Gamers

Okay, advice please. My partner and I had a rocky road with this topic for so long. We used to fight constantly. He has a gaming addiction and at one point it was so bad he would work night shift 3/4 times a week, then would sleep and by time he got up the next day the kids would be down and he’d just go straight to the game. He NEVER spent time with me. I’d cry myself to sleep some nights, or beg for attention and nothing. It’s been two years and I’ve seen a huge change. He’s gotten more responsible on his family and just overall hasn’t been that way towards gaming. Until recently! Our life is so chaotic we have 3 kids, he’s a nurse, I’m a nurse. We both work nights during the week we have a flipped schedule, so that means the one or two times we do have together during the week he will get on his game till 2-3am and I’ll be in bed watching shows just alone. I’m starting to see the cycle. He knows I want to spend time with him but instead of fighting like the past he just says he feels like a piece of shit for doing it to me and then he’ll do the same thing. I used to be so sick of this gaming thing. So sick of it. But he was being SO responsible with it for 2 years I ended up being understanding and cool with it. Like I get it he needs relaxing time too, he needs time for himself and a stress relief but I deserve to have my partner want to genuinely spend time with me.

I don’t know what to do about this video game shit anymore. 😭