Frustrated wife puts gamer husband up for sale on Craigslist.

[Ponce]

Frustrated wife puts gamer husband up for sale on Craigslist.

By Chris Morris

Guys, be careful how involved you get with this season's awesome crop of video games. Your wife may try to sell you off.



Kyle Baddley learned this the hard way earlier this month, when his wife Alyse got frustrated by his constant Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 playing and offered him up to the highest bidder on Craigslist.

"I am selling my 22 year old husband," the ad read. "He enjoys eating and playing video games all day. Easy to maintain, just feed and water every 3-5 hours. You must have Internet and space for gaming. Got tired of waiting so free to good home. If acceptable replacement is offered will trade."
The ad, of course, was a joke. But that didn't stop people from replying.

One woman offered to retrain him. Another guy said he was willing to trade spots with Kyle, noting that he was both house-trained and preferred books to games.

"We didn't think we would get any responses at all, but we've gotten so many," Alyse said. "Someone even offered a blue bag of Skittles."

Some people, though, took it a bit too seriously. One person suggested she use the free time to go out on her own, while others wrote that they were concerned about Alyse's relationship with her husband.

Among the unconcerned was Kyle's mother. She not only encouraged Alyse to run the ad, she helped her write it.

Kyle, it seems, has learned his lesson and has pulled back a bit from his Modern Warfare 3 playtime. His father notes that the couple is headed to Florida to spend Thanksgiving with Kyle's sister.

Kyle's taking it in good humor -- but he points out for the record that his wife was in line with him when the game went on sale.

"I love my wife," he says. "She supported me when I got the game. We stayed until midnight to get the game when it first came out. It's just funny."

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[Buddha]

Just another match made in heaven. This is why I hate alot of other people.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

People really should not do things like this. I believe in commitment, but not really in marriage.

Does this make me weird? It seems slightly silly to me to get married unless:

-you have dated that person for 5-10+ years
-you are going to own property together. because it is a corporate merger of your legal fictions. your two persons.

I think people need to open-source the idea of commitment, and just make a public commitment without the 'corporate merger between two persons' part.


I guess my thinking this makes me terrible husband material. Heh, that kind of makes me chuckle, I don't know why.

[Twisted Titan]

Abosolutely times ten

Marriages only occured between royalty as their was huge considerations property,inheritance,and bloodline continuity.

That is why marriage became a "insitution" it had nothing to do wth your average bloke

[BrewTech]

People really should not do things like this. I believe in commitment, but not really in marriage.

Does this make me weird? It seems slightly silly to me to get married unless:

-you have dated that person for 5-10+ years
-you are going to own property together. because it is a corporate merger of your legal fictions. your two persons.

I think people need to open-source the idea of commitment, and just make a public commitment without the 'corporate merger between two persons' part.


I guess my thinking this makes me terrible husband material. Heh, that kind of makes me chuckle, I don't know why.

That makes two of us. If you're weird, you're not alone!

[Heimdhal]

Abosolutely times ten

Marriages only occured between royalty as their was huge considerations property,inheritance,and bloodline continuity.

That is why marriage became a "insitution" it had nothing to do wth your average bloke


really?


People never got "married".....


I know yall harp on the whole "coporate merger" thing and I totaly get it and I agree 100% that modern marriage conducted with the permission of the state is an abomination


but unions between a man and his wife have gone back for thousands and thousands of years, whether it be mono- or poly-

I love my wife dearly. We have been together for over 10 years, we have children together. I have never once looked at her like a business proposition or corporate merger or anythign else but my mate and the mother of my children with whom to brave the slings and arrows and joys of life with.


Seriously, yall need to reevaluate just how grey your worlds are if you think marriage is just a business proposition for two people to co habitate. Damn I feel bad for some of you.

[solid]

Seriously, yall need to reevaluate just how grey your worlds are if you think marriage is just a business proposition for two people to co habitate. Damn I feel bad for some of you.

Heim, marriage is creating a 'business' between a man and woman, in which the state controls.

On paper...it's not about love, it's a contract. A legal binding agreement.

Our .Gov, decided, it wanted IN on our personal relationships. On our marriages, 'under God'. Our Gov, thinks it's God and wants to control our personal lives.

By boycotting marriage, I am boycotting control from our government. I am telling them, you can fuck off...you will not controll my personal love life. As long as I am unmarried...I am free. I say "I do", and accept their control.

I will marry in secret, if I ever do. I will stand before a Priest, in a Church, and say my vows.

I will not say those vows to my government.

[BrewTech]

really?


People never got "married".....


I know yall harp on the whole "coporate merger" thing and I totaly get it and I agree 100% that modern marriage conducted with the permission of the state is an abomination


but unions between a man and his wife have gone back for thousands and thousands of years, whether it be mono- or poly-

I love my wife dearly. We have been together for over 10 years, we have children together. I have never once looked at her like a business proposition or corporate merger or anythign else but my mate and the mother of my children with whom to brave the slings and arrows and joys of life with.


Seriously, yall need to reevaluate just how grey your worlds are if you think marriage is just a business proposition for two people to co habitate. Damn I feel bad for some of you.

I'm married, without the state's involvement.

Is my marriage not as real, complete or fulfilling as yours because I didn't ask (and receive) permission?

[Heimdhal]

No, corporate state permissed unions are about the legalities of a business deal. You can be well married without ever asking the state for permission


Marriage is about sharing your life with some you care a great deal about, that you build a FAMILY with, that is what marriage. Fuck what the state calls marriage, I care not what they say. Boycotting the legal modern marriage is one thing, avoiding marriage because you think some how you are fighting tyranny is dumb.

Again, I care not what the state says, I have never considered my wife, whom I love and share my life with, to be a corporate merger or business deal. The state can think that all they want, I dont care. The marriage of two people (or more if thats your thing) is above the state, despite the state trying to control.

[Heimdhal]

I'm married, without the state's involvement.

Is my marriage not as real, complete or fulfilling as yours because I didn't ask (and receive) permission?

Not at all, your marriage is real, and fullfilling. I never said you had to ask the states permission to be married. You are exactly what I was talking about, marriage is NOT about the state, even if they want to butt in, its about the union of people who care deeply enough for one another to share their lives, which you and your wife have done.


You two are married, plain and simple, just as my wife and I are married. That is what marriage is.

[Ponce]

Love can be shown in many ways and this was her way of telling him to shape up, she could go only so far with talk so that action spoke louder than words.........if she really wanted to get rid of him she would had left him and then divorced him.

[Awoke]

My wife had to tell me to slow down on the Call of Duty series games too.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

really?


People never got "married".....


I know yall harp on the whole "coporate merger" thing and I totaly get it and I agree 100% that modern marriage conducted with the permission of the state is an abomination


but unions between a man and his wife have gone back for thousands and thousands of years, whether it be mono- or poly-

I love my wife dearly. We have been together for over 10 years, we have children together. I have never once looked at her like a business proposition or corporate merger or anythign else but my mate and the mother of my children with whom to brave the slings and arrows and joys of life with.


Seriously, yall need to reevaluate just how grey your worlds are if you think marriage is just a business proposition for two people to co habitate. Damn I feel bad for some of you.



Been with the same woman for 5 years and not planning on leaving her anytime soon. Both of us agree that not getting married is better for our lives...I do love her!

I'm not knocking your marriage as you are probably mature enough to handle it.

I'm just wary of letting a .gov or a church "approve" my love.

[Ponce]

You got it Egypt, she became my wife in 1970 but didn't like the idea of being a "wife" so that we got our own divorce in 1972, we were the second couple to buy and use the book "Do Your Own Divorce In California" ........everything was right on the money.

By the way, after that we were together for another four years.

Many are now getting a divorce because tax wise it is better to be single....