I'm a 24 yo single male and I feel guilty that my parents bought me a ps4 for Christmas. i feel like a 15 year old asking for it and they probably think I'm some autist manchild. they're so nice about it too, asking me questions, watching me play battlefront. I love it and am v excited but at the same time I felt so sad.
anyone else feel this way? or general embarassment of being an older gamer?
Jesus Christ that's pathetic.
>>321464601
Depends, do you have a job?
Are your parents well off? Still working maybe?
Also playing Battlefront is basically a confirmation of you being an autist manchild.
So enjoy this wake-up call if the above questions were answered with No.
I just turned 24 and got an Xbox One from my dad and sister for Christmas, already own a PS4 and Wii U.
I don't feel any shame OP, and I got my Xbone just to play Halo 5 and MCC. So no, don't feel ashamed. Just go out and get Bloodborne ASAP if you haven't got it already.
>mfw Halo 5 is actually pretty fucking awesome
Did you get them something?
You're not old, you're just autistic for asking your parents for a video game system for Christmas.
The reason they ask you so many questions and are so nice about it is because they think "winning" at a few video games is the best they can expect from you.
It sounds like you are an autist. Why, as a grown adult, would you ask for a $400 present? I'm 26 and still a hardcore game but I don't ask for that shit for Christmas.
I guess you may as well enjoy it.
Live your fucking life how you want and stop being a fat insecure nerd. You're gonna be old as fuck one day and wish you spent more time being happy.
>>321465156
You should feel shame, you sound like a real failure as a person with some relatively well off parents.
Nobody cares about your opinion of Halo, consoledipshit.
>>321465094
I do have a job/live on my own, and I wouldn't call them well off, but would consider it "stable". not sure if this makes it better or worse.
>>321465207
this
>tfw i bought my mom a laptop for christmas
>>321464601
>Asks for a Christmas present
>Receives it
>Complains
>>321465320
>>321465220
>>321465210
Jesus christ you faggots sound bitter.
>>321465207
I spent $100 on each of them, but obv not as much as they spent on me.
>>321465220
I dont know. I didnt think it was weird until I start realizing the rest of my friends got like socks.
>>321465427
And you sound like your parents still tuck you in at night
>oh yeah haha this will be a great thread! Better post it!
>>321465381
And you asked them for a PS4?
Your parents will always an to give you a gift no matter how old you are or how much you earn.
Since mine are both retired and dont have a great income I defuse them by asking for something cheap.
>>321465547
Be honest, you bought their presents with money they gave you.
>>321465210
>The reason they ask you so many questions and are so nice about it is because they think "winning" at a few video games is the best they can expect from you.
And what if it is?
Not everyone can be great anon, most people have to settle for pathetic.
>tfw you'll grow old and pathetic together with /v/
>24
>single
kek
>not just asking your parents for a couple hundred bucks and buying it on your own
literal manchild over here.
>321464601
>lucky to have both parents alive
>they're nice to you and even bought you a PS4 as a gift for christmas
>they don't look down on your degenerate vidya hobby and actually encourage it
>still manages to shitpost on /v/ like a whinny bitch
kill yourself
>>321465575
No, but they definitely loved me more than yours do, from the sound of it. It's okay friend, i'll tuck you in at night
>>321465716
ya you caught me
>>321465710
yeah i guess you're right. in my mind, they're going to spend x amount of money on me, so I'll just make sure it'son the right thing. I didn't consider that they'd likely spend less if I just asked for less
>>321464601
Nothing wrong at all. Enjoy. I'm happy for you anon. Its fun.
>>321465951
>not just asking your parents for a couple hundred bucks and buying it on your own
But thats much worse, anon atleast gave his parents get the joy of being able to gift directly, having their aspie kid open the package and get a present he oh-so-wanted
>>321465992
Probably why you still live at home, huh anon?
Fucking Christ, sonyggers truly are pathetic
>inb4 t-t-thays not all sonyggers
Yeah right
This is my first year "visiting" my parents since I got a place that isn't at school and it makes me feel sick to my stomach. I don't know what it is exactly. But God damn do I feel like shit. Anyone else feel like that? Those who left?
>>321466245
Nah, I rent my own apartment friendo. Keep trying though
>>321464601
Sounds like you have some loving parents.
Perhaps you're dissatisfied with the direction your life is going? Have you ever thought "this(videogames) is fun, but what exactly am I doing?", or just had a lingering "empty" feeling?
If so, could you be feeling there's something that needs doing which you've been neglecting?
>>321464601
Video games are to the point where if you don't partake in them in anyway you are considered weird. My sixteen year old sister and her friends wanted PS4s and my six year old brother has a 3ds and I know some of his friends got them for xmas.
>>321466378
I feel you're pain dude. I have my own place at university and everytime I come home, I just feel off.
>>321466612
I believe you
>ask for relatively nothing except cheap clothes and maybe a single game
>get a $200 arcade stick and clothes from a brand I can't afford on my own
Yes, the guilt is eating me alive.
I need to find a job just so I don't have this parasite of guilt tearing away at me from the inside.
>>321466956
I knew I would win you over by the end of this. Merry Xmas friend :^)
>>321466910
Its not even like I have a bad family or am upset with my life direction. I have a solid few friends, loving parents, and an excellent major. It's an awful feeling.
>>321464601
>asking for it
Well you got it now so who gives a fuck. If it's that embarrassing then you shouldn't have asked for it
>>321467249
/thread
>>321466378
I feel the same way. I actually dont live far from my parents now and I have a little brother and him and my mom kept commenting how this is the first year I won't be sleeping in the house and waking up on xmas with them. I just wanted to sleep in my own bed I don't hate you guys ;_;
I'm 25 and I still live with my parents, I'm jobless, my dad was supposed to retire. But I feel like I a complete failure. My dad tells me not to say to myself but I know it's true.
The only thing I regret is spending $800 on a pc. The best games in the last 4 years have all been Indy trash with sprite graphics or bad console ports. Pc Gaming is hitting a new low
>>321464601
i'm 26
i got two stuffed animals and a minecraft book
i dont play minecraft anymorei'd just use the wiki if i did
>>321466378
I feel very out of place flying home now. It's a strange feeling to realize i'm no ta part of my family's life anymore. I actually chose to stay home alone by myself than go home, and I have no idea why. I feel saddened by it, but in my head it feels worse to have gone over there.
>>321465320
you do realise a lot of parents buy gift for their child because they want to give you something they think you'll like.
my parents are poor as fuck, but they still give me little things like tea and stuff.
and i'm poor too, so i just gave them a card and a fancy biscuit box, but it's important to let people you love know you do.
>>321467392
similar
we don't even talk about it except exasperatedly sighing at each other
>>321467445
Are you relatively cute and like dick?
>>321467392
Be happy your parent is that willing to support you. I have a ton of friends that have parents that become insanely passive aggressive or just outwardly shame their kids, which is twice as detrimental. Do something productive while you still can anon. You gonna make it famalam
>>321467704
on good days and onanime women only
I'd feel shameful too but my family has several other, older fuck-ups that I am able to hide behind as cannonfodder. That and I don't express any interest in video games when I am around them.
>>321464601
Why not simply find a job?
All shame is cleaned after this.
>>321467646
I mean I had job earlier this year but I decided to try to make a comeback in college so to finish my DEC in Desktop Publishing Microedition & Hypermedia so I had to quit it because it was conflicting.
>>321467857
>at least not being a drug addicted whore
we're making it, anon
I'm turning 22 in a few days and my Mom outright said she wanted to buy me a PS4 for my birthday. Something about because my nephew had one and I didn't. I feel a little weird about it but whatever.
>>321467779
you have no excuse then.
>>321467423
it's not really "a new low", there was always a lot of trash in games.
seriously, i got a few hundreds physical games here and i can tell you there's a ton of trash.
besides, do you really think you'd have more out of a modern console? at least your pc have other uses than vidya
>>321464601
My parents haven't bought me anything since I was in high school.
That said, it's not a big deal.
It IS kind of weird that you explicitly ASKED YOUR PARENTS FOR A GAME CONSOLE AT THE AGE OF 24 though.
I'm a 24 year old independent medical school student with a decent job and no debt, and my parents care far more about my 19 year old sister just because she was dumb enough to have 2 kids. All they talk about are their grandkids and how great they are, ignoring the only successful person in their family (me). Haven't talked to them in over a year.
>>321467897
that's not bad then
at least you're in school with a plan and shit
Then try and get a job. I'm a soon to be 27 year old virgin shut in that still lives at home but I help with the bills and buy my parents and siblings alot of gifts.
>>321468001
so I'd only have an excuse if I were a faggot?
>people actaully feel ashamed when they get gifted something
fucking autism, holy shit. Unless your family's poor, then just be grateful and accept it.
>>321468151
Yes basically.
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/shorts/guts
Don't let your invisible carrot rule you; yours probably isn't half as bad as the guy's in the link above.
>>321468145
how'd you get your job
i literally don't feel qualified for shit all
>>321468018
sounds like your parents dont really like you familia
>>321465427
It's not that they're bitter. They're just autistic and think working at best buy while living with their mom means they're doing good.
>>321468041
I'm worried for next college term because I'll have some internship in enterprise. I'm worried because I'm afraid that I won't do very well.
>>321466071
Hey, it's your parents.
If they didn't have the money to buy you a PS4 they wouldn't have bought it for you.
>>321468274
I'm going to imagine, based on his description, that he works a dead-end service job. That would be a good start to give you the desire to find something better.
Don't listen to haters. Your family loves you and they want you to be happy.
Some of us do too.
Merry Christmas OP
>tfw family is poor as shit
>luck into ownership of my own business, become the only """wealthy""" member of my family
>not sure about gift etiquette
It feels like I'm rubbing their noses in it if I buy them something really nice, but like I'm a stingy cunt if I don't
Fuck
>>321468254
>be a 19 yo faggot
>able to drink dumb girly drinks, get silly childish gifts and act clumsy and silly and everybody just thinks it's cute
>>321464601
That guy should plug in his headset already.
>>321468274
Keep trying, people will hire you because they get hand outs to employ people who are on some form of welfare.
I don't remember that feel. I don't recall receiving a gift in around 8 years.
>>321468712
I'd think that can get tiring as people won't really take you seriously eitherbut then I dont usually take even straight 19 years old seriously
>be 27 yo virgin fag
>people rely on like you are the most trustworthy and stable rock around
>>321464601
I bet they do this because if they buy you adult items you show disinterest or you are outwardly angry. I bet something like a new jacket makes you seethe that it wasn't the newest electronic piece of Chinese made garbage. Your parents have given up, they got you the ps4 because clearly as a mid twenties male they have no confidence you could make the money yourself. You're a loser and they talk about you behind your back to their friends wishing they had been better parents.
The best course of action for everyone who knows you is you eat a 9mm breakfast tomorrow morning then they'll finally be free of your failure as a human being.
>>321468983
I'm not important or smart enough to be taken seriously anyway tbqh
>>321464601
Fuck everyone else here. If you feel ashamed it just means your an adult that doesent expect to get everything you want served up to you. Be grateful you have parents that care enough to atleast pretend they're interested, just didn't treat them like shit and make your own way in life and you have nothing to feel bad about.
>>321464601
Who cares?
Why should you feel bad?
Your parents want you to be happy, and if you're happy playing your PS4 everybody is happy.
Don't let society into your house anon.
Nobody cares at all and everyone in your family is happy. They wouldn't have gotten it for you if they couldn't afford it.
>>321464601
Wtf you insecure little faggot. Enjoy your video games and stop whining ffs.
>>321464601
My mom bought me a computer to use to finish the university.
I am 36 and I live with my parents.
I am ok.
>>321469076
well get fucked anywayliterally
>All this projecting
>All this bitterness
>Laughing at others over anything to make you feel better
You people are fucking pathetic.
>Le epic 4chins rude dude ruse XD
No, really, pathetic.
>>321469315
Who are you greentexting about?
All I'm getting for about every occassion from everyone in my family is fucking cologne. I mean seriously, I have so much fucking cologne I woudln't be even able to use it all up if I'd be using it every single day.
What the fuck, why don't they just stop.
>>321469087
>Fuck everyone else here
>Goes on to say what everyone else has been saying.
This is bait.
I'm 29 and my parents still get me at least 1 toy related thing for the fun. Usually something Lego related as was the case this time.
>>321469507
>>321464601
You shouldn't be embarrassed to have a hobby and charitable parents anon. But at the same time, its time to start funding your habits yourself. Don't feel bad, but when the next generation comes around don't ask your parents for it, try to get it yourself.
Merry Christmas!
>>321464601
Nope. My family and friends disowned me after the abortion /v/ and vidya is all I have
>>321469762
Consuming media isn't a hobby
>>321469507
who is this cum conquistador?
>>321469801
Damn that's harsh. Your parents tried to abort you AND disowned you?
>>321469843
And why is that anon? Explain
I haven't spent christmas with my family for a few years now. I'm the family fuck-up and its just better for everybody this way. We never really exchanged gifts even back then.
My Christmas tradition has become drinking all day, eating junk and watching movies. I'd rather spend Christmas with other people, but i don't have a miserable time on my own.
If your happy, and those you love are happy, it's all good. Fuck what other people do and think. They're nothing to you, including every one of us plebs replying in this thread. Stop letting the so called "norm" govern your life and conscience. There are people living in little huts in frozen tundras that stare at stars and fish all day more content than 90% of the world will ever be. The world begins and ends with you, as far as you should be concerned
I'm 26 and every year my parents buy me $1500 worth of stuff. Sometimes it's vidya and sometimes it's not. This year I got a roof rack and winch for my jeep.
They don't care because I've provided for myself since I was 17. Just don't be a NEET and you're fine.
>>321464601
You should feel bad. From the day I turned 15 I never asked for anything from my parents. I am still a man child, but I pay for my own toys, thank you very much. Your parents got enough shit to worry about besides buying video games for their adult son, you fucking toilet person. You should be ashamed of your self.
>>321469948
Nah they're too conservative and retarded for that
>>321465381
you're fine, you fucking faggot. stop thinking too much. those niggers love you and you should love them back -- which you probably do
You will always a baby in the eyes of your parents. Do not have this stupid delusion that you will suddenly look like an adult to them. That is fine.
>>321464601
I'm the same age as you OP an was in a similar situation. I just made sure to get them exactly what they wanted and some over due gifts, such as going back to school which is what my mom wanted of me the past three years as I worked a dead end service job.
In short your family loves you and want you to be happy. Never forget it.
>>321469946
Her name is Flattering Angle
get a job.
>>321470000
pretend i posted a picture of doubles man
thanks
>>321465381
>has a job
>lives on his own
What the actual fuck anon do you even know where you are?unless you are in debt you're pretty much living a decent to very good life.
>>321468490
>I'm afraid that I won't do very well.
Absolutely normal. You're just being a faggot
>>321471178
Oh, didn't even notice
Neat
>>321468671
No matter what one was or the other will 've the case. Thats just the way poor people act
>>321464601
Mom got me three 3ds games, in addition to boots and some other stuff. I got hercsome stuff in return
>>321465094
Rated mature games are for mature people only so I guess he would be 'mature'
>>321464601
Don't feel so bad, 25 yo here. Didn't get much for this Christmas, like only one game and the other things were usefull stuff, but for my birthday a few months ago my (ex)gf got me an Xbox One that she paid with my parents.
But usually in my family we give pretty big gifts, I used to spend like 300-400$ for grists for my family adn would receive something of that equivalence, it's fun that everyone offers stuffs, I work and live with my parents, but I'm also independant and my studies are almost done, so I'll be moving out soon for good (because I used to live in a appartment a few years ago).
Enjoy your Christmas OP, I played Mario Maker all day and now my sister's playing it and she'll lend me her Rise of the Tomb Raider game she received today also.
>>321464601
Twenty seven here. Married with one kid. Wife and I exchange gift wishlists.
Come Christmas she gets me the vita I've been wanting despite not having put it on my list.
Felt shame to ask for vidya gift but she knows me too well.
>>321464601
man, that concern seems pretty unimportant in the long run.
Just do your best in life and try not to sweat this small stuff. It's a huge waste of energy and this brand of perfectionism can be pretty insidious, actually.
Have a good christmas bro
>>321464601
>PS4 is only for teenagers
It aint the 90s anymore where gaming was considered strictly a nerd/child's hobby, champ.
>>321464601
Just ask for things you know they will enjoy giving you, then buy the PS4 yourself.
You sound like an ungrateful teenager not accepting a gift gracefully.
You are still a baby in their eyes. Oblige them.
>>321471670
>nerd/child's hobby, champ.
But on /v/ you're either called a nerd or a child.
How can people live on their own so young? I graduated 2 years ago and been working since then but I still don't have enough money to realistically live on my own, is it because I'm in a third world shithole?
>>321464601
You parents not only gave you life, the cared for and nurtured you for your entire childhood! And now, at 24 years of age, it appears your childhood still isn't over. You still bug them for fucking christmas presents? Jesus christ, guy, grow up already.
>>321468671
Just get them what you want to get them. If they try to get inconsiderate and say that you are shoving money in their face, say that as a family member you just want the best for them, and that they would have done the same if they were in your position. Then offer for them to give it back and you give them something in their price range.
They'll either just accept the gift as a normal person would or they'll get pissy. If they do, its not the gift, they are just envious of where you are but don't say it. just keep it in the back of your mind for later.
>>321471962
I moved out when I was 19. Just get a shitty apartment with a roommate.
>>321471962
Roommates, wageslaves that get promoted, dorms. More times than not, tons of roommates.
I just turned 21 and my parents bought me KH:DDD and XBC for the N3DS they got me on my birthday, plus a new memory card for my Vita.
Sure, its kinda strange, but I did my research on both consoles and games before asking for them, plus I bought the Vita with the money I get from the state to pay for college.
I don't do irresponsible shit and they know I have a few acquaintances and do well in my studies, so its not so bad. We don't argue that much **ever since I asked to be put on Lexapro** and generally get along, other than the "you're lazy and don't care about anything" argument every few months.
>>321465907
>mfw started out old and pathetic on /v/
>>321464601
You really should not come to /v/ to try and feel better about yourself. If you're feeling bad for being financially dependant on them, get a job. Cab't speak on how they feel about you but I can tell you are pretty insecure. Social anxiety maybe?
>>321470768
Are conservatives ever not retarded. It's your body anon, you did nothing wrong.
>>321468034
The squeaky wheel gets the gross anon. Don't be too bitter about it. I don't know your situation but maybe you should talk to your parents.
>>321468034
yeah, you sound like a real winner
>>321464601
Are you grateful? As long as you're not being a pissant about it, you're fine.
Your parents love you and probably wanted to get you something nice. If you're 24 and not living at home or even just employed and not in school, they have way mire disposable income now that you aren't as dependant anymore.
Be graceful and grateful about the gift and give them the satisfaction of you being happy. Give them something nice in return like a hand-mixer or a really cheap tablet.
Is it really so bad that a lot of us 20, 25, 30+ still live with our parents as long as we help them out and shit and aren't always lazy/assholes?
Is it that we aren't fueling that american economy enough by not owning a house we don't need for a new family we don't need with a job that makes us miserable to be able to afford all that shit?
>>321464601
Bugging your parents for video games at the age of 24? Yeah, that is totally cool and awesome.
They bought you that because they love you. They want you to enjoy it.
You have a job and you are not going to prison, doing drugs, have 15 kids with some hillybilly slut or shit like that. You didn't do anything wrong.
Show them that you appreciated it. Take them out in the next weeks. Dinner, theater, whatever they like. Tell them that you are glad that you have caring parents. This will matter more to them than anything else. I know this because I'm amother.
Enjoy what makes you happy, life really is too short. Don't let anybody tell you different.
>>321473521
It's nothing to be ashamed of as long as you act more like a roommate. Housing costs are so ridiculous nowadays that it's almost a necessity.
That said, get some income and get a house/apartment with a friend if you're really ashamed.
>>321471962
Roommates
>>321464601
i think you feel depressed because you are single at 24
i've been with my partner for last 5 years, playing vidya every day
cushy job, apartment, savings
you can play vidya at any age bro, thats not why you are embarassed
>>321474420
>you can play vidya at any age bro,
That's ultimately the case. A lit if ducks in here would have you believe otherwise but really if you have any life experiencev at all then you know this
The thing about living in a capitalist society is that the baby-boomers' success was a fluke but it isn't a distant enough memory for us to realize that.
Dude you should fucking TREASURE your parents with every bit of your being. I've never seen my dad and my mother's a terrible person. I would kill for parents that love me, even just one, especially ones that would love me as much as yours love you.
People are growing up slower nowadays. A lot of people your age live with their parents now, OP.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/yes-20-somethings-are-taking-longer-to-grow-up-but-why/265750/
Don't feel too bad.
>>321476773
Yeah I can sort of agree with this. I don't feel "adult" and people never fully see me as it and I'm 29.
>>321476101
This... Imy best friends mom passed away recently..It was so sudden and hit me with the thought that my parents could be gone too. So pls anons I know it's obvious just say hello to them once in while
>>321477106
No one ever "feels" adult.
>>321477345
Maybe but still doesn't stop other people's perceptions. Because I look different, dress different, and like different things. etc. Kind of cliche but that's a real feeling I get sometimes.
>>321464601
Really cause I'm 25 and my parents bought me a 40in 1080p tv for gaming/films. No fucks given
>>321477540
That's just your imagined perception of their perception.
>27
>Got a desk, a big bag of kindling and a wicker basket for carrying logs to the fire from the wood storage.
We played keeptalkingandnobodyexplodes for a while, ate a nice dinner and watched some films together.
It's 3:30am and despite everyone else having staggered to bed hours ago I'm still fairly sober despite demolishing plenty of booze.
