Tonight was going to be another lonely night shared only between Jessica and the cast of Grey’s Anatomy. Her husband was in another room, but practically another universe as far as she was concerned.
A few hours earlier, just before date night was due to start, a loud pang pang pang erupted from her husband’s phone and the evening was officially over. Within two minutes, after much fussing and apologizing to her, his gaming setup was powered on, multiple game windows came to life and whatever chat program he used to talk to his other virtual family started up. Messages started to scroll by and the chat program erupted into life with anime meme pictures and messages flying by and gaining speed as more and more people joined in the latest virtual summons.
Despite his commitment to his other life, she supports him in his virtual endeavors despite the lonely evenings and frequent cries of excitement or dismay coming from the gaming room. Attempts to play alongside him were short lived as the entire gaming style of Eve Online didn’t suit her at all. It was either mining virtual rocks, shooting NPCs for hours, fighting over silly space stations at a snail’s pace, or comparing space Excel spreadsheets on optimal industry performance—another job essentially which she didn’t want.
However, Jessica is not too bothered, she gets to indulge in her favorite rom-coms, soaps, and drama programs. And once her husband is done with his latest escapades her real entertainment begins. Let’s just say, he gets very worked up after his space battles, full of adrenaline and vigour. Especially if he loses whatever he and his online space friends were up to for some reason. So with a chill at the thought of her husband’s potential loss, a pang of excitement at his loss brewed at the back of her mind…she hoped he would lose more often.
Over the last two decades there has been a sizable increase in mentions of “Eve Online” being directly named in multiple divorce proceedings across the developed and developing world. The most prevalent mention of Eve Online in being the primary cause of divorce was in Arkansas, USA.
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