Addicted…
Hi, my name is Pete and… I’m a game-a-holic… **Whew** it feels so good to get that off my chest!! It feels like I had a chest burster surgically removed. glad I got it out before it tap-danced across the bar singing “hello my baby hello my darlin’ hello my ragtime gal…” I’ve found that there’s been an evolution since the great depression. First, men would work 2-3 jobs to keep their extended family with food in their mouths so they really had no time at home. Then America starts pulling out of the recession and so men need only work one job, so they read the newspaper or start playing golf, still not spending time with their families. Then football and basketball and baseball and nascar etc… still no time for family. Now it’s video games, a friend of mine will play video games and totally zone in so he’s oblivious to everything around him… including his two year old daughter. I believe that it is inherent in men to be mindless animals who only know self pleasure and self gratification but some of their pleasure comes from providing for their family monetary necessities. Yet never actually giving them the time and love and affection that is needed for a fully functional family. I feel that I even sometimes spend too much time for myself or working or whatever, and I can always tell because when I’m giving my family first priority, it’s immeasurably better at home.
Moral of the story: don’t put yourself first, like confusious said “in marriage you can either be right, or you can be happy” O.K. maybe confusious didn’t say that but it’s very true I’m happier wrong than I am right. Also putting yourself last makes room for your family to put you first because if you’re taking care of everyone else then you’re making it so that they don’t have to put themselves first.