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A mother got so absorbed in Dress to Impress on Roblox that she missed her son's basketball pickup, ignored his coach's calls and texts, and didn't notice for over an hour. The hosts dissect what gaming addiction actually looks like in real life.
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Shayne reads an AITA post from a 36-year-old man whose wife has developed a Roblox habit that's eroded her household responsibilities. The tipping point: she forgot to pick up their 9-year-old son from basketball practice, leaving him stranded for over an hour while she played Dress to Impress on her iPad, oblivious to the coach's calls and texts [1] — Shayne Topp "A mother got so absorbed in Dress to Impress on Roblox that she missed her son's basketball pickup, ignored his coach's calls and texts, an…" 20:58 . The father blew up at her, and she called it a one-time thing. Amanda, already sensitised by the Bob Ross story, is immediately on the father's side. Trevor — the household gamer — offers a more nuanced take: if you've never played a game that sucks you in before, you might not realise how fast you lose track of time, a point that partially softens the wife's culpability. The update reveals the husband set device time limits, bought his son a cheap flip phone, and suggested therapy — a resolution Amanda critiques for leaning too heavily on Reddit strangers rather than the wife herself.
A mother addicted to Dress to Impress on Roblox forgot to pick up her 9-year-old from basketball practice, leaving him stranded for over an hour.
Trevor Evarts knows firsthand how a great gaming session erases time. His fix: set a 40-minute alarm to check in with yourself before you lose the whole evening — or, apparently, forget to pick up your kid.
Trevor Evarts' dad created his RuneScape account for him, and the whole family would sit in the living room killing bosses together. Video games never stopped his parents from picking him up from practice on time.
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