Would you break up with someone who played MMOs?

United States
April 2, 2009 10:40pm CST
Ok let me preface this by saying I was on another site this week and this one girl asked if the guys would let their girlfriends play MMOs. I was appalled at the word let but I thought I'd see how others felt. An MMO is a multi-player online game and they can take up a lot of your time. Most players play around 2 - 6 hours a week and around 20hrs on the weekends. Someone who really MMOs might arange schedules around quest time instead of vice versa. Would you date a serious gamer? MMOer? Would you break up with someone because they got into serious MMOing?
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
3 Apr 09
Hey you, long time no see! How are you? To answer your question, no I couldn't justify divorcing my husband if he got into online games like that. I've gotten myself addicted to many different internet things. Just a year ago I owned a gaming league on Pogo.com... that league had lasted for over a year, and before that I was involved in other leagues. Basically the whole league thing lasted me about 3 years from start to finish. While I was in a league or running one, that league runned my life, 24/7. I had to make sure tours were going as scheduled, I had schedule of tours to keep. I wouldn't allow holes in our schedule. I wanted hourly tours, no questions asked, so if there wasn't a 4pm tour, I'd run it. If there weren't enough players for the 5pm tour, I'd play in it. If the host for the 6pm tour was too new I'd sit there to make sure there were no issues. Now it's nearly 7pm and I haven't even thought about dinner, the kids are supposed to be bathed and heading for bed. That was my life for 3 years and my husband put up with it. So if he did something similar, I would just put up with it.
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• United States
3 Apr 09
Hi hun. Life has just taken turns in new directions so I'm not here much. :) But I'm well. Wow leagues. I had never heard of that online. That sounds like something extremely addicting. (I must stay away from that lol) thanks for your response.
• United States
3 Apr 09
Well I'm glad you're still around and kicking. You should check in more often! Yeah, definitly stay away from those leagues. There fun for awhile, but I tend to take them too seriously.
• India
3 Apr 09
I dont thing I would break up with someone who loves playing games. But at the same time she should be willing to spend some time with me. After all gaming is not everything in life. There is more to life than MMOs. IF both the guy and gal are into gaming then it would be loads of fun. Sharing passions play a big role in relationships.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
3 Apr 09
I don't think so if you love someone then why does it matter what they likes to do? We're all just trying to keep ourselves entertained so we don't get sad or depressed. I think we should all do whatever it takes to help us get through our day and if games like that help them get through the day then why not?
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