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writes:Basically my boyfriend is a world of warcraft addict i'm sure of it! The next expansion has come out today and he's getting it this afternoon. I've been told hes leveling with a friend for two weeks. :( This really isn't good! How do I make him see that he should be spending time with me as well :/ Its only a game!!!! :(
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reader, Ed1337 +, writes (13 November 2008):
 The dreaded world of warcraft strikes again. My sister quit her £30,000 a year job because she got addicted to wow, her partner also quit work to play it :-(
I used to play it every night as well at one point, until I watched the south park episode about wow, it made me realise that I was wasting my life playing a stupid game.
It is very addictive, almost like a drug, so there is no easy way to stop someone playing it, just explain that you want to spend more time together away from the computer.
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reader, LazyGuy  +, writes (13 November 2008):
 Dress up as a night elf.
Life is only a game. See the game instead as a hobby, another thing women are known to be able to understand.
Party it is the age old battle of the sexes. The same women who keep track of every bit of celebrity and homegrown gossip can't understand why their spouses track ever soccer statistic ever invented.
Why spend a fortune on fishing equipment when that money can be put to so much better use buying yet another pair of shoes that science has proven men don't look at (real experiment, track the eyeball movement of people to see what they focus on, when looking at women, men skip the shoes)
This question you are asking is not exactly new, what is often missing is what the woman wants to do instead. Usually it turns out to be something the boyfriend finds utterly inane, neither side being able to accept that they just don't share each others intrests.
Sure, some people take their intrest to extreme and ignore their partner completly, if that is the case, you can try talking first, make it clear that he should grind you for a week for two as well to level up the relationship.
But going in with "it is only a game" is not the right attitude. It automatically will put him on the defensive and shows you are unwilling to take an intrest into his activities.
There are after all no doubt countless things you enjoy doing that he doesn't think are important. A relationship is really two strangers trying to work around each others oddities, if they can, the relationship works. Him: accept that closet space is for her. Her: accept that silly games are of life and death importance.
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reader, Emilysanswers +, writes (13 November 2008):
Arrange a time this week when he can meet you outside of his house. If he's not there then he can't play it.
As long as you two do have time together and he's not neglecting you altogether then it shouldn't be a problem. He has to have hobbies and spend time with his friends too, and WoW is obviously his way of spending time with his mates.
Let him have a day or two un interupted with his new toy but arrange a nice date for Sunday afternoon.
Good Luck!! xx
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