Su Doku: The Silent Danger

My wife has a serious Su Doku addiction. In case you are unfamiliar with Su Doku, it's the popular number puzzle game found in the back of newspapers near the crossword puzzle. Twas a time when I was the only one doing them. She would just shake her head and wonder what all the fuss was about. One day, about two weeks ago, I brought home a few Su Doku books and encouraged her to give them a try. One puzzle (she started of with the easy ones) innocently led to another, and then a third. Then she stared taking the books with her when we left the hotel and doing puzzles at meals. Now, it's two puzzles first thing in the morning, two before she goes to sleep, and countless others in between. It's become a problem.

Su Doku is a wedge which has come between us. We never talk anymore. Meals are spent in silence. She hunches over the book, lost in her puzzle. I pout and try to draw her attention by pouring her tea every thirty seconds. She tells me to be quiet.

At least with crossword puzzles, she would ask for my help. We could have conversations stemming from crossword puzzles. Su Doku demands silence. She also never wants my help. She'll figure it out for herself, she says.

Is there anyone I can call about this? A hotline for Su Doku dependency or something?

Is it me? Am I a Su Doku enabler? Maybe I should just take away the books and give her tough love. Make her come off Su Doku cold turkey. It's going to hurt, but it's for the best. Someday she'll thank me.

-Brendan

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It's rude to read/ puzzle/ etc at the table when a meal is being served. PERIOD.

Possibly the only exception would be breakfast at home.

When she's asleep, go to this page and use it to solve all the puzzles, then fill them all in so that she has none left to do:
http://www.sudokusolver.co.uk/

If she does the puzzles while in bed...then you have a problem. ha. Well, the in the middle of the night take all of her books and give them to a monkey/burn them. Tell her that you want her lovin'. Glad my wife hasn't started doing them. Thanks for the warning.

UGH! The same thing is happening at my school. Everyone is playing Sodoku, and I hate it. I think i hust hate it because I never learned how to play. Hide all the books and say the moneys took them.

-John-

I had the same problem a few months ago. Both my parents were heavily into SuDoku. Don't worry though. It seemed to be short lived. They both got bored of it after a while. It's a fad that will blow over. I don't really think there is such a thing as Su Doku addiction. Just give'r time.

I am so addicted to Sudoku. I made a giant 25 by 25 one. Yes, I am indeed a dork.

I have sudoku on my nintendo DS, very addictive, it won't be for long though, just you wait.

You have never had some internet addiction? (You're either lying or weird. ) Maybe the puzzle is just more interesting than the company?

Oh my gosh! I totally identify with Sarah. Sudoku is the best thing ever! As for getting her away form it, I think you might just be out of luck. Maybe you can try a new hobby...knitting, perhaps? ;) Good luck with it!

I can relate to everything you said - but I'm the "Sarah" in the equation. I have Sudoku books all over the house - it's really quite scary how big our collection is. My husband is stuck on the easy ones, though, and I thought he was the smart one. Teehee!

If you're hiring a car and driver to go through Rajasthan, you might want to immerse yourself in Su Doku as well. It's much better than the constant adrenaline rush you'll have from watching the road and constant near misses.

Am I the only one who cannot access their other blog? I was curiouus if anyone else was getting an error when trying to access the page.

aww thats a bummer though, she probably reads this blog though. maybe im old school, but thats kinda rude to to at the table..but if you guys will READ during meals then i can see why she would play with the puzzles. maybe listen to some foriegn language ipod downloads, and practice at the table!! like wayne in Wayne's world "LEE HO LegNAAA"

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I love the blog, but I am very concerned about Branden's post. I think Dooney got it right..sort of. This is not normal bedroom behavior for newlyweds.

B and S, please let us know that you are not having maritial problems. We all love you and are very worried.

I've recently shared this problem, but alas, I am the Sarah in the relationship. We did set up some rules so that the little time we have available isn't consumed:
1. Not before breakfast/work prep
2. Never when eating
3. Never when watching our Tivo'd shows
4. We are allowed to stop the other whenever we wish to communicate a problem, story about our day, or have nooky.

This way, the rest of the time is ours to enjoy, because we know we can have each other's attention (or each other, period) whenever we want. Having a mutual understanding of each other's wants has worked best, no matter how corny that sounds, its true. It works!!!

All the best in a happily shared life together!

Sudoku in bed is always a bad idea lol, well unless you want to be up all night

Or I should say, don't want to sleep all night,sudoku is addictive!
funny thread :)