Is there a Black Ops Widow Etiquette or Code of Ethic?
By now, most women with gamer husbands have become a Call of Duty Black Ops Widow.
Definition – Black Ops Widow
A woman who has lost those cozy, cuddly nights with her husband or significant other to the Call of Duty game, Black Ops.
I am one of them.
Last night, while Andy was knee deep in only 1 or 2 occasional kills (yes, he’s THAT good. pfft.), I was sitting on the couch playing
agame on my phone. Every so often, I had a question, or a thought, and in order for him to answer me, he had to fumble for the mute button on his headset in order to say “yes, there’s 2 of them” or “I’m not sure.”
I was thinking, to myself, “was that necessary?” ANYWAY… Then, I started to think….. Is there an etiquette to being a Black Ops Widow? Should I not talk to my husband for that minimum of 2 hours a night? Should I go read a book? Should I watch quietly? (Sure, I could join him, however, my depth perception is shot, so I have a hard time playing those really fast moving graphic games. I would suggest this if you’re able.)
I needed to think, and my phone was dying, so I went to bed, plugged my phone in, and started thinking about it, and I think I finally came up with:
Black Ops Widow Etiquette
- When I am able to go to the bathroom, alone, without being interrupted for one full day, you can have one full night of uninterrupted Black Ops time.
- When I can go one full day without being asked “Can you wipe my hiney?”, you can have one full night of uninterrupted Black Ops time.
- If there ever comes a day when I don’t hear “mom she hit me!” or “mooooooom, I need water!” or “STOP DOING THAT!”, you can have one full night of uninterrupted Black Ops time.
- When the laundry stops refilling, when the dishes stop getting dirty, when our family no longer needs food to live, when the floor sweeps itself, and when the be no longer needs making, you can have one full night of uninterrupted Black Ops time.
Until then, keep that Call of Duty Black Ops mute button handy, baby.
guy excuse for playing black ops: it helps me de-stress…whatever lol omgosh, too funny….you know that day will never come for all those things to end. he’s gonna have to keep that mute button handy a LOOOOOONG time. lol
HAHAHA! 🙂 Yes, he will!!
LOL! Oh, mama. Marv doesn’t give me too much crap about having to hit the mute button, but we also have a tradeoff of sorts. I deal with the yelling kids one time, then the next, he’ll get up and handle them. I’ll play a few matches with him when I’m feeling saucy, but I suck. I’m too jumpy! We also trade off nights of me in the office uninterrupted and him playing CoD uninterrupted.
He used to get upset and yell at the tv and that was what I hated the most about him playing on Live, but since he joined this gaming clan? Complete 180. He still gets frustrated, but he doesn’t yell as much.
I found out a few years ago that it’s against Call of Duty widow etiquette to call out “Holy Cow, look at my huge belly!!!” when hubby’s mic is live:) I’ll be ok with him getting uninterrupted Black Ops time when I get uninterrupted reading/scrapbooking/and/or knitting time!
Great post and I can totally relate. I LOL’d at the comment above from sushi-noem because I have been guilty of the same thing, saying random things to him and not realizing that this stupid mic is on! LOL Oh well.
Too funny. I’m so glad that Bill doesn’t like those kind of games. But he does like to play on his computer… fortunately I like to play on mine, too. So we IM each other… How romantic, right. 🙂