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
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my wife refuses to let me play my Xbox, except at the weekends, because it’s "a childish waste of time" and "we need to spend more time together", yet when we’re together she has no problem spending hours on games on her phone. No, she does not see the irony in this either. 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, my wife is mad at me because she claims I don’t spend any time bonding with her son. It’s as though she refuses to understand that just because we are in different rooms, on separate PlayStations, doesn’t mean we’re not playing the same game, and talking through headphones for hours at a time. FML
Today, I spent some of my pay on a birthday gift for my wife. She found out about the money going missing from our account, and now she thinks I'm having an affair. I work 24/7 and barely have time to see my friends, let alone have an affair. FML
Today, my wife bitched me out 3 times in a row, for things that were not even my fault: for turning my Xbox on, even though I only nudged the button accidentally with my toe; opening a beer when it was actually a Pepsi for our son, and walking loudly when I "know she has a headache," which I didn’t. FML
Today, I found out that my 43 year-old wife has been having a cyber relationship with a 14 year-old kid on Halo. FML
Today, I was savagely beating my wife on Call of Duty, since she demanded that I play normally and not hold back. 15 minutes later, she was raging at me, calling me a bastard and saying she wished we'd never married. FML
Today, my girlfriend likes playing games on her phone more than she likes me. FML
Today, my girlfriend destroyed my Xbox, because somewhere in her psycho brain she actually thought it would get me to pay more attention to her, even though I only play 3 hours on a Sunday. Joke's on her, I bought a new one, she’s back on the streets, and I play it a whole lot more now. FML
Today, my wife says she's not hiding money from me but I checked our joint bank account, which I no longer use, and find she's been transferring money in-and-out of 3 accounts, while taking money from me and getting payday loans to cover it. FML
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SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
Did she also make a sex rewards chart?
UberNova 18
**** her, she doesn't own you. Do what you want.
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Comments (162)
Ryodin 11
There has been talk on here of maybe he doesn't give her enough attention or do his share of chores. Doesn't matter. She's demanding control of his free-time and _allowing_ a grown-ass man to play video games in exchange for chores or MONEY. If he isn't helping around the house- FINE. Make him. If he doesn't give her enough time out of his day, fine. You don't get to ransom his free time though. The same bullshit as doing chores to earn sex; there is no earning here. You're a couple, you're partners. It isn't transactional and she doesn't get to just have that power over him.
lexi365 20
Wow I need to keep these charts ideas in mind for the future.
Axel5238 29
If the OP's free time cuts into stuff he's supposed to do and frequently puts off helping out or or spending time with her the fact she's controlling his free time somewhat is completely fair. My gf doesn't care how long I play because it isn't cutting into school,work and other responsibilities. Since I don't play for hours on end when I picked up diablo 3 for xbox she did the all stuff round the house and wanted me to play as much as I wanted that week and gave me a break on doing stuff round the house.
ThatCoseyChick 1
Sounds like you have a second mother rather than a wife...
rmsutton 20
I'm so glad I'm a gamer... My boyfriend and I frequently sit on the couch and I play my game and he plays his, or we sometimes find a multiplayer game to play. The only reason I'd ever limit his time playing games (or make a sex rewards chart) is if after we graduate college and move in together, he turns out to be a lazy ass and does nothing around the house. But I'd come up with something that doesn't also punish me, like both of those would do.
howdoilogin 9
You sir, have married a controlling woman. Divorce is inevitable, just get it out of the way now. You wanna play games, just go do it. It's not her job to be your new mother, she's a wife, not a supervisor.
Chris93Jones 20
just say "okay mom, the dog house is heated these days and you get all of the blankets
RensM 22
All need a hobby and gaming is a good one. As long as you don't ignore her for days and all the house work gets done (equally amonst you and your wife, with concideration to employment as well) there is no reason why you should accept those terms of her. She might not be a gamer but surely she must have other hobbies you can ban her from.
thatguynow 13
Paranoid and controlling, awesome combination
esfox83 17
Dude you should have never married her she's nuts