My wife hates it, but my son loves it and plays a few hands when needed, for example, while I'm making a mate or a coffee, of course he understands poker too.
My lovely Beyonce like poker She is looking at me and see a passion and love for the game. She like to watching when im playing, and like to play with me a heads'up game.
She would like to play some live game, but she;s got a litlle bit a fear to not make a silly decision, and make a laugh from other players
It is very strange. My friend only shows a genuine interest in poker when I win. But, if I have a downstream, then she tells me to do something more serious
My girlfriend liked poker when we would go to the casino together to play, or when we would play with our friends and it was a social activity
I don't think she was a huge fan of online poker because it kept me locked into the digiverse and disconnected from the real world. I don't think she liked that a lot of the time when she would call me I'd say I couldn't really talk cause I was too focused on some games.
I guess it's all about balance really, within reason poker is great, I think it's the same as any job. It's just important that that job doesn't take up more of your time than is healthy.
The wife is now ok-neutral and doesn't much care as long as I keep a good poker and real life balance.
Back when we first got together she had her concerns and all the normal concerns any person interested in a long term relationship would have. Once we sat down and discussed things and I showed her years of HM and PT4 charts proving I was a long term winning player and in control of my playing/gambling she had no issues or concerns. I keep nothing and hide nothing from her. Been happily married now 10+ years without a single fight or disagreement over poker.
I don't have a girlfriend, so I can't answer that objectively. But I have a cat who likes that I play poker, because I buy him delicious food with the prize money.
A better question would be, does your partner like poker if you have one?
Mine is not a big fan of games but she has let me teach her how to play poker so that she know what I am talking about.