'Wife moans when I play video games in front of 2-year-old - she's sensitive'

19 October 2023 , 15:33

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A woman is unhappy about her husband's gaming and how it impacts their son (Image: Getty Images/Johner RF)

A man has come under fire from his wife over his love of video games. The couple share a two-year-old son together and she is taking major issue with how her husband spends his free time - and the impact it is having on their child.

It was his wife who shared their predicament, taking to the internet she revealed that she had asked her spouse to not play his video games while their child was around him - but to no avail. "He usually does it when he's supposed to be keeping LO [little one] occupied while I clean, cook, shower, or nip to the shops, but it's at least once a day before LO is in bed," she said.

She now claims that her child has become obsessed with guns. "He builds them with his bricks, he uses sticks as guns, anything he will pretend is a gun. Then my in-laws bought him toy guns when they went on holiday last month," the mum continued to explain.

While she admits she is very concerned about her son's playtime activities, her husband is not. From his perspective, there is no issue and he believes she is being controlling and too sensitive.

The wife, posting on Babycentre, reached out for advice. "I guess I'm wondering if I'm being too sensitive about it or do you think I'm right in trying to get my husband to stop playing these games around my LO. Also any tips to get LO to forget about guns. I've tried distracting him and redirecting him but it doesn't work," she wrote.

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One fellow parent wrote in response: "If I was you I wouldn’t be particularly happy about my two old seeing guns all the time. But I'd be more irritated that my partner thinking it was accepting to be ignoring his child in favour of gaming. He should be spending time with him and gaming after bed time IMO. Yanbu."

A second agreed: "Tbh my issue would be that you are running around cleaning/cooking while he is sat on his a**e. He needs to start engaging with his child.. that's your issue.. he isn't parenting or apparently cleaning his own house. There seems to be an imbalance here and that needs sorting. My oh [other half] is a gamer, he plays when the kids are asleep. Your oh could easily do that too. "

And a third reasoned: "Games generally have an age rating on them. Have a look and if the rating is anything above age 12 then your oh shouldn't be playing them at all in front of a child. If he wouldn't sit and watch an 18 rated movie with his child in the room then he shouldn't be doing it with games. Schools and nurseries will raise concerns if it's discovered that children are being exposed to media that is mature and inappropriate in content."

Do you agree? Let us know in the comments.

Gemma Strong