Today, I tried to prove to my girlfriend how much I've matured and that our relationship comes before anything else in my life. So I went to delete my character in World of Warcraft. I tried to confirm it, but I couldn't, breaking down in tears instead. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my girlfriend broke up with me because she met someone else on World of Warcraft. I've been paying for her subscription. FML
Today, after six months of dating, my girlfriend decided to break up with me because my "obsession" of being on the computer and playing games all the time was cutting into "our time". She then told me to "get a life" and never wanted to see me again. She told me all of this on WoW. FML
Today, I got bored and decided to try World Of Warcraft. FML
Today, I gave the option to my boyfriend of 5 years to either quit World of Warcraft of lose me. He said WOW makes him happier. FML
Today, my boyfriend dumped me because he said the relationship was too tough for him. When I asked for an example, he responded, "Like, I don't have enough time to play World of Warcraft." FML
Today, I realized that I'll have to explain to my child that mommy and daddy met on World of Warcraft. FML
Today, several family members, including my mum, deleted me from Facebook in a concerted show of contempt. Apparently, I just can't shut up about World of Warcraft. FML
Today, my boyfriend dumped me because I was having an affair in The Elder Scrolls Online. While ranting to my online elf husband, he got upset that I had a real life boyfriend and dumped me too. FML
Today, I was feeling proud of myself because I finally quit World Of Warcraft. I later found out about the gift my dad's family gave me. It was a 12-month subscription to World Of Warcraft. FML
Today, I found myself crying for an hour when my recreated crush on The Sims 3 game rejected my character and ran off with someone else. FML
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EverestMelting 23
It's always a hard life for us video gamers. I empathize OP.
184886837272837 32
**** that! You shouldn't have to delete anything you don't want to man! If she can't accept that you play WOW or any other video game, she doesn't love you for who you are. Live your life how you want to! Not how she thinks it should be lived
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satanisthesavior 21
Some people don't get this, but it's not *just* a game. Think about how we value things. One of those ways is time. Time is a finite resource, and we spend it on things every day (you spend time working, you spend time sleeping, you spend time watching T.V.). It has value. Anything you spend time on therefore has value. Some people paint. Some people sculpt. Some people play videogames. And the time invested in those things means the product on which the time was spent is valuable, at least to the person spending the time. People spend weeks, months, or even years on their characters. That's a huge investment, and to throw it all away because it's "just a game"? No. Hell ******* no. Time is a resource, and spending weeks, months or even years on *anything* makes it valuable, regardless of what it is. Paintings, model trains, sculptures, novels, whatever. It's all valuable because of the time people spent to make it, and videogames are no different.
Tymaster5 22
It's alright OP It was hard to delete my file of pokemon heartgold with all three starters and legendaries.
tyler22waters 8
I totally feel you, that game is way too addicting(: She'll forgive you(:
Mauskau 36
Just cancel your membership and uninstall it. No need to delete hours of hard work.
TogeBara 12
Many people devote a large portion of their lives to their hobbies. Hobbies like WoW are especially addicting. Players put a lot of hard work into these characters, but their significant others just expect them to be able to drop the game at any moment simply because they say. It would be like creating a masterpiece work of art and spending years of your life to finish it, only to have someone come along and tear it into pieces.
Adastumae 10
You shouldn't have to delete it, honestly, she should just be more understanding of your hobbies and interests. I don't expect my boyfriend to delete his characters, I join him. You should find someone who respects your interests more.
lengi123 18
Just calm down, and put the TV remote back, sodomy is not the answer here..
lmbachman 23
First, I think it's sad that most of the comments faulting the OP for liking a video game so much have been given a "thumbs down". A video game should not rule a person's life, and crying over deleting a character shows there are some underlying issues. Secondly, I think it's obvious from the post that WoW caused problems between the OP and his girlfriend, issues that he probably recognized and wanted to resolve. He probably chose it over spending time with her, although that's just an assumption. While she may not be his "wife", she should still be important enough to him that it wouldn't be causing issues. There are other ways of resolving issues and proving maturity while still holding into your hobbies. Everything in moderation.
Axel5238 29
It's possible the gf was being unreasonable, but it seems like there might be more to it and it seems like there is. If OP was ignoring responsibilities in the relationship/around the house ect... because they couldn't pull themselves away from WOW and it was happening fairly regularly that is a problem. It sucks to get rid of something you enjoyed, but the OP breaking down makes it sound kinda unhealthy to get that emotionally invested in a game. I play videos game a a decent amount, but still have work,school, my gf, my place and my cat to look after. I know If I started ignoring those things because of a game yeah it's pretty good chance my gf would take issue and for good reason.
Rinelric1998 9
Be strong, you can do it.
tidus_titan 7
1st most of the people on here are right, you have to find someone can except you for who you are; if who you are is a gamer be a gamer. 2nd hearing about a guy cry over a video game is as sad as hearing about a lady cry over a romance novel. ( just kidding... Kind of)