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[hidys]

Fuck that.

I'd choose Internet.

 

[CorrisD]

How long have you been together? I would somewhat understand her side, family home, land, probably been there either a long time or her whole life and never expected to go anywhere.

But at the same time the Internet is the Internet, and sometimes no access is better than utterly awful speed and connection. When I was going out with my now wife, years ago before we moved in together I specifically told her I couldn't move into her flat with her because the Internet she had was probably the worst I had used since people started getting it. Before we bought a house together the first thing I would check after finding a nice listing is what the Internet is like in the area and what speeds we could get.

She thought it was silly back then, but these days with everything being so Internet heavy, from streaming TV to gaming, she is totally happy that she can stream HD stuff without issue, that the day it used to take to download a music album now merely take seconds or a few minutes for a TV episode.

 

[CharlieDigital]

Use the Internet to meet a new girlfriend.

Problem solved.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

lol I don't think I've ever seen GAF this unanimous on a relationship/breakup question.

 

[AliasGreed]

This one is tough (Seriosly). I love my girlfried, she will be my wife, but if she ever came up with the ridiculous idea of living in a house with no internet ? Fuck that. I would say no and I would not compromise on the issue.

I would get married and live in 2 houses, lol.

 

[params7]

I cannot imagine life without low latency multiplayer gaming. High speed internet too.

 

[cirrhosis]

I have family in Desha County in Arkansas. It's real bad there, rural AR is no joke. Don't do it, OP.

 

[Catdaddy]

Move in with her and find a side girl to use for internet.

 

[FaintDeftone]

Do you really want to move out into the sticks with some chick without internet? I mean, I know it is petty to choose internet over her, but it sounds like she's kind of forcing you to do what she wants you to do. That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

 

[NeededSleep]

yeah... go for the internet. She probably still has a rotary phone and is gonna ask you to program her VHS player.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

This one is tough (Seriosly). I love my girlfried, she will be my wife, but if she ever came up with the ridiculous idea of living in a house with no internet ? Fuck that. I would say no and I would not compromise on the issue.

I would get married and live in 2 houses, lol.

He's not going to be in a house with no internet though. It's just satellite.

 

[Parch]

Living without internet really isn't too bad, particularly if you're 20 minutes away from a stable connection (library/McDonalds/Starbucks/etc).
I lived without internet a few years ago for about a year straight. I got really used to offline games, board games, doing things outside, getting better at playing guitar, and being with great people. If I ever needed internet, it was only a 20 minute drive away.

It's seriously not that bad.

The age range of GAF is showing. The older folk certainly know what living without internet is like. I've spent the majority of my life without internet. Life was far from boring or horrible without it. In a lot of ways it was much, much better.

It's ingrained in everybody's life now so it seems impossible to live without it, but limiting the amount of screen time seems to result in a much healthier and happier lifestyle. Staring at a screen is not socializing. Relying on it as the only source of entertainment is not very mind expanding. Depending on usage, I often think the internet does more harm than good. It's obviously a valuable research tool, but I could easily live without the social and entertainment aspects of the internet.

As mentioned, living without internet is seriously not that bad. But when that's what you've grown up with all your life, it's difficult to imagine living without it.

 

[Saladinoo]

Absolute deal breaker, get on that tinder pronto. (Then you'll know they'll have the internet).

 

[grumble]

The age range of GAF is showing. The older folk certainly know what living without internet is like. I've spent the majority of my life without internet. Life was far from boring or horrible without it. In a lot of ways it was much, much better.

It's ingrained in everybody's life now so it seems impossible to live without it, but limiting the amount of screen time seems to result in a much healthier and happier lifestyle. Staring at a screen is not socializing. Relying on it as the only source of entertainment is not very mind expanding. Depending on usage, I often think the internet does more harm than good. It's obviously a valuable research tool, but I could easily live without the social and entertainment aspects of the internet.

As mentioned, living without internet is seriously not that bad. But when that's what you've grown up with all your life, it's difficult to imagine living without it.

100%. I think the op should go with the girl because his life will probably be better without much internet and better with the girl.

 

[Shake Appeal]

I would say that if you are even considering this as a choice, you should just go with Internet. Your girlfriend doesn't mean enough to you that something else won't come up in the long run. Save yourselves some hassle.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

What would you guys do? And does anyone use satellite Internet? Is it as bad as they say?

Satellite is fine unless you need to do anything that demands low latency, or if there's significant cloud coverage. So normal web activity should be fine, but things like multiplayer games is going to suck. I personally wouldn't have any issue since I don't play online multiplayer.

 

[nintendork666]

You cant make out with the internet OP

 

[MutFox]

Depends how much you need the internet for work and pleasure.
Internet is how we watch movies, shows, game, etc...

Don't think those things would work properly over satellite internet.
Try and investigate if you could get a cable line put to the house.
Or maybe it's already there.

 

[Sword Familiar]

I can see this becoming a romantic comedy. You know how those end, OP. Say goodbye to GAF.

 

[NateDog]

Odd situation, I can see how it could become quite difficult. It could be like asking her to live without television, but I suppose that isn't a good comparison because as other people have mentioned you need to look online for work, you can shop online (perhaps that's where you do the majority of it), etc. Thing is if it's partly to do with trying to crunch down on your time on the internet as a hobby as well there's a bigger issue there too, something that I wouldn't accept.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Internet

 

[Comfort Jones]

I genuinely could not do a lot of what I enjoy doing without decent internet. That includes career stuff. The internet makes life super convenient and waving that away with "well we used to live without it" doesn't really change that.

Fuuuck that shit. Literally wouldn't even hesitate.

 

[Kusagari]

He's not going to be in a house with no internet though. It's just satellite.

Satellite is so bad that he might as well have no internet.

 

[dripdripsplash]

Yo email her its over lol

hahahah

 

[Enco]

She absolutely won't budge on this and thinks I'm immature for thinking that Internet(good Internet) is basically a necessity now days

Enough reason to leave.

 

[Tertullian]

Just buy your own spool of fiber optic cable, ride on into town on your horse, and patch it in. Easy peasy.

 

[Jindrax]

If gf gives you ultimatums she is not good gf

 

[Hip Hop]

He's not going to be in a house with no internet though. It's just satellite.

Satellite is what we might as well call "having no internet".

 

[rokkerkory]

No internet? Lol

Eff that

Its like having no running water

 

[Future]

I hear good things about the Internet. Stick with that

 

[Hex]

So no cel network that you can access with a tablet or something?
Unlimited data is a thing in this day and age.
There are also things like Clear and Netzero personal wireless hotspots.
Sounds like dramatic horse shit to me.
Not only that, all ISPs are constantly expanding so if there is not something solid there now that does not mean that six months from now there will not be something else there.
And just because you are grandfathered onto AT&T now does not mean that you can't change that.

 

[PSYGN]

So I've been dating my current girlfriend for a while and everything is going fantastic. But she has made it clear that when we move in together it will be in the house she owns. She lives about 20 minutes from me in the middle of nowhere( small town In Arkansas). She doesn't have Internet, and I believe the only option is satellite, which is terrible. She absolutely won't budge on this and thinks I'm immature for thinking that Internet(good Internet) is basically a necessity now days. What would you guys do? And does anyone use satellite Internet? Is it as bad as they say?

I used to have Satellite Internet and it sucked so bad because they throttled you and gave you a certain amount to use during the day. I also live out in the countryside, but thankfully I have T-Mobile and Verizon 4G LTE signal because I kinda live near an interstate. I borrowed an unlimited Verizon 4G LTE sim card from Ebay and stuck it into a Verizon router I bought off of eBay and am basically renting the Internet service and paying the guy $100 each month for it. I know it's ridiciulous, but Verizon charges even more and have bandwidth caps so when you're out of options you have to settle on that.

And I do think you're immature for caring that much about Internet unless you work using it. Then again, you might be the type that downloads and streams stuff online a lot. If not, then satellite Internet should be good enough if you just browse some forums, etc.

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

The fact you are even questioning this means it's over with your gf. Break up with her and let her find a guy who doesn't need really good internet to stick around.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

If gf gives you ultimatums she is not good gf

Pretty much.

Today its internet, tomorrow its a vasectomy.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

The fact you are even questioning this means it's over with your gf. Break up with her and let her find a guy who doesn't need really good internet to stick around.

Yup this is pretty much it. Sounds like the internet thing is just the straw that broke the camel's back. Also as others have said the whole ultimatum thing is not good.

 

[kingkitty]

tell your congressman to lobby for Google Fiber.

 

[John Kowalski]

OP are you still with her? You've had enough time to break up. Why haven't you done it? I'm starting to doubt your love for the internet.

 

[pharmx]

OP are you still with her? You've had enough time to break up. Why haven't you done it? I'm starting to doubt your love for the internet.

Maybe he can't respond from the boonies

 

[Cow Mengde]

OP, there are more girls out there. Girls with internet. You don't have to choose. You can have both.

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

I had satellite internet in rural KY for a couple years. Wasn't the worst.

Incredibly small "buckets"/limits, and the internet going out for every storm, or occasionally a cloud.

Not to mention the horrible ping.

 

[family_guy]

You cant make out with the internet OP

Give technology time. We're a step there with VR, but if he moves in with her he won't experience any of that.

 

[Northeastmonk]

What do you do in Arkansas with no internet in the middle of nowhere?

I do have to agree. If it wasn't for the internet you'd have to believe someone who lives locally, then it becomes a choice. Do you believe one person or many different people from around the world?

I'd probably think worse about things I enjoy if I kept listening to the people I've known locally. It's not because it's like that, but it's because they feel life is different for them.

I've known people who hated science fiction or they make it all seem crazy different. That's not loving who I am. I don't need the hate.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Don't let your girl boss you around like that. Next thing you know she'll want to name your first child Breckin and you won't have the internet to tell you what to do.

Bahahahahah

The age range of GAF is showing. The older folk certainly know what living without internet is like. I've spent the majority of my life without internet. Life was far from boring or horrible without it. In a lot of ways it was much, much better.

It's ingrained in everybody's life now so it seems impossible to live without it, but limiting the amount of screen time seems to result in a much healthier and happier lifestyle. Staring at a screen is not socializing. Relying on it as the only source of entertainment is not very mind expanding. Depending on usage, I often think the internet does more harm than good. It's obviously a valuable research tool, but I could easily live without the social and entertainment aspects of the internet.

As mentioned, living without internet is seriously not that bad. But when that's what you've grown up with all your life, it's difficult to imagine living without it.

Look I'm probably older than most Gaffers, but that still sounds like a bunch of old fuddy-duddy "back in my day..." nonsense. Healthier and happier? You got some evidence for that?

Life wasn't boring or horrible without it before it existed, no. You could say the same thing about washers and dryers, microwaves, TVs, or hell just electricity. Still no reason to live your life without it unless you absolutely have to.

I'd ditch any dude who'd want me to live in the woods with him. Temporarily, spend a few months in the wild without internet? Sure, that could be cool. Actually live that way on a day to day basis? Fuck no.

 

[Lion Heart]

Keep her but don't move in anytime soon is my opinion. Eventually when she gets a job in 5 years you guys can move somewhere developed.

 

[GK86]

Internet, my friend. Internet will be your new lover.

 

[LaserBuddha]

There are many girls out there. There is only one internet.

 

[DaBargainHunta]

Your girlfriend is an ignorant toddler. If she's this dumb about a basic fact, what else is she a moron about?

Edit: Not saying internet > girlfriend/relationship/marriage. I'm just questioning her level of intelligence and common sense, or lack thereof, which isn't something I'd be able to put up with.

 

[Shirow]

I wouldn't move in to no anyone's house. Once you do it's "do as I say" time, It don't matter how democratic they seem to be.
No internet? F that. Have fun washing her windows until you get the boot.

 

[John Kowalski]

Your girlfriend is an ignorant toddler. If she's this dumb about a basic fact, what else is she a moron about?

Edit: Not saying internet > girlfriend/relationship/marriage. I'm just questioning her level of intelligence and common sense, or lack thereof, which isn't something I'd be able to put up with.

Jesus bro. Chill the offenders. The internet is an important face of contemporary culture but by no means an integral part of everyone's house life.

 

[Archer]

These ulimatums are just beginning. Leave her before she wants you to snip off the boys.