I normally don't like to hate things. It makes me feel ugly and small. I much prefer to try and be understanding, which doesn't always work. This is one of those times.
I hate that my boyfriend plays Warcraft. Hate hate hate hate hate. And I don't know how to tell him. I've tried so hard to be gentle and compassionate, then upfront, and then pissed off, but I'm seriously at my wit's end. I'm afraid that if it continues and he doesn't follow through on his promise to change, it's going to be an ever-growing wedge between us. I don't want that, and I don't think he realizes just how much it's happening.
Last night was our last night in our little house before moving next door. I wanted to spend some time with him, cuddle a bit in our little house. He told me he would be finished by 10pm, 10:30 at the latest, and I said I would wait up for him. Well, I did, and he wasn't finished, because his friends were late in "showing up" and it was taking "longer than he anticipated." I ended up staying up until 11:30 for him and he never got off the fucking computer. I think he was on there until past midnight, which he promised me wouldn't happen anymore.
I talked to his mom about it this morning and she said she's had it with his addictive game behavior. I think she's going to have a serious talk with him, which is good, because apparently he isn't listening to me, no matter how hard I try.
I hate Warcraft.
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Sounds like the raid ran late, I'm guessing 20man Nax? As a former Wow player I can easily see both sides of this issue. Your best bet is to ask him to just take a day off when you want to spend a night with him. No mail, not checking the AH, nothing. Start out by just setting aside days at a time, then make them more frequent, but on days where he's allowed to play, don't expect any attention from him. It sucks, but its a start. And never trust the "I'll be done at xpm" line. He ahs no way of telling when he'll be done, so again the best way is to make sure he doesn't start.
ReplyDeleteShort of getting him to quit, that's the best way to manage things that I can think of.
My roomate plays that game.
ReplyDeleteI completely understand what you said about not liking to hate things. I'm right there with you.
My ex played that game and we never got to spend time together. Finally I tried it because I thought maybe it would give us something to do together since he would never get off of it. The game sucks lives away. I played for a while before I realized it was not worth not having a life. Goodbye Warcraft and Hello new life.
ReplyDeleteMy best friend in college, her boyfriend, and several of my other friends all play Warcraft. Fortunately, my boyfriend doesn't play anymore (SCORE!), but...I definitely know where you're coming from. You don't know social mortification until you've been ditched for WOW. (Which has happened to me approximately 2894902743893274328932 times. Ugh.)
ReplyDeleteOh no! At first I thought you were going to be slightly comical and exaggerating about it... but man, that sucks!
ReplyDeleteI guess one thing on the bright side is that it's not porn?
It's never going to stop. I've seen more than one marriage end because of WoW.
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