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Hello there!

My name is Krissy. I am a high school math teacher and I've been married for 5 years. Don't want to bore you with a long winded intro, but I wanted to say hello anyway. My husband was a WoW player. Played from the beginning. We had all the fights. Typical widow story. But ours ended well. This last year has been fantastic. His playing was in moderation and I never once felt I was being ignored for a game. Then this summer the unimaginable happened. He quit WoW without even mentioning it to me. He says he got bored with it, I think he's maturing. (Shhh, just don't tell him.) Either way, I'll take it!

So, yeah, I'm Krissy. If you need anything at all, don't hesitate to drop me a PM.

Hi I am Tawnee and I am a Senior Property Manager and have 2 kids and live in Australia.

My s/o is a hard-core gamer. average about 80 hours a week.

This started with wow 2 1/2 years ago. I have tried everything, yes I have even played, got to lvl 42 but RL and resentment killed that.

I do not hate games, I do not hate gamers. I feel that everything in moderation is fine.

I can't really help with advice because hey, nothing has worked for me. I feel that this much gaming is a mix of addiction and selfishness. I am good at listening though.

Enjoy your time here and if you would like more info you can PM me.

so...G'day and yes I do have kangaroos at one end of my street and the beach at the other end. Will soon post the pics of my wonderful area.

Hi I'm Psyki

I mod the general and real life forums

I'm 26 and married to my husband who was a marine but just got out in July. We're currently back in Canada deciding what we're going to do and where we're going to live. Currently in the province of Newfoundland.

I hated WoW for 2 years and about 6 months. I hated it with a passion. In December of 2006 after a huge fight over once again WoW we came to an agreement that once a week he could play while I was out of the apt going to a movie etc and when I came home he'd be done.

in April of 2007 I finally got curious. Previously I had a friend show me the game but I was still very angry that I did not want any part of it. So in April of 2007 I made that plunge and made a character.

I play mostly on the korialstrasz server with a lvl 60 mage. Has the same name of Psyki actually.

My husband? He still plays but he's improved tenfold as to what he was before. He considers me before the game which was really all I was asking and if I ask him to be done I no longer get in 15 minutes or this ran over so I need to do it again etc. He instantly gets off and pays attention to whatever it is im asking. Its really nice I will admit.

We do more things together now as well whether it be renting a movie, or playing crib.

I'm a lot happier then I have been though I will admit there has been the occassion where I will get angry or feel like I'm resenting the game again. However instead of getting angry I talk to my husband about it and vent how i'm feeling.

We have no vent in our household nor am I comfortable with any raiding and he's ok with that and I'm grateful for that.

I feel like he's considered me, he's considered our life together and that he's putting forth the effort to curb how much he's played. I'm very proud of my husband.

That was an extremely long into but there it is

Hi, I am Max

I mod in the Introductions, RL or Real Life, MMORPG Widow(er)s Forum and Media Room, Current Events & Gaming News Forums.

I am one of the growing numbers of men on the forums. I am a former Marine Data Chief who is currently working at an Information Technology department.

I am currently getting a divorce, partially due to my soon to be ex-wife’s excessive playing in Second Life and her online infidelity which turned into real life infidelity.

Please respect other people on the forums and enjoy.

Hello, I am Osprey, one of the mods for the Introductions forum.

I am a long time gamer, started out by feeding quarters into Space Invaders, Asteroids and Defender machines. I was always able to control my playing until I started with EverQuest. I played for about a year and a half, and in that time I began to miss important milestones in my children's lives, and I spent more and more time immersed in Norrath. I quit EQ cold turkey about 18 months ago, after I realized that the game made me angry and stressed, and was not good for me. I still play single player, offline games without ill effect (things like Deus Ex, Freelancer and Morrowind).

Welcome to GamerWidow!

Hey, I'm FarleySC, moderator of several forums including General & The Rehab Room among others.

I, like max, am a long time gamer. I started playing games when the Tandy 1000 was a beacon of technological advancement, I've had a lot of console gaming systems including Intellivision all the way up to my current system the Nintendo Wii. My downfall like many of the gamers (or ex-gamers) on the site was MMORPGs. I started playing EverQuest about 6 years ago, maybe more. It's all a blur at this point. Since that fateful day I've played a lot of the major online titles, but never WoW. EverQuest 1 and EverQuest 2 were the main source of my problems in my life and my relationship with my wife. Happily, I haven't played an MMORPG in a long time, and I have no plans to ever go back. Welcome to all the new members. Sure is a lot of traffic

Hi I'm Lyoness!

I'm the founder of gamerwidow.com and moderate various forums from time to time.

I have a love-hate relationship with WoW. Back in 2004 my husband first got the game -- we were only married a few months then (5 I think) and he fell more in love with that game than with me. This obsession/addiction/love affair with WoW kept going into 2005 and sometime in Jan or Feb I gave in and started playing myself at my hubby's request.

I myself got addicted. I found myself playing over 12 hours at a time (15 was my longest stint) and I was ignoring phone calls, not paying bills, not cleaning, not sleeping -- basically I was a mess and so was my home. My relationship though was flourishing. Or so I thought.

We would play together and chat in game and it felt wonderful at first, until I realized what it was doing to our real lives. After ignoring a phone call from my mom one day I finally "woke up". I quit playing in Feb/March '05 I only ever got to a level 33.

I really dove into creating this site and launched it in June of that year.

Since then hubby and I have worked and worked to get WoW out of our lives (or at the very least, get the addiction out of our home) and finally before the birth of our daughter in Sep. 2006, hubby gave WoW up for good. He does play on his psp and occasionally on the xbox or even a few times tried WoW again since -- but he always puts us first now and doesn't let it bother him when he has to let his character 'die' in game or leave an instance or a raiding party behind -- he has realized that his family is more important than a bunch of strangers (and even friends) who are "counting on him" to help them destroy fictional characters.

So I say I love and hate the game.....well you all know why l hate it, but I also do love it in that it's one of the most fascinating and engrossing games I've ever played -- though I'm not a gamer so I haven't played too many (as I've never really had the interest).

I'm very thankful to everyone who volunteers on the site as moderators and admins as without them the site wouldn't be able to function. Our daughter is now 11 months old and is quite a handful and I'm still working from home. To top things off I'm also 5 months pregnant (our son is due Dec. 31st, 2007). So while I may not be as present on the forums as I'd like to, please know that the GamerWidow Community is always on my mind and I'm always looking for ways to make this place better for everyone.

If you ever need to talk, please feel free to PM me or send me an email.

Thanks for reading!
Lyoness/Sherry

Hello! I am Neglected and chose my name for many reasons.

I was neglected for many of my 7 year marriage to my now ex-gamer/husband. I also neglected myself trying to find ways to get some much desired attention. Unfortunately, I also neglected my home, real life responsibilities and my boys for a short time while I too gamed.

That is a short synopsis of the past 7 years of my life. The good news is that is my past and my present and future is very exciting. I have been game free for over a year now. My "never normal" marriage is but a distant memory and my boys are doing great. My oldest just started college!

If there is anything that I can do to help you out, please, just let me know and I will do the best that I can.

Oi, I'm Hyarke, or Captain Foley as I choose to go by on the IRC channel. I'm 23 and am from Ireland, but I'm currently in the United States to get my master's degree in Smartness. One more year and I'm off to travel the world until I can find a suitable third world country to launch a Socialist Coup in and lead the people to glory. I'm semi serious.

I moderate the Real Life/Off Topic and the Fun and Jokes forum, and I bring ruin to all spambots within my domain. For great justice, of course.

I am a gamer, I play WoW, but I do try to take it in moderation, and try to offer my advice on this forum (when I feel sane/sober) and to keep myself from gaming too much (I know a lot of people who flunked out because of Warcraft, and are still playing it). Oh, and I'm a rabid Warhammer 40,000 fanatic. Don't you forget it.

Let's see....anything else?

Oh yes. Mr T pities the fools.

Hi Everybody,
I posted a previous, emotional, histrionic, post in the Hi thread.... sorry,...
Not sure how to describe the "myself" I've become. Don't want to be defined by something I didn't choose.
And yet in "Widowhood" of any kind the choice is never ours is it? What would be helpful to know about me for you?

Hello everyone!

My name is Chrissy. My bf and I have been together for 5 years. He has been a chronic W.o.W gamer for the past 3 years. It is driving me insane. You all can relate to me and same in vise versa. The intro's that I have read are very similar to mine.
I am here to get support as well as give support.
I am so glad to have found this web site. I am no longer alone.

hello all. my name is emily. i just lost my bf of 2 years. chronic gamer. pretty bad little story. just glad i'm not alone, and how this will leave me with some closure.

Hi everybody. I've been married for over 20 years and enjoyed a great life with my wife. I lost her to wow about a year and a half ago. I'm having a hard time dealing with it. I'm sure there are many stories similar to mine. I'm not sure if I joined this site to vent or just talk to someone other than myself. Probably the latter! I'll listen to anybody.

Hi. I've been married for 2 years. My husband has always been into online gaming since before we got married which i wasnt too worried about but after we got married it just gradually got worse and worse. I guess im really on here to get some support from people going thru the same thing and give support back

Hello my name is Gea, I have been married for over 20 years.
I am very glad to see I am not alone- my husband has been playing travian for over 4 years, and that is pretty much all he does , 12 hours or more a day 7 days a week. He does not work and leaves the house on if absolutely necessary.
He does not participate or contribute to our marriage, he does no chores inside or outside.
He wakes up around 5am goes directly to the computer, eats his meals there. He has stopped grooming himself, wears the same clothes for days at a time.
Rarely will he talk and if I try to talk to him he gets aggitated. I have pretty much stopped trying to get him to cut down or quit, its useless, causes arguments and once when I took his internet cable he became violent, he refuses to believe he has a problem.
Sadly my kids although the are grown only speak to him if they have to. He believes the people on the game are his friends, and they are the only ones he has he has isolated everyone else.
Very Pitiful.

Gea_w wrote:Hello my name is Gea, I have been married for over 20 years.
I am very glad to see I am not alone- my husband has been playing travian for over 4 years, and that is pretty much all he does , 12 hours or more a day 7 days a week. He does not work and leaves the house on if absolutely necessary.
He does not participate or contribute to our marriage, he does no chores inside or outside.
He wakes up around 5am goes directly to the computer, eats his meals there. He has stopped grooming himself, wears the same clothes for days at a time.
Rarely will he talk and if I try to talk to him he gets aggitated. I have pretty much stopped trying to get him to cut down or quit, its useless, causes arguments and once when I took his internet cable he became violent, he refuses to believe he has a problem.
Sadly my kids although the are grown only speak to him if they have to. He believes the people on the game are his friends, and they are the only ones he has he has isolated everyone else.
Very Pitiful.

Will you marry me too? Seriously though that is very sad on his part i'm surprised your still putting up with it.

Hi my name is Jesse, but my pen name is James Lee Styles. I was an avid WoW player several years back. But that was a long time ago. A few years ago, befor Burning Crusades came out I was trying to get my girlfriend to play along with me. Well long story short I never could get her to do so. And about two years ago one of her friends asked her to try it out and since I can rarely get her off the game.

We had fights back when I was playing, I would stay up till 2am. Now we stay up till over 5am, the sun's dawn, while she plays on the game. All of her friends live away from where we are and I don't really see it as a crutch until a year ago when we were celebrating Thanks giving and she spent the entire time in our room (Where the PCs are) on Wow. Ignoring all of the guests and friends we had over. I even brought her food. That's when I started drinking.

I love her to deaht, I even preposed to her a week ago at my grandparent farm. But that doesn't change things at all, now I cant seem to stop getting mad for the past year. Right now I can hear her making all forms of jokes on Ventrillo. Am I going nuts here or is it just a bunch of stupidity. I have heard a lot of horror stories about these things and I don't want it to turn into one.

How do I get her to stop playing this damned game? we are 25 years old now and soon we will be paying $30 a month for her subscription witch we cant afford. Even worse there are people who will PAY FOR HER. My brain is hurting and I have no idea what to do.

Hi i am Simon. I am a wow player is trying to figure out what my wife is going through. I have found some good info on here. I am thinking about putting a stop to my playing after reading all these posts.

WOW husband advice - i replaced my wife with wow - i love her and could see myself with no other, but she stopped having sex. She is off that pil (b/c)l and things seems to be getting better - for me - more sex = less wow and DAM do i ever love the smell and feel of my wife over an ass falling asleep in my office chair.

Hi i am Simon. I am a wow player is trying to figure out what my wife is going through. I have found some good info on here. I am thinking about putting a stop to my playing after reading all these posts.

WOW husband advice - i replaced my wife with wow - i love her and could see myself with no other, but she stopped having sex. She is off that pil (b/c)l and things seems to be getting better - for me - more sex = less wow and DAM do i ever love the smell and feel of my wife over an ass falling asleep in my office chair.

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