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Ask Marvin

I love online gaming. My wife thinks it’s dangerous, pathetic, and I should stop. What should I do?

November 15, 2019 Aunt Marvin Ask Marvin

I like playing on the Xbox. FIFA mainly. However my wife thinks I’m too old to be playing silly games. Should I stop?

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

  • Role playing Exciting role playing doesn’t just happen in the bedroom, it happens in interviews too.
  • Redundant when dotcom bubble bursts Devastatingly made redundant and left with just a biro and a book. How?
  • Loose women What does Daddy do all day? Getting traumatised by Loose Women isn’t all fun.

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Hip replacement recovery days 6 to 21. Coming on in...

Health, Fitness and Hips

  • Marvin the paranoid android Marvin the Paranoid Android describes midlife perfectly. Read how, and what you can do differently
  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks 3 to 7 (Part 6)
  • Keep the man happy in your head Frustrated with a boring middle age existence. You need to be more Don…
  • cool cocktails and ice cubes Ice, ice baby. Summer’s here and the time is right…for cool cocktails and novelty ice cubes

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Hip replacement recovery days 6 to 21. Coming on in...

Ask Marvin Answered…

  • Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?
    Aunt Marvin
  • My work suit no longer fits, and my birthday suit isn’t what it was. What can I do before I return to the office?
    Aunt Marvin
  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
    Aunt Marvin

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midlife issues

  • Lagotto puppy It’s a dog’s life. Why buying a puppy might not be the answer to midlife stress
  • Canal boat holiday better tgan camping? Camping or canal boat holiday? What’s better for grumpy middle aged men?
  • Male grooming The dangerous minefield that is middle aged male grooming

In Other (Largely Fake) News

  • Donald Trump face mask Donald Trump’s face mask refuses to stay on after Covid scare
    October 9, 2020
  • Rule of six may soon apply to Whatsapp groups. Shocking new claims amid rising Covid cases. 1 Rule of six may soon apply to Whatsapp groups. Shocking new claims amid rising Covid cases.
    October 21, 2020
  • Dentist's chair Man trying to recreate Gascgoine’s “dentist’s chair” celebration ends up having root canal surgery
    July 26, 2021

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