John comes up to me while I'm loading the dishwasher. "I just got an email saying there's a raid tonight from 8:30 to 12:30. Is this all right with you?"
The fact that I know he's referring to World of Warcraft makes me a little woozy. "A four hour raid?"
"Yeah, but we have a fifteen minute break from 10:30 until 10:45."
"Seriously? You have scheduled breaks?"
"Yup, for things like snacks and bathroom breaks, you know."
I guess even the gaming world is subject to labor laws.
It shouldn't be too hard to talk John into working overtime and maybe make this game pay me back a little.
It owes me that much.
I'm lucky hubby isn't into the gaming world to much mostly Madden or Fantasy Football. your a saint I wouldn't let hubby get away with four hours..lol
Take Care
Kirst
Posted by: Kirsten | June 16, 2008 at 08:19 AM
four hours isn't bad. I let Mike go RPGing for 8 hours on Saturday, leaving both kids with me. If it makes him happy to do something he's interested in, I can make the sacrifice. He does so much for me, that I can't complain.
Posted by: Heidi | June 16, 2008 at 01:07 PM
Oh god, I feel your pain. My husband has been playing wow for about 3 years now and since our baby was born last year, I've seriously considered if it wouldn't be easier to be a single mom. I can't really start writing about the game or I will never shut up, or break down or something. I don't know if it's sad or comforting that there are other women out there with this problem. I guess I'm not as understanding as some, b/c I don't think it's acceptable to drop out of life for multiple hours at a time, especially when there are kids to take care of. I have tried to talk to him about the game to no avail. We need to go to counselling, but it would probably cut into his game time, so who knows if he'd go...
Posted by: Jaime | June 16, 2008 at 06:42 PM
Wow, Jaime. I'm so sorry to hear this. I really have been considering another post about WoW and John's gameplaying and ways we've worked to make it a happier resolution in the household. We have battled each other over this exact subject of gaming so many times, and if you refer to my prior post on Wow, I hate WoW, I playfully talked smack about it, but now, you and some other commenters have inspired me to delve into this a little further. Please check back on the site soon as I'll try to get the post up as soon as possible.
Posted by: Sprite's Keeper | June 16, 2008 at 06:50 PM
blech! My husband and I hoping that his younger brother is finally weaning himself off the WoW teat. I'm thankful my husband doesn't play, but still, all boys can be silly. He stayed up until 5:30 a.m. Friday night/Saturday morning playing Xbox live with his friends.
Posted by: Ash | June 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Thanks Jen- sorry to be such a downer. I'm glad someone is writing about this! After reading your blog last night on Babycenter and here I actually found a Yahoo Groups site for WOW widows- isn't that sad? I am trying to sign up to see what others have to say, but they have to let me in first. They are probably screening to make sure I'm not a player first :-).
It's a lot better than it used to be- he used to get on it right after coming home from work and eat dinner at the computer and stay on it til the wee hours of the night. He'd be there when I went to bed and when I woke up (I was never sure whether he actually slept), and almost the entire weekend unless I threw a fit. It's better now, but I still absolutely despise that game. If I had it in me, I'd destroy his computer, but he'd just go out and buy another one, right? Sigh.
Two more funny things that someone might get a laugh out of (it's ok, go ahead and laugh)- last weekend he became one of those idiots who actually purchases things that don't exist. Yes, he bought a virtual WOW character from someone for $550... I do not understand this- and couldn't really say anything b/c he never spends money, so he wanted to get it as his father's day gift. I can't argue with him- it just ends up making things worse. He tried buying a character a few months ago and got screwed when someone took his money and didn't deliver. I wasn't in the room when he had to explain this to the bank to get them to refund his card, but it probably went something like this: "yes, hello? I tried to buy something online that doesn't exist and it never arrived, but I paid for it? Can you get my money back for me? What? Yes, you heard correctly: I bought SOMETHING THAT ISN'T REAL AND DOESN'T EXIST. I paid $300 for it and want my money back because the seller didn't deliver the non-existent item like he was supposed to and now I've lost my money- can you please get it back for me and not comment on what you think of this whole transaction?"
Also, he originally bought the wow game for ME for a b-day present a few years ago. Why he did this, I have no idea- I hate computer games, have never played them, and have repetitive strain in my hands and back problems from already being at a computer too much for work- why would I spend my free time on one?? Of course, when I didn't start playing it, he felt he should so it didn't go to waste... Maybe I should've become a gamer myself. Or maybe he knew I wouldn't play and he would take it over himself. Sigh.
Posted by: Jaime | June 17, 2008 at 12:47 PM