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kane · 01-08-2010, 02:02 AM

This sounds a lot like a situation someone I know went through. A friend of mine works with a woman who was married and had three kids. She started playing World of Warcraft. She didn't just play occasionally, she became obsessed with it. It got bad enough that on a few different occasions she forgot to pick her kids of from their sports practices or school. She would get home from work, change into her sweats and play the game until she went to bed. On weekends it was pretty much an all day event. At one point her computer broke. She was told by a family friend it that they would come out and fix it on Saturday. It was Thursday when it broke. She couldn't wait a day and a half so she went and bought a new computer. Eventually her husband took the computer away. She lost it and walked out on them.

About a month later they got divorced. After they divorced she continued to play the game for a few months and still plays it now, but not nearly as much. Now she says that she was very unhappy in her marriage and that she found solace of sorts from the game so it was her escape. Her husband seemed like a cool guy and even she said he was a good guy, but she just fell out of love with him and didn't want to deal with him anymore. The game was just how her feelings eventually manifested themselves.

I'm not saying you are in the same situation. Maybe he just likes the games and they are entertainment. Where other people watch TV or read a book he plays games. But I think there is probably a pretty good chance that he is unhappy about something and is choosing to bury his feelings in the game instead of facing them.

Ask him right out what he would do if you asked him to stop playing the games and get rid of the game console. How he responds will tell you a lot about where he stands.

01-08-2010, 02:02 AM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	This sounds a lot like a situation someone I know went through. A friend of mine works with a woman who was married and had three kids. She started playing World of Warcraft. She didn't just play occasionally, she became obsessed with it. It got bad enough that on a few different occasions she forgot to pick her kids of from their sports practices or school. She would get home from work, change into her sweats and play the game until she went to bed. On weekends it was pretty much an all day event. At one point her computer broke. She was told by a family friend it that they would come out and fix it on Saturday. It was Thursday when it broke. She couldn't wait a day and a half so she went and bought a new computer. Eventually her husband took the computer away. She lost it and walked out on them. About a month later they got divorced. After they divorced she continued to play the game for a few months and still plays it now, but not nearly as much. Now she says that she was very unhappy in her marriage and that she found solace of sorts from the game so it was her escape. Her husband seemed like a cool guy and even she said he was a good guy, but she just fell out of love with him and didn't want to deal with him anymore. The game was just how her feelings eventually manifested themselves. I'm not saying you are in the same situation. Maybe he just likes the games and they are entertainment. Where other people watch TV or read a book he plays games. But I think there is probably a pretty good chance that he is unhappy about something and is choosing to bury his feelings in the game instead of facing them. Ask him right out what he would do if you asked him to stop playing the games and get rid of the game console. How he responds will tell you a lot about where he stands.