For a great many people, it's just a fun hobby. However, I have to speak from a different point of view. First, let me say, I'm a girl who doesn't WANT her boyfriend around 24/7. I like time to myself. A lot of it. Many of my hobbies are also nerdy/geeky, so I tend to be very open to that sort of thing. I don't want expensive gifts or vacations. I don't like drama. I once had a boyfriend. He was very intelligent, a college student at the time. Obviously, he didn't exhibit the negative qualities in the beginning (or while we were friends beforehand), or I wouldn't have been having any of that. He did not have a job (parents paid for school/expenses), but that did not really bother me. He was in school for a career that would have allowed him to be the sole breadwinner. In the beginning, he claimed to want that for himself and whoever he started a family with. I come from an extremely traditional background, so this was not about future gold-digging, but building a more traditional family. We agreed together on traditional roles. I'm not suggesting that I came to him immediately and told him what our future would be. These were just discussions that happened over our friendship prior to dating--things he actively brought up himself. So, this is the Magic player I dated, after a few months, the true behavior came out, suddenly: 1) Regularly broke planned dates because he felt the money he got from his parents would be better spent on (a) Magic card(s). Folks, I'm not asking for expensive dates. Even coffee would be nice. But, yes, even though he claimed to want to spend time with me, every penny he had was better spent on cards. He'd back out of things he insisted were his duty to pay for, and then when I'd visit later on, I'd see delivery packages stacked up to my knees full of Magic cards. They weren't gifts to him from anybody. He openly told me that's where his money went. 2) Regularly broke planned dates when a Magic-playing-friend called to play. Yes, the friend who played was also a guy. (And no, he never offered to teach me to play.) But, as with addiction to anything, I feel it says a lot more about the person than the drug/habit, generally speaking. Many, many people can do fine their entire lives with alcohol, but a few will use it to cover up other issues OR to let those issues flow out into the open like a raging river. What began to flow out into the open after the addiction was recognized, was that he was a narcissistic sociopath with severe mother issues. In his case, Magic could have just as easily been cocaine, booze or any other addiction used to deal with such things. I don't blame Magic. It was just the manifestation of the deeper problems. Have been dating a WoW player for many years now, and couldn't be happier. :) I don't really play WoW or any video games, but that's fine. We don't need to do everything together.

177 thank you! I felt the need to comment on this because I feel bad for the girl and all you people are freaking out on her. Get a life. :))

Wow... a guy who has interests outside of you?!

That was uncalled for. She never said the problem was because he had interests outside of her. The problem is he has a ******* weird interest.

yeah... my boyfriend got me 50 dollars worth of those cards for our 1 year.

#201- It's only weird to you. I used to play it and sometimes still do with my husband. We enjoy it and have a lot of friends who play. It isn't weird. Why don't you try understanding something before you judge it? Stop being close minded

I don't understand whats wrong with him doing that?

He's a loserrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

203.. You and your husband are fruitcakes :)

66: Ewww. Scene kids have rodent-infested hair. :<