Hello helpful, loyal (thrifty, brave and kind) readers. I appreciate all of you and your insight. Some of you may not have noticed, but a woman posted a comment on one of my popular posts, The Xbox Conundrum, about how her husband won’t stop playing video games.

Perhaps you all might have some helpful suggestions for her?

“My husband get’s up in the morning and the first thing he does is turn on Guild Wars. He ignores his job until around 10:30 a.m. sometimes until noon or later, then finally takes off to do his rounds. But because he get’s such a late start, he’s out working until 7 p.m. at times. He is in pest control so he has appointment windows of 4 hours, and he’s usually late to most of them. So when you people out there are waiting for some guy to come over for an appointment, realize he might be at home gaming waisting your time. So,… when he get’s home at night, he gives me a kiss and says how was your day, pretends to show me his time. We tak about what food we will eat and sit for a minute. Which is really obvious that it’s applied behavior, only to passify me and can’t wait to go log into his Guild again. Of which he proceeds to play until 2 a.m. in the morning, or at least midnight. I go to bed alone almost every night. We have sex about twice a month. So what do you think?”

I responded to her asking for more details and she provided the following:

“oh yes,I have talked to him many, many, many times. The right way in the first 3 1/2 years, with love, patients and understanding. He kows I grew up with 5 boys and I don’t act like a reguar girl. I “get” men better than the average woman. I don’t just want to complain about something, I want answers and solutions just like a man cause that’s what my brothers taught me. So much so that I can hardly even relate to women very much. I also don’t put him through long, drug out conversations. I give him “cave time” etc, etc. I know the deal. Trust me. Then with the overwhelming frustration, I began to loose myself control with how I presented my feelings. I just can’t take it anymore. Frustration doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel now. I’m lost in absolute sorrow because he just doesn’t care. I’ve been reading about gamming addiction and he definately has that going on as far as I can tell. I’ve tried to talk to him about that too. He agreed, then fails to make good on his promises….. On any of his promises I’m afraid.”

Anonymous, I hope that you are still watching. The community here can provide some useful insight.

Any suggestions, anyone?