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28th Sep 2012

Tweet of the Day: The missus or FIFA ’13? Easy decision…

Hundreds of thousands of male gamers snapped up FIFA ’13 on its release today, putting plenty of relationships at risk in the process.

Conor Heneghan

Hundreds of thousands of male gamers snapped up FIFA ’13 on its release today, putting plenty of relationships at risk in the process.

Girlfriends across the world today will have an idea how their better halves felt during the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon during the summer as men everywhere get a little bit too excited about the most popular football game around.

You might think we’re joking but the amount of time some gamers will dedicate to the new FIFA is seriously bound to put a lot of relationships at risk and the following tweet is something that will accurately reflect the thoughts of many of us today.

Hopefully you’ll have built up a fair bit of goodwill to keep the missus at bay for a few days at least, but if she does kick up a bit of a fuss over you spending too much time on the game, tell her it’s payback for all those sh*tty romantic comedies at the cinema and Saturdays wasted at Ikea over the years.

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