World of Warcraft nearly destroyed my relationship with my boyfriend. I was hanging on by a thread up until recently and snapped…once he saw that I was willing to end the relationship just like he was willing to replace me with a video game, he snapped out of his year and a half WoW coma and deleted the game from the computer completely.

I feel a little silly when I try to explain to others how much this game can hurt an intimate relationship…but it’s true. Not only have I personally experienced it, but I’ve read articles online and even heard my boyfriend talk about some of his “online friends” who’s relationships, even marriages, had crumbled to pieces because of the game. The game becomes reality for some of these people, my boyfriend scheduled work around his game play, which means that he hardly ever worked at all. I felt neglected for most of that year and half, some times I didn’t even feel like I had a boyfriend. The worst part is that he always had some excuse for why it was okay that he was spending time on his game rather than with me. I’m really glad that he came to his senses…

Some times I think about starting an Anti-WoW Coalition website, to have a place for people like me and others who have been through this before or are dealing with it currently. It may even help the people who take the game too seriously realize what they’re doing and how it’s affecting the people they care about. Anybody down?