Husband Has Gaming Issues, Gets Called Out, Pitches Fit

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mattstaff
Jun 6, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

Man oh man, it sounds like this guy is just a bit of a handful. Clearly, there's some stuff boiling underneath the surface in this guy's life that's manifesting in him acting a fool the way that he is. And then he's deluded himself to such an extent that he can't even understand why people don't want to play video games with him. 

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  • 01
    Font - AITA for not quitting the guild with my husband? Not the A-hole We have been married for 12 years, together for 15. Up until the events of the last year, I was not really big into video games or gaming, but with being locked up in the house and not being able to really do things that we normally did together, my husband got me into online gaming with him.
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    Font - Normally my husband is a very quiet and reserved person, but when he games, it's like a switch flips and he just becomes a different person. My character is a low level, so he does runs with me on a different low level character he has so we can play together. Last night we did a dungeon with a group of people who were new to our guild or just made new characters, also low level like me. The healer was not good as he is still learning, and my husband lost his mind because we kept dying. S
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  • 03
    Font - We have had multiple conversations about this, I have told him repeatedly that his attitude/behavior ruins the game for everyone, but he just says if people didn't suck he wouldn't get so mad. Last night, I absolutely had it with his yelling and cursing. I play these games to relax and have a good time, and I find it irritating that we cannot have a single session without him acting like this. So I mentioned it to one of my online friends (who is also in our guild) and they agreed that my
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    Font - I told my husband that I was not going to quit, that his attitude and behavior are the reason people, including me, do not want to play with him, and that if he wants to continue this hobby together as a couple, he either needs to get therapy for his anger issues, or we need to find a new game to play that will be less rage inducing for him. He called me a traitor and is now saying that he doesn't want to play games with me anymore. AITA for not quitting too? 4 15.4k 1.5k ↑, Share
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  • 05
    Font - NTA and your husband's behavior does nothing to help!!!! SO is a raid leader and know he gets frustrated but instead of screaming and banging fists, he calmly asks for feedback and offers ideas for why something went badly and how that can be resolved. Because it is an effing video game and you can rez your character!!! Your husband's attitude is awful and he shouldn't care about being out when he thinks he is so much better than the rest of the guild. If this is WoW Classic, you are alli
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    Organism - Dont-trust-it • 5d Pooperintendant [66] NTA. Gm was more than fair. Husband decided to rage quit, none of this should extend to you. He needs to sort out his anger issues, games are supposed to be fun. INFO: Just for my own curiosity, what role is your husbands character? I'm assuming it's either tank or DPS? G Reply 4 1.4k 3 ...
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    Font - Nazeebi • 5d NTA. If you like your guildmates, you like your guildmates. Plus, he was being an asshole. Is this World of Warcraft? There's literally no reason to get THAT mad at low level dungeons, assuming this is WoW. I'm sure it's the same for other MMOS if it isn't. Plus, you can still do stuff with people... Not in your guild. Like your husband. G Reply 604 3 ...
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    Font - AnotaCocktail · 5d Professor Emeritass [94] Nope NTA. Just because you're married doesn't mean you're not still an individual. So your hubs is not only wrong for expecting you to quit, but also wrong for being such a jerk to begin with. It's clear he wasn't enjoying himself, so he needs to go do his 'high level' characters by himself, and let you 'low level' players enjoy yourselves. G Reply 4 63 3 ...
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    Font - happerdapper · 4d "He called me a traitor and is now saying that he doesn't want to play games with me anymore." What? is he 4? Did he also say he doesn't like you no more? This guy needs Help, from a professional Therapist. Im sorry you have to deal with such immaturity. G Reply 4 19 ...
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    Rectangle - Amelia_the_Mouse · 5d Partassipant [1] NTA. Your husband needs to get to the root of his anger issues. It's not really about the game. G Reply 4 162 3 ...
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    Font - efgrigby · 5d Partassipant [2] NTA. This wasn't even his main, it was an alt he created just to help you. He wasn't losing control over a high level raid/random spawn, he was losing control over a low level alt he probably doesn't care about and will drop as soon as you level up enough. He needs help. He either needs an alternate outlet for his pent up frustration and anger, or counseling. G Reply 4 36 3 ...
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    Font - gwxtreize · 4d I rage at Overwatch. I realized it was unhealthy when I broke my headset after a round of ranked and I quit playing Overwatch. A year later, I tried picking it up again, broke a second headset. I've not played it since. I've had some rough games of league, rough dungeons in WoW, disastrous raid leads in EQ, I play Apex and Warzone for Battle Royale but Overwatch is the only game that I rage at and I am pretty mellow outside of that one condition. Maybe your husband needs to
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