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h2>As I stare at the back of my husband’s head, I grow more and more resentful. Every “clever” quip into his headset gives me the violent urge to throw something at his head.
“Honey,” I direct through clenched jaws “Are you coming to bed? It’s 11:00 and I’m exhausted.”
The standard reply? “I just have to finish this dungeon. Five more minutes, I promise.” On that note, I roll over and go to sleep.
My husband is a recovering gaming addict. I say this with a mixture of fondness and frustration. Fondness that my husband still can play like a child and for me he harnesses his ability to game for days on end, and frustration that, even while behaving, he can spend an entire night in front of the computer and not with me.
I do try to be patient and understanding, knowing that not to long ago, it was not unheard of for my husband to engage in gaming for days on end when not working. I was even told by his close friends that one of his last relationships ended because the girl in question spent 9 months staring at the back of his head. Knowing these things when I went in to the relationship, I laid careful ground rules, making it clear that I would never play second fiddle to an online role-playing game.
These days, my husband plays on his day off during the week when the kids and I aren’t home, and on certain evenings when I am engaged in various projects of my own. This works out fairly well. Except for when he neglects household chores. Except for when he makes lame excuses to vanish upstairs and check his gaming forums for the 20th time that day. I try to be patient, I really do, but it’s always hard to loose out to a game.
But as I said, I am lucky that my husband is a recovering addict, and not the full blown gamer that he used to be. Addiction to online gaming is a serious problem for many people, one that’s been receiving more and more attention as it gains recognition as a legitimate mental health issue.
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“Honey,” I direct through clenched jaws “Are you coming to bed? It’s 11:00 and I’m exhausted.”
The standard reply? “I just have to finish this dungeon. Five more minutes, I promise.” On that note, I roll over and go to sleep.
My husband is a recovering gaming addict. I say this with a mixture of fondness and frustration. Fondness that my husband still can play like a child and for me he harnesses his ability to game for days on end, and frustration that, even while behaving, he can spend an entire night in front of the computer and not with me.
I do try to be patient and understanding, knowing that not to long ago, it was not unheard of for my husband to engage in gaming for days on end when not working. I was even told by his close friends that one of his last relationships ended because the girl in question spent 9 months staring at the back of his head. Knowing these things when I went in to the relationship, I laid careful ground rules, making it clear that I would never play second fiddle to an online role-playing game.
These days, my husband plays on his day off during the week when the kids and I aren’t home, and on certain evenings when I am engaged in various projects of my own. This works out fairly well. Except for when he neglects household chores. Except for when he makes lame excuses to vanish upstairs and check his gaming forums for the 20th time that day. I try to be patient, I really do, but it’s always hard to loose out to a game.
But as I said, I am lucky that my husband is a recovering addict, and not the full blown gamer that he used to be. Addiction to online gaming is a serious problem for many people, one that’s been receiving more and more attention as it gains recognition as a legitimate mental health issue.
Article Source: www.associatedcontent.com