when is it time to kick them to the curb?

[tootsie roll]

ok, i need everyone's input on this... cuz i'm not really sure what to do, honestly.

ok i have a friend, and i've done alot for him, and he's done alot for me. when he didn't have a place to stay, i've let him live with me, when he didn't have food i've provided for him, when he didn't have cigs. i'd provide for him there as well... in return, i smoke cheap ass cigs, i can basicly go in his pack and take his cigs whenever i want, me or my wife can use his car pretty much whenever we want, he's probably spent well over 500$ on weed for me over the last year... it's been a give and take relationship.... but it was still always social.

now here's the dilema.... a while back, i started playing ps2 games online, so of course, so did he... i'm the only person he knows with internet hook up, period. so this is the only house he can play wtih all his little clan buddies and what not... well now it's starting to get down right irritating, i mean he will literally, if we let him, stay here 24/7, playing them for days in a row... and i mean this quite literally with no sleep. when you try to talk to him when he's playing (which if he's over here, is non-stop) you basicly get ignored, you have to shout his name 3-4x before you'll even get his attention, then you're LUCKY if you even get your question/comment out before he turns his attention back to the game. and usually, he'll get irritation in his voice if you keep 'bugging' him.... basicly, i dont' feel i have a friend anymore, i feel i have a pest.... he doesn't really talk to me anymore, doesn't have anything to do with me, it's just the ps2, and his online friends.... and it's everyday pretty much...

so when is it time to say i've had enough, and kick him to the curb for good? he's probably done more for me, then i have for him, money wise... so i really don't know what to do, i feel guilty, anytime i think about saying "look dude, you're not my friend anymore, you don't even want to have anything to do with me, all you want to do is come here, and use my internet to play with your REAL friends, you know those clan idiots you'll atleast give the time of day to" ..... so what would you do?

Well, seeing that he has never had the opportunities before that you are now giving him, like with the PS2, it's like the guy is a kid in a candy store.
He's addicted to playing. I'd draw the lines if he has strangers coming in to your house but if it's only online firends, it's not so bad.
Now, being that it is your computer, limit his time on it. If he is using your tv for playing PS@, put a time limit on it.
Talk to him and explain that you want your friend back not a PS2 zombie.

Give him some time and see if you guys can work it out. If not, it's time for him to consider moving on soon.
I hope that helps some.

tootsie roll Reviewed by tootsie roll on 12-27-2006. when is it time to kick them to the curb? ok, i need everyone's input on this... cuz i'm not really sure what to do, honestly. ok i have a friend, and i've done alot for him, and he's done alot for me. when he didn't have a place to stay, i've let him live with me, when he didn't have food i've provided for him, when he didn't have cigs. i'd provide for him there as well... in return, i smoke cheap ass cigs, i can basicly go in his pack and take his cigs whenever i want, me or my wife can use his car pretty much whenever we want, Rating: 5

[nofx12345]

video games are mostly a waste of time unless ur chilling with friends and playing them socially, there is a time and place for video games, not all the time. i used to play alot of video games and now that i look bak on all that time i spent playing socom 2 or halo, i could have been hangin out with girls chilling with friends or playing guitar. in my opinion u should save ur friend and loose the ps2.

[thcbongman]

I'm with everyone else.

Kick him out. If his only purpose is to play video games, and not hang out with you, well you have the answer.

[cjshamrock]

Ever seen You, Me and Dupree?

[Skrappie]

Thats a bad situation to be in. In the end you need to either make sure he knows that he is not doing anything outside of playing video games, or dump him.

When a person becomes absorbed in something, they sometimes forget about life outside of what they are doing. snap him out of it, and do some of the 'self improvements' he suggested. It coudnt hurt.

[MastaChronic]

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yeah dude, or, instead of kicking him to the curb.....kick his ass and then while he's on the ground explain to him exactly why you did it, it should get your point across and if he's a true friend he will see it through your eyes and really see what he has been doing. trust me, some people just need a good ass kicking sometimes and this might just possibly be one of those times.
after you beat the shit out of him, be sure to get a lot of alchohol and get him drunk and stoned. then you can laugh about it.

[KL4D4]

just take out the cable for the modem down stairs assuming ur not in an apartment, a minor disconect... that or I'd say open up like a bit torrent program and started seeding to the max, aka eat up all of his bandwith so his games won't be worth picking up assuming he can even sign online

[Dibiticus]

or as he is playing take a large sledge hammer and proceed to smash the ps2, problem solved if he gets mad say hey it's mine dude I felt like doing it and then go smoke a bowl or two or three or a lot with him

[BabySnookums]

just take out the cable for the modem down stairs assuming ur not in an apartment, a minor disconect... that or I'd say open up like a bit torrent program and started seeding to the max, aka eat up all of his bandwith so his games won't be worth picking up assuming he can even sign online

LOL i actually had tried somethin like that before. he was online playing killzone, and i opened up every "connection slowing" program i had, started downloading everything i could...just in the hopes it'd "kick" him ; ; and it didnt

[nikweiser]

naw dont kick him to the curb.. like people have said before just talk to him, tell him hes over staying his welcome or something.. and when he comes back dont just let him get on the ps2 try to do something else with him, or just play ps2 with him lol.. idk just my words..
when i was in my apartment with my old roommate, i brought my computer from my house and hooked it up. and all he did was play games on it 24/7 i would get home and he would be playing games on it.. finaly i just moved it into my room and got a deadlock on my door... i could tell he was addicted to it because he did NOTHING else.. he got checks from his aunt everymonth for rent so he was a fuckin lazy ass. he went downhill from there and finaly i moved out on him and he tried stealing my ram from my computer but i got it back from him.