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The internet is destroying marriages and ruining lives! Damn you internet! Damn you!

“His virtual self became more important than his real self. We didn’t row about it - I’d try to make conversation, get no response and give up. It wasn’t that we weren’t getting on. We just stopped communicating. Then, one evening, he sent an email to me that was meant for a colleague. It wasn’t racy or intimate, but it was flirty and jokey.
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People are destroying marriages and ruining lives! Damn you people! Damn you!

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I like the internet as it is: if people are dumb enough to expose themselves while doing something stupid, they deserve it.
 
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Reminds me of a story my math teacher told me last year.
Really popular guy, football star you know the ladies man, had basically the hottest chick of the school and got married. Well he bought a house and all, got WoW and just played it all the time. Wouldn't even talk to her. He would go to work, come home and just game. One day everything except his PC was gone..He just kept playing and got on with life.

LOL
 
xIronCrossx said:
Reminds me of a story my math teacher told me last year.
Really popular guy, football star you know the ladies man, had basically the hottest chick of the school and got married. Well he bought a house and all, got WoW and just played it all the time. Wouldn't even talk to her. He would go to work, come home and just game. One day everything except his PC was gone..He just kept playing and got on with life.

LOL
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I find that unbelievable.
 
Today it's the internet.

Yesterday it was meth.

Day before this it was working on your car.

Day before it was alcoholism.

Day before that it was keeping up with the Jones's.

Day before that it was cocaine.

Day before that it was poker games with the friends.

Day before that it was heroine.

Day before that it was sleeping around.

Day before that it was pot.

The list goes on and on.
 
Sounds like the guy just got bored with his wife and escaped his miserable existence with the intarweb..

The net is hardly the causitive factor here :p
 
xIronCrossx said:
Reminds me of a story my math teacher told me last year.
Really popular guy, football star you know the ladies man, had basically the hottest chick of the school and got married. Well he bought a house and all, got WoW and just played it all the time. Wouldn't even talk to her. He would go to work, come home and just game. One day everything except his PC was gone..He just kept playing and got on with life.

LOL
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I believe it, no problem. I was a GM in DAoC a while back. Consume you, it will.
 
The internet isn't the cause of anything. It's like when someone shoots a person with a gun, but does anyone blame the gun? No, it's the person.

If it wasn't Facebook, then the person would be out drinking and partying. If it wasn't WoW, then the person would be playing dungeons and dragons with his friends in the basement, every night. If it isn't Wikipedia that your spouse reads for hours, then they'll spend all day in a library reading books.

All the internet really does is make it easier to see who your spouse really is. We could go back 20 or 30 years, and the difference would be that you're in the dark. Your husband is in the basement playing cards with his friend, and not World of Warcraft. Your wife is out with her friends, and not on her laptop flirting with guys she knew from high school. Your bookworm of a husband went out to see his friends, instead of web surfing all day long at home.

There's no such thing as speculation with the internet. Ignorance is bliss. Spend more time to get to know your spouse, and none of this would come as a shock.
 
I don't think the "guns don't kill people.." analogy fits here. You are talking about something more akin to meth in it's addictive and socially destructive behaviours.

People have addictions and WoW is just another name for a mental disorder that is left unchecked. Some people can smoke or drink and not get addicted either through self-control or a predisposition.

But, like the new designer drug, it takes a while for mainstream to catch on to its effects and provide some clinical basis for support and observances.
 
xIronCrossx said:
I think some parts were exaggerated or made up, but I can see him playing WoW and his wife leaving him.
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My brother's friend postponed his wedding so that he could go on a raid with his WoW buddies. He did this the day before the wedding. You can't make this shit up.
 
wra18th said:
My brother's friend postponed his wedding so that he could go on a raid with his WoW buddies. He did this the day before the wedding. You can't make this shit up.
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Every serious relationship I've been in usually involves a "heart to heart" about how I need a certain amount of time for my love, gaming, and that for MANY hours at a time I will seem to be present, but not actually. I tell them if you cannot accept this about me then this relationship should end now. Videogames, computers, geekery has made me the person I am, and I am not ashamed of that.

I then tell her that wasting hours and hours watching reality tv is bad for her, that perfume and makeup makes her uglier than she is naturally, and that she needs to make me a sandwich.

I'm currently single. ;)
 
They probably said the same thing when radio/TV/Playboy came out. Different twist to the same bullshiat story.

Before you marry a broad, make sure both you and her communicate clearly about EVERYTHING and HONESTLY under the sun from day one.

If either one or both of you can't or willing to do that, break it off and enjoy the benefits of single life. Planet earth has enough degenerates breeding already as is that can't feed or support them and im fucking of money coming outa my paychecks to pay for these assholes that thing they are "entitled" to give birth to children and make Uncle Sam pay for their "God given right" to breed. Fuck that shit
 
SunnyD said:
Today it's the internet.

Yesterday it was meth.

Day before this it was working on your car.

Day before it was alcoholism.

Day before that it was keeping up with the Jones's.

Day before that it was cocaine.

Day before that it was poker games with the friends.

Day before that it was heroine.

Day before that it was sleeping around.

Day before that it was pot.

The list goes on and on.
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Hard to argue with history, but the real question is what will happen the Day After Tomorrow?
 
lilbabycat said:
Every serious relationship I've been in usually involves a "heart to heart" about how I need a certain amount of time for my love, gaming, and that for MANY hours at a time I will seem to be present, but not actually. I tell them if you cannot accept this about me then this relationship should end now. Videogames, computers, geekery has made me the person I am, and I am not ashamed of that.

I then tell her that wasting hours and hours watching reality tv is bad for her, that perfume and makeup makes her uglier than she is naturally, and that she needs to make me a sandwich.

I'm currently single. ;)
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ROFL! :D
 
lilbabycat said:
Every serious relationship I've been in usually involves a "heart to heart" about how I need a certain amount of time for my love, gaming, and that for MANY hours at a time I will seem to be present, but not actually. I tell them if you cannot accept this about me then this relationship should end now. Videogames, computers, geekery has made me the person I am, and I am not ashamed of that.

I then tell her that wasting hours and hours watching reality tv is bad for her, that perfume and makeup makes her uglier than she is naturally, and that she needs to make me a sandwich.

I'm currently single. ;)
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Same for me but the reason Im single now after 10 years of a fun (the ups and downs) relastionship was not wanting kids. At the start I said I didnt want any and she said well once I reach a certain age if you still dont well have to break it off. So the time came we where both sad but said good luck and got on with our lives.(she hoped Id change I knew I wouldnt) Still single cause she spoiled me and its going to be hard to find another like her :( (she was super cool about my gaming habits even joined me on a couple never for long though shes more of an angry birds player than the games im into fps mmos rpgs etc)....
 
SunnyD said:
Today it's the internet.

Yesterday it was meth.

Day before this it was working on your car.

Day before it was alcoholism.

Day before that it was keeping up with the Jones's.

Day before that it was cocaine.

Day before that it was poker games with the friends.

Day before that it was heroine.

Day before that it was sleeping around.

Day before that it was pot.

The list goes on and on.
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I thought these were things that marriage drove you to.
 
Freezebyte said:
They probably said the same thing when radio/TV/Playboy came out. Different twist to the same bullshiat story.

Before you marry a broad, make sure both you and her communicate clearly about EVERYTHING and HONESTLY under the sun from day one.

If either one or both of you can't or willing to do that, break it off and enjoy the benefits of single life. Planet earth has enough degenerates breeding already as is that can't feed or support them and im fucking of money coming outa my paychecks to pay for these assholes that thing they are "entitled" to give birth to children and make Uncle Sam pay for their "God given right" to breed. Fuck that shit
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+1

That is all.
 
GoldenTiger said:
DAOC especially.... god I loved that game... :D.
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Yep, I lost well over two years of my life playing that game when it launched over dial up modem on my first built computer. Blew off family, friends, girls and my health to play it non stop just to make my first level 50 healer in Midgard.

Now ive basically had my fill of MMO's other then some RIFT and waiting for TOR for general gaming fun, no more serious MMO's for me.
 
lilbabycat said:
Every serious relationship I've been in usually involves a "heart to heart" about how I need a certain amount of time for my love, gaming, and that for MANY hours at a time I will seem to be present, but not actually. I tell them if you cannot accept this about me then this relationship should end now. Videogames, computers, geekery has made me the person I am, and I am not ashamed of that.

I then tell her that wasting hours and hours watching reality tv is bad for her, that perfume and makeup makes her uglier than she is naturally, and that she needs to make me a sandwich.

I'm currently single. ;)
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Protip? Leave out the "and that she needs to make me a sandwich." part, and you will increase your chances once you add +10 to your charm skill, and reclass your "demand" points into "diplomacy" points ;) :D

BTW...kudos for being honest and upfront with them! Personally, I think there's someone for everyone. (And the ones who don't appreciate that honesty, are worth your time anyways...but then you already know that) lol
 
I think there is much truth to this. The Internet opens alot of distraction and perversion that one would normally have "make that jump" to get in real life.

Pornagraphy is just a click away on many devices now. And not just regular porn, but the much more socially taboo stuff. The problem is that you get into a habbit of seeing different bodies in different enviornments and different fantasies. So the same ol body in real life doesn't please you anymore. You essentially become bored with real life.

Then there is the fake social networking, where people believe they are part of something much larger then they really are. You could have 300 friends on Facebook, but when something dire happens in real life are they all gonna pony up for you or just leave a comment?

Guys (and gals), yes its true real life relationships are not easy. You will not always agree with your significant other or spouse. You will have to learn to accept and compromise. But in the past people knew this. And they made relationships work. Relationships don't just work on their own. They are not preprogramed like a piece of software to follow that path.

As much as we want to disregard the fact, all these distractions are making us zombies and sheep. We are becoming very cynical and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism"]Narcissism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Michelangelo_Caravaggio_065.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Michelangelo_Caravaggio_065.jpg/250px-Michelangelo_Caravaggio_065.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/d/de/Michelangelo_Caravaggio_065.jpg/250px-Michelangelo_Caravaggio_065.jpg[/ame]. People talk and talk and talk in the virtual world, but get us out in the real world and we ignore each other and turn our head when others are abused.

I know most of you don't see it like this. But people through out the history of societies wouldn't have recognized a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_state"]Police state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:2009_Freedom_House_world_map.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/2009_Freedom_House_world_map.svg/350px-2009_Freedom_House_world_map.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/1/1f/2009_Freedom_House_world_map.svg/350px-2009_Freedom_House_world_map.svg.png[/ame] until there were too far into it. Epecially when they were told it was for their protection.
 
The addiction is what does it. I need my private time for a few hrs a day just like my wife.
 
westrock2000 said:
I think there is much truth to this. The Internet opens alot of distraction and perversion that one would normally have "make that jump" to get in real life.

Pornagraphy is just a click away on many devices now. And not just regular porn, but the much more socially taboo stuff. The problem is that you get into a habbit of seeing different bodies in different enviornments and different fantasies. So the same ol body in real life doesn't please you anymore. You essentially become bored with real life.

Then there is the fake social networking, where people believe they are part of something much larger then they really are. You could have 300 friends on Facebook, but when something dire happens in real life are they all gonna pony up for you or just leave a comment?
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OMG, no wai? Really? Oh shit, I'm screwed! Seriously dude, FB is fun. It's not really serious and you can get back in touch and meet old friends in real life through it, so I don't know what you're on about. I have real friends and FB friends, as hard as that may be to believe, and I don't know anyone that doesn't. I'll never understand the flak social networking gets, unless you're addicted to it and ignoring real life. That's wrong, but so are many things in this world that a minority of people do.

Guys (and gals), yes its true real life relationships are not easy. You will not always agree with your significant other or spouse. You will have to learn to accept and compromise. But in the past people knew this. And they made relationships work. Relationships don't just work on their own. They are not preprogramed like a piece of software to follow that path.

As much as we want to disregard the fact, all these distractions are making us zombies and sheep. We are becoming very cynical and Narcissism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. People talk and talk and talk in the virtual world, but get us out in the real world and we ignore each other and turn our head when others are abused.

I know most of you don't see it like this. But people through out the history of societies wouldn't have recognized a Police state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia until there were too far into it. Epecially when they were told it was for their protection.
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You're right, I don't see it like that. Maybe your perspective is skewed? Hell, maybe my perspective is skewed? :p
 
If someone in a relationship spends all their time on the internet ignoring the other, you have to ask what the other 'isnt doing'?

Like these guys that have beautiful megastar wives and gf's and yet get caught with a skanky hooker.

Okay so his wife/gf wouldnt give head or get kinky with him?
 
What is the meaning of row? Is that one of those Queen's English terms?

I agree with Sunny D. Also I'd like to say 7 months pregnant hmmmm you wouldn't consider yourself very emotion or hormonally effected would you? Not to say this guy isn't a prick but I could see two issues there.
 
friedchicken said:
I don't think the "guns don't kill people.." analogy fits here. You are talking about something more akin to meth in it's addictive and socially destructive behaviours.

People have addictions and WoW is just another name for a mental disorder that is left unchecked. Some people can smoke or drink and not get addicted either through self-control or a predisposition.
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I don't play it, but WoW is in no way comparable to meth. People don't lose their teeth after playing WoW for six months, or have homo-encounters in a public bathroom to pay for a "WoW fix".
 
Freezebyte said:
They probably said the same thing when radio/TV/Playboy came out. Different twist to the same bullshiat story.

Before you marry a broad, make sure both you and her communicate clearly about EVERYTHING and HONESTLY under the sun from day one.

If either one or both of you can't or willing to do that, break it off and enjoy the benefits of single life. Planet earth has enough degenerates breeding already as is that can't feed or support them and im fucking of money coming outa my paychecks to pay for these assholes that thing they are "entitled" to give birth to children and make Uncle Sam pay for their "God given right" to breed. Fuck that shit
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+1 :D

lilbabycat said:
Every serious relationship I've been in usually involves a "heart to heart" about how I need a certain amount of time for my love, gaming, and that for MANY hours at a time I will seem to be present, but not actually. I tell them if you cannot accept this about me then this relationship should end now. Videogames, computers, geekery has made me the person I am, and I am not ashamed of that.

I then tell her that wasting hours and hours watching reality tv is bad for her, that perfume and makeup makes her uglier than she is naturally, and that she needs to make me a sandwich.

I'm currently single. ;)
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Too bad I can't have this whole post as a sig...I would be all over it like white on rice :D
 
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