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I am a undergraduate planning to attend uni in the spring. I took a gap semester to find a job and make some money to help with post secondary. The thing is, I never found a job, even after 20+ applications. I have no work experience so that doesn't really help. My job searching became more and more exhausting. So, to pass time I played video games on my laptop, I didn't really have anything better to do.

My dad hates video games. He thinks they destroy your mind and make you unable to think and dumb you down. Although I agree with some of it, I personally enjoy gaming. It just takes away the boredom in my day. All my friends are in uni, attending classes and what-not, so I am just staying home and playing games. It sounds pathetic but I want to enjoy it until school starts.

So whenever I want to play games on my laptop, I have to hide it from my dad. Whether he's comes home from work or takes a nap, I usually hide the fact that I play 3-4 hours of video games a day. In addition to video games I have gotten involved with the twitch community and continually play with new online friends. I plan to restrict the gaming to the weekends and free time when school starts. I also intend to SLOWLY leave the gaming phase while looking for a part-time job. Because "games are for little kids" as my dad says.

Here's where the AITA question lies: My father has begun to notice my gaming habits and has started to berate me for it. He has started saying that he had a feeling "\[I\] wouldn't try hard in school". He has told my whole family and some family friends this too. It makes me super embarrassed and angry because I have an excitement for school because I miss working my brain. On top of this, I recently purchased a gaming laptop for STUDYING and gaming. I tried to explain that this suits my needs as it is fast and can help me out for heavy duty stuff (video editing etc). I somewhat regret buying the laptop as it was expensive but I planned for it to last long. My dad made me return it and buy a cheaper laptop. My dad now has told me I will never play games again. That is impossible for me because I haven't left my love for games phase yet. He also said if he ever catches me playing games he will break my new laptop. I won't stop playing games, I'll just continue to hide and play until school begins.

 I know I probably have a gaming addiction but I don't intend for it to mess with my studies. I worked hard in highschool while playing games on the weekends and during free time. I ended up with mostly high A's. I played a wager match on my game and I ended up winning $5. That kind of boosted my morale and confidence in my skill at the the game. While it did make me a bit egotistic, it sprouted an idea in the back of my head of playing games for a living. I know it is super tough but that's my back up plan if my future career plan doesn't work out. Never telling my dad this though. I don't think my father will ever understand games.

tl:dr I play games on a daily basis and my dad hates it. I am now banned from ever playing games again. I am going to keep playing games until my school starts in the spring.

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playing games daily until school begins and my father hates it