Videogames *rant*

LittleFox2015

My husband is great but I am really close to smashing his ps4. Seriously. He was up until 4 last night and then woke lo up with a diaper change when he came to bed. I am sorry but playing videogames while your kiddo is spread across your lap cooing is not parenting. It is so frustrating i put in so much time playing with him and making sure he isnt fussy and you just sit and play video games ignoring the fussy until i come take him. Ughhhhhhhh.

Side note my husband is great, just needed to get pet peeve off my chest

gokahne9

I can relate. Except with my husband it's candy crush. I'm to the point where I'm going to reset his game to level 1 and delete it off his phone. It will be well worth him being mad at me!

hclzmm14

I have a similar issue with DH. He is always on his iPhones. Yes, he has two. One is for work and the other is his personal. So he has two Game Center accounts so he can play the same game (clash of clans) on each phone. He ignores time with his daughters because he is constantly glued to them. I find this annoying as fuck. Our toddler tries to interact with him and he is totally oblivious. I make it a point to stay off my phone around the kids because I think about what message I'm sending them if I were to ignore them to stare at a screen instead.

prpl11butterfly

I don't even know the last time DH touched his PS4. I think I use it more often for movies. However he is adicted to The Simpsons Tapped Out. Sometimes I feel like he's laying more attention to that the me and DS (but addmitedly I'm guilty of that too).

CaliforniaDream87

Lol the good old PS4. My husband loves this thing.

I used to get so upset when he played it. My God we've fought over that piece of metal too much to type out. I've learned though that this is the only *out* my husband gets. He doesn't go out, drink or really get any free time whatsoever. I've learned to choose my battles here. Is it ok to play all of the time? Hell no. My H is an amazing daddy and from time to time he wants to play but he also wants to spend time with his kids. So, I let it go.

If it gets out of control OP definitely talk to him about it but after 2 kids I've learned that it's really not that big of a deal in hindsight (as long as it's not an addiction because that's different).

banfrog

There were many times I seriously thought about taking a baseball bat to DH gaming consoles. We have had many talks about ignoring the kids (and me) while he games. I finally got him to save his gaming for the evenings, after the kids go to bed. It has made a world of difference to me since. I know it's what he needs to unwind but I needed him to do it at a more appropriate time so that I could get a chance to get stuff done without "helpers."

tfdotgov

We wait til' LO goes to sleep and play xbox togther.

julesventura

We use our PS4 for movies. He tries to play sometimes but gets annoyed at how much time he would have to invest in those MMO type games so he stops playing after 30 minutes lol.

visualcircus

DH plays his XBOX and watches the baby while I take naps, get a shower, and get stuff done. It's a win for me lol, but this is the first time he's had down time this year so I don't mind. 

jesselayne8

I am similar to @CaliforniaDream87. DH plays computer games to unwind. We had a talk and he now plays after the kids go to bed and during their naps on the weekend. He really only sees them for 1-2hrs during the week.

cseley321

Both of us used to play video games all the time, we actually met at a video game store we both worked at. I really miss having the freedom to play games all night and sometimes get jealous when I see him. He is doing well though at putting the games aside while she is awake

SashaDenn25

Im with the meh camp. We got an xbox one due to my cousin using his PS4 instead of xbox all the time. H hasnt had a gaming console since right after we got together after his xbox got the red ring of death. I felt like it was a good time to end up with it because we now go out less. Sure we go out with LO during the day, but no regular night outings, bars, etc. like we used to. Anyways, its something for him to do after the girls go down and he set it up to be able to skype me at home through the tv while im off and he got his fantasy football app on it. He isnt on it all the time and will get off of it if I ask him to tune into whatever we are doing.

meli1112

DH is obsessed with clash of clans. He will feed DS while he is propped on the boppy and play that stupid game the whole time. This really aggravates me, but I really can't complain. DH is great about feeding, changing, and comforting the little guy when he is home, so I need to let him decompress after work

samtaygee

My husband is also a slave to his xbox so I totally can relate! He told me while I was pregnant that he had to get all his gaming in because once LO got here it was all over...miraculously his gaming career is still going full force! He will go downstairs to do a "chore" and somehow get lost on the way back. I told him I'd make him a map of the house so he can easily find his way back upstairs to help

jazz0oh

My man loves his ps4 too but as @CaliforniaDream87 stated it is the only thing he has to himself really, that's his time. He works all day, comes home helps with the kids & at some point if he wants to play video games I don't mind. I look at it this way I rather him home doing something he enjoys to relax then going out with his boys and leaving me home to take care of 3 kids. Although I'm not one of those chicks that won't *allow* him to go out, he just chooses not to he's a homebody. It took years to get it this way though lol.

BabyBean815

DH is a gamer and it used to and still sometimes drives me nuts. But like others, it's his only real vice. However, that freaking Simpson's game... Don't get me started. About a year ago, I was looking at our bank account and noticed a $100 Google Play charge. Don't you know DH thought it was appropriate and necessary to buy $100 worth of donuts for the game. We had a nice little chat about that haha.

maisymouse87

Ugh. This! My boyfriend wants to play PS4 everyday. (All day at weekends and about 3+ hours every evening.) I agree it is his outlet as he is also a homebody and works 8-5 but it seems like too much to me. Raising it though can cause an argument. The latest Destiny expansion pack is flavour of the month at the moment!

LittleFox2015

@maisymouse87 destiny is our problem now too.

Today for example. Woke him at ten so he could go to the gym. He came home at 12, showered for thirty. Ate lunch, played until 245 when i finally thrust a dirty diapered baby at him so i could fold/shower. Left for work at 315. Collected sleeping baby at 1230. Played until 3. Woke me in attempt to feed because he forgot he was supposed to give a bottle. Bitched until 4 because he was tired and lo was wide awake. I took put lo to bed and cleaned house until 5 am. Now i am feeding lo while he sleeps. Hence the frustration. Seriously resenting right now.