Is your video game hobby supported by your friends and family?

Most everyone that I know, knows that I am a huge video gamer, and most of them tell me that I am just wasting my time and I should just sell all of my consoles.  Do the people in  your life support your video gaming hobby?

Neither... I'm not told I should stop, but no one tells to play more.

A lot of my friends don't even know how much I play games.

My friends have the same hobby as I do and my parents are very supportive of it.

friends are, my parents, not so much.

My dad doesn't care but my mom hates the fact that I play video games. My friends are cool with it though.

Friends? Yes.
Family? Hell no.

My girlfriend was a little pissed when I made her sit through an E3 conference webcast, but other than that, they pretty much don't care. 

My parents are indifferent towards it.

They don't actively work against it but they don't necessarily support it either

Nope. Pretty much everyone except some close friends hate when I game.

My parents are against video games. They think I'm just wasting my money and time. Everything I go crazy over, my parents hate. Comics, manga, video games, card games, etc.

Nope to both questions...and I am someone who would like to possibly make a career out of gaming journalism, but I really don't know if that will ever happen. It doesn't help when your family and friends think you need to "grow up".

Everyone I know is fine with it, except some girls from my school.
They will never understand!

At the end of the day its our own decisions what we do with our lives. I have a somewhat sucessful job and still find time to play games, go out, and see my partner. Sometimes i play games for 4 hours a day, sometimes i dont play for a few days.

If someone complains that i play games too much i remind them of everything else that i do with my life too.

My friends share my interest in video games.  Although, a bunch of them are fanboys for different consoles.  Which makes it interesting when we are all together.  My parents don't really care.  I guess the way they see it is that I could be doing much, much worse things with my time. 

ReTarDedFisHy's friends don't care much, actually they play with him all the time. A little awkward when the non-gamer friends come over and see all of your 'gear' though. Usually come over for band practice, etc. It's not that ReTarDedFisHy is embarrassed, but...

Moving on, ReTarDedFisHy's family doesn't care much either; as long as he's doing well in school, continues to do extra-curricular stuff, they're fine.

Nobody cares because I can pay for it ;) ( and because I live alone)

Family: No!
Friends: Partially
Girlfriend: Partially... mostly no xP

They don't support it, but they do accept it.

My Friends do,
Family does too a little.

I don't think my Family or Friends care.

My friends and family don't want me to game.

However, if I produce offspring and whatnot I will support gaming to the very end for that child.

Basically all my friends stopped playing video games around high school -- went on to bands, girls, bars, parties, etc.

I didn't actually start playing games again until a few years after college.

And, yeah, most people I know in real-life think it's a colossal waste of time, except for a few people who play a little casually.

All my friends play videogames and my parents don't really care what I do with my free time.

I don't think my family cares... Most of my friends like games aswell.

Not at all

my friends.. some of them yea
My family. well my mother does not like video games yet my dad plays them with me sometimes

Friends=Yes in fact I've met about I'd say about 70% of my friends by playing video games, the others from Drama Club.
Family=They think I'm wasting my time, but I just roll my eyes at that knowing I'm going to make money one day for playing video games.

It's supported by my friends, but my parents don't like me playing too much.

Not really, but the friends that know I game support it

Most of my friends are just casual gamers so they don't really care. Nor does my family.

My friends are cool with it. But my family...not so much.

Friends, absolutely. My parents never have and probably never will. Hopefully I'll be better about playing games with my kids, not that I'd want them to play all day.