Married and Playing: 100 Days of Video Games and More: 99 Days of Emotional Video Game Blogging

Day 99: The Audit

April 15^th is a day most grown ups dread and like other procrastinating adults we were derailed from gaming by the taxman. The only gaming that took place yesterday was a few moves of mobile Carcossone. But the government is not the only reason we were distracted we have also spent much of our downtime watching an episode of the new Netflix show DareDevil.

There are 24 hours left until “D-day.” I euphemistically referred to tomorrow, or the end of 100 days, as when I would make the choice between Diablo and divorce. And it is probably a good sign that over the last few weeks I have stopped labeling my blog posts with the word divorce but as every good researcher knows, current trends do not determine final outcomes. Today the plan is to get the hubs the moment he gets off work and get as much gaming in as possible.

I have been working on an audit about how this experiment has changed me emotionally, my relationship with the hubs, and if it provided any insight into what to do with our broken marriage. The thing that surprised me the most is that I wrote as much about my feelings as I did what games we played.

I have decided to map my blog. To create themes and sub-themes of the topics and emotions that have filled the last 100 days. I placed asterisks next to my favorite post in each category.