**UPDATE**

First thing the next morning, he is home again, another call-in. I was still sleepy when he got up, but he took about 5 or so minutes after climbing out of bed to go back to his game.

I went out into the living room, stood next to the tv and looked at him. Eventually he took the hint and took his headset off, and I asked him, “do you even have a job anymore? Calling off two days in a row for your game is pretty pathetic.”

To which he responded that there wasn’t any work for him today. I walked away, because I know his buddies can hear me over the mic and I didn’t want to get into it. He followed me back into the bedroom and showed me texts from his boss pointing out that there wasn’t work for him. Went back to his game. ......only to turn it off a few minutes later and actually start helping around the house.

BUT..... Still no mention of the fact he missed our anniversary...stay tuned.....

(Original post)

For a year now, I’ve been in what I have thought is the best relationship ive had. Lately, though, he has been paying ALL of his attention to literally anything else. Mainly playing his xbox with his buddies. For example....... There was a night I left because I came home from work, he’d insinuated we’d spend the night actually spending time together, poured a couple drinks, not 20 minutes later he leaves me in the kitchen, starts up his game. It was about 2 “maps” later when he told his buddies over his mic that he’d continue playing the night through. I then packed an overnight bag and drove an hour to stay at my mothers. I felt like there was zero reason that I even went home that night. Just yesterday, our one year anniversary, instead of spending the time he could’ve before I had to leave for work, he went to his friends house to play Xbox with him before his wife came home. Didn’t say a thing to me, acknowledging our anniversary despite me having reminded him around Valentine’s Day. Hinting at it that day, even. Today I had the day off of work, he decided to call in so we could “spend the day together.” Over 13 hours he spent today, on the game, even making jokes to his buddies that I was irritated with him and saying obscene things about how he was going to fuck me tonight. How do I even begin to tell him how this is creating a huge problem?????