I’m 43 years old, with a wife and 3 kids in the house. Why did I let this happen to me again? I took off work 3 days last week, and I told myself that it was because it’s just been a while since I was off. Pfffff….yea right. After my wife left for work, what was the first thing I was doing? Yep loggin’ into Classic. I’m going to try to leave my laptop in my truck tonight, so I won’t even be tempted. What do other people do to get it off their minds, and step away for a while?
shakes fists “DANG YOU BLIZZARD!!”
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I think it’s time to accept facts and leave your wife and children.
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No offense, but your life must really be lacking if you a game has that much power over you. Go fishing or something. Take the family out. Do you not have any hobbies?
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Productive human society is overrated anyway, amiright?
This is so sad.
Do what makes you happy man… if you wanna play WoW, play WoW. It’s okay to be selfish. Especially when the alternative is doing what OTHER people want you to do instead of what you want to do.
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The game is made to be addicting. Give the guy a break.
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Game addiction is a real thing. I am struggling to keep away as well.
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No offense, but your life must really be lacking if you a game has that much power over you. Go fishing or something. Take the family out. Do you not have any hobbies?
That’s the thing. I still do stuff with family. On Friday, I kept my little girl home with me (She’s 3), and I took her to lunch and Ice Cream, bought her a toy, and spent the afternoon with her. On Saturday, I took the 2 youngest girls to the local festival for food/fun, and then went to one of their cheerleading games. I used to fish, but I sold my bass boat years ago. I have nothing else I enjoy for myself. I’m surrounded by girls in the house. I don’t even have a male dog.
I do get together with 5 other guys about 1 time every 4-5 months for a D&D session. But that’s it. WoW does let me get away though, into something that I enjoy again. I just need to be careful about it.
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you “could” try retail…
its a one and done kinda thing.
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Don’t feel bad about playing a video game. You said you have a laptop. I play a few nights a week on discord with my friends on my desktop when we run dungeons and stuff. Other than that, i play on my laptop in the living room and hang out with my wife. You sound like you’ve struck a balance. Just make sure you’re making time for the more important things too like spending time with your kids (which is sounds like you are doing fine there). Night time is for WoW for me. During the day, I’m working, at school, or hanging with the Fam (i have a 3 year old daughter).
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Um… I hope you are being sarcastic here. Playing WoW is fine in moderation, but the OP has a family to take care of.
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Also a wife and child here. I am struggling to stay away too. I just log in after they’re all in bed. I guess it works out that I’m a night owl and usually get 2-3 hours a night and more on weekends. Leveling once or not at all in a day in my level 30’s is rough though, makes me realize come 43+ it’s gonna take me multiple days to get a level and Ireally won’t hit 60 for another couple months.
Anyway, casual is cool too my friend! Don’t let it take over your liiiifeeeeeee
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r/nowow and old wowdetox if you can find it.
OP I’m worried about your state of mind. Why would you ‘step away for a while’?
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Lol yeah the best way to fight an addiction is to make said addiction unfun… BFA greatly succeeded in breaking the addiction for a lot of people
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Spoken like someone who’s never had to deal with real life hardships. Everyone needs to get out of their head for a while. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Its that very reason books, movies, music, and video games exist.
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I was afraid of wife aggro myself so I did a hail marry and it actually worked…
I got my wife to play too and shes actually enjoying it.
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Thank you for your sage wisdom. Now I know what true hardship means.