With all the ins and outs of this game, the comraderie and rivalries, here is a story;
I have played this game for years now and enjoy it immensely, but it does cost me sometimes beyond the monetary fee I paid for the lifetime membership. My wife has accepted the fact that I am a dogfighter and I use this game as my escape or stress reliever. There are humorous moments such as the other night, when my lovely wife had insinuated that marital relations were on the itinerary for later that evening, she goes to bed and hints at me to follow. I lovingly look up wink and say, "I will be right there." I don't know how appealing i must have looked sitting on the couch in my sweatpants, t-shirt and a set of earbuds connected to my ipad hanging from my ears, but it must have been a turn-on, considering the offer I had just received. I was in the middle of a game, bomb the carrier, and it was a close one. I had been engaged in heavy battle for over 45 minutes and each side was down to 30% on their respective carrier. I was getting my tail fin handed to me by some fierce fellow dogfighters, I was making great strides as a tank, but it was taking considerable concentration to maneuver, fire and stay alive. At some point during one of my tank maneuvering runs, unbenounced to me, the wife had said that she needed me to come to the bedroom RIGHT THEN! I didn't hear this due to the hard fought battle raging on my ipad. I caught some quick movement from the bedroom to the kitchen and then back again, thinking it to be my lovely wife, probably fetching strawberries and champagne for the impending activities, I pressed on to complete the mission. It wasn't until I smelled smoke and the acrid odor of a fire extinguisher did i realize that her excited summons for me was not for our marital retreat, but because a lit candle on the dresser had accidentally ignited some perfume, as well as a lace handkerchief and was spreading quickly to other small bottles of perfumes and such.....I attempted to make one last shot from the tank as I rushed into the bedroom, the look in my wife's eyes as she stood there with the extinguisher in hand, wearing a beautiful nightie, with her and everything lightly covered in a light dusting of powder, I stood before her with earbuds still in place and ipad in hand, my tank shot landed, unfortunately that was the only scoring happening that evening. That weekend I took my wife shopping, out to a nice dinner and let her tell the contractor has she wants the bedroom remodeled......and that price was not an issue. To date this game has cost me roughly $14,890.00 dollars.
I did learn that after a really expensive dinner, my wife falls asleep early and sleeps very sound. I will see all you fellow dogfighters in the air real soon, it may be right after dinner though........

Excellent story! My wife and I both cracked up!
Thanks for sharing!

GREAT story, Luke!
We all have similar tales, I think, but YOU get the prize for most extreme!!!

You do know, you could have put that fire out before it got started.....LOL
Lesson learned......Mrs Dent.... do not burn candles in a nighty while I'm playing Dogfight....I like the bedroom just the way it is....
Funny stuff Cool.... Glad your ok and all it hurt was your wallet and Pride....

Thanks for the story Luke. I just read the story to my wife... She sympathizes. She's a DF widow as well.

She just asked of there is any kind of support group?

Too funny luke. My wife took pleasure in knowing that there are other women who are living the same life. thank you for sharing your misfortune.

No support group as of yet, they may want to get together and start one. If we work it just right, it would allow us extra time to play......

Yes Luke I understand, I to had a similar situation but no fire, Wellllllll kinda. My loving wife of many years,( and thank god she likes me) called me to bed room in mid game, I told her in a minute, one minute turned into two, two turned into ten and so on till as with you some 40+ had past. When I did get to the bedroom I notice a nightgown I hadn't seen since our wedding night (Did I mention she's been working hard on loosing weight ?) well when came in she was asleep, and beleave you me I had better sense than to wake her up, or even try... I instead went shopping thank you Dillard's for being open late. After a $250 bottle of Beautiful and a $300 pair of ear rings gift wrapped. I slept in the den till morning, oh and yes i did get the $8 congratulations card and the roses came later that day, But you notice I'm not in game as much now days, so yes I understand. And yes I finally get to see that nighty

How did DENT look in the Naughty?

Let my wife read it. She said i would have let the house burn down you get my laugh of the day CHL. Putting out the real fire I'm sure was less dangerous than the one that you had to put out with the wife. Karma bump to ya.

In hindsight, I think she would have too, but the saving grace were her shoes and clothes, she did not wont them smelling of smoke. I can live out of a duffle bag, but for some reason she is attached to this house....

Paul Mantz, Jr. wrote: How did DENT look in the Naughty?

FREAKIN AWSOME MAN






Edit: Mrs Dent said one word .... COW