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irisblue

(37,915 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2024, 03:51 AM Nov 2024

I am seeing online about men, mostly, who.are game players to their detreminent

I have had 3 young women talk to me at mtgs a/b their male partners being non available because of their video games .

I am an addict and I can see the issue

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I am seeing online about men, mostly, who.are game players to their detreminent (Original Post) irisblue Nov 2024 OP

It's always been something. Hyper_Eye Nov 2024 #1

I read stories of men XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #2

Hyper_Eye

(689 posts)

1. It's always been something.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 03:59 AM

Nov 2024

Video games, sports, working on cars, gambling... guys spend their time on something. I don't know why video games get dismissed more than those other activities.

XanaDUer2

(15,772 posts)

2. I read stories of men

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2024, 07:24 PM

Nov 2024

Playing these games so much and so absorbed by these games the women feel like widows.

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