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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 267981" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>My X had this in spades. Not just games, but other things - he preferred virtual women to his wife. There is a reason he is my X, and why we had no children (THANK HEAVENS)</p><p> </p><p>husband and both difficult children have this problem too. difficult child 1 much less. mother in law gave her a laptop last week after we had said NO. mother in law and I are about to scrap but that's a different story. The difficult child computer died about 6 weeks ago so they used husband's computer (no one but me touches mine... They seem to have this down well... They swipe my chair but leave the computer itself alone). Well, then husband's computer died about a month ago. difficult child 1 has been fine, turned her attention to other stuff. husband has a laptop... for the business. He's been okay. difficult child 2 on the other hand... X-Box, Wii, DS, anything to avoid reality. I know that this is his way of escaping the conflict, but I laid down the law. Since he lost the charger for his DS and then <em>mine</em> disappeared (yes, I have one too, thanks mother in law), it's dead and he hasn't been on it. But last night I got home from book club and husband was asleep, difficult child 1 in her room with the laptop, difficult child 2 downstairs playing on husband's work laptop. difficult child 2 is not allowed video games on school nights at all. But you know what? I had told husband I was detaching. So I didn't say a word.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 2 gives us the wireless card from the laptop each night. So no internet. husband and I discussed, and then he discussed with her, no computer in room. GUESS WHAT. They agreed it was okay after all but didn't tell me. I don't think he sees the danger. After what happened last February with her boyfriend... Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 267981, member: 6705"] My X had this in spades. Not just games, but other things - he preferred virtual women to his wife. There is a reason he is my X, and why we had no children (THANK HEAVENS) husband and both difficult children have this problem too. difficult child 1 much less. mother in law gave her a laptop last week after we had said NO. mother in law and I are about to scrap but that's a different story. The difficult child computer died about 6 weeks ago so they used husband's computer (no one but me touches mine... They seem to have this down well... They swipe my chair but leave the computer itself alone). Well, then husband's computer died about a month ago. difficult child 1 has been fine, turned her attention to other stuff. husband has a laptop... for the business. He's been okay. difficult child 2 on the other hand... X-Box, Wii, DS, anything to avoid reality. I know that this is his way of escaping the conflict, but I laid down the law. Since he lost the charger for his DS and then [I]mine[/I] disappeared (yes, I have one too, thanks mother in law), it's dead and he hasn't been on it. But last night I got home from book club and husband was asleep, difficult child 1 in her room with the laptop, difficult child 2 downstairs playing on husband's work laptop. difficult child 2 is not allowed video games on school nights at all. But you know what? I had told husband I was detaching. So I didn't say a word. difficult child 2 gives us the wireless card from the laptop each night. So no internet. husband and I discussed, and then he discussed with her, no computer in room. GUESS WHAT. They agreed it was okay after all but didn't tell me. I don't think he sees the danger. After what happened last February with her boyfriend... Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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