tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post3708646287485044614..comments2024-02-14T02:28:27.585-07:00Comments on a fear of flying: Pictures of Pornography: Addictions and MarriageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-28938134159709453592008-06-03T16:44:00.000-06:002008-06-03T16:44:00.000-06:00lol that sounds great to me, bull moose. You play...lol that sounds great to me, bull moose. You play a lot less than my husband does... and I don't think he has an addiction, just a fondness for video games and a need to vent with something brainless once in a while. <BR/><BR/>yes... let's make a distinction between the productive use of entertainment, and addiction... for me the defining quality of addiction is when it starts to interfere withAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-84912769246774651782008-06-03T16:40:00.000-06:002008-06-03T16:40:00.000-06:00michemily, you couldn't be farther from the truth ...michemily, you couldn't be farther from the truth about me (please don't turn an ankle jumping to conclusions like that!). You may have proved my point about gender differences in perception, with women rushing to a harsh judgment when it comes to men playing video games. <BR/><BR/>I said "I like my video games", not "love" as you accuse. <BR/><BR/>I love my family more than anything. I'm a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-68070890476784912262008-06-03T04:26:00.000-06:002008-06-03T04:26:00.000-06:00The thing is, situations such as in the first anec...The thing is, situations such as in the first anecdote are extremely rare. A number of women, however, seem to think that any amount of playing video games is bad (I haven't ever seen the same issue with the husbands of female gamers). They pick at and nag their families about it, making the gamer resentful and far less likely to want to make any compromise (though a lot of these women seem to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-45391358423259012222008-06-02T21:04:00.000-06:002008-06-02T21:04:00.000-06:00Michemily,that's a pretty strong statement. I dou...Michemily,<BR/><BR/>that's a pretty strong statement. I doubt that bull moose or my husband (or for that matter, the man in the above anicdote) really love video games more than their spouses. heck, I don't love chocolate more than my spouse, but if my spouse forbade me from eating chocolate, I'd do it on the sly anyway, even though that might threaten our relationship... I guess what i'm Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-47006074712873128712008-06-02T16:33:00.000-06:002008-06-02T16:33:00.000-06:00Wow, the first commenter sounds like he himself ne...Wow, the first commenter sounds like he himself needs to work on his love for video games. I don't think it's healthy to love something more than people.Michelle Glauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646213573761736892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-61084097915734912682008-06-02T13:46:00.000-06:002008-06-02T13:46:00.000-06:00interesting stuff! my first husband was a VG freak...interesting stuff! my first husband was a VG freak i could say i can totaly relate to your co-workers frustration. NSG I think it's great that ya'll have established a VG night I think a lot of times it's good to have those limits for everyone. Because I can be just as addicted to a good book as my husband to a computer game.the nice onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15546365418293538572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-9315560821182075772008-06-02T12:28:00.000-06:002008-06-02T12:28:00.000-06:00Yup, bull moose. The way skywalker and I have wor...Yup, bull moose. The way skywalker and I have worked it out is, we have 1 night a week designated video-game playing night. we hope it can be come a family activity that we participate in once a week. I feel less threatened by it when I know there are bounds... and that I will have time with my spouse even though we allow VG into our home.<BR/><BR/>The problem with VG is they are pretty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-15002940873878176282008-06-02T12:24:00.000-06:002008-06-02T12:24:00.000-06:00I was ready to lower the boom on this post until I...I was ready to lower the boom on this post until I read the first anecdote. That truly is a destructive addiction.<BR/><BR/>In not-so-extreme examples, however, I think some wives may not understand how useful video game playing (or watching sports on t.v., or playing sports with friends) may be. Men need to destress after work or school. <BR/><BR/>From my own personal experience (I worked in theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com