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But that's the stuff that's fun! A good game is a game I have a spreadsheet for.
When I was a pre-teen, I used to play Diablo with a married couple that played together. (I never met them IRL, just in-game.) That created some unrealistic expectations for me about romantic partners and computer games - I wanted to date a woman who shared my interest in games, but I never met even a single one and so I gave up on that long ago. A couple of women I dated did want to try playing games with me because they were interested in sharing my hobbies, but they were so bad at the games I liked and the games they wanted to play were so casual (and they were bad at those too). I knew I was being an asshole but I still refused to keep playing with them. It was just too frustrating.
I should clarify that I didn't expect someone who had never played games before to become a pro instantly. What bothered me was that they didn't even seem to want to win. Nowadays I just accept that I'm way more intense about games than most people (not just women) are and so I deliberately avoid showing that part of myself IRL. It wouldn't look good.