world of warcraft

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has anyone else ever had problems with their SO becoming way too enthralled with this game?

i don't usually get jealous very often.

don't care about flirting, porn, his female friends...

and of all the things in the world to get jealous about...

a game???

he always wants to play that freaking game

it makes us late for dates

we don't fight about anything

and i don't want to fight.

but i am getting so PO'd at this effing game.

and so help me, if it continues to worm into our relationship and make it dull i will throw his computer out the window!

 

he has liked lots of games and i've never had a problem with them.

but he sometimes plays this game for hours and hours on end.

 

at least once or twice a week i wake up sleeping alone.

where is he?

playing world of warcraft at 4 in the flippin morning checking his bank or some *****.

i call him to find out why he's late for dinner at my parent's house.

he's going to be another thirty minutes because he's raiding.

i call to find out why he hasn't shown up to his best friend's 21st birthday at the bars (supposed to be there at midnight, and it's already midnight DUH!)

he got stuck in a raid but is ten minutes away.

 

WTF!

Sorry, just venting.

I really hate this game, but I'd feel like a controlling bitch if I told him to stop playing.

And I'd feel totally dumb telling him how jealous I feel over a game.

 

I hope World of Warcraft goes down with the rest of the economy!

[somedude81]

World of Warcraft is a very addictive game for men. I've spent about 3-4 years playing that game.

 

I played it because I was single and lonely and had nothing better to do with my time. When I saw that it wasn't helping me progress in real life, I quit.

 

I do not get why a guy with a GF would rather play the game though. It does seem like he has a problem. He's definitely addicted because he rather do things in game, and that's causing him to miss out on real life.

 

I wish I could given you some advice to help convince him that his life is more important than a stupid game.

[treyfan88]

Hahaha! I broke up with my first serious boyfriend over WoW (and other reasons)! But I was 16 and he was 18. From that experience, I just don't date guys who are hardcore gamers anymore.

 

There's something wrong when your boyfriend wants to spend his whole day playing Halo and staying up at night talking with 12yr old boys instead of playing with his girlfriend in the sack instead.

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That's just the thing though!

He's played a a couple of other games but usually got bored of them after a few hours.

Usually only played them for about 20 mins or so

Nothing hardcore before this.

 

UGH!

Should I just disconnect our internet?

[fishtaco]

My sister broke up with her ex over this game too. Well, they had other problems too, but this just exacerbated it.

 

There are WoW support groups online for family, friends, and partners of WoW gamers that are being neglected. I'm sure you can google it easily.

[EllieBean]

WoW is an addictive game for men? What about the huge number of female players? (of which I am one). You make friends with real people in WoW, you make plans to meet them and raid together, and it's extremely rude to leave a group halfway through a raid. I consider the friends I know via WoW to be just as much real friends as the people I go to bars with, and ypou wouldn't expect your bf to give up his real life friends, so why would you expect him to give up his WoW friends? WoW is fun, you should try it

[Lucky_One]

I can see that I just don't think I ever want my son or my BF to play this!

[somedude81]

WoW is an addictive game for men? What about the huge number of female players? (of which I am one). You make friends with real people in WoW, you make plans to meet them and raid together, and it's extremely rude to leave a group halfway through a raid. I consider the friends I know via WoW to be just as much real friends as the people I go to bars with, and ypou wouldn't expect your bf to give up his real life friends, so why would you expect him to give up his WoW friends? WoW is fun, you should try it

10 million people worldwide play WoW. I bet less than 1 million of them are women.

 

And wow (no pun intended) at comparing WoW friends to real life friends.

[mr.dream merchant]

I could not imagine a guy neglecting an attractive GF for a video game.

[bayouboi]

I could not imagine a guy neglecting an attractive GF for a video game.

 

:lmao:

[kdark]

10 million people worldwide play WoW. I bet less than 1 million of them are women.

 

And wow (no pun intended) at comparing WoW friends to real life friends.

 

I was actually invited to my WoW friends wedding. I met a lot of really great friends through videogames. When people get together to perform an activity together, friendships will be formed.

[clv0116]

10 million people worldwide play WoW. I bet less than 1 million of them are women.

 

And wow (no pun intended) at comparing WoW friends to real life friends.

 

I'd go with less than 2 million if I was putting money on the line. Of the people I know it's about 1 in 8 but my sample is skewed.

[xpaperxcutx]

WoW is a very stupid game in my opinion especially when it starts interfering with real life. I used to work for a therapist who had opened a small therapy school for elementary students. 10 if not all of them, between the ages of 10- 14, were addicted to WoW and video games in general.

 

Maybe WoW isn't as violent as other games, but it's very addictive, and people can play for hours on end without taking notice at once around them. Yes, it's acceptable to play with moderation but to start asking others to comply with your gaming needs is ridiculous, as was in the case of the OP's parents.

 

My ex used to be addicted to that game when we were dating. Even when I took the time to travel 2 hrs to see him, my presence alone wasn't enough to take his attention from his computer game. He was 20 btw. So I felt the need to speak to him about my feelings on the game and the rift it can and had eventually caused to our relationship.

 

If need be, you absolutely have to talk to him about his priorities and where he sees you in his life. It's unacceptable being a backburner to his game.

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I would never compare his game friends to his real life friends.

I have known my boyfriend for 8 years and we have been dating for five.

His BEST FRIEND who's birthday he missed has been his best friend since they were thirteen.

He has many other friends from high school and junior high.

He has been playing World of Warcraft for a few months.

He doesn't care that he is risking these relationships for a game that's been out for a couple of years.

And these friends of ours are great people who have never done anything wrong and would walk across a fire for either of us.

Don't know if they would do that for HIM anymore...

He is always ditching them now.

 

I HAVE tried the game and didn't see why people liked it so much.

It is boring and repetitive.

The players are all rude if you don't know how to play.

I'd rather go out and spend my time with REAL people.

Because no, raiding is NOT as important as REAL life.

I don't care if it's rude to leave early in a raid (it's a ****ing game!), it's even more rude to leave your girlfriend, her parents and/or your best friend hanging.

Raiding is NOT more important than his best friend's birthday.

And it's not worth risking your job over (i.e. when he's up till 4 in the morning and has work in five hours).

 

 

I think I am moderately attractive.

I am not overweight or mis-figured.

I can be sexy when that's what I'm aiming for.

 

This game is a virtual world, and no Elliebean...

I will never be okay with him choosing a GAME over his REAL life.

Believe it or not it is still just a virtual world.

Yeah...there are real people.

And no, they are not as important as the people who provide him with REAL companionship.

[IcemanJB]

dfbjfjldhfsyudislv OMFG, tell me about it!!!! speak it girl. its so annoooooying. video games for guys are ridiculous. they will spend 13 hours in fonrt of that effing screen. i say you invite him to go out one night. and if he says no because hes playing warcraft you put on the sexiest little piece of cloth skirt you have and some nice banging stilettos. then your prance your cute little butt to the door smelling like fresh sexuality, and ill see if he still wants to play warcraft. then when he asks: where are you going like that?" say "im gonna go raiding" and walk out. ahahahaha

 

Now this is just hilarious.

[bean1]

I'm sure it's hard for you to hear this, but it doesn't matter how attractive you are (you could be the goddess Venus herself), if he is forsaking relationships (you, friends, family) and LIFE itself, for this video game, then he is descending into an unhealthy addiction. I suggest you seek out other people whose lives have been affected by WoW or even a local al-anon meeting in order to deal with this. I do not have experience with it but I am the child of an alcoholic and the dynamics are not totally different.