[ SECRET POST #1293 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1293 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

113. http://i27.tinypic.com/2mi5hlj.jpg

[film.livejournal.com]

sounds like my ex LOL

you're really much better off keeping well away from someone who does something like that to you, anon :(

[domofo.livejournal.com]

LOL ME TOO
o.o

[springandsummer.livejournal.com]

Obviously I've been making and submitting to f!s in my sleep.

[khandreia.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you could have at least given it a shot and tried playing alongside him instead? I know plenty of people who play WoW alongside their significant other...myself included. The guild I'm in is full of such people, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Contrary to popular belief, playing WoW and having a relationship don't have to be mutually exclusive.

[eldanildiel.livejournal.com]

This. My husband and I have a deal that I'll play with him if he'll participate in some of my hobbies with me and neither of us are allowed to "go down the rabbit hole" in terms of spending way too much time on either.

[(Anonymous)]

But what if they have no interest in playing WoW? I mean, I really like video games, but MMO's (especially huge ones with trolls abound) have never been my thing.
A person can have no desire to do something without being OMGJUDGEMENTAL.

[queenriley.livejournal.com]

Your suggestion is a good one, but won't work for everybody. Not everybody has a desire to play an MMO. They could try anyway and may find they enjoy it or, like myself, may find that they despise it with a fiery passion and never want to be near one again.

That being said, the issue I see isn't that he played WoW. The issue is that he blew off plans he had already made with her in order to play the game instead. It would be just the same if he'd blown her off for a baseball game, or a chess match, or anything else. It's disrespectful and shows an inability to balance, no matter what he ditched her for.

My husband is an MMO player. My husband is an OBSESSIVE MMO player. My husband has lost jobs because he couldn't stop playing his games long enough to go to work. He plays EverQuest, not WoW, but it's the same concept. Our marriage almost failed because of his personal inability to stop the games. He still plays, but not as much as he used to, and he realizes now the minute it starts to interfere in our relationship or with his job, that's the minute he needs to shut it all off and stop playing for a few months. It took a lot of pain and effort, a three month physical separation, and nearly destroying our lives (and actual financial destruction, more than once) to get him to this point.

So no, not every single person is capable of playing their MMO AND carrying on a relationship. Can many people balance the game and life? Sure. But not everybody can.

Believe me, speaking from experience, she was right to get out when she did. That he saw no problem ditching her for the game is a sign that he is NOT one of the people capable of finding the balance.

[lightandwinged.livejournal.com]

^ This. Speaking as someone who met her fiance through WoW, it kind of always makes me somewhere between annoyed and sad when people think that the two are mutually exclusive.

[(Anonymous)]

Be lucky that at least it happened before you two got married and had a bunch of children?

[(Anonymous)]

If you expect your significant other to ditch their hobbies so they can dote on YOU, they're probably better off without you.

[(Anonymous)]

WoW is not a hobby; It is lifeFAIL.

[baka-tenshi.livejournal.com]

It's not even about the fact we want them to "ditch" their hobbies to dote on us. I don't know about the other girls but I know I would like to have my boyfriend pay attention to me every once in a while. And to, you know, enjoy our relationship.

Just not while he's in queue for PVP, dungeons, or raids.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey man, raids are important.

[pf-please.livejournal.com]

Been in that situation before. Having hobbies is one thing but being completely absorbed in a game is another. Well, some guys would rather play an MMO rather than deal with a girlfriend. The world doesn't revolve around anybody. If you start playing with him, it might not necessarily help the relationship as he might still keep his focus on the game. I don't know, I'd move on to someone else who wants the same things you do in a relationship and won't let his hobbies get in the way. The guy I experienced this was a really cold, detached fellow though... maybe your love interest isn't the same way.

[(Anonymous)]

You'd probably enjoy the song "World of Warcraft Ruined My Life" by All Caps. It's about this girl who is losing her boyfriend to world of warcraft. You can find it on youtube youtube.com/watch?v=YWJ69j0Qpm8

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh. This thread is going to be split between the people who see where the OP is coming from and people who feel insulted, as if she were shaming all gamers by association, and now enjoy making drive-by suggestions about a total stranger's already-dead relationship. Whatever OP, I'm sure you handled it in whichever way was best for you.

[baka-tenshi.livejournal.com]

Try being in a relationship where your boyfriend's cousins buy him months on that stupid game whenever the subject comes up (read: all the time) and he uses the "BUT THEY BOUGHT IT FOR MEEE." excuse.

Don't let them, goddammit!! /rant

There should be an alliance of where girlfriends, boyfriends, wives, husbands, and friends who know people who are more attached to WoW than an alien predator looking for a host.

[blindwebster.livejournal.com]

Potential girlfriend? What, he bailed in the middle of the first date to go play? Or he left a little early because he had a previous engagement? Those are two very different things. Either way it sounds like you felt very entitled to his time and attention, potential girlfriend.

Not entirely directed at Anon, but: I tend to be skeptical of women who cry about how their fellas "won't spend time with me bawwwwwwww because he plays WoW!" If he's got a legitimate compulsion, that's one thing. But 9 times out of 10 it's just the same as a woman complaining about her guy spending time with his friends instead of her. (And yes, the people he plays with are real people, just like you and me.) Or complaining about absolutely anything he likes doing that doesn't involve her. (And if she doesn't understand it, then it must be stupid and unimportant!) If he was in a bowling league, would you be that upset? Either get involved or let him have his hobby. Occupy your own dawn self for a while. Shit.

-A woman.

[xenafox.livejournal.com]

This secret makes me kind of happy. Been ditched for "omg WoW raids!" too many times.

[korinacaffeine.livejournal.com]

maybe playing wow was more interesting than hanging out with you
OR
maybe he just wasn't diggin' you at all

some alternatives to "HE'S JUST OBSESSED WITH WOW, THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE WON'T TEXT ME BACK," which is what I'm assuming the situation is, considering you didn't exactly go into detail.

[openedbook.livejournal.com]

Fuck him. My asshole ex would use me to get laid and then play wow until he wanted me again. Guys like that are dipshit.

[lightandwinged.livejournal.com]

Honestly, with this in mind, it's probably for the best. I'm not saying that he should expect you to completely understand every time he has plans in WoW instead of with you, but I have to wonder if you'd have the same reaction if he'd "ditched" you to, say, catch a movie he'd been waiting to see for a while or go to a ball game or any number of other hobbies that aren't gaming.

*shrugs* I don't know the situation, so I don't know if you'd made plans and then he cancelled or if he just didn't spend as much time with you as you'd hoped because he had something going on in game or what. It's just kind of saddening to me that this sort of situation makes people far angrier when it happens because of an MMO than it does when it happens because of any other hobby.

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

*SNERK* This happened to me once. Except the potential-SO in question wanted to play SIMS.

Yeah, I'm really, really glad that one never even got to the first date stage...

Gotta say...

[(Anonymous)]

All the overly defensive WoW players are amusing.