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difficult ones probably in all of our collective lives. like he was a time capsule in a way and that's just gone now like I think he could have been happy if he had the chance to be like I could look at him one last time like let's just look let's take a look at but he He didn't have that chance so it's hard, yeah, I feel like he did the right thing by going to his parents' house because I feel like when something like that happens, even if he understands that, she didn't do it. He maliciously like him, as silly as it sounds, has to go and mourn that loss, so it was 700 hours of his life that he spent doing that and now all the evidence of it has been erased, so it's like not doing it. compare it to the death of a human, but it's kind of a death, so I think you did the right thing by saying I need to get out of here, um, because yeah, when something like that happens, there's no way to It's a process that, um , you're not going to have a healthy conversation with someone when something like that happens, no, you're going through it, so yeah, I mean, she was tremendously inconsiderate, uh, for not even checking, she just got excited and decided that I.

I'm going to make this, yes, this decision and yes, that was not right. The verdict was certain and this account is now disabled. They posted this about two weeks ago, so I guess it may not have ended well. I don't believe it. there was a good resolution to this, I mean, look, if I said she's 21, he's 25, yeah, I think look, age gaps can work, they can be totally fine, but specifically in that gap there's a lot of potential. of variation, so I think you already know. I don't want to get into too much trouble because I don't know this person, but if that had happened with someone being so inconsiderate or showing that they couldn't wait an afternoon to ask you specifically and say, oh, me.

I knew it, but I just didn't want to wait. I don't think he would be sitting there crying the game. I think I would go to my parents' house to ask: what am I doing? This is manifesting itself in this way. more is to come and it's very difficult when it comes to

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too because it sounds silly and childish when someone doesn't like it, but if it comes to sports and it's like, hey, that's your signed soccer ball that has memories in it, you know what's important to you I washed it because it was all dirty from the Sharpie it's like the same oh my God God like what it's just a ball like it's just it's just consideration for people's things, yeah, and even if it seems that way . nothing for you, it's just good, that's his thing, so all I have to do is ask, yeah, all you have to do is ask, and it could be like because I could see myself being the type that if someone asks, likes it and says Could I even lend my switch to someone and say, hey, do you mind if I start a new save file?

I could see myself sure you know what I'm not going to

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again. to be realistic it's okay but I would be mad if someone didn't ask me yeah even if I didn't care I would have been really mad because I would have been like damn dude okay cool and I would be like give me my go back I don't know what else are you going to do now so you better replant my damn pumpkin patch you better get those colors of roses that I managed to get I got the gold roses and nothing but gold roses on the pth, that's a thousand bells per rose, my boy, money from the ground, yeah, wow, hey, this guy knows what I'm talking about.

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ed this. I know what I'm talking about, but I applaud your efforts, thank you. although I don't know what that is, I don't know what any of that means, some comments here, you are his switch and his save file, you can't unilaterally make the decision that, oh, I'm just going to delete the save file on his console without even make the effort to try asking first because I've heard it will improve the game experience. You couldn't even wait until he got home to ask or off work. texting to say babe, will it make any difference in the game?

Is it okay to do what you five are with no patience, no sense of ownership of other people, and a need for immediate gratification? someone else said oh my god removing 700 hours of gameplay I can't even imagine how long it took with all the rare items yeah sorry sorry it's so much fun 700 hours it's almost 700 hours like it's not even I couldn't count, I don't even know what that is. That's so funny, oh my god, deleting 700 hours of gameplay. I can't even imagine how long that took with all the rare items and plants that are specific to the season.

You're 100% a fellow AC player, even though I only have 200 hours. I am horrified by him. You could have created a new Switch profile or uploaded your save game to the cloud. At least there's a way to transfer saves to a different Switch, so I guess it could have been something similar to loading to transfer. it crashes, I don't know what's really going to suck is when she plays it she just plays it for a week and then it's done, yeah, yeah, because if she's an instant gratification kind of person, I don't think, uh, Animal Crossing , she be.

It's not going to be very conducive to that, yeah, very good, that's what was so fun. Being stuck playing Animal Crossing those first few days was agony because you like a couple of things and you're like, "There's nothing else to do in the game." Today, wait, and you say something like, "I didn't want to cheat, I didn't want to time travel, so I thought I had to quit and then I'd just like to sit in my living room." and I was like, "Okay, I turned myself over to Grace at that point because it was like there was very little to do on the first day and they were like, well, let's try to build you a little tent so you can come back tomorrow." It was like no, the world is closed.

I think I'll say it's tomorrow and yeah, yeah, you know respect people's things unless you know it from our fans for a few years. If someone has a golden cat in Stardew Valley, you can throw it away. and that's funny, but that's funny, I guess that makes both of us forget it, yeah, hey, I have an idea, did you just steal my statue of infinite Fortune? Hey, hey, what happens if I throw this away? It sure would be a shame if I threw it away. your most prized possession oops oop oops uh-oh uhoh oh no, that cost a million game dollars.

I'm just kidding, I even did that, you know what Shane, it's time to put down the smore, let's do it for the because there's going to be a couple of people watching who will be devastated by this, but I think it's fair. I knew we were going to modify Stardew Valley to be multiplayer before it could do so, like in the base game. I backed up my Shane threw that golden cat knowing full well that I would be fine, he would never betray my royal trust like that, that's why I paused so long before reacting because I didn't know how, we're just burying this tradition.

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Hobbies, but he has completely abandoned all the things we did together, walks, jogging together, art nights, board games, bar trivia, etc. I'll try to get him to come with me to bar trivia with our friends and he just wants to stay home and play. game I'll take him on a walk and he just wants to relax. We have had sex five times this year each time. I had started what to brag about. Okay, damn, okay, so they're crazy. We've had sex five times this year each time. I had to start I've tried to start dozens of other times I've tried putting him to bed he'll just come to bed hug me check I'm asleep and go back to playing his game I'm not interested in playing video games Beyond a game like Candy Crush so join to him it would mean being completely disinterested/lost or upset.

The last time I talked to him about this, I told him I felt alone in our marriage and felt abandoned. He told me that he was putting in too much. I pressured him because he needed time to relax from work. He will sit on the couch next to me at night while there are parks and accidents or something in the background. He just won't interact with me at all and calls it couples time. He says that's how adults are made. Do it, it's not like in the movies, when I pushed and pushed for a date night he was quiet and didn't have much to talk about and in the car while I was driving home, instead of interacting with me he just took out his phone to talk . on Discord and talking to people about the game.

He tried to initiate sex and he kissed me on the forehead and said good night and went to play. I cried for a while, packed my things and went to spend a week with my family. When I returned it was almost as if he had returned to the room exactly as IID left it, nothing had changed, he was in the same place as when I left. I asked him if he had noticed that he had left me and he said no, not really. I stared at him and he just said, Look, I don't know what you want from me.

He allows me to have time for myself. He continued to insist that it's normal for adults to do their own thing. I told him yes, but we have to do things together. He also kept saying that I pushed him too hard and that if I want to do something with him so badly to give him something more interesting or important than his game, I told him that intimacy with your wife is not as important or interesting as your game. I said no and basically asked any of my friends and they agreed that they would rather stay up playing games than hug and sweet talk to his wife.

I didn't even know what to say. Now I'm dumbfounded as part of I wonder if I just don't have a realistic view of relationships. It's good to have time alone. I also have my alone time, but he feels like he is my roommate and not my husband. Before anyone mentions depression or anxiety. Asked. He doesn't believe that he is related to either of them and instead he thinks that he has simply changed and has different priorities than he had before. Do I have next steps here or is it time to pack my bags and leave for good?

I am not happy. I don't think he's the person I initially fell in love with. I think his wife is now Final Fantasy 14, and to be honest, my self-esteem has plummeted to being less interesting or compelling than pixels on a screen. Oh, this! it's extreme, this is as extreme as it gets, it sounds like a solution to me, yes, I think it has entered the realm of an addiction of some capacity, like you know it's not wrong in the sense that, yes, couples need do your thing. sometimes, but there's no balance there, that sounds like something extreme, like not realizing he's gone for a week, that's the craziest thing ever.

I mean, I haven't heard of anything like that, if your partner goes away for a week. and he doesn't even tell you wherethey're and you're there and like he was probably excited he was just sweet yeah longer um and she's put up with a lot it seems like this has been going on for a long time she's not judging him for playing the game but she's mad at him for just been gone, he's gone now and that's really the sad part for me was when she said, "I have an unrealistic view of the relationship, so I'm not a gift." Don't gaslight yourself and don't let him gaslight you, right?

It's very clear that, unfortunately, he has made his priorities known, like if you don't like him, you can work on relationships, but you shouldn't have to convince someone to make the time. with you, right, and that sucks, I feel really sad for her, right, yeah, and I feel like, I mean, if he's not even willing to listen to the problems that she's seeing and he's not willing to empathize with her. Like, this isn't Equitable anymore and he's like, well, what a shame, this is what adults do, that's

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, that's it, yeah. It's like where is he making that decision?

You know, it's well, this is what adults do, it's like he says who she likes, where you're just saying that because it's convenient for you, it feels like he's telling himself and her whatever he wants. happen. him to what he wants and that feels addictive, you know, personality where it's like his only goal is to get there and play that and Escape, yeah, um, it is, it's escapism and I think one thing I've learned in this. At this point in my life, you know, I've had some long-term relationships and it's like you have to believe what people do more than what they say and I like at this point when he says, well, that's just what I want. do.

Well, this is okay, well, this is the time, it's hard to hear those things because you want it to be true, mhm, but actually he's showing you exactly how he wants to spend his time and look, I, uh, actually used to play Final Fantasy 14 is a great game and there is a lot of variety. I can see why someone could get lost in it very easily. One benefit I had was that when I played that game I was also in a relationship with a girl who also played that game, so so be it. Like, let's do this, let's do that, let's do this activity now, do you want to spend a couple hours playing together in this cool, let's do this activity together in the game and now we'll go to something else that I can't imagine that being. addict level even with a partner who plays with you as if that were too much.

I don't know why I'm pointing at the iPad like it's a person, yeah, you know what to think, yeah, it's kind of hard and I mean, this is it. The only personal connection I can make is that when I was a teenager I was super hooked on World of Warcraft and I had a year where I was hooked and put crazy hours into the game, but more important than the hours was that. I thought that my only desire day after day was to play and I remember I had my family visiting me and I was there playing and my mother said: "You have to go see your grandparents" and I was there.

Like yeah, but I'm about to finally get my mount and I like all these things, but I got to a point and I was 15 and even then I realized that if I don't quit this I'm going to lose like me, this is not healthy, overall I'm more unhappy than happy so I quit and since then I've stuck to games I can beat so I'm like It takes, I can have a little time for it and then I can leave, but I can't quit let it take over everything because then I start to feel bad and that was my personal decision, yes, I think I think like me.

I've been through a lot of different episodes, you know, I don't know if I'd call it gaming addictions, but I've fallen into some similar patterns of gaming over a long period of time that I'd like to start. recognize like oh when you know the last the last for me was civ6 oh my god I lost together briefly right we never played a game against each other I thought we did oh I'm sorry but I would love to and then and then spend a whole weekend, hey, do you want to want to relapse with me? Because I lost entire weekends on that game, but I also realized that every time I did it it was detrimental to all my relationships, things that I needed to do.

At home like it just turned into work and civ6 and everything else suffered and I think there were definitely moments where I had to say oh okay, I need to recognize that I can't, I can't play this in a healthy way. and I like to be able to go out and realize that I think it's really important so yeah, I'll occasionally dip in once in a while, maybe I'll play like a single game, but but I've done it. On multiple occasions I have completely deleted the game from my Xbox because I think I can't do this.

I think that's an interesting way to put it because when you say I can't do this in a healthy amount because it's the same thing. with anything else there are some people who can drink a little and be fine, there are some people who can't have a beer and say I can't do this otherwise I know it's going to be a problem but with something like Civ 6 There are games that are just meant for longevity and I don't want to sit down and play Civ 6 for an hour. I don't want to sit down and play Final Fantasy 14 for an hour.

I want to lose a day. to that and sometimes that can be okay, but it can't be every day and it can't be to the detriment of everything else, yes, similarly, when I was a child, my parents had to talk to me about addictive personalities because I was addicted to RuneScape as such. I was still a straight A student but it was starting to affect anything extra I wanted to do so when I played wow World of Warcraft and for anyone who doesn't know World of Warcraft Final Fantasy 14. those are the types of games you play with Other people are huge, there are whole worlds.

I bought myself three months of gaming time and that was it because I thought if I don't limit myself, I'll get addicted. this, but I also have a memory of visiting my family and being in the attic area with this beautiful snowy field in front of me and my family who lived in a rural area and the whole world and everyone is laughing downstairs and I. I'm up there being like I'm a blood elf, yeah, I think for me the kind of Mantra that I have in my head is like it's important to take breaks from anything, just to make sure I have that variety. life and I like the thing I guess I would say I'm really addicted to addicts now is like working out and even that's like oh, that's healthy, whatever it is, even that, I recognize that I'm like I'm struggling.

I'm going days without it, so if I'm somewhere or something happens where I can't do it for a week, I think it's good for me mentally to take that break, it's important to make sure that's not the issue. that's what pushes you that you're actively and consciously choosing to do things in your life, yeah, I'm not addicted to any games, I'm just addicted to the game, damn, I just lost the game, uh, we have some comments here. It's not normal for my partner to play and play similar games, but we relax together, hang out and socialize together around the games.

He's addicted, maybe he has a problem. Someone else said: "Hey, I'm a 31 year old hardcore gamer. Wow, HC rating three to four nights a week I play with my gaming partner and I also have a job, but weekends and other nights off from games are about me, my partner and my dogs. Yes, I played all day when I was a teenager, now it's not so interesting he gets tired quickly it seems like he's running away from reality and reality with you doesn't interest him much maybe he has a. gaming wife oh I also considered that I also considered that yeah my inclination is just because he's also talking on Discord yeah I'm not going to dismiss that reality and we have an update here so we're about to find out if he got. a new girlfriend and she deleted a save file but I was going to say my inclination is like that too it could just be this escapism like why can't I play games like wow or is this because I'm a bit addicted to it sometimes too.

I work and I love when I can work and see results that I love. that and you don't get it from the real world very often but in games like that you get it and you put in the effort and you get the results and that's so addictive for some people and you just can't stop it's really rewarding so my theory is that one, but let's see if the game's wife theory is Final Fantasy 14, meaning there are a lot of people with relationships in the game that don't carry over into the real world. I don't know the game well enough.

I've only played. the other like seven, 10 and 12 good options, yes, pretty solid, and the remake and revival, good update. I followed some of the advice the commenters gave me and checked his phone and computer to see what I could find unfortunately. some of you who commented and told me you were right my husband has been cheating on me boom from what I could see there were several accounts on Discord that he was up all day and night talking and texting With that, it was disgusting. there were written images of sexting the whole mess there were screenshots of his character doing sexual things with other characters in the game okay, okay, move a little forward, move a little further forward, okay, now do the dance, oh, that's hot, that's hot, that's good now. orange floss Justice uh, I have records of everything, screenshots, etc.

I did something that you all will unfortunately have my head for and decided that if he was going to desecrate our marriage and disrespect me, he would do the same. I took my Russian bell. and he ripped up his gaming laptop, grabbed all of his gaming stuff and put it in a container when he got home from a work meeting. I was waiting for him with the box and asked him to sit down. I told him I was going to give him a chance to tell me anything he wanted to tell me he just looked at me

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ly I told him there's nothing you want to tell me at all he said no so I said well I found out what you've been doing in the game in that game of yours his face didn't change I think he was trying to call my bluff I stood up and said this box is for you and I want you in this box out of here at the end of the day he said what are you?

Speaking of what you mean, I told him that effective immediately our relationship would end, he would contact a divorce lawyer the next day and he could come back to get the rest of his things, but that he wouldn't stay here. I have to leave the room because I'm so upset that seeing you makes me want to vomit. He was just shocked and then after I walked into the bedroom I heard him screaming all kinds of things sobbing and what did you do, how could you? you do this oh my god and you sob like a baby honestly it felt good if there was a worse way I could have hurt him I would have done it I wasn't crying because I was upset by his actions no I was crying because I didn't could.

He didn't jump back in and continued playing his boohoo game, the little cartoon side pieces of him had to wait well to save you the rest of the play, he got the hang of it. I contacted the divorce lawyer. I changed the locks and told him exactly what happened. uh Facebook where all of his family and some of his friends are. I'll be fine. I'm heartbroken because I really thought he was a good man, but I was wrong. He is a loser who likes to have sex with other women and have sex with cartoon characters. monitor, well, he's free to do it without me, so let it be a lesson to anyone else whose marriage seems to be in rocky territory, whose partner is obsessed with his Final Fantasy game, you should check, listen to your gut or to the people on Reddit.

LOL that's so sad, wow I can't believe you guys called him that, I mean, that was damn, I mean, that was completely, that was a completely in-game relationship, yeah, I mean, it was the Discord thing, That was like that, it was like oh. It's not just the game, but that's uh, I mean, yeah, obviously, obviously, obviously, that's obviously cheating, um and she's totally within her rights to end it right there, I just don't even know. I guess, I guess. at that moment she thought it was done, how come they were disrespecting her? I thought my only conclusion is to contact the divorce lawyer first, yeah, and then like his move, it worked, it worked well, but I'm like a guy who's in that headspace who did you leave for a week and he didn't even He didn't even know it because he's hooked on that you're going to destroy him with a Russian bell, show him, well, I guess she saved everyone, all the evidence that she made for sure, I'm saying safety-wise, safety-wise , I'm just saying, thank God, this whole thing is like she's safe now, but I'm like, yeah, woo, like stack all your cards first and then do all that.

It worked well, but it's like I didn't know what her reaction was going to be. I definitely don't blame her for doing those things. I would be worried that, even though it's not fair to her, I would be worried that like in a court of law, they would say, well, you destroyed her property, as if there was always some way for someone to get screwed like that. I think she did the best she could ina little bit because I think: "Don't talk about it when there are problems, things get away from you, so maybe talking to family and friends, you know, if they are supporting you until that moment, that's when they say that actually we all have a little problem with LZ, you know what I mean, um, but I also think that he clearly likes the PS4 a lot and I love games.

This would also be a very difficult thing for me to handle, but when he talks about that. This is part of who I am, there's a part of who I am, there's a There's a strong attachment that even I don't fully understand, but like you said, he cares. I'm surprised this is coming out now that he said that, like when he said that. I mentioned the phone, she got it, you know she was crying and I. Get it, I'm like, okay, you know, maybe they can rebuild and then he's like, but anyway, now you know it doesn't matter if you know or not.

I'm done, maybe you just can't unsee that or not. I'm not sorry, but it's so sad that everyone has different lines, that's true, and I think there are a lot of things where I would be like that, even if that person. say that I completely understand and that I am a different person. I'm sorry, I'd say, but my line was crossed and I can't get over it. I'm sure it's not about you anymore, it's about what I can do and what I can't do. It's only fair to you that I stay with you because I'll resent you, but, but I'm just saying I'm fine, that was your line.

Well, that was your line, I mean, like I said, I can't relate because I think I don't know if I would be the same, but I can't judge him for sure for what he did and this is like during the beginning of the pandemic, uh, this is December 2020, so it's It's a difficult year and that's something that I really like us, that's just difficult and it's just like yeah, it's difficult for me to put myself in that year again like disrespect, things that They meant much more. Yeah, I remember even the little things meant a lot and it's like, and you were stuck with the people inside your home a lot more, you were stuck with your stuff like that stuff, so everything is under a magnifying glass at that point it's also just another victim of 2020, yes, but it's also a bold choice to like whatever someone is doing like a thousand piece puzzle, I almost got your tickets to Hawaii, okay, yeah, damn, damn, okay, I believe this.

It's our last story and it's multi-part, okay, Saga, so the way it's organized is a little out of order and that's on purpose, ooh, so it's like Pulp Fiction, let's remember this. We're keeping some context under wraps because it's going to be a big surprise, but I'll go over this now, so this is all from this year. So it comes from the best Redditor updates. O's gaming addiction costs him everything or yes or it's the original original poster, okay, someone else compiled all this, got it right. editor's note Star Citizen, an MMO, is a multiplayer space trading and combat simulation game in development, has been in development since 2012, uses almost entirely CR crowdfunding to cover costs, and as such, players purchase ships. in-game spaceships for real money, with the cheapest being $45 and some ship packs priced up to $48,000 according to one article.

I saw that some of these ships are not in the game yet and are considered concept ships, essentially pre-ordered. elements of the game, many people consider this game to be a scam based on the amount of time it has been in development, the delays in MISD's development milestones, and the exorbitant prices of some of its content, you are familiar with this game, yes, yes, they have increased. like hundreds of millions of dollars over the years and they keep pushing the release date, they were going to have this as a massive multiplayer mode, now they announced that they are going to have a single that they will release as the first single player game oh no, first as a shooter I wasn't aware of any of this I didn't know anything about things like Pass the Deadlines I thought it was like it was a great game I've heard about I've heard about Star Citizen but I don't know much about it, I feel like Star Citizen was supposed to come out in 2018 or something and then they kept pushing, pushing, pushing, and they just made a lot of money and they're clearly spending it, um.

We have to make those ships, but yeah, yeah, they, the way it's crowdfunded is by buying a boat or what sounds like some kind of Vibes online, it sounds sick, the concept is sick, but it's also not a game, Yes Yes. so this game is still in alpha yeah jesus it's okay you can play it it's years of bad quality it's a bad thing but you can play it okay um okay part one am I for breaking an unnecessary promise after fixing a situation? A while ago, my partner and I went through a rough patch. I'm an avid Star Citizen player and I admit I tend to overdo it.

A few months ago, during a sale, I impulsively spent our down payment saved for a house on Virtual. spaceships, understandably, she was furious and left temporarily. I realized my mistake. I apologized and took on an extra job to replenish our savings. I am close to restoring our financial status to its original state, although it will take another 6 months to fully recover without taking into account my personal debt as part of it, is there a photo of this boat? I mean, it's got to look pretty sick, uh, not yet, man, we could understand it, it's really a concept of a concept, don't you understand, it's probably a really cool ship and it's probably worth paying an advance to. everyone who is like Millennials in Gen Z right now is like thinking about the down payment on a house we will never see, but as part of the reconciliation, she asked me not to buy it. more spaceships for 6 months Monday, I love that, are you coming out with Mother Teresa quotes? quotes that will break a Victorian child's time, don't imagine

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this to a 12 year old in the 50s where it's like okay so my my wife asked me not to buy spaceships for the next six months , a kid like, wow, geez, you can buy spaceships, he's like and you, and it's for a house and the kid's like, oh, so, like $122,000.

I can barely afford my Lucky Strikes at this price Hey kid, what should I buy a house or some spaceships? It's good, my God, sir, a spaceship is fine, God, initially this seemed reasonable, but over time, there were no spaceships for 6 months, that's all, there were no spaceships for 6 months, that's all initially . This seemed reasonable. but over time I have come to see it as excessive despite this I recently bought some more spaceships and she found out now considering leaving me forever I thought that by almost restoring the savings I had spent I had righted my actions I really enjoy collecting spaceships in the game.

She is also concerned about my credit score and other financial problems, but I am confident that I can rectify them in the next few years since I have already managed to recover most of our savings through additional work. I'm struggling to understand if I'm wrong for breaking what now seems like an arbitrary promise or if her reaction to leaving what I consider my main hobby is unwarranted. I'm surprised He doesn't have a railroad spike sticking out of His temple like that's the most forgiving partner ever, where it's like, well, maybe you could leave it, oh, someone spending your down payment on a house that you saved together in something that is not also an investment, that's it, but I know that.

I want to know what my line is that's one of my lines I think I think if there is one I think if there's one lesson we can learn from this it's that you have to hide your spaceports guys it's true do it all in Discord she you will never know. Oh gosh, look, I made a couple in-game purchases here and there, but I will tell you that when I played Final Fantasy 14 and I was dating a girl at the time and we played together, there are certain mounts. in a game that can carry two people, so I spent money on that because I thought now we can play and fly together, this is crazy, there are a lot of things, there is a very reasonable amount of money that people can spend on games like this one, I think.

It's totally fine, it was like 20 bucks down payment on a house, it's certainly beyond what I think. That number is some of these spaceships, the Syon star can carry like eight people, that's true, she's being a little selfish, so if she and her friends wanted to join you know they could all play in a spaceship that's true. you move an hour out of town to get better prices or you go to Alpha centuri so everyone can live on your ship uh some comments here are you are the ones who don't make promises they can't keep Opie says these are investments too and I don't think so let her see it 130 downvote us I don't think any of us see it I don't think we see that buddy we're listening guide me help me help you someone said of course you're assuming this isn't a complete lie the Money you spent on Star Citizen is gone forever and will never functionally contribute to your life again.

Think of it this way, you just became an indentured servant for a worthless digital spaceship. He said I have several spaceships, some of which have really appreciated in value. Thanks, although 97 negative votes. Someone said how much we talked there. The astronaut said it's $45,000. that's a good burn sorry how much are we talking about this wait should we guess how much guess how much and I don't know where they are the down payment on a house varies and it's probably Li whatever amount you put in there it's probably lying lying probably so he's going to lower it it's probably more than this but I would say he's probably spent oh yeah we're talking about the Midwest uh down payment prices that I have I have my answer and I can you can tell for sure it's a home buyer for the first time like you, that's what I was going to say in the first time home buyer program, he's going to do something where you can put down less than 20% but with a higher interest rate. to put 10% on, you live 3 hours from the next largest city in Ohio, um, you've lost $28,000, okay, I'm going to guess, I mean, if you consider yourself an avid collector, you're probably looking too, I mean, you're probably He speaks very seriously.

On this I think he spent $60,000. I'm lowering mine to 22 because he got a second job and came back in six months. 22k right, he's fine, op responds, preab house op responds, now this is what he's saying, so let's keep that in mind. op says I've spent at least $115,000 on spaceships now maybe a little more gray market txn um so at least $155,000 Tron was spending on that like crypto he said txn yeah maybe a little more market gray txn, I think that's Tron, who didn't do well, well, he got rid of it, all cryptocurrencies are stupid, but I still want to say this is a guy who is buying a digital spaceship, that's cool, yeah it has a dash ape which is crazy to me yeah i mean there are people who like it.

There are people who spend more than that on mobile games like there are whales who spend yes but this is the thing look, I still think it's crazy, but if you're a billionaire who spends $50,000, I say, yeah, you like money. I don't even process for you anymore, but I think that's your down payment, that's your down payment on your house, I mean, that's the percentage of your money that you are, it's like I'm a guy that was marked for a purpose so that you know what you are losing and that is also something you have, you are going to do it with a partner, yes, no, don't do it with that money, no, it is not yours and also as if I had played. a fair amount of mobile games and sometimes every once in a while I think, you know what it is, I'm busy, I'm tired, I want to play this more.

I'm going to spend a little money on it, no. you know what it would take for me to actively spend like you're saying thousands of dollars like that I'd have to work hard to be like I'm doing so much shopping P like I don't know how that's done Yeah I certainly can't relate well, update part two , this is the fleet that cost me my girlfriend, this is the original post so now we can see the fleet, oh sick, she is not as excited as I am about the mat. you guys wanna take a look at this yeah dude she's gonna look so sick look at this fleet wait she's got all those.

I'd like to punch him really hard in the neck, yeah, but these are cool, okay, so he's got some charge. It's sent here to like trade, you know, minerals and stuff. She also has some fighters here. I'm going to go and say that half of these look stupid, since some of these are the same. Some of these are almost exactly the same. same thing some of these look almost identical like him these two are the same these two are the same he has doubles oh doubles he has has doubles of that he has triples of that well, you know, if one breaks, you have the spare, this is it recently, so they haven't raised the price that much.

It makes me sad that this person is an ex, but she recently bought the Estero, soIt's also not a game that's technically released, yeah, I guess maybe he'll figure out if and when the game will be released. actually turns gold, what if you stink your ass in the game? What if the game starts and he's really bad at the game? Yes, because I don't remember. I don't remember if you lose your ship. I do not remember. I know if you get it back maybe you have insurance maybe you have to pay insurance that's what mercury is keep making sure like God has a little update on that uh in the comments after a lot of pleas and promises.

I have convinced my partner. To forgive myself, I thought beforehand that since I'm already in the hole, I might as well buy an Endeavor Master set. What is the damage? I am hereby not allowed to purchase spaceships for 6 months and I considered a fairly light sentence, perhaps with good behavior. at work I can leave earlier thanks to everyone who was respectful and offered guidance see you in a few months citizens stop talking about it as if it were jail, well, I guess I have this amount of time ahead, they put me in the Pokey and I'll be out soon for good behavior, get it, you've ruined your relationship, okay, it's time for part three, oh, okay, are we jumping forward or back now?

This is now, we're finally at the end, bring them, we're at the end here, the first one was January 3rd, uh, and now, like the original post, yeah, what you just saw was from November of last year, yeah, okay, real quick, what was it? the price of that other bundle that bought the Endeavor Master game and that was after they had already caught it. Oh my goodness, the Endeavor Master game is $1,249. Wow, she said, "Don't buy spaceships for the next six months." he's like sure $1,249 site called seizure the ende game master is $1,249 okay that's like that okay the only way I can relate with that is anytime I'm like, okay, you know what I'm going to cut. drinking for the next month starting tomorrow no more crimes later also like knowing now that the support she likes after promising and begging for her to forgive me and then the second one is like is it me for not keeping my promise?

It's like yeah, yeah, yeah, oh. OMG this is crazy and again this is not a game that is actually available nor do we have any indication that that game will ever actually be released. Look, you can buy some auto level packs, an awesome outfit, and a cool mount in Final Fantasy 14. because I think less than a hyundo you could be Peter Griffin in fortnite, okay, you could be Peter Griffin in fortnite, yeah, like be Peter , you should do that, you can hit the gitty for free, okay, part three, this is the end, come on, this is where it ends, 31 year old man, can I rebuild trust with my girlfriend who is 35 years old after I Gaming addiction ruined our apartment plans?

Okay, sorry, I want to point out real quick that she went from a down payment on a house to plans for an apartment, yes, please continue, okay? 31-year-old man facing a crisis. I never waited for my girlfriend. I never expected this. Is it me to receive consequences for my action? I did not see him coming. My girlfriend and I had plans to move to a better apartment, but I put myself in danger. our dream by spending our savings on Star Citizen, a video game, this incident has made me realize that I might be struggling with a gaming addiction and impulsive spending.

I could be despite your initial forgiveness and a clear agreement not to purchase any more in-game items for 6 months while I replenished our savings I was unable to follow through with our plan, this breach of trust led to a major argument, especially after I rejected his suggestion to sell my gaming account, consequently she left and we haven't spoken since this situation affected me greatly, making me see how my gaming habit has gone from being a hobby to a destructive force in my life. I am struggling to realize that my actions have not only damaged my relationship but are also affecting my financial stability as my credit score is now in jeopardy.

The most painful part is having Rec recognize how much I love her and the extent of the turmoil I'm in. I'm seriously looking for advice on how to address my addiction and possibly save my relationship, hey, I mean the first step is to admit, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to have a mayaula here because it was fun to make fun of him and be like a jerk, but it's like putting him in that lens like he was clearly struggling with a real addiction and addiction is a real monster no matter what its form. here, that's just sad, although, oh, sure, I mean, that's behavior that's clearly indicative of something beyond um, I think it's the nature of what he was spending the money on, as it usually is, it usually comes in other ways, so to see it in this way, but I was doing what I was making fun of, I'm like it's a game, like it's a game, now I'm guilty of it too, but I would say that for this guy, yeah, the first step is huge if you're really acknowledging it, I think you need to get away from that game, you can probably get a lot of that money back, possibly like you were buying those spaceships, so maybe other people would buy them.

I don't know, although I wonder if you could do it. sell your account ok people do that with wow yeah that's probably more because I know people like I think they're buying it in the ING game so I don't know if there's a direct person to person ship sale in games like that because I guess if, like you said, the game is about extracting as much money as possible from your player base that doesn't even exist right now, I doubt they'll let people create their own market, but I don't. I know, I don't know, I don't know, but I think he needs to do it, he needs to look at those possibilities, he needs to get away from the game and he probably needs to talk to a therapist and then get help with whatever. ways you can, yeah, I think you should take those steps first before you try to save your relationship because you need to do that if you're going to go to her and try to save that, it has to be like you've already taken the steps that I'm already doing. this, but you might also have to accept that that might end, but I think regardless of that relationship, yeah, if you don't understand this, you don't realize this, you don't like to stay the course, yeah, you will. end up in a bad place because not only will it be Star Citizen, you will find something else that money is sure to come from, you know, um comments here, if you think this is your lowest point, start making an effort to make an upward trajectory to you.

Is this game more important than in real life relationships? How could you spend that amount of coins in my game? But I had never spent that kind of money on a game before. I really think about it carefully if I really need it. new Mount Etc and they usually end up not being the answer op said it's not but I don't think I can sell yet uh 228 downvotes someone said friend in your last few posts you were fighting in the comments about how your purchases were justified and appreciating the value and your girlfriend's simple request to stop spending all her money on them was unreasonable.

I mean, disrespectfully, seek serious help for your addiction. You're in shock right now because you convinced yourself she wasn't going to leave. you, then she did it, when this shock wears off you will go back to spending money on imaginary spaceships and justifying it to yourself and everyone around you, seek help while the momentum is in your favor, he said, I'm definitely in shock. my life is falling apart, I guess 40 downvotes, but like me, I, it's hard, you know, those aren't the answers you expect, you expect him to respond and say, "I totally hear you." help you're right but he's still resisting um and that's unfortunate with any addiction you have to hit rock bottom and I love that the first person didn't use that exact verbiage but said if you feel like it This is your lowest point because sometimes, unfortunately, when you are so direct with someone, they are not ready to hear it and I just hope that this person gets help.

It's very sad, yes, it's difficult, well, these have been a lot of crazy stories, yes. players are taking L L lately. I'm glad we got the first two good ones out of the way. Yeah, it was like I was ready to grow up and I wish it was time to burn it all down. These are some sad ones. These are some sad stories. Some. Yeah, I have to say you know, in terms of my favorite comments, despite the nature of the story, how much we talk in your space. Man is extremely funny, that's extremely funny. I think when an insult is better than anything you can have. said that with bad language like calling someone a spaceman just like psychic damage roll 10 d8 God, oh um, well thanks everyone for coming along with me, this has been a wild ride, thanks for playing co-op yeah buddy, Hell yeah, what you say. come on uh come on um let's go play Star Citizen let's buy some ships let's go play Star Citizen I think I know an account that's available oh yeah I think we can we can buy something somewhere some of that YouTube money to achieve that effort.

Master set then this gives you the Endeavor Master set hey, no, no, no, I'm going to play Zelda. I'll probably play a good indie game. I'll probably redownload Civ and lose my life again. Hell yeah, okay, new games. video can I beat Ian enough that he never wants to play again ooh, that should be a gaming video ooh, I've never played a human, that's a good idea you had, you said wait, I said, you said, I thought, I thought that you? I meant in real life I thought I'm sorry, I thought you said, I thought you said, please leave it there, that's funny, since I thought you said you were going to go after this and like no, I said, I said Oh, that's a good gaming video.

Oh I didn't hear that, yeah right, you guys want to watch a 24 hour long gaming video for charity? We could reduce it. Don't know. I would like to see it. It would be open. I think so. It would be great, now you are in the place. What would happen if we did this for 24 hours for charity? Wouldn't you like it? I will do that. I'll do it right. Thank you all for watching, thank you both for being here. later Gamers and uh, let us know what other types of topics and Subs you want to see on this show and we'll see you next Saturday, bye, happy birthday if it's your birthday, bye.