Any Pokemon Go players? (2.Viewing)

After taking a 3+ year break, I just started playing again this week. Who knew that a Father of a 20 year old Daughter could be playing a “kids game” and still enjoy doing it.

I knew a father that did that with his late teens, he is divorced now.

Can't tell you if that was the reason but he sure spent a lot of time playing that game. We had a two family walk, dogs everything, his wife hung with us while him and his kids played virtual games. I remember saying that for being connected he sure was disconnected.

So don't forget the important stuff and remember to turn that screen off when you're in real nature.

MapleDots said:

So don't forget the important stuff and remember to turn that screen off when you're in real nature.

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Yes, absolutely. When we go for a nice hike, she knows that I don’t like phones for that.

I also kind of have a “no phone policy” when we go for dinner. That has to be one of my biggest peeves when a family is out together for a nice family meal and everyone is on their phones.

I’m a gamer and would have loved it if one of my parents shared my passion when I was younger. In my perspective, if any person devotes time and effort in the things that I enjoy doing, that means they value and love me for what I do.

I think you’re doing a great job sharing that Pokemon experience with your daughter. Now go and defeat those gym leaders nearby.

Lurker said:

I think you’re doing a great job sharing that Pokemon experience with your daughter. Now go and defeat those gym leaders nearby.

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Lucky for me, I live right close to a “gym” so I can take it down without leaving my couch.

Did that with my son tonight, it's one of the few things where he forgets about his X-Box

Not anymore, but my kids still talk about that summer where I bought them a ton of data from Bell ($$$) for some old iPhones, and we used to tool around the parks and other areas around our area looking for Pokemon on weekends. It was a short-lived fad but man, did they have a hoot.

I think a lot of the fun came from the fact they couldn't believe their Dad was doing this with them, running around a field collecting Pokemon while my littlest one screamed at me to catch a Tauros for her - similar to when I used to play a Disney Princess game with my daughter and her friends and it was the biggest gas to them when I had to wear the necklace and crown.

Man, Pokemon Go was just 6 years ago, but it seems a lifetime away. Kids grow up fast.

DomainRecap said:

think a lot of the fun came from the fact they couldn't believe their Dad was doing this with them,

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That’s it right there. Sometimes as a Parent we do some stuff that we don’t always enjoy but we know the kid(s) does so we do it anyway. But I’m not going to lie, there is a kid part still in me who likes this kind of stuff.

Tomorrow morning I will be going for a vegan breakfast with mine. Although I do enjoy it (vegan wrap anyone with some “egg” in it”?), nothing beats hashbrowns, eggs and bacon! Real bacon too. Not any of this Turkey bacon crap!

Ah, the Vegan/Non-Dairy movement, been there, done that.

The worst is having to read the packages of anything you buy looking for "milk products" in the ingredient list.

DomainRecap said:

he worst is having to read the packages of anything you buy looking for "milk products" in the ingredient list.

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Even though I still consider myself “fairly young”, I’m at the point now where I think they put the ingredient list small on purpose so I can look like an older man and put on my reading glasses just to read that! It’s kind of funny when I get the “wait, you can’t read that” comment.