This is why you must find a girl who shares your interests. Human beings spend too much time, selfishly, trying to test or control their significant other. When someone is trying to test or change you, my first question is, what is so bad about me that you feel you need to change me, or what makes you so good that you think you have the right to in the first place?
So… Maybe give WoW a rest once in a while?
Maybe?
I will now ask the question that matters most.
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Which one of you was better.
I agree with the OP to the extent he/she/xie is saying that it is easier with a boyfriend. 
This, along with the Flynn Fairywind revelation are proof positive that it is June year round at Blizz HQ.
Back in Cataclysm, there was a guy in my guild who sometimes bailed in the middle of raids because his girlfriend randomly showed up at his place and he didn’t want her to find out that he played WoW, lol.
who needs a gf? just play wow my dude.
If if they also had their own hobbies/interests. My husband and I do just fine. I play wow in the living room, and he plays his games in the back.
Granted, I’m a filthy casual, but only because I lack the stomach for hardcore toxicity.
LOL! I suspected when I first met that character in Kul Tiras, that he batted for both teams. He just has this Capt. Jack Harkness vibe.
I have had the same problems in the past. So in a way, I feel I understand you.
All I can say is, you should make some time. What happens in a situation if the game ever died?
Right now that seems like it’s not going to happen, but I thought the same thing with previous games in the past.
- City of Heroes/City of Villians. I loved this game and I loved how you could create any hero or villian your imagination pretty much thought up.
I loved how there were totally different paths you could explore based on your moral choice.
I loved how you started out as a low level hero or villian beating up regular say bad guys and slowly seeing how you became more powerful so did your enemies and that they got stranger and stranger looking.
Then out of the blue one day, they decided to shut it down. It was still a very popular game and I didn’t see the reason but it didn’t stop the people in charge of this game’s rights from doing so.
Like that, all of my special characters that I had worked on so long were locked away from me forever.
Gaming today is so much more than it was when I was a kid. It is amazing in some ways regarding the worlds that have been built but at the end of the day it is not real life and though I sympathize as a fellow gamer who loves these worlds as it seems you do, part of me recognizes that a lot of people do not respect these game worlds and thus other life priorities need to be addressed from time to time.
Perhaps if you could create a schedule for yourself it might help.
Choose a few days a week where your focused on wow and then those other days your not are your off days where you can do other things, like hang out and form a relationship.
Best of luck to you.
Tasaran (void elf hunter)
I have had about a half-dozen arguments because I didn’t want to play WOW, but she did and wanted me to join her.
If I could send that back in time to my single self, I’d think I was making it up.
video games are better than gfs or significant others.
i mean with video games i get to interact with more people…so i have a great social life.
It’s all about priorities. Do you want to be good at a videogame (not even sure what that means honestly) or have a girlfriend? If you even have to think on this question, it isn’t surprising you can’t hold onto the latter. The many, many benefits from treating your lady exceptionally well completely eclipse any enjoyment a game can provide. I guess you may just have to take my word on that 
i have had gfs and also been a full time gamer…
gaming is more fulfilling to me.
especially long term. the sparks in a relationship are there at first but disappear over time.
but gaming is eternal…and besides you always meet new, interesting people as a gamer
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sounds like your a bad partner, just do the ladies a favor and don’t waste their time if you cant commit.
Just wait till AI dating is more common and go do that
If you can’t give your GF the last piece of chicken wing without reservation, you shouldn’t be in a relationship. Maybe it is a good thing, you are single for a bit. Enjoy life, do good in school, and your job.
Real life (and the people in it) should probably take precedence over a video game. Do I like to game? Sure. But I can drop what I’m doing at any time (even mid dungeon if necessary) if I’m needed elsewhere because, at the end of the day, they are just games.
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If I had a girl and I had a choice between a random “hey, bud, we’re gonna run this content tonight!” or my weekly date with my girl …
“Sorry buds, going out with my lady.”
Because RL comes first. Sorry, chums.
Now, I would try and discuss things with my girl about permanent scheduled things my fellow gamers do. If she’s reasonable, she’ll be willing to “share” me. If she’s not reasonable, she’s may not be a girl you want.
The key of course is balance. Don’t shirk your girl and don’t shirk your guildies. Find a happy balance between the two. And if it ends up that you can’t maintain that balance … you have to decide which matters more.
Now for me? Virtual life vs real life, I’m gonna take what’s real.
I’ve been there, in regards to gaming and real life friends. I’ve run tabletop games where players were being disruptive to the group as a whole. It wasn’t intentional, just things happened. I had to politely say until they had their lives in order, they weren’t welcome back at the table. And a number of them have thanked me for it. Because they didn’t want to feel like they were letting us down.
whats funny is you think you’re good at WoW.
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I shouldn’t have but I did laugh…
Not necessarily.
I don’t watch television much. Most people turn on a television when they get home and watch multiple hours of television per day. I read my news; I never watch it. We have ONE television in our home, and we turn it one maybe two or three times per month.
Everyone spends time consuming media of one form or another.
Obviously this is relative, but I agree. If the partner doesn’t play the game, then you can’t spend time together while playing. My husband and I have desks back to back, and so our ingame time is literally time spent both physically and figuratively “together.” Having said that, WoW is not the only thing we do together, so for people who literally spend every waking moment of leisure in the game…of course you don’t have viable relationships.
That’s an unhealthy amount of game time, and I would say that 6 hours EVERY day is unrealistic and unhealthy, as well. But…people can play the game a lot and work and have healthy relationships of all kinds.
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No, not even if they played WoW. Then they’d even feel neglected in-game by you.