I Hate Being Ignored
By StacyB
@Srbageldog (7716)
United States
May 12, 2017 4:06am CST
My boyfriend ignores me when I'm talking. A lot. He's a gamer and he spends most his free time playing this online game called Fallen Earth. Apparently, interacting with all his online buddies is more important than listening to me.
I am getting pretty fed up with constantly being ignored. We've been together nearly 10 years. I know people whose marriages have ended over this sort of thing.
Maybe I should just start ignoring him all the time and see how he likes it.
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7 responses
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
12 May 17
My friend used to go and pull the electricity breaker and then pretend the electricity went out, sometimes all it takes is that being taken away to pay attention.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 May 17
The electricity breaker is right next to his computer (it's in one of the bedrooms, which is an odd place to have it) so he would see me if I did that! Haha. I ended up talking to him about it so now he knows how I feel and is going to try to be better about paying attention to me.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
14 May 17
@Srbageldog hopefully he is bettee
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@m_audrey6788 (58482)
• Germany
12 May 17
Wow..10years is something..I believe that you can get through with all these..wish you Good luck 
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
12 May 17
Thank you. I wouldn't leave him over this, but sometimes I need to vent!
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@sissy15 (12269)
• United States
13 May 17
I feel for you, and I don't blame you for being annoyed. Cory used to be like that to some degree but he isn't much anymore. I probably ignore him more than he does me at times. Just play sims and ignore him back when he wants your attention and let him know how it feels. Sometimes they don't understand what you go through until it's done to them. That's what I did to Cory, he rarely does that to me anymore.
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@sissy15 (12269)
• United States
14 May 17
@Srbageldog That's good. Miscommunication can be a big thing.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 May 17
I ended up talking to him about it last night and it turns out he feels like I ignore him too! He didn't realize he's been upsetting me so I guess we're going to try to spend a bit more time together. He actually hung out with me last night after we talked. Which was nice.
@Shavkat (137260)
• Philippines
14 May 17
@Srbageldog Hopefully, he will change. I am sure he will.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 May 17
I did end up talking to him about it. Hopefully he'll start being better about not ignoring me.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
12 May 17
Husband's do that too...he he ...With tech things...And yes you do have the right plan in hand.
Good to know you've been together 10 years....So you 'll will handle this too
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
12 May 17
Maybe it's just men's nature to ignore their partners. Yes, we'll get through this, as I'm sure there are worse things he could be doing! I do hope he eventually outgrows playing games.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
13 May 17
@Srbageldog They remain boys even as they grow old.
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@playerauctions (17)
• Philippines
22 May 17
I am a girl and I plays online games a lot. Your boyfriend is not ignoring you (I'm not defending your boyfriend), it's just that sometimes as a player we don't want to loose and we talked to friends online to discuss the strategies we need to take against our opponent's. That is my problem with my mom too when I am so focused on my games and she always said she will burn my computer. hahahha
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
22 May 17
I get that, but when he spends all his free time playing games and hardly ever talks to me, it starts to become a problem.
@playerauctions (17)
• Philippines
22 May 17
@Srbageldog I acknowledge it is really a problem most especially if we are leveling up or we are angry because we lost in a game we forgot the world around us even eating. Well, I'm guilty as charged.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
22 May 17
@playerauctions I understand how consuming games can be. I get completely sucked in when I'm playing the Sims, and that's just something I play by myself. I imagine it's easier to lose track of everything when you're playing with other people and chatting with them. But, I've told him that I don't mind if he plays his game as long as he spends time with me a couple nights out of the week. I don't think that's too much to ask. :)
