Fatty, I may not post a lot but it's partially only because I was/ am in the same boat. Lemme try and drop some science on ya:
I got married, bought a house, took on a huge new chunk of duties at work and oh, BTW, had a daughter too. On top of this, my wife had a ton of health problems that resulted in a hernia surgery, 2 bouts of endometriosis and finally, a complete hysterectomy this April at 37.
In a nutshell, I gave up on gaming for about 2-3 years with the work, new baby, constantly doing shit on the house and having a sick wife.
Even thought there ARE times when you feel like your never gonna have any free time again, it does get better. You take breaks but, like Prime said, you can come back. I just re-adjusted a bit. I realized that the only time I had to myself was after everybody went to sleep. I was 37, 6'5" and about 325 and couldn't stay up late to save my ass cause I was horribly out of shape. Well, It took buying a treadmill and working up to 4-5 miles 3-4 times a week (My goal is 15 mi. a week. Completion time varies... LOL) to reach my ultimate goal:
I'll be 39 on Sunday. I'm 270 ish for this entire year, I'm in better shape than I have been in years and I tuck the girls in and have ME time at night. I play PS3 or watch Netflix for an hour or 2 after they go to bed. The key was having the energy to do it. Life is better than ever and my exercising has carried over to my girls.
Hang in there Fatty. I've known you on the internets for years and you're a good man. You can be there for your family and still have YOU time. You'll find a balance. You ever get that PS3, I'm down for some Black ops. (Hossler708 btw)
