Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
Literally, 5 minutes after I got a group for the first dungeon after you leave the starting zone, he sent me a text asking if I could come pick him up because he didn't want to sleep alone. I told him I'd just got in a dungeon and would he mind waiting an hour or so. He replied that he wasn't in the right head space to be able to handle coming second to a video game, so I told him I'd be right over. I apologized to the people in my group and left, and got him and brought him back to my place. I may not be perfect, but I am always there for my men and my friends when they need me. If I was in the middle of a raid in WoW, I'd do the same thing.
I'd call some caveats on this. Which I'm sure don't apply to Pigtails situation.
I've recently escaped from a relationship which was great on some levels but my gaming was a definite impediment. It was resented as a competitor to the extent that I would get 4 or 5 phone calls a night pretty much to ensure that I was still "putting her first" and prepared to drop group/raid and afk to talk.
For a long time I was ok with this or didn't see a way to stop it and gradually stopped raiding and then even grouping. While being told "Its fine if you're busy - I'll understand" the fallout from "I'm in a dungeon can I call back in half an hour" was unpleasant. Eventually I recognised it as symptomatic of a controlling personality and have called it a day.
So yes RL comes first but sometimes the calls that RL makes are not an interruption of your gaming but an attack on it.
*shrugs* Ah well. It would have been fun raiding with you, but you should find a home where you're comfortable.
