Today, I found out the guy I've been dating is heavily into a mystical card game and spends all of his money going to "Magic" card conventions across the country. FML
Collection
Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Same thing different taste
Obsessed and possessed
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
Choose wisely
Today, my boyfriend's obsession with card tricks reached a new low. He barged into the bathroom while I was taking a crap and asked me to pick a card. FML
Database corrupted
Today, after almost two months, I almost finished sorting through my boyfriend's Magic: The Gathering cards. He has been collecting them for 10 years and never bothered to keep them organised. The box of Mythic Rare cards that I was saving till last is missing. I remember exactly where it was, and no one has seen it. FML
Today, I found out my fiancé is in the market for a new girlfriend. How? He used my credit card to sign up for 3 dating sites. FML
Today, I found out my boyfriend dresses in my underwear and tights, takes suggestive shots of his ass and legs, and uses them to trick people into thinking he's a girl so they buy him stuff in his online games. FML
Card sharp
Today, I attended my first game night with my girlfriend’s family. They play for cash and deal cards like trained magicians. By the end I was up by £400 and they were all mad at me. I seriously think they were so busy cheating each other that I won by default. FML
Charity
Today, I found out that the dude I love has been taking the money I used to support him and buying heroin with it. FML
Today, my husband and I have been trying to buy a house and start a family together. Now I find out that he just spent $5000 on comic books. FML
Today, I found out that the money my boyfriend has "secretly" been putting away for the last two months is not for an engagement ring like I'd thought, but for a trip to Vegas I'm not invited to. FML
Plebs need not apply.
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
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arissia 0
So? This isn't a FML. This is you not being accepting of other people's hobbies.
null_fml 11
"Some guy I'm not even committed to has a hobby. FML."
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Grasses 0
For a great many people, it's just a fun hobby. However, I have to speak from a different point of view. First, let me say, I'm a girl who doesn't WANT her boyfriend around 24/7. I like time to myself. A lot of it. Many of my hobbies are also nerdy/geeky, so I tend to be very open to that sort of thing. I don't want expensive gifts or vacations. I don't like drama. I once had a boyfriend. He was very intelligent, a college student at the time. Obviously, he didn't exhibit the negative qualities in the beginning (or while we were friends beforehand), or I wouldn't have been having any of that. He did not have a job (parents paid for school/expenses), but that did not really bother me. He was in school for a career that would have allowed him to be the sole breadwinner. In the beginning, he claimed to want that for himself and whoever he started a family with. I come from an extremely traditional background, so this was not about future gold-digging, but building a more traditional family. We agreed together on traditional roles. I'm not suggesting that I came to him immediately and told him what our future would be. These were just discussions that happened over our friendship prior to dating--things he actively brought up himself. So, this is the Magic player I dated, after a few months, the true behavior came out, suddenly: 1) Regularly broke planned dates because he felt the money he got from his parents would be better spent on (a) Magic card(s). Folks, I'm not asking for expensive dates. Even coffee would be nice. But, yes, even though he claimed to want to spend time with me, every penny he had was better spent on cards. He'd back out of things he insisted were his duty to pay for, and then when I'd visit later on, I'd see delivery packages stacked up to my knees full of Magic cards. They weren't gifts to him from anybody. He openly told me that's where his money went. 2) Regularly broke planned dates when a Magic-playing-friend called to play. Yes, the friend who played was also a guy. (And no, he never offered to teach me to play.) But, as with addiction to anything, I feel it says a lot more about the person than the drug/habit, generally speaking. Many, many people can do fine their entire lives with alcohol, but a few will use it to cover up other issues OR to let those issues flow out into the open like a raging river. What began to flow out into the open after the addiction was recognized, was that he was a narcissistic sociopath with severe mother issues. In his case, Magic could have just as easily been cocaine, booze or any other addiction used to deal with such things. I don't blame Magic. It was just the manifestation of the deeper problems. Have been dating a WoW player for many years now, and couldn't be happier. :) I don't really play WoW or any video games, but that's fine. We don't need to do everything together.
bwbabe09 0
177 thank you! I felt the need to comment on this because I feel bad for the girl and all you people are freaking out on her. Get a life. :))
davek 36
Wow... a guy who has interests outside of you?!
bwbabe09 0
That was uncalled for. She never said the problem was because he had interests outside of her. The problem is he has a ******* weird interest.
Chimarah 0
To each his own, yes? Would football be better just because it's more socially acceptable, even though it drains about an equal amount of time away? In old school sitcoms I see more wives throwing their hands up in the air about their husbands sitting on the couch with their hands in their pants during "the game" every Sunday than their boyfriend spending their own, earned money on something they enjoy.
Starfire22 5
Oh please, obviously the majority of people on fml deamed this as a YDI, so get over it!
mmmcoffee 0
yeah... my boyfriend got me 50 dollars worth of those cards for our 1 year.
Tonkslupin1 1
#201- It's only weird to you. I used to play it and sometimes still do with my husband. We enjoy it and have a lot of friends who play. It isn't weird. Why don't you try understanding something before you judge it? Stop being close minded
Skankkk 0
I don't understand whats wrong with him doing that?
bwbabe09 0
He's a loserrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
bwbabe09 0
203.. You and your husband are fruitcakes :)
3DLoli 0
66: Ewww. Scene kids have rodent-infested hair. :<
sadistmonkey 19
yes, it is the OP's fault for caring.