My boyfriend plays World of Warcraft, a lot. Without giving you the details, we do not see each other often as we are both studying in two different cities. Nevertheless, we try to spend every chance we can together. So far it has worked out pretty well. But there is one giant problem: he’s addicted to wow. I’ll explain: when I visit him, one of the first thing we do, is satisfying our mutual physical needs. Translation: we have sex. I am not really the cosy type so it doesn’t bother me that right after, we find our clothes and pass on to something else. I can even see the beauty in sitting on his bed, more or less on his lap, watching him playing wow. But when it has been three days and all we have been doing the evenings is that, I start to become frustrated. You know, just as frustrated anyone can become if they have to oppress something for a very long time. I overreact, but you get the point. When we go to bed and he tells me: “Honey, tonight we are going to sleep, right?” I really have to hold back a scream of rage in my head. I think I have tried everything:
1. getting mad: that doesn’t work at all since he is quite stubborn and it isn’t a good idea if you want to get somebody to sleep with you
2. taking the initiative: doesn’t really work because when I try to begin with something soft as kissing him, he doesn’t understand what I am doing before I literally take off his pants, and even then…
3. touching myself: this shouldn’t come as a surprise, girls do it too, but he can take it pretty bad if he discovers
4. lingerie: I have even bought new quite expensive lingerie and I have been laying on the bed in it, almost purring, but without any response.
I have noticed the same concerning sports. When there is a soccer or rugby match on the television, it is as good as impossible to get his attention before after it is finished. One friend of mine tried to turn her boyfriend on during a soccer-match, but he only asked her politely to stop licking his ear. She went to bed and during mid term break, he came into their bedroom and told her that if she wanted to sleep with him, she had about 30 minutes before the match began. I don’t think there really is a solution. During a soccer-match or a wow-mission, he is probably lost and won’t come out and play. Anyway, my answer is a book like 11 nouvelles a lire seule les soirs de match de footby Emmanuelle Poinger or, when you’re absolutely desperate, a film by Erika Lust, for example the good girl.
Love Mandy