A concerned dad says his wife’s addiction to an online game is impacting on their family – but she doesn’t see anything wrong with her behaviour.

The 36-year-old dad says he and his 37-year-old wife have always split the housework evenly – he does the lawns, laundry and dishes, his wife does the cooking and picks up and drops off the kids.

“Lately, this has all changed because she has become addicted to a game called Dress to Impress on Roblox,” he explained.

“If you aren’t familiar, it’s a game where you have to dress your character in a themed outfit before the time runs out, and the other players rate it from 1 to 5 stars.

“It started off harmless, just a fun thing she would do during downtime before bed, but recently she has missed crucial appointments and chores because of this game. I tried to be understanding and gently remind her to do her tasks but she would always say she “forgot” or ‘got distracted’.”

But things took a turn this week, when the couple’s son was left at sport practice.

“She forgot to pick up our nine-year-old son from basketball practice, which ended at 6:00pm. I hadn’t gotten home yet as I had to work late, and our son doesn’t have a phone, so I had no way of knowing the situation. I eventually got home around 7:00pm and realised he was not in his room.

“I looked around further and saw that he was nowhere to be found. I walked into our bedroom, confused, to ask my wife where he was and found her on her iPad playing the game as always. When I asked her where our son was her eyes grew wide and I knew what happened without her having to say.

“I immediately got back into my car and went to pick him up, luckily, his coach had stayed after to make sure he was picked up safe and I apologised profusely. Apparently, he had been calling and texting my wife, who was the emergency contact, and she didn’t even notice.”

When he arrived home the furious dad says he ‘blew up’ at his wife.

“How could she be so addicted to a kids game that she completely forgot our son? Now, she’s telling me it was a one time thing and that I’m an asshole for getting angry. I don’t know what to think, I do kind of understand her side of the story as it has only happened one time, but she has to be a responsible parent. She can’t just completely forget about our child who has no way to get home on his own! So, am I the asshole?”

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