https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:31:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-664297 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:32:40 +0000 mrs. 64 664297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh it is awful. DH goes through phases of playing and then not playing at all for months. Right now we are in a Halo phase where he meets his friends online to play all.the.time. Thus I am hanging out in the kitchen tonight. Thank goodness we do not have an open floor plan house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-663055 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:34:37 +0000 MrsH 663055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH has no interest in video games. I have to beg him to play mariocart with me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-663035 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:12:10 +0000 pl0508 663035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Urgh! My husband would play all day if he could. I go to bed much earlier than him so he plays when I'm asleep ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-663013 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:51:39 +0000 Mrs. Train 663013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a Warcraft widow. Luckily his computer is out in another room so I don't have to listen to him and his friend trash talk each other all night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-663008 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:46:57 +0000 Kemma 663008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: I periodically confiscate the controllers... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-662506 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:36:33 +0000 edelweiss 662506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my sister and friend are league of legends widows. they go through cycles--sometimes the game playing is okay, but there have been multiple times where they have banned their husbands from playing, and a couple of times had them uninstall the game from their computers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-662504 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:34:35 +0000 cheert16 662504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Urg- my husband plays Modern Warfare and COD- i cant really tell them apart. He has headphones- but he is so loud "talking" aka shouting at the teenagers who are playing, it drives me crazy. And I feel like the only time he evers plays is if I fall asleep on the couch in our living room- he turns it on and I wake up to the sounds of him swearing at people and shots being fired.... SO ANNOYING! Hoping he cuts down on playing when LO gets here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661957 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:08:07 +0000 mediagirl 661957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I. Feel. Your. Pain. Thank God, after M arrived, he stopped playing as much. I hate that stupid box , though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661911 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:35:21 +0000 avivoca 661911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH plays it on the Wii. The only saving grace is the game pad, so if I've had enough or want to watch TV, he just puts it on the game pad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661898 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:26:45 +0000 Cara M. 17 661898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! Support group PLEASE! My DH plays Final Fantasy and just the sound of the "battle" music makes me angry! I told him he better enjoy it now because once LO comes he will not be getting any Xbox time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661871 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:03:57 +0000 Redmini1 661871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Joining the club as well. I've lost him to the COD and basketball this weekend. He justifys it by saying he's getting his video game time in now b/c when the baby comes, that is going out the window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661868 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:02:34 +0000 Mrs. Polish 661868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew MIL was buying an XBOX for dh for Christmas so I told her the only thing I wanted was a television for the bedroom. Definitely check out the Turtle Beach headphones. We got his for ~$50 at Walmart. </p> <p>And yes, support group. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661835 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:34:20 +0000 fussygal 661835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel your pain! DH doesn't play them much now, but when we first started dating... OMG! When plays Madden (or anything really) it's game. over. I usually just leave the house to run errands because he yells at the TV and gets super into it and is SO loud :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661806 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:11:17 +0000 Kemma 661806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel your pain and send my condolences.</p> <p>I too am an XBox widow and have threatened my DH with bodily harm on more than one occasion! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661785 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:54:05 +0000 SweetMamaM 661785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I went to bed last night at around 11. No idea when DH came to bed, too busy playing NBA2K13 (or whatever it's called) on his PS3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661728 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:38:45 +0000 Emsmems 661728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. COD and Halo. Like @jennimac said: headphones! Best thing I EVER bought DH was a turtle beach headset that keeps all the noise of the game in his ears and not mine!! DH is good about playing only when I'm not home or when I'm doing other stuff around the house (playing on my computer, crafting, etc). He will usually ask me if it's ok if I'm home. This is because we have had many a fight about him playing all the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661720 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:35:30 +0000 LindsayInNY 661720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I am SO glad DH is not into video games or fantasy leagues or anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661682 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:18:25 +0000 mrsmacandcheese 661682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate COD so, so so much. My husband snapped his Modern Warfare 2 disc in half in the middle of a fight we were having about it and he hasn't picked up a COD game since. I seriously hate that series and just hearing the noises of it puts me on edge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661647 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:04:36 +0000 Foodnerd81 661647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh I am right there with you. *I* bought him the new Xbox for Christmas, and told my parents to get him the stupid Call of Duty game-- the shooting noises are sooooooooooooo annoying. And he never realized how loud it is. He's much more into Halo these days, playing online so he's playing with real people and you get to hear pre-pubescent boys with headsets talking smack. It's so not annoying at all, really...<br /> I try not to complain because he works long hours, and is studying a lot for a really big exam in June, but at the same time... it's so annoying. And, we only have one TV, so it's not like I can just go somewhere else and watch my shows. </p> <p>So, I feel your pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661641 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:01:52 +0000 singingbee 661641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband has some headphones that keeps the sound down. He usually only plays when he is home from work and I'm gone to work(he works out of town). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661625 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:45:34 +0000 MamaMoose 661625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aw man, I'm sorry. My husband has his vices but I have always been very thankful that video games isn't one of them! In our house it's more of a battle to get him to turn of the damn UFC fights because they make me sick to my stomach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-widow-an-xbox-widow#post-661619 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:43:04 +0000 kjpugs 661619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well... I tried. When DH mentioned getting the new COD game I reminded him of other things he needed/wanted to buy with his money. We also moved here in May and I managed to convince him the same about getting a wireless connector for his xbox.</p> <p>Well his friend freaking GAVE HIM a wireless thing.... and his dad just got him the new COD game for his birthday.</p> <p>I work from home and I just went out there to tell him it was WAY too loud and he was... sitting in my recliner D:</p> <p>RIP, normal husband time. Hello again, sound of furious killing throughout the house.</p> <p>Anyone else? Support group! </p>