Sod it. I need a dh-addicted-to-online-games support thread...

[Sophiev73]

Bloody dh is totally addicted to online games to do with conquering the world or some such crap. Little tiny soldiers doing battle against Nordic Gods, playing with people from Portugal etc etc... I sound flippant but it's threatening our relationship. He's been doing it for years and also works shifts, so when he comes in late, he logs on, plays and bingo! It's 3.30 am and he's far too knackered to get up and help in the morning... We have two gorgeous dss (5 months and 2.4 years) and they need to be got up and looked after.

What to do? Has anyone got experience of weaning them off? How did you do it? As I write, he's crashed out again on the sofa having been asleep since 4.30, I've done the whole evening alone AGAIN. GRRRRR

Oh god I have had loads of hissy fits and tears and recriminations - but basically dh has taken the 'i am what i am - and you can't change me' line fortunately the kids have changed him a bit and I think as he gets older worrying about his health will also have an effect as he will need to be more active to keep healthy - sitting on your arse gaming isn't going to do it.

i was going to start a thread like this a couple of months ago!
my dp does do his share aroud the house but before we moved it was getting to the point of him asking me to wait while he fought a war or whatever,i told him that was going too far.
what i hate is the chatting,to me they are like chatrooms and i wouldn't stay with a man who was going in chatrooms and talking to women but dp says they only talk about the game so it doesnt matter but it still hurts me.
i really really hate computer games anyway cos my exh used to play them all the time(apart from when i was in bed and he was watching porn on sky)and never did anything around the house etc,if i tried to talk to him he would stare at the screen and tell me to stop nagging etc etc....hence why hes my ex.
dp thinks im being unreasonable and i suppose i am to some extent but before i met him i swore i would never have a relationship wih a man who played computer games full stop so i dont know how much more i can compromise

You need to show him that youtube video of WOW being used as a contraceptive that slightly kicked my dh into touch, along with a bit of major hectoring from me, he's now watching the Jungle tv thing, whilst I'm on mumsnet, hmmmm whose more addicted here can sympathise with all tho, as it was Everquest 1st then WOW next, in fact I really think it was only seeing eldest child aged 8, get into WOW and slowly get addicted himself, that woke dh up....