World of War-crack Widow - any others out there?

United States
May 19, 2007 8:23pm CST
My husband has recently discovered World of Warcraft. While both of us love games he's a workaholic on disability after a stroke. I don't mind that he games its great therapy for him, but since the stroke he's a bit more obsessive about things he can do. Anyone else out there being Widowed by War-crack for any reason?
3 responses
@mememama (3076)
• United States
24 May 07
I was for a long time, but he got sick of it and stopped playing. That was so nice for him to come into the real world lol. I hope yours does too!
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• United States
4 Jun 07
that would be a problem - since his stroke his 'real world' has multiple limitations that, in the game he does not have - I'm just hoping we can get to a better balance of game and real stuff.
• United States
20 May 07
My husband plays WoW, and so do his friends and their wives. So far I'm the only one who hasn't started playing (I don't intend to). Before we got married I would get pissed about WoW, because we were in a long distance relationship, and he'd be playing when I called to talk and would be distracted the whole phone call. Now he has a sixth sense about when I'm getting annoyed and will sign off before drawing "Wife Agro"
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• United States
21 May 07
Believe me I understand about Not wanting to be involved in 'every little thing' he is and the Wife Agro over being ignored and dis'ed unfortunately I have since posting this allowed myself to be sucked into the vortex. sigh
@jenn80 (64)
• Canada
20 May 07
I was for awhile. I played too (for a reason other than entertainment, actually, and he was along for the ride.) We both played a fair amount, but he'd never wait for me, and would rush ahead. Then, he started a guild, and if he wasn't playing with them (in full role-playing mode, too), he was organizing events for them, or working on their website. I couldn't seem to get him away from it a lot of the time, and it was hugely frustrating - we were late going places all the time, he'd burn dinner when he was trying to cook because he'd always run back to the game, and getting him out for anything small like a walk or grocery shopping took a lot of planning and almost coercion on my part. Anyway, the reason why I'm not "widowed" anymore is that I ended the relationship (for this and other reasons.) I certainly understand the attraction of the game, but sometimes it goes to far.
• United States
20 May 07
I haven't gotten into it yet - I prefer the old table top paper and dice games - haven't really gotten into the comp games. I'm thinking about get in, just because its been good for him as therapy and a distraction from his disability - but I'm still resisting for now. Thanks for the insight