12+ hours of gaming every day

[DrierThanANunsNasty]

AIBU to think that setting an alarm for 7.30am to go downstairs and commandeer the lounge and TV to play video games, pausing only for meal times, and then playing again as soon as I go to bed is excessive? Must be at least 12 hours a day...

And no, this isn’t a teenage son. This is my adult husband.

Send help. And wine.

That's nuts, and I say that as a gamer myself who only plays once DD is in bed. What on earth is the game?

Of course it's excessive.

Why would you stop to eat? Thats just madness

Yes excessive. My husband plays games, but max 1 hour at a time then pauses to play with our son.

"pausing only for meal times"

Fucking rookie.

LTB

He sounds like a selfish knob

When does he work, cook, laundry, clean, be a parent?

When does the rest of the family get to watch the tv?

That is excessive and really not a good use of his time. My DP plays a few games but only when there is nothing more important to do.

Stopping for meals?! Why hasn’t he surrounded himself with an array of snacks.

If he has animal crossing I can provide some lovely ripe peaches.

Wow that is nuts. Mine is a gamer too, it doesn't go on until after 8pm max 3 nights a week.
Who is bringing him these meals.

Anything done to this level of excess is a problem. Have you talked to him about why he's spending so long gaming? Is his mental health OK?

Er no, no one is banishing me from parts of my own home because they want to play computer games. Funny how quarantine has only amplified the this before tolerated twatery.

This sounds horrific. He sounds addicted.

Pretty rude of him, Is it a new game that's just come out? Not that that makes it less rude but if it's a new / recently purchased game I could understand more of an obsession playing it for so long (gamer myself before I had a child!)

Ask him to let you have a go / teach you how to play using his account and I bet he would turn it off quite quickly!

I'm doing the same. Not like there is anything else to do right now. I do stop for an hour or so to let OH have a go sometimes.

I would say a couple of hours a day is fair enough! The only bit that really bothers me is when they put the headset on and you can just hear the swearing, laughing non stop for hours on end.

But 12+ would drive me nuts!

Is he helping around the house between sleeping and gaming.

Even 16 YO DS who has no GCSEs to work towards isn't on that long as he gets bored - and he is playing with friends online.
He goes online after tea (6 ish).

Get him to move it to the bedroom
Ffs .. what a selfish twit!

Assuming you don't have kids set your alarm for 7 and beat him to it. Have your itinery of movies and snacks lined up and enjoy! (hopefully make him see how ridiculous he is being). If you do have kids a schedule could be helpful with each if you having say 2 hours to play your games or watch tv or a movie of your choosing.