This is how you help him overcome a gaming addiction in 3 simple steps
Fortunately, I don't have a man with a huge addiction. He hardly cares about football (although this has been somewhat ignited now that Otis has the cutest Ajax outfit), is thankfully not a gamer who spends all day behind his Playstation, and is not secretly online poker until midnight. So when last week, with much fanfare, the new Playstation game ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ was brought home, the alarm bells didn't immediately ring for me. A week later, however, I am starting to panic a bit: every free minute is spent behind that thing, only gaming terms are spoken at the dining table (‘Deliciously cooked, darling, but I really need to go bounty hunting before I lose this level’), and when I finally had an evening off and wanted to hang out together on the couch, he suggested that I could sit next to him and watch him play this sh*t game. Houston, we have a problem... And it turns out I'm not the only spouse dealing with this issue: when I posted a photo of my gaming husband, I received dozens of sympathetic messages from women who are in the same boat. Stories It's time for us to take action and save our men from that addiction. Small warning: apply these tips at your own risk. At first, they won't appreciate it, but eventually, they will be eternally grateful that you narrowly saved them from a certain gaming addiction and divorce.
The more devices competing in the battle for Queen B tickets, the better your chances. Don't just grab your phone, but also your computer, tablet, laptop, everything you have at home. Also, open multiple browsers. Who knows, Google Chrome might be faster than Firefox or Safari. Put on a sexy outfit: this tip is multi-interpretative. Choose a sexy dress or go all out and wear your prettiest lingerie set. If you stand in front of the TV now, it will be hard for him to shoo you away, and hopefully, you'll drive him enough crazy to drop that controller à la minute.
Whatever you do, if you press the F5 key (refresh), you'll get a nasty STD. Just remember that. So don't press it, or you'll end up at the back of the line again. Throw your kids into the fight: in times of war, anything goes. Whisper secretly that daddy wants to go to the playground or wants to wrestle for a bit, then that device will be turned off automatically, because what if such a little one accidentally presses a button and ‘ruins’ a complete mission... And let's be honest: no one refuses the sweet attention of their children?
At exactly 10:00 AM, when ticket sales start, have all your screens open (no, not exaggerating; as I just said, already at 6:00 AM...). Sitting on the site before 10:00 AM is pointless. You may be on the site, but you're not in the queue for the tickets. Power outage: the real heavy artillery. If nothing works, there's nothing else to do but simulate a complete shutdown. Undoubtedly, there will be a lot of cursing and shouting first, and some things might not be saved, but that is the perfect moment to light all the candles in the house and make it a romantic evening. And the next day, the power will be ‘strangely’ back on... But hopefully, you showed that evening why it's much more fun to push that Playstation aside.
