My ex-spouse accused me of cheating on him.
…with a character in the video game.
…because I “clearly love him more that you love me!”
Whenever he’d be upset (for whatever reason), he would snap and say “Why don’t you go talk to the person you actually love??” before giving me the silent treatment until he needed something.
It was the beginning of the end.
Don’t miss it lol
EDIT: oh fuck, I forgot… he actually sold our PS4 containing the game/save file completely out of the blue a few months after his first accusation, without telling me first. The game in question was “Stardew Valley”. He was a shitty little man.
When my kid has a nice day
A cute plush
Crab rangoon
Seeing plants start to bloom
Friendly cats
Seeing someone embrace their curiosity about a subject
My stupid bearded dragon
Seeing someone clearly filled with joy
Younger people discovering a “retro” thing and thinking it’s “cool”
Being able to answer a question because you have the niche knowledge to do so
Someone who is genuinely awed by sometimes you put a lot of time / effort into
Eating a juicy, crunchy, delicious apple that hits that craving just right!
Seeing a cool bug
There’s more, but I’ll stop for now (but lmk if you need a continuation).
Oh, it’s pretty simple, really.
Had a friend who I realized would always complain about women in his movies, shows, video games, and whatever.
Turns out: he just hated women. Oh, he loved looking at “attractive” women and fucking women, mind you. But he just hated women. He didn’t even really grasp it and would deny it every time I to brought it up.
If a woman isn’t “hot” and/or willing to fuck them, the woman has no value. Anything they say or do also has no value if they’re not providing some kind of sexual stimulation for a man.
That’s why.
I have a PC hooked up via HDMI to our TV, so my kid and I share our media. We can use the monitor, but we generally don’t.
We watch videos together, as we generally have the same interests. His video-watching preferences include science, robotics, and video games. I’m okay with anything educational and/or thought-provoking.
He doesn’t have any personal devices, so no phone or iPad or anything like that. I feel that anything portable that can be used privately is not great for a kid (for my kid, anyhow), but he doesn’t mind.
He plays games on the Switch & Steam, but usually I’ll require chores to be done & a certain amount of reading to be done for equivalent screen time (unless there’s a limited-time in-game event or something). He’s a very smart and lovely boy, and he rarely ever gripes over it.
It’s in any parent’s best interest to not only know what their kid likes, but also for them to participate. I’ve learned to play Splatoon, Minecraft, Enter the Gungeon, watched youTube channels, and learned all kinds of things about the content & mechanics in order to determine if it’s okay for him to be playing/watching those particular things.
Seriously: get to truly know what your kid likes.
Shane, of course! Who tf gets jealous over Shane??