I was the one glued to the computer, and he hated technology. Slingo was the game I was addicted to. I would play it for 14 hours straight. I tried to get him interested, and he was not having any of that. Several fussy nights of having him come in at 2 AM yelling at me to get off the computer and get my ass in bed.

That is, of course, until I introduced him to porn on the Internet, which lead to the end. (for the better, for me).

My current relationship, I met him in-game. It’s still quite a balancing act, especially if both people are quite active, addicted WoW players, and know a lot of people in-game. We have to be really careful not to hurt the other person by being the people we have always been while in-game. We make sure to spend time out of game together to balance it out.

It might be better that your wife doesn’t play. So many innocent things can be taken out of context, and hurt feelings arise. One of the married ladies in guild attempted to get her hubby to play for a bit, and I think once he learned how much of a social aspect the people in-game have it was almost too much for him to know why she spends time in game. He quit, but he didn’t force her to quit.

I know what ya mean, tho Mega. Being in a raid in which you and your baby are downing new bosses, or in a PVP situation in your baby death grips that stupid rogue away from you, or you manage to save him from death and dropping the flag with an ‘oh crap’ heal, or 2 manning old raid bosses….it’s amazing fun. It adds a dimension of closeness that is really hard to recreate IRL (not to mention being such a turn on when we pull off something we thought was a loss or a wipe…and seeing him as top damage done, and me as top healer in a BG….mmm….).

However, do remember, there is always the flip side, in which something as simple as one person being in-game, and the other not can cause hurt feelings, because the one out of game understands the social aspect in the same context as you do. So there are positive and negative things about being able to share your hobby with your significant other/spouse.

Like in all things relationship, communication and honesty, and finding the right balance to keep the relationship going is the key.