So recently I (18 F) bought the game balatro, it’s a lot of fun I had never played poker before but picked up pretty quickly. I know my dad (52 M) is big into playing card games so I thought to introduce him to balatro, he stays at home doing chores most days and has a lot of downtime as my mum earns enough to support us financially. So I got my dad to buy the game after showing him how to play. However I noticed a change recently as it’s been about 2 weeks since he got the game and he seems to be glued to his phone, and because of this none of the usual house chores have been getting done all he does is just sit on his phone on the sofa. I came back from a night out to find my dad still playing the game along with a pile of dog poop in the kitchen as he had clearly forgotten to take them out. It’s gotten so bad that I think it’s driving a wedge in my parents marriage, my mum is repeatedly shouting at him to get off his ass and do things like cook dinner and walk the dogs, I seriously have no idea why this is happening as my dad has never to my knowledge have a gambling addiction nor does he usually play games to this extent other than Microsoft flight sim. I’m a bit scared and feel like this is my fault but at the end of the day he is a grown man and I’m glad to be moving out in September.
TL;DR: I get my dad to buy balatro, it turns him into a lazy slob and I think my mum is going to divorce him because of it
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Your dad has a gambling addiction,get looking for help but explain to your mum how you introduced him to the game,she must be aware of his gambling habits
Did the same with pokemon go when I was your age 5 years ago (he was also about the same age). Long story short, he played for about one year and then moved on. He’s not with my mother in law anymore though.
But yeah, super weird situation and I did not expect to see him this addicted, but at least he went out I guess.
Tf u got dog poop in the house for?