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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
As someone with a newborn, it's mostly that I'm forced to invest my time elsewhere. I do all the food prep, bottle prep, dog walking, house chores and then the time I had to myself that would have been for games with friends it's now for parenting and sleeping.

I'll be honest, I really miss it. I don't really feel much like myself. I kinda just feel like I'm on autopilot doing nothing but chores or work all day. My little dude isn't particularly interactive at this age either so I'm not really enjoying the parenting part. He mostly just kinda cries, eats, shits and sleeps, sometimes several all at once. I miss the carefree days of just getting on a game with my buds, but I'm looking forward to when my son starts smiling and playing and responding to me.

And I've never had such a powerful PC as I do now haha. I just installed a sensor panel so I could monitor performance... Of all the games I don't play haha

Edit: I just want to say the gushing of support from other parents has been amazing. You guys are awesome. Head on over to daddit too for some more awesome supportiveness - mum's dad's and everyone in between is welcome.
gpt
It gets better.  Mine are teenagers now and the free time is mostly back.  The first few year or two yeah you're either exhausted and need to rest or doing something you need to be.  But they gradually become more independent and I was gaming "with" them by the time they were 4 (they mostly just directed me in what to do and where to go in an open world game)  by 6 we were really playing mario kart together and by 8 they were beating me regularly at most things.  I definitely don't play as much as I used to but I'm fine with that.