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When I first met my bf he told me he plays WoW he tried to explain the ins and outs of it .. but im not a much of a gammer so we would have our "us" time and then for 30 mins or so he would play the game i would read then wed go to sleep...that was months ago. there were some troubles with his family and things and that just capulted him into the game..at first it seemed as tho he was just playing a bit more then usual ... he was working towards something..had to get some points or some sort to 18000 so he could get this equipment or something...so yea ook .. sure he spent weeks nonstop onthat game just to get there...at first i though ok so just like i get lost in a good book and i HAVE to keep reading and just see what happens next and he repects that and lets me finish it .. so i thought it was something similar to that .. but he reached his goal only to have to do something else then he started helping ppl do this thing. and it kept going and going .. he almost lost ANOTHER job .. luckly they really need him so he still has it ... then he used a robot or program to do the PVPs .. which got him banned he has been playing this game for a loong time .. so he decided ok thats it i will quit...i was totaly on board with that and tried everyhitng i could think of to keep him happy during taht time .. but he got angy, soo easy to anger..lonly bored...depressed...and was totaly not himself (granted WHILE he plays hes not himself either..ok soo he hasnt been his normal self in a few months)...so here he is totaly miserable..im feeling like crap that nothing im doing seems to help...and hes upset b.c hes not w. his "friends" on WoW ...made me feel like hed rather be and talk to them over me...i understand addiction is addiciont it messes w/ ur brain and ALL that funn stuff...but still...i just wanted to shout at him "bloody hell im over here .. ya know ur fiance" take out some red flags ding dong theres ppl Aroudn You..u have a mother! brother!! and Friends HERE" ...sooo that whole Not playing the game b.c he was banned part lasted ehh...lets say 2 weeks round about..maybe a Bit more maybe a Bit less...welll hes back on the game...as a "causal player" a much as i love and believe in him ... that i just dont see happening at all .. sure when i first met him i thought hey might be fun lets play it together..soo i tried the 10 day trial..i thought it was neat when you had ur person dance and do all these funky things...butt other then that it just seemed like too much to get into so i stayed out of it ... so the point to this long post (btw thanks for taking the time to read it all!! :) ) is that well it kinda helped to just tell yall about it .. get it all off..and well when he quit before b.c he was banned he noticed how much it changed him and he didnt like it he WANTED to quit he did...he didnt want to go back to it ..and he thought he needed help for it ... but after going a bit w.o it he decided he needs the game more...so IS there anything at all i can do for him? im really against supporting him in playing this thing...but i dont want to make him feel like crap and things for playing b.c i know that wont work..that willjust get him upset and he will escape into the game even more...so im putting this whole chunk out there if you have any thoughts or anything at all that would be great...i was reading some other posts and it seems to be the same or at least very similar for everyone..it hurts relationships and effects the players...reminds me of smoking!! .. obsivl. its unhealthy so why do we let ourselfs do this? .. now adays w/ what we know why do ppl smoke? .. same things but ... 1 a game the other is a smoke
well thanks to all for reading Posted on 06/11/08, 04:06 pm |
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I know exactly how you feel. You almost feel like you're in a relationship by yourself after a while, because all they think or talk about when they're not playing is that game. My fiance had been playing for over 2 years before he quit, and that was heavy playing. He was around 6-10 hours a workday when he stopped, and he stopped because I was leaving. After a while, you need to think about you.
I know it's hard to accept and understand, but he's not thinking about you. It's like heroin, he's just thinking about his next fix. It's nothing personal, I'm sure he loves you very much, but this thing now has control of his life. It was the same for me. He kept saying it was a dumb game and he wanted to quit, but he never did until he finally told me that he would not choose between me and the game (I never asked him to, he just blurted it out one day) and so I left, until he deleted it. He's had relapses, it's scary how like drug addiction this is. I think people like this need PROFESSIONAL help, but it's still such a gray area that they feel silly even thinking about it. Check out some Al-Anon stuff, that'll help you cope. And think of what's best for you, because he's not doing that right now and someone needs to be thinking of you and your needs. Good luck and all of my best, I know what you're going through. 
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