Spouse Aggro!

[Morreion]

The Daily Grind: Have you gotten spouse aggro? (Massively)

There are some great comments at the link ;D

[Regolyth]

Haha! I sent this to my wife (who isn't a gamer). She got a kick out of it. She thought some of the comments were very true.

[Morreion]

I haven't actually, but I'll never forget one night I was in a PUG in DDO...Some guy got aggro really bad, and the whole group was treated to the entire encounter via his headset which included profanity, screaming and things breaking before the guy finally lost connection.

[Regolyth]

If you don't have a gaming spouse or a very understanding one then gaming can be a huge source of friction, but so can any hobby that takes up a lot of attention, the reason I think gaming gets as much spouse aggro as it does is I think because it's a hobby you get into under their very nose, if you are out golfing or fishing etc you aren't right there not paying them attention, spouse's find it easier to handle hobbies that mean you simply aren't around, & those hobbies may even give the relationship a bit of extra spark through that mystical "I missed you today factor" this doesn't happen with gaming so it can be doubly annoying for a spouse to deal with no upside other than they know exactly where you are.

I think this one explains the phenomenon best.

[sinaedh]

Back when I played DAOC, we could always tell when one of our guildmates had been fighting with his wife. The next time he'd login, he'd find that his wife had dyed all of his armor the most hideous color schemes you could imagine...

I had to giggle at this one!