Author Topic: deadly wife ack (Read 1646 times)

jaxxo · « **on:** August 31, 2005, 09:21:09 PM »

i just found out my intructor at ap school is an ex airwarrior (cubfan). He hasnt seen the evo of sims and started asking me questions...ive tried to get him to join but his wife says she will divorce him if he joins another flight sim lmao. By the look on his face i could tell he was dead serious...just curious as to a married persons pov on this topic..please share funny stories

jetb123 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2005, 10:48:20 PM »

Nah, A man can tell a women, Hey IM NOT GETTING OF THIS COMP!!!!, Now me, you got mom ack the worst ack of all, Most dot think its the worst cause most never experience it, but if you have im sure you have went threw this. lol

hubsonfire · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2005, 01:24:05 AM »

One of my old roommates was an AW/AH junkie. After he'd gotten married and moved on, we'd talked one evening, and arranged to fly at the same time. We'd, coincidentally, gone out for drinks earlier, and returned to our respective homes and logged in. Sadly, he passed out at the desk during climbout, and his wife, upon returning home from dinner with one of her friends, sans housekeys, was fairly upset that he didn't hear the phone ringing [which was upstairs]. She slept at the neighbors, and he hasn't logged in since.

Moral of the story: I have no clue whatsoever. I just had to tell that.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2005, 02:15:51 AM »

I remember many stories of marriages wrecked by Air Warrior. Not just AW itself, have to remember that AW hit its peak during the early to mid 90s when the internet was exploding. More people than ever were finding the online world and finding online communities where they often fit in better than they did at home. Marriages dissolved over online "romances" and the slightest thing was cause for suspicion. When my ex found out there were women playing Air Warrior I never heard the end of it. She was convinced the only reason I spent all that time in a flight sim was to talk to chicks. hehe

Flossy · « **Reply #4 on:** September 01, 2005, 02:21:08 AM »

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Originally posted by hubsonfire
She slept at the neighbors, and he hasn't logged in since.

That is so sad.

Well I got started in AW after watching my husband (Zeb) many times and realising there was much more to it than "just another flight sim"...... he had had every flight sim going for years, but one day he told me he might be joining a squad and that's when I realised this one was different. I watched him that night and was fascinated by the depth of detail as he entered the OC and went from there to HQ and on to a field. Sure enough, he met up with Spiff who invited him to the Kraits.

After that I would ask him each night if he was going to go online until in the end he suggested I got my own account, even if it was just to go as a gunner or drive a vehicle. So, that's what I did, and Flos was born (short for Florence, a female character of The Magic Roundabout where Zebedee was another character).

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Wilbus · « **Reply #5 on:** September 01, 2005, 06:14:47 AM »

Uhm, yes, Mom ack is the deadliest of them all, specially when the mom ack tells the dad ack that the poor little soul shouldn't spend so much time at the computer.

Now... girl ack... well, no worries, they've been understanding. The current one loves airplanes aswell and actually went to a Flight Technician school during the high school years, as soon as I get to see her more often I will get her started in AH!

Oldman731 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 01, 2005, 07:03:07 AM »

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Originally posted by Flossy
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Flossy, as we have often told you, you are a delightful - and very rare - exception.

- oldman

SkyWolf · « **Reply #7 on:** September 01, 2005, 07:06:04 AM »

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Originally posted by Flossy

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

But I only have 1 computer good enough to kick keester on AH and I don't want to compete for time. Especially since she'd win.

Schatzi · « **Reply #8 on:** September 01, 2005, 07:49:47 AM »

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Originally posted by Flossy

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Yep. I second that.

Now its the other way round. I sometimes have to dodge 'boyfriend ack'.

Whisky58 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 01, 2005, 07:52:47 AM »

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Originally posted by Flossy
That is so sad.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

There is an interesting paradox in our household. My wife, who is a very intelligent & normally rational person thinks AH is a mindless waste of my time. However she is happy to settle down to The Archers, Desperate Wives, Lost etc as relaxing entertainment. Am I missing something fundamental here? As we are almost neighbours perhaps you could let me have a note explaining the attraction of AH with an emphasis on the feminine perspective ?

btw - Magic Roundabout aaaah, sweet memories. Time for bed:)

Regards

Curval · « **Reply #10 on:** September 01, 2005, 08:21:48 AM »

The wife and I have had some "issues" about playing AH in the past.

We agreed that unless there was an event or an organised squad get-together or something, that I should fly once the kids go to bed and not during the day.

I have had NO issues with any game since then.

In fact, when her "shows" (ala what whiskey said above) come on TV she actually encourages me to "play on my computer".

Ohio43 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 01, 2005, 08:28:10 AM »

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Originally posted by Whisky58
There is an interesting paradox in our household. My wife, who is a very intelligent & normally rational person thinks AH is a mindless waste of my time. However she is happy to settle down to The Archers, Desperate Wives, Lost etc as relaxing entertainment. Am I missing something fundamental here? As we are almost neighbours perhaps you could let me have a note explaining the attraction of AH with an emphasis on the feminine perspective ?

btw - Magic Roundabout aaaah, sweet memories. Time for bed:)

Regards

Trust me on this one, as I have been down the same road in conversation with my wife (at the time). I always felt that my playing online games was entertainment equal to watching t.v. I think what your wife is getting at it that shes not interested in sitting with you to watch you "play that dumb game" and she expects you to sit with her to have "your time together" watching t.v.... even if you hate the dumb shows she watches. Point is..spending time together is what shes getting at that is lacking..women are funny that way. **sigh**
Hence now I am single (YAY!)

Sketch · « **Reply #12 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:41:22 AM »

I might have you all beat....
Being in the US Air Force, I hadn't been home for roughly two and a half years. Now, being from a military family I grew up around planes and such, so I introduce my father, a retired Command Master Chief (Navy) to AH a few years ago. When I flew home earlier this year, he had some questions about the game. We jump on the computer in his office and take off..... Before the gear raised on the Pony we had not one "Wife Ack".... we had TWO!!!

So... the Master Chief, Sketch & Scribble (my 2 year old son) were getting a butt chewing by the worst of it all, both Wife & Mother Ack!!

My father has yet to start an active account!

Stone · « **Reply #13 on:** September 01, 2005, 10:22:08 AM »

It is the other way around for me.

"You gona play that flight sim game right?" "Why are you not playing?" "You did what? Deleted your acount, why ?"

Hmm, should I worry?

Oh yeah, and we only have one TV set, so that is probobly why...

Flossy · « **Reply #14 on:** September 01, 2005, 12:18:39 PM »

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Originally posted by SkyWolf
But I only have 1 computer good enough to kick keester on AH and I don't want to compete for time. Especially since she'd win.

So what a great excuse to 'upgrade'! You can win her over by offering her your current computer (hey it works for me!)