tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post7620753809903123984..comments2023-06-18T08:24:54.928-05:00Comments on The Spiritual Mother: I'd Rather Pour Bleach in my Eyes than Watch Someone Play Call of Duty Ever Again.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595183546126124275noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post-79940830596215946552012-06-06T12:29:28.851-05:002012-06-06T12:29:28.851-05:00I was a WOW widow for a while. My husband wan'...I was a WOW widow for a while. My husband wan't a big gamer until he found WOW (he'd game a little here and there, but nothing serious). Anyway, with WOW he got to the point where every waking moment not spent a work was spent on that effing game! I asked, begged, yelled, tried a timer, etc. Nothing worked, he was ALWAYS on the computer! SO, I started saving money and when I had enough Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372147254155526402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post-60419201327218265762012-05-09T20:01:20.231-05:002012-05-09T20:01:20.231-05:00I went through something very similar with my husb...I went through something very similar with my husband and ran away from the marriage and started divorce and child custody papers with a lawyer once almost 2 years ago. In the end I came back and what you wrote about never wanting to see another person play that game is exactly how I felt. He made some big changes and got a full time job and started spending some time with our daughter and did ntCandicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769515811889621243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post-26356593100553256172012-05-08T18:46:55.441-05:002012-05-08T18:46:55.441-05:00I had of course commented before on your last post...I had of course commented before on your last post on this subject being I went through the same issue in my first marriage. (I have switched blogs and operate from this one now... sorry about any confusion). I myself was never a gamer. I have the attention span of a fly and could never sit still long enough to even pretend interest. That being said when I was dating the ex husband I did used Winter P. Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194724925477641077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post-8315456506035512592012-05-08T07:43:54.192-05:002012-05-08T07:43:54.192-05:00I have to agree with Nate. The games aren't th...I have to agree with Nate. The games aren't the issue, there was something else there that was causing his need to escape. Perhaps he had some very painful memories that only went away when he immersed himself in a fantasy world? He needed help, that's for sure, but I'm not convinced it was all the games' fault. <br /><br />I play video games (specifically the Sims 3, the ResidentSapphirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952512191779539245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post-65973986170918634732012-05-07T19:21:59.096-05:002012-05-07T19:21:59.096-05:00As a video game designer. I would like to point o...As a video game designer. I would like to point out a few things:<br /><br />a)You can't blame the video games. Just like "guns don't kill people, people kill people". Video games don't break up relationships, people break up relationship.<br /><br />b)Video game addiction is the new buzz word in the world. And I call total shenanigans on it. The basis for this as an Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378182667702721890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post-11263321001066693952012-05-07T17:36:13.050-05:002012-05-07T17:36:13.050-05:00I understand exactly what you've gone threw de...I understand exactly what you've gone threw dealing with video game addiction. There is a website dedicated to it online (http://www.olganon.org/) that helped me distance myself from my my online poison of choice. The result is that I'm going to college this fall to pursue my passion for anthropology :)Hearth Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138271928484260381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346950426137656869.post-86340025654732154142012-05-07T17:21:40.638-05:002012-05-07T17:21:40.638-05:00I was married to a video game head for almost 12 y...I was married to a video game head for almost 12 years and it took me almost that long to realize how much I resented the whole thing. Great post. Thanks for sharing your story. :D<br />Lisa@Panthea:allthingsaregoddess.comLisa@Pantheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096686266446357457noreply@blogger.com