Readership…

I have found that the majority of my readers are not actual widows themselves but actually most belong to one of two groupings.

1) Former WoW players themselves recently resurrected from their “Dearly Departed” status.

or

2) Current “dearly departed” players, seeking to understand their loved ones frustration and anger with the amount of time they spend on “the game”.

While I absolutely welcome both groups mentioned above,  I do feel the need to say this.  The first step to overcoming is to realize that you have a problem.  If you are in the second group mentioned above – you are the ones of whom I speak.  If your internet searches on “candy” have brought you to a blog written by a bone-fide “widow” – and you continued to read (after wiping the incredulous look off of your face upon realizing that yes, there are other “widows” out there – it isn’t just your significant loved one who feels left behind by “the game”) then the time has come to perhaps seriously look into your time spent on “the game” and time spent in – we’ll call it “the real world”.

You may not think you spend very much time playing “the game” – that’s one thing it does, it sucks you into a space –time continuum (that’s for you “trekkers” out there) – and you lose all track of time.  Here’s a little test you can take to see how much time you’ve spent in the “world”. 

Open your chat window within the game.

type /played

hit enter.

If you get a message that states something to the effect of – “most of your natural adult life” or “what, you actually thought you did something else  with your time?” -  then it’s probably time to take a serious review of how you spend your daily hours.

This is just a suggestion -  No need to get testy with me. (read the disclaimer).

Now, if you are in the first group mentioned… I’m proud of you.  You are on the road to recovery, and your widow will thank you.

For the widows that do read this blog – you still are not alone – but knowing that the above two groups are searching us out I feel there is still hope.