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[Jan. 3rd, 2013|02:54 pm]
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[ewoksith]
Dear my three lovely friends,

You know I love you and care about your problems. You know I'm happy to be there when you just need to vent for someone. However, JUST ONCE I'd like to log on and actually RP with you guys without having everyone's emotional baggage thrown at me in /whisper. I am sorry you're unhappy being single, I'm sorry you think you're ugly, and I'm sorry you miss your ex.

I have four characters that exist solely because you said it'd cheer you up if if you had a ___ to play with. I know you're just playing out how you want your own life to be with them which doesn't bother me. What does bother me is when the moment I log on, I'm asked to go on ___ because you're sad. I don't mean to sound selfish, but it does upset me when you ask me to RP and we spend 10 minutes RPing and an hour talking about your problems (not an exaggeration). It's burning me out.

It's not that I don't care, but we talk about your problems outside of the game as well. Can't we just do something fun and maybe leave those problem behind for just an hour or two? I feel horrible saying it, but I'm really considering starting over without you guys.

Sorry,
Me
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[User Picture]From: ghosts
2013-01-04 05:57 am (UTC)

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I used to be guilty of this considering the amount of dkhfdkls in my life at the moment but since the summer I've really been trying to just leave it at the door, enjoy the game and if I really need to get it out - well, I run a mental health blog and have a private blog as well.

Rather than just starting over without them (just up and ditching is kinda rude, imo, and will make someone already stressed out feel even worse about themselves) - talk to them. Tell them what you said here or even link the post. They deserve to know the truth just as you deserve to log onto the game and not play psychiatrist.

((HUGS))
[User Picture]From: ewoksith
2013-01-04 08:02 am (UTC)

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*hugs* Thanks. I think you're totally right.

I wasn't planing on completely ditching them so much as starting some secret characters on another realm they didn't know about, but the sudden drop in activity with them would still be pretty rude.

I just have to get up some courage to talk with them about it. I'm horrible with conflict.