This wouldn't be me, but from what I have seen in others, the player usually gives up and they get involved in other activities. Hubby and I have had separate activities ever since we married, 33 years ago. He is a computer Guru 24 hours a day, and I was a crafter, before I got to too sick to go to the craft fairs, and took up activities on the computer.

My boyfriend doesn't play wow, but I do. We’ve dated for 6 yrs, and I picked up playing wow since 2 years ago. At first it was difficult, 'casue as a new player I was fairly addict'd. But now I am a casual raider, and I only play on certain nights when our guild raids. I would say Real Life comes first, keep ur other half happy is more important than wow. After all, you can always come back and play it later when you done spending time with ur gf or bf. My boyfriend at first wanted me to quit the game because i wasn't spending enough time with him. But he doesn't complaint anymore. I would say spend your time wisely when you are playing wow so you get as much progress you would like and log out without a second thought. Often times, your time spend in wow is standing around chatting, looking at the items in auction house, or traveling….try to eliminate those activities when you are leveling a character Get a bank toon so you don't spend too much time in the auction house. Mail all the items you want to sell to the bank toon, and post them up all at once. If you are in a guild, ask your guildies if they want to run dungeons at a specific time when you are not spending time with your gf/bf. There's no real reason for your bf/ gf to hate the game since it's your personal enjoyment and you are the one decide how you want to spend your free time. I have a job, a boyfriend and two lvl 70 raiding toons. We plan trips and go to movie almost every weekend. I am sure you two don’t spend all the time together and there has to be things your bf/gf likes to do to relax and get her mind off. Like the times she spends with her friends and family.

It's very simple, I've been with my fiancee for 3 years now, I've been playing WoW since original beta. The very simple way to do it is to just log out when she wants to go do something. If you are playing the game to get phat lewtz...you can get those after she goes to work or on a day off or something...but if you do it when she is there and wants to see you AND you do it when she is gone...you should really prioritize your life. In 30 years, WoW will likely not be running anymore (likely) and you would still like to be with your signifigant other, so it makes sense to spend the most time with her/him because you don't want to be strangers when the servers shut down and you are forced to get to know each other after the fact.

idk, im having same problem. its hard to be casual cuz most things ingame require more than an hour and a pre arranged meet time/date once you hit higher levels.

easy, you understand that WoW (or EQ/AoC/DnD/etc) is a GAME. The REAL people around you are far more important than playing a game. when you understand that, you'll learn to treat those games the same as you would watching tv/movies - as a way of passing some time, nothing more.

You have to get them addicted to it as well. (although worked tooo well with the ex) I only play a couple hours a week now. girlfriend doesn't play. She tends to be more interesting than the video game :D

lol you playh the game so much you have to fit in time for real people? dude... have a long hard look at yourself, i bet you watch star trek too, and i didnt think people who played that game could get girlfriends, chuck that game in the bin, lose weight, stop talking in computer commands, and get some spot cream