Hello, everyone, hope you are having a good week. I am back with another attempt to participate in Rochelle’s party of Friday Fictioneers. The story is inspired by the photo by Jennifer Pendergast. Thank you Rochelle and Jennifer! If you wish to participate or read the other stories based on this prompt, click here
PHOTO PROMPT Β© Jennifer Pendergast
When you canβt Beat Them…
Words 100
βEnough playing games. What about work?β I grumble at my offspring glued to the screen, fingers dancing over the keyboard.
He nods agreeably without budging. And he is in my room.
Sighing, I scroll through the apps on the iPad.
I sink into βZen Wordβ until I am lured by the βRoyal Match.β I start by renovating his castle, the garden, decorating his bed, the dogβs bed, setting up his library…
Rebelling, I switch to βNut Sortβ where one has to sort nuts by color.
Having done this for years, in no time, I top the charts. Next βHidden Objects.β
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PPS: After posting, i went back to my game and it struck me that the story was about something else. Hence, a minor tweak in the title and last line. And some re-framing to keep within 100 words. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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Like offspring, like mother
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The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. I have just discovered Royal Match… lordy…
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Hahah! Have fun and thanks for dropping by.
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I don’t have kids at home any more, and even my grandkids are all grown up and busy with life. But I’m still not a big fan of computer games. I guess I’m old school π
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I am not a fan, but sometimes they are fun! Thank you for your visiting and commenting. Wish I had a name to put π
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Computer games are fun in small doses. I have noticed a world capitulated by this new addiction. A sign of out times, self discipline is in question.
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You are so right! Just 5 more minutes is the keyword π Thank you James.
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I find myself doing this more than I ought to. What starts out to be a quick game morphs into a hour. Quite the time suck.
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Absolutely! But invaluable in times of stress i feel. No wonder kids are so into it. Thank you Russell for visiting.
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Oh dear! Too many games. Then again, what else is there to do? Nicely done commentary on today’s technology
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Thank you Laurie. I was also trying to hint at how coincidentally many of the games are like housework π
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That was a fun read. And yes, these games can lure us in, seductive, silly little things that they are.
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Indeed. Thank you.
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Do as I say not as I do. We all seem to live in a digital world these days. It’s a wonder anything real gets done. Good story, Dahlia.
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So true. Time vanishes once on reels π Thanks for visiting Li
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You’re welcome π
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Dear Dahlia,
There are a couple of games I play on my phone that are mesmerizing. I could totally relate to your story. It made me smile.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you Rochelle π
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