When Did You Stop Playing Video Games Or Do You Still Play?

[newSusie]

I am in that age when I should have family and children, but I'm still playing. I am afraid that after marriage I will lose my interest to gaming and became a totally family person.
So the question to gamers and not only is: have you already stopped playing and if yes then when?

[woofgang]

Do you want a family and children? because if you don't then why think you "should" have them?

[spathiphyllum]

All you need to do, is find a partner with the same interests as yourself.

[newSusie]

Well, that is my fault - the question wasn't clear. Marriage is not a problem - if I don't want to, I'll don't do that.
I am asking about age. I'm really afraid I won't want to play after 30.

[Canary42]

We all grow out of things. Why so afraid ?

[Prudie]

I still game, I was playing last night however didn't start until my child was about 8 when the megadrive came out. Been playing ever since (on PS4 now)

[Old_Geezer]

Not been able to game for months now, but never was a video game player, always a PC game player. Too embarrassing to consider buying something just for playing on, at my age. Although after retirement maybe it's allowed again ?

30 Pft ! Blooming youngsters.

[Old_Geezer]

More to the point, you schedule your time to do all the things that are important to you in life. (Not that I'm doing that well with that at present, but priorities are priorities.) When you have responsibilities you find less time for the frivolities, but you can make some if you wish, or adjourn for a few years until you have more free time of your own.

[spathiphyllum]

I remember being about 5, and actually crying over the fact that when i will be older, i may not want to play with my toy soldiers. Now i'm older i really don't care.

Don't worry about one day maybe not playing games, when the day comes you won't think of it the same way, because you'll be occupied doing other things. Gaming is something you can always do now and again, and if you have kids, it's something you could do with them.

[woofgang]

No idea what you are afraid of...if you stop liking it you won't do it...if you still like it you will do it.

[MWG14]

I never started playing video games!

[bainbrig]

Canary “We all grow out of things.”

If only that was true Canary. Half of the nonsense of the world, much of the nonsense of Answerbank, is due to people’s absolute inability to grow out of things.

[BarbaraD]

I consider gaming as any other type of entertainment as reading a book, watching a movie or playing board games. Family matters and age can't just stop my desire to watch a movie, am I right? Same with games, you play if you want to and have time for that.
For example, one day my 67-year-old dad saw I was playing Slime Rancher on my laptop. He was interested in it and asked me to install it for him. Ok, I found it here: https://slimeranchergame.net/download and immediately installed it on his pc. He plays it every evening before sleep when he has time and it doesn't harm anyone, as I said above.
So just keep doing what you like, that's my opinion.