probably reinstall FO76 and give it another shot

 

[Kburjr]

I have never been into gaming. Is it fun?

 

[Cobrabit]

thanks

It’s too bad that the relationship turned sour. From their viewpoint, what you are essentially saying is that the way there are treating this virus makes them unsafe parents. That’s a hard one for them to swallow. In fact, I’m not sure thats fixable.

It’s too bad that the whole issue of masks and social distancing was politicized. It really was just an individual choice. Hopefully in time you all can move past it

I can see what you're saying, however, his children are grown and it wasn't necessarily only for the safety of my children, but the safety of my wife and the other family that we have a virtual learning bubble with. Both mothers are immune compromised and he just couldn't seem to wrap his head around the fact we were maintaining a bubble to be as safe as possible, no matter how many times I told him. He kept saying, "what, you think you're going to catch it?" or "it's nothing if you do catch it." That may be true for him or me, but I just wasn't going to take unnecessary risk on the chance that it could affect my wife.

This was a couple months ago, and we're able to talk now, but my children still haven't gone over to their house. We've only visited my wife's family who live 3 hours away due to my father-in-law dying due to congenial heart failure and having hospice care at home. Even though my wife and I have gotten vaccinated, we still are worried about carrying it to him or my mother-in-law, so we still maintain our bubble.

Just one of those situations that I was doing what was best for me and my family, and if other's couldn't respect that, then that's their problem, not mine. Covid has opened the eyes of many to whom they could "trust" to take common courtesy precautions for the safety of others, even if they didn't believe in it themselves.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

I dont want to talk about it

 

[RP-29]

I have never been into gaming. Is it fun?

My grandfather just turned 90 years old. He likes playing "Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" and "Skyrim" on his computer. You get to explore a new world and accomplish quests and save the world at your own pace with an infinite variation of ways to play the game. If you're sincerely interested in trying out a game, get "Skyrim".

 

[Cobrabit]

@dbldwn711

An analogy I brought up to him was the idea of shooting an arrow vertically upwards. The odds may be very low it'll come back to hit you, but I wouldn't even shoot it in the first place. If I was around someone who did, I wouldn't stick around and get as far away from them as possible, as the odds of it hitting someone increases dramatically when more people hang around.

 

[ojb81]

I dont want to talk about it

but i want you to talk about it.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

but i want you to talk about it.

I have a half sister, younger than me by 14 years. The step dad that raised me, and the dad that raised her, are tow completely different people. I call him by name, and she calls him dad, cause well, he is her dad. She told me one night, that I was being disrespectful, by calling him by his name, that I have called him for 40 years, and that I should call him dad. I told her, that my relationship with him has nothing to do with her, and what I call him has even less to do with her.

She wouldnt stop, and so I finally told her, "well, we had completely different childhoods, and raising. I dont bring it up, but if you want to keep pressing the issue, ok. I hated your dad for most of my life, and he hated me. You need to take all these thoughts about what you think you know, and get them the fuck out of your head, and never bring this shit up to me again. Never."

We didnt talk for a long time, and she still wont get over it, probably 3 years now. But she is a spoiled little brat, and was basically raised like an only child. She has no idea what it was like for me.

 

[ojb81]

I have a half sister, younger than me by 14 years. The step dad that raised me, and the dad that raised her, are tow completely different people. I call him by name, and she calls him dad, cause well, he is her dad. She told me one night, that I was being disrespectful, by calling him by his name, that I have called him for 40 years, and that I should call him dad. I told her, that my relationship with him has nothing to do with her, and what I call him has even less to do with her.

She wouldnt stop, and so I finally told her, "well, we had completely different childhoods, and raising. I dont bring it up, but if you want to keep pressing the issue, ok. I hated your dad for most of my life, and he hated me. You need to take all these thoughts about what you think you know, and get them the fuck out of your head, and never bring this shit up to me again. Never."

We didnt talk for a long time, and she still wont get over it, probably 3 years now. But she is a spoiled little brat, and was basically raised like an only child. She has no idea what it was like for me.