Maybe it's because video games are fun, and girlfriends can be needy and whiny. Guys need time to themselves sometimes, too. It's not all about you.

Thank you #44. Very true.

Yes I agree guys need time to themselves, but the op was really sick, hungry and all she asked was for her bf to nuke her a can of soup. THAT'S IT. How was that needy and whiny?

Well, I can't say my husband (he's about to turn 25) never gets caught up in his XBox 360 games because he totally does and he would ignore other people if he's in the middle of a game, but if I was actually sick he'd pause his game in a heartbeat to help me out. And if he's playing online I am usually considerate enough to wait until he's finished that particular game before I ask him for something, unless it's something really urgent of course. I wouldn't blame the video games...I would just blame the guys, well not really, but it's probably not that they cared about the video game SOOOO much, but rather that they didn't care about you...

It was Pneumonia, you brain mashed fool.

It's not a cold or a flu, but *pneumonia*, that stuff that used to kill thousands before the invention of antibiotics... Stuff that makes your brain foggy and dizzy....

You've obviously never had pneumonia. You don't just walk around and act like nothing is wrong. You're literally two hacking coughs away from dying half the time. I'm so happy your immune system is so magical you don't have to depend on other people, but we're not all the speshul snowflake you are.

=/ I have mixed responses to your comment... first is that you seem right about us being quick to judge, but again... Well. I agree with some of your post for what it's worth, and disagree with the "learn to play Xbox" because for all we know, he could simply be lazy and not taking care of her. =/

Its possible, however unlikely. If he's at her place (granted they don't live together) he's probably there to take care of her. I also disagree with my Learn to play Xbox line... Destroy the Xbox, then buy a good computer and play video games like real gamers.

For one, I'm sure she's not sick 24/7 every day of the year. Her "needs", as you put it, are obviously a little different when she has pneumonia. And even if he was waiting on her hand and foot for a week...she obviously still needed him. My boyfriend's quite the whiner when it comes to getting sick and I don't give it my all for a week and then get bored and decide to be a bitch and ignore him when he needs something. That's what love is. Even you and this new girlfriend of yours clearly don't have that. She shouldn't have to like video games for you to give a shit if she's sick or not. If you love her, that alone should be enough to be more than happy to do whatever you can to get her feeling better. I feel bad for you. You sound like you have really awful, loveless, conditional relationships.

She doesn't have to play video games. We met because she does like video games. She understands why I like them and doesn't get pissy if I'm in the middle of a boss fight and can't drop everything immediately just cause she wants a glass of water. I don't ignore her. She doesn't ignore me. I don't expect her to drop what she's doing, she doesn't expect me to drop what I'm doing. If her (the poster) boyfriend was sick, I doubt she'd stop sewing or playing barbies or complaining about her period to "nuke" him some soup. Who nukes soup anyway? ew. Put it on the stove like a real cook. But I digress. My other relationships before my current one were shallow. I couldn't be myself. I had to hide my geekiness. Now I don't. She finds it cute. It's great. Plus I've had pneumonia. It's not all that bad really, if you're not a giant pansy. Grow a pair and walk it off my daddy always said.

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MaskedDriver, apparently you didn't the read the part of the FML post that says the OP's boyfriend asked her why she didn't make any soup for him. I'm a guy, but if I were in her shoes and he said to me, I would dump the soup in his 360 and kick his ass out. Not only does he not care about her enough to march his butt into the kitchen and fix some soup (which is EASY to do), but he cares /way/ too much about his video games. He is definitely is the wrong.

MaskedDriver, apparently you didn't read the part in the FML where the OP's boyfriend asked her why she didn't make /him/ any soup. I'm a guy and a gamer, but if I were in her shoes, I would dump the soup into his 360 and kick his ass out. Not only does he /not/ give a damn that she's sick with pneumonia (which can kill a person), he couldn't haul his ass into the kitchen for a few minutes to fix some soup (which is EASY to do). It was a simple request and he couldn't even put down the controller to do that. He deserves to get his lazy ass dumped.

Yeah. But in all fairness, women should give men the request 2 times. In the heat of a game, we say "sure honey, whatever you want" but what we hear is "Nag nag, naggity nag nag, I hate you, your father is stupid and your mother is a bitch." If you repeat the same thing again, we generally catch it.

Masked Driver, you're a ******* douche. That's all I have to say right now.

No... apparently all you hear is "Nag nag, naggity nag nag, I hate you, your father is stupid and your mother is a bitch." If your girlfriend were in the same situation as the OP, I bet you wouldn't put down the controller to get something for her... you'd just keep on playing your game until either she gets pissed and coughs/sneezes/hocks a loogie on you or she throws you out for not being attentive to her needs.

#80: There's something called a pause button, just in case you don't know. And barbies and sewing machines? Pathetic sexist.

Uh. Dude, it IS a chick. And that comment was utterly sexist.

Dude, have you ever HAD pneumonia? Well, luckily for me I haven't, but when my brother had it (twice).... the first time, mom and dad had to take care of him for two weeks and I wasn't allowed anywhere near. The SECOND time, he was at college, VERY ill, and his girlfriend had help. It was pretty serious.

Seriously? I get pneumonia twice a year, at least, and every time, it ******* sucks. I've had to be hospitalized for it before.