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Win stupid prizes!! Gamer stories with gamer buds. 0:00-1:34 Intro 1:35-10:13 Proposed to my gf with a video game relic https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/j6vh3c/aita_for_proposing_to_my_girlfriend_with_a_video/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 10:14-20:59 My gf likes Pokemon and it's embarrassing https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/i02wzl/mym21_gff23_obsession_with_pokemon_is_embarassing/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share 21:00-34:49 I deleted my bf's Animal Crossing save file https://www.rareddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/1apgg1h/aita_for_deleting_my_boyfriends_animal_crossing/ 34:50-36:10 Sponsors! 36:11-55:21 Husband lost interest in our marriage because of FFXIV https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/rh5p96/my_36f_husband_33m_has_completely_lost_interest/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1710533383969218&usg=AOvVaw34s_dTGOxmrlmjv0R__6sz 55:22-1:10:05 My gf destroyed my PS4 https://www.rareddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/kdin1u/28mmy_girlfriend26f_broke_my_ps4_and_doesnt/ 1:10:06-1:31:49 His gaming addiction costs him everything https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/19f1h9s/oops_gaming_addiction_costs_him_everything/ SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU HEAR Ian Hecox // https://www.instagram.com/ianhecox/ Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Damien Haas // https://www.instagram.com/damienhaas/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Director: Bailey Petracek Editor: Vida Robbins Director of Programming, Smosh Pit: Emily Rose Jacobson Associate Producer, Smosh Pit: Bailey Petracek Assistant Director: Amanda Barnes Art Director: Cassie Vance Assistant Art Director: Erin Kuschner Art Coordinator: Alex Aguilar, Josie Bellerby Prop Assistant: Adam Mustafa Audio Mixer: Scott Neff Audio Utility: Dina Ramli Camera Operator: Eric Wann Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs DIT/Lead AE: Matt Duran CEO: Alé Catenese EVP of Production: Zoe Moacanin EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Executive Coordinator: Rachel Collis IT: Tim Baker Operations PA: Katie Fink Post Production Manager: Luke Baker Production Manager: Amanda Barnes Production Coordinator: Marcus Munguia Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Ovsana Tsaturian Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Social Strategist: Erica Noboa, Mallory Myers Editorial Coordinator: Kim Wilborn Talent Coordinator: Selina Garcia OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames El Smosh (Spanish Dub): https://smo.sh/Sub2ElSmosh SmoshCast: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Snapchat: http://smo.sh/OnSnapchat Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ian Hecox and Damien Haas. I'm both of them. I'm that. It's true. I am. I am the guy that won the 1989 Super Nintendo World Championship. You're that Ian Hecox? I'm that. You're the wizard? Of the Hecocks 3.

All right, well, I guess it's all about people who are in sticky situations. It involves gaming or gaming adjacent things. Okay. I feel like gaming in my life has been pretty peaceful. Never had any bad stories, any, I've never pissed someone off through gaming, I don't think. I feel like I've broken your mind in Mario Party when we were a roommate. That's true. Okay, yes, actually I take it back. There's been times in Mario Party and Super Smash Bros. Where it's, but it's still, there's a level of respect and understanding, and once the game is done, everything is thi, during Mario Party when we were roommates it it got brutal. It got it got

brutal. Ian? Ian? I play I did I did use to play shooters online so there was there was a lot of rage directed towards me probably because I was not good enough. Oh well let's see what kind of idiocy these people have gotten themselves into. Here's our first story. Am I the asshole for proposing to my girlfriend with a video game relic instead of a ring and refusing to buy a ring after? Hmm. Well, hold on, we gotta figure out what kind of relic this is. Yeah, it could be ET. It could be ET. Is this Final Fantasy 14? Because there's ET is this final fancy 14 because there's some good ways to propose in that one I've seen it Let's see oh, okay

My girlfriend and I met in a Skyrim meme page in 2014 and have been together for six years people. People say romance is dead. Take notes, fellas. Skyrim meme page. Yeah, man. That's rough. That's, wow. Okay. Last week was our anniversary, and I decided I wanted to propose.

Since we met via Skyrim, I thought I would propose with the amulet of Mara, which is the symbol that someone is ready for marriage. She doesn't really wear jewelry or anything and has never shown me a ring she likes when we've talked about marriage, so I thought it'd be sweet to have something that brought us together. I set up this whole picnic with our favorite things, and when I proposed, she looked sad and asked about a ring. I told her I thought the amulet of the am the am a the am a the am a the am a the am a the am a th. th. th. the she, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, I the the the the the the the, she, she, she, she, she, she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, and asked, I the the the the the the th th th th th thin, she she she.a, she.a, shea, shea, shea, she said, she said, I sananan't, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, said, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, she said, she other day she sat me down and said she thought the amulet was very sweet and she liked it, but she wanted to go ring shopping.

I told her I had already bought the necklace and I didn't see any reason for a ring since I didn't propose with one. She said she appreciated the sweet gesture, but she really wanted a traditional ring. We got into an argument and it's been tense the last few days. Okay, well I think like, look if you're gonna keep it within world, like give her the amulet Amara but also give her like 200 pounds of junk that she has to hold on to. Yeah, a lot of a lot of brooms and bowls. Yeah, I know I'm gonna need these at some point. Yeah and she needs needs have a good armor set, you know, at least one of the higher-up ones. She's sworn to carry your burden. She should call you Yarrel or you call her Yarrel. Right. One of you

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Yeah, or put out feelers of like, man, it'd be crazy if I proposed with the amulet of Mara, huh, or something like that. I don't know. My take on this story is I don't think he was an asshole until she, that was really sweet, but I'd really like a traditional ring, and he's just like, now he's deciding no, and he's getting into an argument. It should have been like, you're right, I'm sorry, I thought that would be, and she's even saying like it was sweet and I liked it, I just want to have a ring.

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The verdict on Reddit was asshole and I think that's... I think that's about how he reacted. Yes. Yeah, I would agree with that. I don't think that's about the initial gestures. He's being one right now and I hope he's less of one very soon. Some comments here like you're the asshole. She nicely expressed her appreciation for the gesture, but also wants a ring. She was kind and mature about it.

If it's a money issue, split the cost of both pieces of jewelry or something, but it's not an insult to want an engagement ring. Someone else said, sorry, you're the asshawl. What you did was very thoughtful and sweet, but you became the asshole when you refused to buy her a ring. Any friends and family are honestly going to laugh when they see what her engagement ring is, a prop from a video game. Stuff like that is not timeless. She will not want to wear that in 10, 20 years time. Please get her a ring.

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Probably. My girlfriend, who's 23, her obsession with Pokemon is embarrassing me. Let's see how I stand by it. Okay. This comes from a relationship advice. 23, her obsession with Pokemon is embarrassing me. Let's see how... I stand by it. Okay. This comes from relationship advice. Let him cook.

So my girlfriend loves Pokemon. Sometimes when we go out, she will ask me if it's all right if she checks for some poker stops on Pokemon Go. When someone we know talks about Pokemon, my girlfriend gets really excited and wants to be friends on Pokemon Go right away. She also has many Pokemon plushies, all of them in our shared bedroom. At first it was cute, but my friends are starting to make fun of me for dating a child. My girlfriend is very mature and an amazing partner, but when I brought it up to how her obsession, and,

she felt insulted and told me her liking and playing Pokemon is no different than me playing League of Legends and Minecraft. Still, my buddies are making fun of us and I'm afraid she will get hurt once she hears them. What should I do? How can I convince her she should maybe tone it down a little? My friends are visiting us and I'm sure they will make fun of her once they see all of her plushies. Uh, okay.

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Minecraft and League of Legends, and it's like, Minecraft, it's like, they're games, like, Pokemon is games. Like, these are also games that have been around for over a decade, which means I know so many adults who are, like, big fans of these games. These are also games that have been around for over a decade which means I know so many adults who are like big fans of these games. Yeah. We have so many people. I mean also in our field I guess it's just far more normal. I feel like it's almost rare for me to meet people who aren't obsessed with some aspect of pop culture in that way. And also like for him to say like oh she lights up when she hears about somebody else's like. Like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I th, I th, I th, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, th, th like, like, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like also like for him to say like, oh she lights up when she hears about somebody else's

like, like, dog. It's like, yes, that is called an interest. And you should like foster your partner's interests. And, and, you know, and encourage that. That makes me so sad, because I forgot about that line specifically of like, oh, she lights up when she gets to to talk about it. the like like like like like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, to, th. And, th. th. th. th. that, th. to, like, th. th. th. to, I forgot about that line specifically of like oh she lights up when she gets to talk about it. It's just like hey babe the boys are coming over can you stop a major part of your impersonality that gives you joy I'm worried what they'll say about me like again I was joking

before but like 21 year old guy he's not confident enough in himself. If if you you love your partner and your friends are like, and it's not like your partner is hurting you in any way, and your friends are like, I can't believe your partner likes this stuff, you'd be like, oh, actually you can go fuck yourself because that's the person I love, like it doesn't matter what it, it could be Barbies, who cares?

Yeah. like you said, it's old enough at this point that like, my nephew, who's like the age where, you know, kids finally start getting like joints, you know, they don't just toddle at you, they can like walk up and sometimes they know language and you're like, oh shit, okay, yeah, let's talk. He just got his first ever Pokemon card, and I was so excited to like to talk to him about it and share and thagagagagagag., and th and th., and that's, and that's, you, and that's, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th..... th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. Like, like, like, like, and be like, you know what that means? And he's like, it means it's like this. I'm like, that's right, dude, like, that's great. Like, it's so fun and it's multi-generational. So like, I don't know, that's so sad. You just need to grow up.

I think also, like, you know, to, I guess, put this in like like trying to prevent his girlfriend from pursuing and expressing her interest. He is speed running resentment. Like, any percent. Yeah, you're very right. Like, let's not, you know, kid ourselves here. Like something like Pokemon, something like Minecraft.

You can enjoy at any age. Same with the Disney movies, like, you know, all the Disney princess movies, you can enjoy them at any age. They are made for children initially, but they can be enjoyed by everybody. It's the same across the board with all things like that. Minecraft is no different. So if he's like, oh, it's childish, it's like, thrown. It's rated E, get it out of th. Like th. Like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, great, you better stop playing all video games. It's rated E, get it out of there. Yeah.

Like, it's very freeing and it makes life so much more fun when you don't judge people for the things they like. And you appreciate that everyone likes different stuff. Do you know how many chancy plushies I have? My favorite and the best Pokemon? You have multiple of one plushy? Two chancy, one bluesy. I just say I'm like, I don't, like, I don't want to judge people.

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fun of her. I don't want her to know really because I know she will get hurt. Already doesn't sound like they're mutual friends. Does not sound like they're mutual friends. Other comment we have here is you should embrace her love for Pokemon since it brings her happiness. If your friends make fun of her tell them they can leave. A lot of people enjoy things, other people find childish, but they shouldn't have to change what they enjoy so other people think they are grown up. Let your girlfriend enjoy what she enjoys as much as she wants to enjoy it. If your friends don't like it, well fuck them. Yeah, that's pretty straightforward. It's like he's looking for incompatibility. Like I've been on dates before where it's like, oh you're not into like sports and stuff,

you're like, oh, you know, I'm not like a dude, you know what I mean? Like I'm not like a bro, and I'm just like, oh, like, I'm not gonna try to change myself. Like, this is already clearly an incompatibility. Thank you for your time, like all good. But they already both like the thakheu. He could play league while she's playing Pokemon. That's already great. What are you doing? The cognitive dissonance of playing Minecraft but then thinking that a Pokemon obsession

is childish. I'm like, that's confusing to me. I'm wondering if it leans more into the plushy aspect of it. Of like him being like, oh, she has, she has toys. Yeah, I guess. I don't know. I think I th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the thi. the the the the the they. thi. they. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. thi. the... Yeah, I guess. I don't know. I think he's a little bit too concerned about his own image in regards to like his girlfriend. Yeah. Maybe it's a matter of like having an honest talk about what is and is not comfortable for like a

shared space. Because like, look, I have no less than seven key blades. I have all sorts of cool, and it's awesome, and I love that you're laughing about how awesome that is. But like, if I lived with a partner and my, if I lived with a partner and they were like, hey, can we at least move the devil may cry swords out of the bedroom, I'd be like, sure. You know, yeah. Yeah.

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I apologize to her. She has also agreed to move her Pokemon plushy so they wouldn't take up so much space. Fast forward to today, a few hours ago our friends visited us. It didn't take long for them to start making fun of my girlfriend. She organized her plushy so they were all in our bedroom. She has not even once mentioned Pokemon nor did she open the Pokemon Go app. Long story short, they were forced to leave. I've realized they don't have a problem with my girlfriend's hobby. They have a problem with my girlfriend. And I have enabled the behavior by not reacting sooner.

I told him they are the ones who need to I am and to better understand her hobby, I've downloaded the app myself. So now I'm trying to level up as much as I can because she has a mission when she needs to trade a Pokemon with a friend, but to do so I need to be at least level 10. Thank you all for all your comments, even the mean ones. They worked as a wake up call, I guess. He really should have started with Pokemon Silver, but... Okay. That's great. These are, these are both stories that are, these guys are redeeming themselves.

I think two stories in a row, they've leveled up in the ways that are important. There you go. Wow. Strengthen dexterity. Then they end up, they're all getting a victory royal. Victory Royale. How many crowns you got? Zero. I fucking suck at Fortnite. I'm sorry, do you want to squat up? I would just drag you down, man. It's about fun.

OK, maybe. That's great. Look, these guys are making gamers look good. Well, it's a breath of fresh air, because it's so rare on these Reddit stories. Because, you know, I even if I'm not, I watch all of these, like I love them. And there's so many times where people are like, I lit my friend on fire, is that okay? And then they like, don't see why it's bad? All of these are like, oh my god, I do suck.

Thank you for true. Thank you. Let's move on to our next story. This one, this next story, it reminds me of another story that I believe Ian you are here for. It's called Bible. Is it poop ball? It's not poop ball. We're not reading poopball on a gamer episode. Maybe I haven't. I guess it is a football, so that's gaming.

There was a story a while ago we read where a guy accidentally deleted his friend's Witcher 3 save file. Oh yeah. That takes work. It takes work and it's rough. Okay. Well this one, this title reminds me of that one. Oh gosh.

Am I the asshole for deleting my boyfriend's Animal Crossing save file? I want to point out that our cameraman Brennan just said under his breath, that's rough. I don't think y'all heard that, but that's... This was posted this year, but in 2020, Smosh, like, at the start of lockdown and everything, Smosh had its own, like, community of people playing Animal Crossing, and I put in a stupid amount of hours into that game. And I have not played it since summer of like 2020. But if that save file got deleted, I think I would, I would like be devastated. I streamed it for like a year straight, had like a storyline attached to it at that time.

It was social interaction for all of us during the pandemic. There's something like, I haven't opened it back up because I think there's like, there's like memories that are like tied. There's souls that are trapped. I truly think like there's a part of me that's in that game. I have a graveyard in mind for all the people that left. Oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh. Oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, the the the the the. the, the the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. Oh, the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. theing about souls. I know what you mean though. I played every animal crossing, like GameCube, the 3DS. There was some that I made. Wild World or CityFoes. I played, I forget which one, but, love these games.

But if someone deleted one of the save files, I would have a problem. All right, here here go. For context, my boyfriend, who's 25, purchased a Nintendo Switch in 2020 shortly following the shutdown for quarantine. He played a variety of games on different consoles, sysms, before this, but got a switch as it became popular. The game that he played most often during quarantine was the newest animal crossing release, New Horizons.

During the few months of full lockdown alone, he racked up over 700 plus hours. I understand that's not crazy in lockdown. There was nothing to do. Speak for yourself. I was going to parties. There was a lot of opening. Like I could just go anywhere. There was anywhere I go. Parties, Aquaria. International travels. Buf anywhere. It was great. There was, anywhere I go. Parties, Aquaria, International travel. Bufets. I went to Mexico a lot.

I went to Italy, all the streets were like closed, walked up and down. However, since going back to work after the pandemic, he completely lost interest in the game and I rarely saw him playing it. As of late, he's been mostly playing on his PS5. I've never really been much of a gamer, but I started seeing an influx of Animal Crossing New Horizons related posts on my Tick Tock and decided since my boyfriend already had the game and the switch, I'd ask him to play it. He said yes when I asked, and the next day, after getting off of work, I got on, I, I, I, the the the the the the the the the the the the game, I, I, the game, the game, the game, the game, the game, the game, the, the, the, the, the, toe, toe, toe, taken, toe, toe, toe, t, t, t, t, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, I, toe, I, toe, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, toe, I, the game, the game, I'm, the game, the game, the game, the game, the game, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta,the switch and opened the game. Based on the little research I did and what I saw on TickToc, I knew that I wouldn't get the full experience of the game if I wasn't the first player on the save.

I wanted the chance to be the resident representative. The only way to do this, besides getting my own switch, to delete his save. the only way to thii. I saw no problem with this considering his switch was literally collecting dust from not being used for so long. He was at work when I decided to play and couldn't usually take calls or text, so I made the decision on my own to delete his save assuming he wouldn't be upset. I assumed incorrectly, apparently, because upon returning home he asked what I had done so far in the game and got extremely upset when I showed him and he realized what happened. Since then he hasn't spoken much and even went to his parents' house for the night because he needed space. Oh fuck. Oh yeah. Oh that's the thing that I was

to say is like at first I was oh, she didn't know, it's an understandable mistake. She said, no, I wanted the chance to be the resident representative, which is like only one person on a safe file, even if you're in the same town can make big changes to the town. She's like, I wanted that chance and I wouldn't get the whole experience if I was jumping on his island, so I th so I th so I th so I th so I th so I th. So I th. So I th. So I'm th. So I'm th. So I'm th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. that. the thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the the chance the chance the chance. the chance. the chance. the chance. the chance. the chance. the chance. the chance. the chance. the chance. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. thean. thean. that's that's thean. that's that's thean. thean. that's thean. thean. thean. to just do this more and I don't have time to ask him. Yeah. Because before it would have just been like, oh, she didn't know. But she knew. If you make your own profile, you can't have that, you can't start a brand new island?

Like, make a new Nintendo profile. Like, no, because I had one that was one that was one that was one one that was, And he was like the representative that could do stuff. But then I had a different one that I used just for streaming because I didn't want to fully like take up my own save file for that. But it is on the same island with the same people. You could only have one island per switch. Yes. But you're both living in the town.

You both get your own house. Yeah, that's's like, yeah. Ah. So like, that's tough. You're so right. The fact that she wasn't willing to just like wait to ask is crazy to me. Why is everyone 21 in these stories? They're all just like, I didn't communicate with my partner. Is that bad? It's like, yeah, you're 21. Like, yes, of course. You don't know that yet. I just, it's like, dude, just ask, like, oh, 700 plus hours, even if you're never gonna touch it again,

there's something about just like, ugh, that's a lot of time. That you just, now you're just erasing it. It's like, oh man, he didn't even get a chance to like, it's like, that's brutal. It sucks too, because like, specific, so for anyone who doesn't know Animal Crossing who's listening to this, this type of game is tied to actual time. So there's certain things where they're like, okay, you're going to start a building project. You can come back in three days, and it's three real something new to explore, every day there's something fresh for you, an event might happen,

someone new might walk into town. So that is a lot of time to just like, what? Yeah. It's also, it's, the game is just a design game. Yeah. But that oddly makes it very personal because it's not like a game where it's like, I have this island and I get to morph it however I want, but that takes a lot of time and commitment to morph this to reflect my personality. And 700 plus hours during one of the hardest times in probably all our collective lives is like, it's a time capsule in a way, and that's just gone now. I think he might have been happy had he just gotten a chance to be like can I just like look at it one last time like like let's just look take a look at it but you didn't get that chance so it's that's rough yeah I feel like he did the right thing by going to his parents house because I feel like when it's something like that happens like even if he understands that like she didn't do it maliciously like Like, he, as silly as it might sound,

like he has to go and mourn that loss. Like, that was 700 hours of time of his life that he spent doing that. And now all evidence of it has been erased. So, like, it is like not to compare it to like a human dying, but it is a death of sorts. So, like, I think, I think, I he he he he he he I he I he like, I he like, I he like, I he like, I he like, I he like, I he like, I he like, I he like, I he like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, it is like not to compare it to like a human dying, but it is a death of sorts. Right. So, like, I think he did the right thing by being like, I need to get the fuck out of here. Because, yeah, like, when something like that happens, there is no way to like process that, you're not going to have a healthy conversation with someone, when something like that happens. No, you're going through it. So it. So it. So it. So. So. So, so, so, so, so, that. So, like. So, like, like, like, like, like, I. So, I. So, I. So, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, that, that, that, that, I, I, that, that, I, that, that, that, that, th. So, like, th. So, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like healthy conversation with someone, when something like that happens.

No, you're going through it. So yeah, I mean, she was massively inconsiderate for not even checking. She just got excited and decided I'm going to make this decision and yeah, that was not cool. The, uh, the verdict was asshole. Sure. And this account is now disabled. They post this th cool. The verdict was asshole. Sure. And this account is now disabled. They posted this about two weeks ago, so I'm assuming it may not have ended well.

I don't think there was a good resolution to this one. I mean, look, if I, it said she's 21, he's 25. Yeah. I think like, look, age differences can work. T can be totally fine. But, thuuuuu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thi, thi, thi, tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and thi, and thi, and thu, and thu, and thu, and thu, and th. And, and th. And, and th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, theeean, thean, thean, theananan, theanananan, thean, theanananan, theananananan, thean, thi, look, age differences can work. They can be totally fine. But specifically in that gap, there's a lot of potential for variation. So I think, you know, not to put myself in issues too much, because I don't know this person, but like, if that had happened with someone being that level of inconsiderate or showing that they couldn't even wait an afternoon to like ask you specifically and saying like oh I knew but I just didn't want to wait.

I don't think I'd be sitting there morning the game. I think I'd go to my parents house to be like what am I doing? Like this is showing up in this way what else is coming? And it's so hard when it's about gaming stuff too? Because it does sound silly and childish when someone is not into it, but like, if we're about sports and it'd be like, hey, that's your like signed football that has memorabilia, you know, it's important to you. I washed it because it was all dirty from the Sharpie. It's like the same thing of like, oh my God, like what, it's just a ball?

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This guy knows what I'm talking about. But I applaud your efforts. Thank you. Even though I don't know what that, I don't know what any of it means. Some comments here. You're the decision that, oh, I'm just going to delete the save file on his console without even making the effort to try to ask first, because I've heard it will make the game experience better. You couldn't even wait until he got home to ask, or off of work to send a text to say,

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I can't even imagine how long that took with all the rare items and plans that are season-specific. You're the asshole 100% percent. As a fellow th-I th-I th-I th-I th-I th-I th-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I- 200-ish hours, I'm horrified for him. You could have made a new switch profile or uploaded his save game to the cloud at the very least. There is a way to transfer saves to a different switch, so I guess there could have been the like upload to transfer thing, let it Hank.

I don't know. What's going to really suck is when she only plays it for like a week and then is like done. Yeah. Yeah, because if she's an instant gratification kind of person, I don't think animal crossing is going to not be super conducive to that, right? Yeah. That's what was so funny. Dude, lockdown playing animal crossing those first couple days was agony. Because you do like a couple things and you're like,

I, there's nothing else to do in the game today. Whoa. And you're just kind of like, and I didn't want to cheat. I didn't want to time travel, so I was just like, I guess I gotta set it down. And then I would just was like there's such little to do on the first day and they're like, well, we're going to try to build you a little tent, like come back tomorrow.

I was like, no, the world is closed down. I think I'll say it's tomorrow now. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you can throw that out. And that's funny. But that's funny. I guess that makes both of us who haven't forgotten.

Yeah, hey, I got an idea. Did you just steal my statue of endless fortune? Hey, what if I throw this away? Sure would be a shame if I threw away your most prized possession. Oops! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, no! That cost a million of the game dollars. I'm just kidding. Even that, I made it. You know what? Shane, it's time to drop the Smosh Lord. Let's do it.

There's gonna be a couple people watching, we're gonna be devastated by this. But I think it's fair. I knew that we were going to be moding Sardoo Valley to be multiplayer before it was actually able to do so, like, in base game. I made a backup of my save. and cat knowing full well that I would be fine. He would never betray my actual trust like that. That's why I paused for so long before I reacted,

because I didn't know how to. We're just bearing this lore in a Reddit story. This is crazy. Guess they got to watch all our videos. Some Smosh Games lore from 2018. This is deep lore. Yeah, this is deep lore. Wow. Yeah, anyways. Next story. This is. This is. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thus, thus, thus thus thoes thoes, thoes, thoes, thoes thoes th, th, th, th, th, th, I I I I th, I th, th, I th, th, I I th, th, I th, I th. That's th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I thi. I thi. thi. thi. thi. thee theea. thea thea thea thea thea thea thea theanan thea thea thea thea thi thi. is deep lore. I know, man. Wow. Yeah, anyways. Next story. This is a 36-year-old woman.

My husband, who's 33, has completely lost interest in our marriage for Final Fantasy 14. Woo! I left. He didn't even notice. What now? This is probably a tale. That's the online one? Yeah.

Yeah. Oh, yeah, okay. You don't understand. It's really good. This is probably a tale as old as Atari. Uh-huh. All right, asshole. Fuck you!

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with our friends and he just wants to stay home and play the game. I'll invite him for a hike and he just wants to initiate. Wait, what? It's a dragging. Okay. Damn, okay. So they're crazy. We've had sex five times this year each time I had to initiate. I've tried to initiate dozens of other times, tried to pull him to bed. He will just come to bed, cuddle, check that I'm asleep to sleep. I'm not interested in playing video games beyond a game like Candy Crush, so me joining

him would be me being completely disinterested, confused, slash lost, or annoyed. The last time I talked to him about this, I told him that I was lonely in our marriage and felt neglected. He told me that I was putting too much pressure on him, that he needed time to unwind from work. He the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, th, th. He, that he, that he that he that he is that he that he is to be to be to be being to be being to be to be to be to be to be being to be being to be being to be being to be being being being being being to be being being being to be being to be being being to be being to be being to be being to be being to be being to be being to be being to be being, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be to be, to be to be too, too, too, too, too, too, tolde, tolde, told, too, tolde, too, too, to me, to be to be to be the couch next to me at night while there's parks and rack or something in the background, just not interact with me at all and call it couples time. He says, this is how adults do it. It's not like in the movies. When I pressed and pressed, the 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 pulled out his phone, the phone, the phone, the phone, the phone, the phone, th..... And, the phone, the phone, the phone, the phone, th. He, the phone, the phone, th. He, t. He, t. He, t. He, t. He, t. He, t. He, tie. He, t. He, tm. He, tm. He, tie, the, tie, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, and, t, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, togu. He's, togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. the. the. the. t. I tried to initiate sex and he kissed me on the forehead, said goodnight, and left to go play the game. I cried for a little while. I packed my things and left to spend a week with my family. When I got back, it was almost like I just walked back into the room exactly as I had left it. Nothing had changed. He was in the same spot as when I left. I asked the the the the the the the their. their. their. to. their. told. their. told. their. their. told. their. told. told. told. told. told. I, I was. I was. I was. I was. I was, I was told. I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was. I was. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He was tried. He was tried. He was tried. He was a t tried. Hea. He was tried. Hea. He was tried. He was tried. He was tried. He was tried. He was tried. I was gone and he said no, not really. I stared at him and he just said, look, I don't know what you want from me. I'm allowed to have time to myself. He kept

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He doesn't believe it's related to either. And instead thinks that he's just changed and has different priorities to what he had before. steps here or is it time for me to just pack up and leave for good? I'm not happy. I don't think he's the person I initially fell in love with. I think his wife is Final Fantasy 14 now and to be honest my self-esteem has slipped. To be less interesting or compelling than pixels on a screen. Ouch. This is extreme. This is as extreme as it can get. It sounds like a cope to me. Yeah I think it's gone into the realm of like like like like like the th, like the the the thi thi thi the thi thi thi thi the the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I's thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's thi. I's the the the the the the thi. I's thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm t. I'm ti. I'm ti. I'm ti. I'm ti. I'm tipee. I'm ti. I'm ti. I'm thi. I'm th sounds like a cope to me. Yeah, I think it's gone into the realm of like addiction of some capacity. Like, you know, he's not wrong in the sense that like, yeah, couples do need to do their own things sometimes, but like, that's, there's no balance there.

That sounds like an extreme, like, That's the most insane thing ever. I mean, I haven't heard of anything quite like that. If your partner leaves for a week and doesn't even tell you where they are, and you're just like there and like, he was probably stoked. He was just like, sweet. Yeah, more time. And she's tolerated a lot. It sounds like this has been going on a long time, she's not judging him for playing the game, but she's upset at him for just being gone. He's gone now.

And that is really, the saddest part of that to me was when she said, do I just have an unrealistic view of relationships? I'm like, no, don't gaslight yourself and don't let him gaslight you. It's very clear that unfortunately he has made his priorities known. Like, you shouldn't have to, like, you can't have to to to to to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to convince to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to to be to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tho. tho. thooooooooooo. the thooooooooo. the the the thooo. the the the tho. toe their, you shouldn't have to, like you can work on relationships, but you shouldn't have to convince someone to spend time with you. Right. And that sucks. Like, I feel so sad for her.

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and I put in crazy hours of the game. But more important than the hours was just that I was like, my only desired day in and day out was to play the game. And I remember like, my, I had family visiting, and I was just like in there playing the game. And my mom was like, you need to go see your grandparents. Yeah, but I'm like, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I th. I th. I was, I was like, I was like, I'm th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. than, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, theananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananneneneured. th. thanan. grandparents. And I was like, yeah, but I'm like, I'm about to get my mount finally and like all this stuff. But I hit a point and I was 15 and I even then, I hit the realization of like, if I don't quit this,

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I'm sorry. But I would love to, and then spend an entire weekend. Hey, do you want to relapse with me? Because I lost entire weekends to that game. But I also realized whenever I did, that was in detriment to all of my relationships, things I needed to get done at home. Like it just became work and CivVI six. And everything else suffered.

And I think there were definitely times that I had to be like, oh, OK, I need to acknowledge. I can't, I can't play this a healthy amount. And, and, and, and like, to like be able to step outside and like realize that I think is like really important. So, yeah, occasionally I'll dip in, occasionally I'll dip in, maybe play like one, one game, but, but I've, I've on multiple occasions, completely wiped the game off my Xbox, because I'm like, I can't do this. Wow. I think that's that's that's that's that's that's that's an that's that's an interesting that's an interesting that's an interesting that's an interesting that's an interesting that's an interesting that's an interesting that's an interesting thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, I can't thi, I can't thi, I can't thi, I can't thi, I'm th. th. th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I can't, I can't th. I can't thi. I can't thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to thi. to to to toe. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. I'm toea. I'm toea. to to'm like, I can't do this.

I think that's an interesting way to put it though, because when you say, I can't do this a healthy amount, because this is the same thing with anything else. Like, there's some people that can drink a little bit and be fine. There's some people that cannot have one beer. They're like, I can are games that are just meant for longevity. And like, I don't want to sit down and play Civ6 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 fine, but it can't be every day and it can't be to the detriment of everything else. Similarly, like, when I was a kid, my parents actually had to talk to me about like addictive personalities because I was addicted to like runescape. Like, I was still a straight-a student, but it was starting to affect anything additional that I wanted to do. And so when I played Wow, World of Warcraft, and for anyone who doesn't know, World

Fauncraft, those are the types of games where you're playing with other people. They're massive, there's whole worlds. I bought myself three months of game time, and that was it, because I was like, if I don't limit myself, I will get addicted to this. But I also have a memory of visiting family and being up in like the attic area with this beautiful, like snowy field in front of me and my family that lived in a rural area and just the whole world and everyone's laughing downstairs and I'm upstairs being like, I'm a blood elf. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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together, have tea together and socialize together around gaming. He's addicted. Maybe he has a problem. Someone else said, hey, I'm a 31 year old woman, hardcore player. Wow, HC, rating. Three to four nights per week I spend in game with my game buddy. And also I have a job. But weekends and other game-free evenings, it's about me, my partner, and my dogs. Yes, I played all day long when I was a teenager. Now it's not so interesting. I get tired quickly. It seems he is running away from reality, and the reality with you does not interest him much.

Perhaps he has a game wife. I also consider that. Yeah, my inclination like just he's talking on discord too yeah I look I'm not gonna discount that reality and we have an update here so we're not to find out did he get a new girlfriend and she deleted a safe file but I was gonna say my inclination too is just like it might just be this this the role yeah why I can't play games like wow are this is because like I'm thi I'm this thi thi th th th th th th th th th th th th th I I I'm thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th th th th th th th th th th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi's thi's thi thi's thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi they thi they they they the it might just be this escapism of like this the room yeah why I can't play games like wow or this is because like I I'm also a bit of

a workaholic at times and I love when I can put in work and I see results I love that and you don't get that from the real world too often but in games like that you get it you grind and you get the results and that is so addictive for some people and you just can't to stop th th th th th th th th the th to to to to the to to to to to to to to the to to to to to to to to the to to to to the to to to the to to to the to to to to the to to the the the to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to the to to to to to to to to be too. try. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. to. to. th. th get the results and that is so addictive for some people. And you just can't stop. It's truly rewarding. So my theory is that, but let's see if the game wife theory is... Final Fantasy 14, that's there are a lot of people with game relationship that don't carry into the real world. I don't know the game well enough. I've only played the other like 7 and 10 and 12. Good choices.

Yeah, pretty solid. And the remake. And rebirth. Nice. All right. Update. I took some of the advice given to me by commenters and went looking through his phone and through his computer to see what I could find.

Unfortunately, some of you who commented and DMD me were correct. My husband has been cheating on me. Boom. There it is. From what I could tell, there were multiple accounts on Discord that he would be up all day and night talking to and sexting with. It was disgusting. There were pictures written out sexting the whole mess. There were screenshots of his character doing sexual things with other characters in the game. Okay, okay, okay, move a little forward. Move a little more forward. Okay, okay, now do the dance. Oh, that's hot. That's hot.

Okay, now floss. Orange, Justice. I got records of everything, screenshots, et cetera. I did something that you will all have my head for, unfortunately, and decided that if he was going to defile our marriage and disrespect me, I'll do the same thing back. I took my kettle bell and redacted his gaming laptop, grabbed all of his gaming things and put them 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 that I was going to give him a chance to tell me anything he wanted to tell me. He just stared at me. I said the thrown. He's thuuuuu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, he's, he thu, he thi, he thi, he just th th thi, he just just just just just just just just thi, he just th th th th th th th th the th th th the th the th the the the th the the the the the the the th the th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th the th th th th the th the the, he, he, he, he, he's thr, he's thr-he, he's thr-he thr-hea, he's too-s, he's togeeeean, toda, today, today, today, today, today, grabbed thr-s, grabbed thr-there is nothing you want to tell me. Nothing at all. He said no. So I said,

well, I found out what you've been doing on the game, on that game of yours. His face didn't change. I think he was trying to call my bluff. I got up and said, this box is for you. And I want you in this box out of here by the end of the day. He said, what? What are you talking about? What do you mean? I told him that effective immediately our relationship was over. I would be contacting a divorce attorney the next day, and he can come back to get the rest of his things, but that he would not be staying here. I said that I have to leave the room because I'm so disgusted that the sight of you makes me want to throw up. He was just shocked. And the the the, I heard him yelling all kinds of things, sobbing and, what did you do? How could you do this? Oh my God, and sobbing like a fucking baby.

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I am heartbroken because I really thought he was a good man, but I was wrong. He's a fucking loser who likes to sex to to the the their their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. thi, thi, thi, th th th th th th th thi, thi, and thi, and I'm, the the to to to the too, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I's, I's, I's, I's, I. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th.... th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t togu.e. t t t ttoo. too t too. t t a monitor. Well, he's free to do that without me. So just let that be a lesson to any other people out there whose marriage seems it's in a rough spot whose partner is obsessed with his Final Fantasy game. You should check. Listen to your gut or people on Reddit, L-O-L. That's, I mean, that was, damn. I mean, so that was fully, so it was a fully in-game relationship. Yeah, it's the discord thing that was like, that was like, yeah, it's true. So it's not just the game. But that's, uh, I mean like, yeah, obviously, obviously, that is, that is obviously cheating. Um, and she's totally within her rights to just end it right there. It's just, I don't know, like, to not even...

I guess, I guess at that point she figured it was done. Yeah. How do you come back from that? My thought, my only take away is contact the divorce attorney first. And then like her move, it worked out fine, but I'm just like, a guy who's at that in that headspace, where you left for a week and he didn't even know because he's hooked on that, you're going to destroy it with a kettle bell, show it to him.

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I think she did the best she could in that moment. And like, also from the sound of it, when she's like, there's like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th... th. th. that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, th. that, like, like, like, like, Something else and also like seems like there's a lot of possibilities for all the stuff that could have on there and even before the cheating aspect Like it sounded like this relationship was done. Yeah, and you just add that on top of it and then the lying to your face when it's like I found this and he's like? you mean? the the thing? to you mean the theynigh? you you you you you to to you, their you, their their to their their to their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to your to your to your to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to things. things. things. things. things. things. things. things. things. their things. their their their their their their their their their their their their they. their their their they. their they. their the be like, no. I'm like, that's, then you, it's over. That's such disrespect. Yeah. Here's your computer with discord on it. Are you sure? And he's like, yeah, I don't know what's your- That's sad.

Well, I'm happy for her. That she's going to be out of his on and will grief him. Yeah, beat the shit out of his character. All right, here's our next story. This comes from relationship advice. This is from a couple years ago. This is from December of 2020. Wow. It's a 28-year-old man, my girlfriend, who's 26,

broke my PS4 and doesn't understand why I'm so upset. I don't really know where to go from here. So some background, during quarantine I've been playing my PS4 games a lot more. I was able to finish up some stories and complete some big games in my free time the last few months. It was a great escape for me. My girlfriend, Liz, never got it fully, but understood I liked playing it and that I was really looking forward to the PS5 and was hoping to get one soon. I missed out on the pre-order and initial shipping wave, so I got a bit sad for a while, but knew I would eventually get one when the craze settled down, whether it was next year or the year after. Her friend Kat, also knew of this because her boyfriend was looking forward to the new Xbox.

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Gotta keep you on your feet! I asked, what happened? Why did you do that? Did I do something to make you mad? This was when I noticed Cat was recording everything with her phone. Liz walks away and then comes back and shows me a PS5 box. I still don't react and she says, Merry early Christmas.

I just walk out of the room and go to the bedroom and lock the door. Liz comes knocking an hour later and asks, what's wrong? I thought you wanted the PS5. Fucking idiot. Sorry. What's wrong? I thought she wanted the PS5. I told her I couldn't even think about that because she literally just destroyed a part of my life that I've created over the last five years.

I explained to her that she just ruined hundreds of hours of gameplay and saves I that I had built up. Liz just said, well can't you just do it again? Bro. Look, they're making a new COVID. Don't worry, you're going to get a chance. This is when I walked out and left the apartment. I came back a couple hours later with Kat and Liz now both showing off the PS5 to me. Cat says, look, Liz worked really hard to get you this.

We just wanted to make you happy. I asked Kat, why she was recording. She says that some that some that some that some that some that some that some that recording. She says that some person on Tick-Tock or Instagram did the same thing to their boyfriend, and they were happy. Apparently that's where they got the idea from. A girlfriend came in and broke the PS4, then gave them a PS5 and everyone cheered or something.

I still can't believe it. They wanted to make a video in that spirit with me as the guy. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I the. I that. I that. I that. I that's that's that's that's that's that's that. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thea. theea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. that's that's that's thea. that's that, yes, I know. I should have backed up on the cloud. I did for some of my games, but a lot of them I just kept on the PS4. I had hundreds of hours from the L-A-S4, from the Wicher 3, Kingdom Hearts games, Final Fantasy the Fnaugh, the ta tau. T toe. I, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. th. th. ttta. tta. tta. tta. tta. tta. t. t. t. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. t. t. t. t. t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t toda. t toda. toda. toda. toda. today. today. today. today. today. t t t t completed or close to that point. Most of them are now lost. Now Cat is calling me ungrateful and her boyfriend liked the Xbox she gave him. I asked her if she destroyed his old Xbox. She said no and that she just

gave it to him as a gift wrapped last week. That's what the usual yeah. So that's right that's how you normally do it. I asked why I wasn't given the same treatment and it was because they saw the video yesterday and got the idea to recreate it. I told Liz I do appreciate the gift but that she needs to know she broke a part of me that has been built over the years. It sounds stupid but I really was proud of my collection. Liz then says, well why can't you just do it on the new PlayStation of time and effort that I may not want to put in again. She just brushed it off and said, well you can play your new games anyway, they're probably better. At this point I left and went to a friend's house where I'm writing this now late at night. I don't know what to do at this point. I really don't care about the PS, but I'm not watching that shit.

Liz and I have had a great relationship to this point. We've been together for four years, and this is the only major issue that has come up. Some might think it's just a video game or that I can get past this, but I don't know if I can. It wasn't just to proceed here. Yeah I think because I've seen similar videos but like the issue is that like some people don't have the awareness that those videos are oftentimes faked and it's planned beforehand and it's like somebody's PS4 is broken and then so they use that I mean there's tons of videos of people breaking their Xbox but obviously they had like the Red Ring of death or whatever.

Yeah or like they break their dad's TV and it's like what do you mean why are you doing this Tommy this is crazy and then like yeah like surprised dad's a bigger TV oh you're the best like to the tb-like. the best like yeah so to emulate that kind of shit for clout just pisses me off so much because it shows like such a disrespect for like your stuff and it's like she was doing it for clout yeah that's I was gonna say is like it takes away the specialness of the gift yeah yeah it's like she wants to get something in return for it yeah maybe just film you giving him the PS5 and that would have made him pretty freaking happy. Yeah, yeah, like wholesome videos do well too. And on top of that, like, it is the challenge that I brought up earlier of like it being related to gaming.

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but that's crazy, that pisses me off so much. It's insane. And it sounds like he's saying, like, it's not that she did this whole prank, and then it all went wrong and that it upset him. Like, it's that afterwards when he's like, this upset me, she's like, well, just do it on your new thing. Like, why are you upset? Like, instead of being like, I'm so sorry, this, this did not go how I wanted and I'm really sorry, like, all she really had to do was apologize and he'd probably be willing to like be there and stuff.

Yeah. But her reaction to it is so selfish and and shitty. It's just like, all have to do is own up and be like this did not go how I thought I'm sorry like but she's doesn't sound sorry at all. Yeah just is like blaming him for it. The whole like well just fucking do it on on your thing. It's like bro okay like come on. Also like even from a practical standpoint like PS5s especially when you were having a hard time finding them not cheap, like if you had to get it through a scalper, even more expensive. Selling a working PS4 might help us with that. I was about to say, I was about to say you still destroyed like $200 worth of property there that you could have gotten. Like that's a waste of money. It's very stupid. God forbid at Christmas, she's like, I got you a puppy.

Oh, no. Where's Bolto? Fuck. Sorry. Some comments here. Even if you had everything backed up and your girlfriend was certain you didn't want the old one anymore, what kind of asshole would smash it up?

Would she not give it to a needy kid or something? Cat knew it was a shitty thing to do. That's why she didn't mess with her own relationship by doing it. Someone else said, ask her what she'd do if you bought her the latest model of her phone, took her phone, smash it up with a hammer, then gave her the new model when she hadn't backed up everything on the new phone. Yeah, exactly. That's also a good point point. that. that. that. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that's that's that's that's tho the that that. the the the th th th th the the the the th the the th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that that that that that that the the the the the the the. the the thea. thea. the thea. the the the the the the PS4. Yeah. Someone would want that. Yeah. Like every single old system I've had I've given to someone. And it's just like, yeah, someone wants it. Like don't let it go to waste. Update. Oh. Okay. Well, it's been a hellish couple of weeks. Okay. Well, it's been a hellish couple of weeks. First of all, I appreciate all the support. I didn't get to respond to many people because my life has been a whirlwind the last couple

weeks. It took a lot of time thinking and talking with my friends and family about what had happened and where to go from here. I tried saving the hard drive from the PS4 through my buddy who is in that regard. All that stuff is lost forever. The PS5 has been at our place since the incident, but I have no interest in that right now. I didn't go back to the apartment for a week. I finally told Liz we needed to sit down and have a discussion about everything. It was a long conversation with a lot of tears on both ends. I won't go into exact details, but I explained to her me to tell her about me smashing her phone slash laptop in the same manner really hit her.

At that moment she understood, I think. I once again asked why she recorded it. She said she wanted to capture the moment of my happiness. It wasn't about Instagram slash Tick-Tock Cloud or whatever. She thought I would be ecstatic and wanted I understood that. Finally, I told her the truth. I told her I couldn't trust her anymore after this. She destroyed something dear to me. I broke up with her. Maybe it is irrational and maybe I'm overreacting. I think after the conversation with my parents, friends, and her, I realized that I can't love someone who doesn't empathize with me enough to know that breaking that PS4 was a bad move. This incident should have never happened if she knew how much I cared about this.

Especially during a year as rough as this. I told her that I am moving out of the apartment to live with my parents for a bit. I said that I'm breaking the lease in March, so she has until then to find a new place. She was upset, but I told her unless it was about stuff about the apartment then I don't want to talk to her right now. As for me I think I'm done with gaming. I'll find something else to keep my interest. I didn't take the PS 5. It'll be really hard for me to find my toyne. I'm not to be. I. I. I. I. I'm to to to to to to to to to the to to the to the to to the to the to to the the the to told. the told. I'm told. I'm told. I'm told. I'm told. I'm to told me told me to to to to to the the the the the the th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I to to th. I to th. I th. I to th. I th. I to to to to the to the the the to to to the try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm tell. I'm tell. tell. I'm told. told. to told. I'm told. to tell. I don't thr. I don't tell and we were happy. Now everything is broken just

like my PS4 and so I would rather not be reminded of that anymore. For now I'm just going to be alone for a while and figure things out. I believe that everything will work out in the end as long as I keep myself honest and hard working. Jesus. Yeah, damn. I mean, that is this, this story is going to roller coast. Yeah, I, damn. I mean that is this this this that one is a roller coast. Yeah I look I don't know them and and my take on it is if after talking to family friends and thinking about it he decided to break up with her then I can only think like okay then you made the right decision right yeah it feels weird because him saying like we've been great and just this

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Oh, all right? So the way this is organized is a little bit out of order, and that's on purpose. Ooh, so it's like pulp fiction. Kind of. We're going to memento this shit. We're keeping some context secret, because it's, it'll be a big surprise.

But I'll just go through this now. So this is all from this year. Then it comes from Best of Reader updates. Oh. Oh OOP's gaming addiction costs him everything. OOP. Yeah, OOP is the original, original poster. Okay. Someone else compiled all of this. Got it.

Okay. Editors note, Star Citizen, an MMO is an in-development multiplayer, space trading and combat simulation game. It's been in development since 2012. It uses almost entirely crowdfunding for costs, and as such, has players buy in-game spaceships for real money, with the cheapest being $45,000, and some ship packages having a price of up to $48,000, according to one article I saw.

Some of these ships aren't in-game yet and are considered concept ships, essentially pre-ordering in-game items. Many people consider this game to be a scam based on the amount of time it's been in development, misdevelopment milestones, delays, and the exorbitant prices of some of its content. You guys are familiar with this game. Yeah, yeah, they've raised like hundreds of millions of dollars over the years and they keep they keep pushing release date. They were going to have this like massively multiplayer thing. Now they announced they're going to have like a single they're going to come out with like the single player game first.

Oh no. Like a shooter first. I wasn't aware of any of this. I didn't know about the like misdeadlines. I thought it was just like it. I've heard of Star Citizen citizen citizen citizen citizen citizen citizen much. I feel like Star Citizen was supposed to come out in like 2018 or something like that. And then they just kept pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, and they just make a lot of money and they're clearly spending it. We've got to make those chips. The way you crowd fund into it is by buying a ship. It sounds sick. The way you crowd fund into it is by buying a ship or what it sounds kind of like Eve online

It's like it sounds sick the concept is sick But it's also not a game. Yeah, so it's this game is still in alpha. Yeah. Jesus. Okay. You can play it. It's janky as fuck, but you can play it. Okay. All right, part one. Am I the asshole for breaking a needless promise after fixing a situation? This one comes from am I the assuble? A while back, my significant other and I hit a rough patch. I'm an avid player of Star Citizen, and admittedly, I tend to go overboard with it. A few months ago, during a salesea thuuuuiliiiiii. thoe. thoe. thi. thoe. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Part. Part. Part. Part. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. toe. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. the. the. the Star Citizen and admittedly I tend to go overboard with it. A few months ago during a sale I impulsively spent our saved down payment for a house on virtual spaceships. Understandably, she was furious and temporarily left. I realized my mistake, apologized and took on an extra job

to replenish our savings. I'm close to restoring our financial status to its original state, though it will take another six months to fully recover, not accounting for my personal debt. As part of... Yeah? Is there a picture of this ship? I mean, it's got to look pretty sick. Uh, not as of yet. We might get... It's probably so cool. It's probably a really cool ship and worth it. It might be sick as fuck. It's probably worth it. Everyone who's like millennial and Genzi right now is like cracking a to thinking down payment of a house. We don't have a house. But as part of reconciling, she asked me not to purchase any more spaces for six

months. That's insane. Are you dating Mother Teresa? Phrases that will break a Victorian child's time. No, imagine writing this to some like 12 year old in the 50s where it's like, okay, so my wife asked me not to buy any spaceships for the next six months. It's like, whoa, gee golly, you can buy spaceships? He's like, and you're like, and it's for a house, and the kid's like, oh, so like $12,000? I can barely afford my lucky strikes at this rate. Hey kid, what should I buy? A house or some spaceships? It's like, well, gee, golly, sir, spaceships.

Okay. Okay. Initially, this seemed reasonable, but over time, so just no spaceships for six months. That's it. No spaceships for six months. That's all. Initially, this seemed reasonable, but over time, I've come to view it as somewhat excessive. Despite this, I recently bought a few more spaceships. She discovered it.

Now considering leaving me for good. I thought that by nearly restoring the savings I had spent, I had made amends for my actions. I genuinely enjoy collecting spaceships in the game. She's also concerned about my credit score and other financial issues, but I'm confident I can rectify those in the coming years, given that I've already managed to recover most of our savings through extra work. I'm struggling to understand if I'm in the wrong for breaking what now seems like an arbitrary promise, or if her reaction to leave over what I consider my primary hobby is unjustified. I'm shocked he doesn't have a railroad spike sticking out of his temple. Like that is the most forgiving partner of all time where it's like, well, maybe I might leave. Oh, someone blowing your down payment for a house that you guys saved together on something that isn't like also an investment. That's a that.

You want to know what that's you want to know what my line is. That's one of my lines I think. I think if there's one lesson we can learn from this is you got to hide your space ports guys. You're all on discord you'll never know. Oh God. Look I've I've done a I've there there th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the the their their their the their their their their their their their th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. There's th. There's th. There's th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. I'm th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've the. I've the. I've thea. I've thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. the. the. the. the. the. the. thue. Do it all on Discord, she'll never know. Oh God. Look, I've done a couple in-game purchases here and there, but I'll tell you what, when I played Final Fantasy 14 and I was dating a girl at the time and we played together, there are certain mounts in game that can carry two people. So I spent money on that because I was like, now we can play and fly together. This is insane. There is a a their. thage. thage. thage. th. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that is a lot. that. that is like, that. that. that. that. that. that th that. that. that that that. th th th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I. I. I. th. I. I. th. I. th. I. th. I's. I's. I's th. I's to. to. to. to to toe toe toe toe toe toe toe to. toe to. I's. I's. I'm t ttttttttt a lot, there is a very reasonable amount of money that people can spend in games like this that I think is totally fine. That was like 20 bucks. A down payment on a house is certainly beyond what I

think that number is. Some of these spaceships and stars are then can take like eight people on them. That's true. She is being a little selfish. So if her and her friends wanted to join, you th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the. the. th. th. th. th. them. That's true. She is being a little selfish. So if her and her friends wanted to join, you know, they could all play on a spaceship. That's true. You move an hour outside the city to get better prices or you go to Alpha Centauri so that you can all live on your ship. Some comments here. You're the asshole. Don't make promises you can't keep. OpieP. says, these are investments too, though, and I don't think she sees it. 130 down votes. Please help us. I don't think any of us. I don't think we see it, dude. We're listening. I'm like, walk me through. Help me help you. Someone said, of course you're the asshole, assuming this way.

You just made yourself an indentured servant for a worthless digital spaceship. He said, I have several spaceships, some of which have actually appreciated in value. Thanks though, 97 down votes. Someone said, how much we talk in there, Space Man. OP said. That's such a good burn, I'm sorry. How much we talk in this space, man. Guess how much? Guess how much? And I don't know where where they are. A down payment on a house varies. And he's probably lying. Whatever, whatever amount he put on there, he's probably 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, are we talking Midwest down payment prices? I've got my answer and I can lock it in. If he's the first-time home buyer, like your day-in-law have to be. First-time home buyer program, he's going to do the thing where lives three hours outside of the next biggest town in Ohio. He has dropped $28,000. Okay. I'm gonna guess. I mean if he considers himself an avid collector, he's probably so serious about this. I think he spent $60,000. I'm gonna drop mine to $22,000.

I'm gonna drop mine to $22,000. I mean, if he got a second job and made it back within six months That's 22k Okay, OPE responds a pre-fab house. OP responds now. T. this is what he's saying so let's keep that in mind OP says I spent at least $15,000 on spaceships now maybe a little more from gray market TXN so at least $15,000. He was spending Tron on it, like the crypto, he said TXN? Yeah, maybe a little more from Gray Market TXN. I think that's Tron, which did not do well.

Oh, well, he got rid of it. All crypto is stupid, but still. I mean, this is a guy who's buying digital space. That's fine, yep. He's got a board ape. That's crazy to me. Yeah, I mean, there's people that, like, there's people that spend more than that on like mobile games. Like, there's like, there's like whales that spend.

But this is the thing, look, I still think it's insane. But if you're a multi-millionillionaire spending $50,000, I'm like, yeah, money doesn't even process for you anymore. But I'm like, that's your down payment on your house. That is so, like, that's a, the percentage of your money that you're putting is like, I'm like, dude, oh. And that's also something you got, you're going in with that out with a partner. Yeah.

Like, don't, don't fuck with that money. No, it's not yours. And also like, I've played a fair amount of mobile games and sometimes every once in a while. I'm like, you know what? It's, I'm busy, I'm tii. like for me to actively spend, like you're saying, thousands of dollars, like that would, I would have to work hard to be like, I'm doing this many purchases, like I don't know how you do that.

Yeah, I certainly can't relate. All right, part two, updates. Update. This is the fleet that cost me my girlfriend. This is the original post. So now we get to see the fleet. Oh, sick. She's nowhere near as excited as I am about the Astera. All right, you guys want to take a look at this? Yes, dude, it's gonna look so sick. Look at his fleet. Whoa! Wait, he's got all those? I would like to punch him very hard in the neck. Yeah, but these are sick. Cool.

Okay, so he's got some cargo ships here to like, to like trade like, you know, minerals and stuff. He's also got some like fighters in here. I'm gonna go and say that half of these look stupid as fuck. Some of these are the same. Some of these are the same. Some of these look almost identical. Like these two are the same. These two are the same.

He has doubles. He's got doubles of that. He's got triples of that. Well, you know, if one breaks down, you got the spare. This is all from like recently, so they haven't raised. So they haven't raised in a game that is technically released. Yeah. I guess, I guess maybe he figures if and when the game actually does go gold. What if he sucks ass at the game? What if the game like starts up for real and he's really bad at the game?

Yeah, because I don't remember, I don't remember if like if you lose your ship, I don't know if you get it back. Maybe you have insurance, maybe you have, maybe you pay insurance. That's what it is. Mercury keeps insuring you. Yeah, God. He has a little update on that in the comments. After a lot of begging and promises, I've convinced significant other to forgive me. I figured beforehand since I am already in the whole, I might as well buy an endeavor master set as well. to to to to to to to to to to to th, the the to the the to the the the to the the to the the the the the th. I the th. I th. I th. I thi. I thoom. I to be to be the, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, they, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theck. Iaugh, I'm, I'm, I'm noteck.eckleaqqqqqqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqa'aqaqaqa'aqa'aqaqaqaqaqaqaqa, maybe, I, I, am already in the hole, I might as well buy an endeavor master set as well. What's the harm? I'm hereby not allowed to buy spaceships for six months and I considered

a pretty light sentence. Maybe with good behavior at work, I can be out sooner. Thanks to everyone who is respectful and offered guidance. See in a few months, citizens. Stop talking about it like it's jailed. I guess I'm in for this amount of time they they got got got got got got got got got got got got got got got got the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their. I their. Stoped. Stoped. Stoped. Stoped. Stoped. Stoped. Stop. to to to to to to to their. to to to to to be to be their. their. their. their. their. their. their. S. their. S. their. S. S. the the the the the the the the the the to the to the the the the the the to. the the the the the the the the the the their. the the their. th. th. th. th. th. te. te. te. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. the. the'm in for this amount of time. They got me in the pokey, and I'll be out soon on good behavior. Get fucked! You've ruined your relationship. Okay, it's time for part three. Oh! All right.

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He's like, for sure. One thousand two hundred forty nine dollars. This is a site called the impound. The endeavor master set goes for one thousand two hundred and forty nine dollars. All right. So that's that's such like, okay. The only way I can relate to that is anytime I'm like, all right, you know what, I'm gonna cut out drinking for the next month. Starting tomorrow.

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This is the finale. Let's go. This is where it ends. 31 year old man. thii 31 year old man, can I rebuild trust with my girlfriend, who's 35, after gaming addiction ruined our apartment plans. Okay. Sorry, I want to point out real quick.

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My girlfriend and I had plans to move to a better apartment, but I jeopardized our dream by spending our savings on Star Citizen, a video game. This incident has made me realize that I might be battling a gaming addiction and impulsive spending. I might be. Despite her initial forgiveness and a clear agreement to not buy more in-game items for six months while replenishing our savings, I failed to stick to our plan. This breach of trust led to a major argument, especially after I refused her suggestion to sell my gaming account.

Consequently, she left, and we haven't spoken since. This situation has hit me hard, making me see how my gaming habit has turned from a hobby into a destructive force in my life. I'm struggling with the realization 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 recognizing how much I love her and the extent of the turmoil I'm in. I'm earnestly seeking advice on how to address my addiction, and possibly salvage my relationship. Hey, I mean, first step is admitting. Hey, yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna have a may a culpa here because like it was fun to make fun of him and be like, you idiot, but like putting it in that lens like he very clearly is battling a real addiction and addiction is a real monster no matter what form it takes. That's just sad though. Oh for sure. I mean, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is very th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi, thi, thi, thru, thru. thi. thi. thi. theu. thi. theu. theu. thea the. the. the first takes. That's just sad though. Oh, for sure.

I mean, that is behavior that is clearly indicative of like something beyond. I think it's the nature of what he was spending the money on. Like, it's usually, it usually comes in other forms, so seeing it in this way. But I was doing the thing that I was making fun of them. I'm just like, it's gaming. Like, I'm guilty of it now, too. But I would say for this guy, yes, the first step is huge. If he's truly recognizing it, like I think he needs to move away from that game. He probably can make a lot of that money back, possibly. Like, he was buying the spaceship, so maybe other people would buy them? I don't know. I wonder though like if there's... I don't know. You could sell your account right? People do that with wow. Yeah, that's

probably more what it is because I know people like I think he's buying it from in-game so I don't know if there's a direct person-to-person sale of ships in games like that because I'm assuming if like you said the game is all about like milking as much money as you as as as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you as you th as you th as you th as th as th as th as th as th as th as th as th as th as th as th as th as th. I th. th. th. I thi. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi is thi is thin. I theeeee. I thin. I think thee. I thee. I thi to make their own market yet. I don't know though. I don't know. I don't know, but I think he needs to do, he needs to look into those possibilities. He needs to get away from the game, and he needs to probably talk to a therapist and then seek out help in whatever ways he can. I think he should take those steps first before trying to salvage his relationship because he needs to, if he's going to go to her and try to salvage that, it needs to be like, I've already taken the steps, I'm already doing this. But he also might have to accept that that might be over. But I think regardless of that relationship, if he doesn't get this in, like, thrown, thi and thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, to to thin, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thi, thi, thi. to, thr-a. to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, is, to, to, is, to, is this and like doesn't figure this out, doesn't like keep on track with that,

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I really think long and hard if I really need that new amount, et cetera, and usually end up with no being the answer. OP said, it's not, but I don't think I can sell yet. Uh, 228 down votes. Someone said, mate, in your last posts, you were fighting in the comments about how your purchases were justified and appreciating in value and your girlfriend's simple request to stop blowing all her and your money on them wasn't reasonable. I mean, this respectfully, get 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. When this shock wears off, you're going to go right back to blowing any money on imaginary spaceships and justifying it to yourself and everyone around you.

Get help, whilst the momentum is in your favor. OP said, I am definitely in shock, my life is falling apart, I guess. 40 down votes, but like, I, I, it it's it's tough you know it's not those aren't the responses you're hoping for you're hoping for you're like I totally hear you I need to get help you're right like but he's still resistant and that is unfortunate. It is with any addiction you do have to hit your rock bottom and I love that the first person didn't use that exact verbige but they were like if you feel like like this this this this this this th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi. thi. the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I'm thi. I'm their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thi. I thi. I'm thi. I'm thooooooooooooooooo' the. the. the. the. the. the. the. I thi rock bottom. And I love that the first person didn't use that exact verbiage, but they were like, if you feel like this is your lowest point. Because sometimes, like, unfortunately,

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Yeah. Time to burn it all down. These are some sad stories, y'all. Some sad ones. Some, some, yeah. I got to say, you know, as far as my favorite comments, despite the nature of the story, how much we talk in their spaceman,

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Just psychic damage, roll 10-8. Oh, oh, God. Oh. Yeah. Well, thank you guys for joining me. This has been a wild ride. Thanks for it. Thanks for playing co-op.

Yeah, dude. Hell yeah. We say we go, go, let's go play Star Citizen. Let's go play Star Citizen. I think I know an account that's available. You said that YouTube. tha master, tha master, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, thi master, thi master, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, tha, tod, tod, tode, tha, toda, toda, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha. tha. thauu. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. tha. today, today, that's available. Yep. I think we can buy some somewhere. Use some of that YouTube money. Getting that Endeavor Master Set after this. Give the Endeavor MasterSive.

Hey, no. No. No, I'm going to go play Zelda. I'm probably going to go play a nice indie game. I'll probably re-download Siv and lose my life to it again. Hell yeah. All right. New games video. Can I beat Ian bad enough in Siv that he never wants to play a game? Ooh that should be a games video. Ooh I've never played a human. That's a good idea you had. Did you say, no wait? I said, I thought you meant in real life. I thought sorry I thought you said,

I thought you said, I thought you said, I thoud not. Please leave it in that's funny as fun. I thought you said like you were just gonna go after this and like... I said that's a good games video. Oh I didn't hear that. Yeah sure yeah do you guys want to see a 24-hour long games video? For charity? We could cut it down. I don't know. I'd want to see it. I'd be open. I think it'd be great. You're on the spot now. What if we did this for 24 hours for charity? Wouldn't you like that? I'll do it. I'll do it. All right, thank you guys for watching. Thank you both for being here. Later, gamers.

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