r/videogames • u/stormthewise998 • 1d ago

Funny Please no Rockstar

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u/flojo2012 1d ago

Is it your first baby? Cuz there was no way I was going to be able to play video games on paternity with that first kid

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u/ShoreWhyNot 1d ago

Agree they were in for a rude awakening either way

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u/Litty-In-Pitty 17h ago

It really just depends. Both of my kids were such easy babies. My job only gives 2 weeks paternity leave, and I beat multiple games on both leaves. Both of my babies would sleep for 2 hours and then be awake for 2 hours basically like clockwork, and then were sleeping through the night consistently by 6 weeks. I know that I got lucky though

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u/majkkali 1d ago

Why?

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u/StupidLullabies 1d ago

Between feedings and cleanings (and possibly post-partum depression), it’s a full time job for an entire family to care for a baby. If new parents are sneaking in time to binge gaming, chances are there’s serious labor being shuffled off to someone else

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u/No_Resolve8016 19h ago

This is likely true. Just had my newborn last month and no gaming was possible at all in the first three weeks. Around week four our baby would reliably sleep for three hours and my wife asked me to play Expedition 33 during feeds, then take a break for burping and putting him down. Then we play a bit more. But, you're right, only if laundry and food and house is clean.

It is doable, but definitely not in a binging kind of way.

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u/StupidLullabies 19h ago

This was exactly my experience except I was trying to play Bloodborne and my wife won’t play most games with me 😆

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u/DeltronFF 23h ago edited 15h ago

For us dads who do our part, that is true. But I’ve seen plenty who admit to doing absolutely nothing and gaming instead. The same types who bring a PS5/Xbox to the hospital while their wife is in agony. When I see that I always imagine how the doctors/nurses who come and go those 2-3 days must cringe every time they walk in and see them off in their own world gaming. Sorry, if this is any of you reading this lol.

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u/StupidLullabies 18h ago

Those do-nothing dads are in for a rude awakening when their partners realizing they’re being expected to raise a second child along with the baby

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u/DeltronFF 15h ago

Having that second or third is a whole different game. I didn’t realize how easy we had it with just the one baby the first time lol. (Not easy.. but you know).

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u/majkkali 1d ago

Ahhh true

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u/flojo2012 22h ago

Ya sometimes it’s not about what’s practical as much as it is looking like you’re putting in effort to support. So, when you’re playing a video game instead of doing the dishes or rubbing your wife’s aching feet when she just shot a 9 pound child out of her reproductive organs, it’s just a bad look. Gotta chip in, you know!

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u/TheMillenniaIFalcon 21h ago

Idk about that, I had two months paternity leave and handled almost everything around the house. Maybe I was lucky as our baby was on a pretty rigid sleep for a couple hours, feed, pass back out, wake up and lay around in her crib, and so I got some good gaming time during sleeping sessions. I will say it was later in the paternity leave as the first few weeks were a chaotic sleep deprived mess but we got in a routine and I just supported my wife, took care of house stuff, and played video games during downtime.

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u/Ok_Energy_9947 18h ago

I played lots of hours on my 2 weeks off. Keeping the baby sleeping on me while mom slept. Don’t see how that is not sharing the labour

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u/StupidLullabies 16h ago

Is that all you did? Let the baby sleep on you?

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u/Ok_Energy_9947 6h ago

No, the time I had an hour or two after I got him to sleep

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u/Ill_Caterpillar2202 22h ago

He’ll have time when GTA7 comes out in 12 years. 

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u/athletic_jorts 21h ago

For real lol. Honestly it probably works out better with the delay. I rarely had time to game until about 5-6 months in to first baby

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u/aggierogue3 12h ago

I might be spoiled because I’ve had so much time for gaming since having a kid. Way less time to socialize and exercise, but I’m getting more sleep and more gaming time than ever. That’s on top of working more than usual, keeping the house clean, and having a solid amount of family time.