Today, my husband bought a Pokémon game and started playing it in bed. It's like I'm married to an eight year-old boy. Why can't I have a normal man, who reads books or even plays normal games for an adult? I can barely look at him without feeling ashamed for settling with such an overgrown child. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my husband got angry and stormed out of the house because he claims I wasn't pressing the buttons he told me to while playing Pokemon. FML
Today, I realized that my husband has a video games addiction. I am currently pregnant; he brought us to the same country he's in so we can finally live together, only for me to witness him being glued to his laptop all day and all night playing WoW. He's forgotten I even existed. FML
Today, after weeks of my yelling, my boyfriend finally listened and got a hobby. Instead of getting into something sensible like martial arts, he chose tabletop gaming. Now I have to listen to hours of boring stories about pretend fantasy worlds, and admit to everyone that my boyfriend is a nerd. FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me, because apparently I need to "grow up". He's the one who excessively plays Call of Duty and still has Pokémon and Bionicles in his room. FML
Today, when my new boyfriend told me he liked playing games, he meant a 60" TV with a professional gaming chair in the middle of his living room, and 48-hour gaming marathons where he totally ignores me, refuses to sleep or shower, and only has energy drinks and cheerios. FML
Today, I learned that my wife lets our son play video games while I'm at work to "keep him out of her hair." We had agreed that he was forbidden from gaming until his grades came up, but apparently she can't be bothered to actually parent. FML
Today, all I wanted was to spend some time with my husband, since we're always very busy. He couldn't be bothered to put down his video game. Guess I'm forever alone, even in a relationship. FML
Today, my husband started a conversation with, "In Pokémon…" and ended the same conversation with "…and that's why we should divorce." FML
Today, my wife made a system where I earn gaming time by either giving her money or doing her favors. Now whenever I use my phone, she accuses me of "secretly playing Xbox games" and gets pissed at me. I'm 28 years-old. FML
Today, I watched my 35 year-old husband start up a new video game. He named his character "Boner." FML
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Hangryko 32
As someone in her mid-40s who plays Pokémon GO, F your husband's life for being married to a boring harpy who has lost her spark for fun.
idragosani 17
If it makes him happy, who cares? Why does everything have to be "adult"-oriented?
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Hangryko 32
As someone in her mid-40s who plays Pokémon GO, F your husband's life for being married to a boring harpy who has lost her spark for fun.
DLBL 23
Right! Her husband is in bed next to her instead of drinking and whoring and/or gambling. What a joyless hag.
idragosani 17
If it makes him happy, who cares? Why does everything have to be "adult"-oriented?
mike3775 39
Sounds like,e you such a joy to be around. I hope you come home and find divorce papers waiting for you when your husband realizes what he is married to. I’m so glad my wife and I u derstand each other and encourage each other to enjoy our individual fun activities.
JackWood 21
Yeah but you picked him and you did settle. js
DLBL 23
Sounds like HE settled for a joyless bitch.
GoogieWithers 25
The thing is, I think he could do much better.
tiptoppc 21
My wife and I play Pokemon, and even the temu version (palworld) and regularly game together. I’m 40, she’s 30. It’s a blast because we even create inside jokes. We go to Anime conventions together (she even went as Rei Ayanami a few years ago) and watch stuff on crunchy roll. I’m no looker, but she is, I’m a nerd through and through, but we don’t go after each other for simple joys we each have. I still assemble legos, she loves things like cute plushies, drawing and many other things including dressing up our five cats and babying them. If you throw everything away due to age, you’ll end up old miserable bastards. Like my grandparents. There’s no fun in that. I even regularly play dungeons and dragons with guys almost 2x my age that have grand and great grand children. They have fun and even bring their grandkids to get in on the fun. Having fun doesn’t stop the second you get to an arbitrary age. You sound like someone about to drive their partner to an early death, either by heart attack or by suicide. He needs to divorce you. He deserves better. You deserve to be alone.
BurnInDemonFire 39
"Normal games for an adult"? Have you ever seen Leisure Suit Larry? He's better off playing Pokémon.
Forrice 12
Dumbest FML i read in a while. Why complain when your man is at home enjoing his time and relaxing? As a wife you should be the person that shares his good mood or encourages him to spend some time having fun. I bet you knew that he plays games before you married so why complain now? Also not everything in our lives should be 100% adult.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Would you rather he be out playing with other women? Sheesh, let him have a little fun. If he starts neglecting his adult duties like a job, kids, or household responsibilities, then start to worry. Otherwise, leave him alone.
f_ck_U 23
Trust me, Pokémon is way better and healthier than those more shitty addictions like : smoking, drinking, drugs, gambling and ****, just name a few.