My Sad, Sad Obsession

[chiefmickeymouse]

Since I found this forum about a month ago, I have developed a very unhealthy obsession! We are leaving Saturday for a week at the world, and my original purpose of joining the DisBoard was to gather information. Instead I have found myself completely fascinated by the drama of topics I never even knew were an issue! Like: Who knew there were stroller thieves out there? Which tour group is most obnoxious? And, my favorite THE PARADE POSTS! I have wandered around completely unaware that parade controversy existed!

My preoccupation has become so obnoxious that my husband has suggested that we cancel our trip, stay home and read about other people's trips. He told me that if I start another sentence with "someone posted on the DisBoard..." he's going to divorce me! Should I seek therapy? Is there help out there for me? Perhaps a support group...

 

[ktlm]

Right there with you! I don't think you will get much help here. All you will find is a bunch of other addicts and enablers!

 

[diamondcharl]

Are you sure you are not married to my husband?

 

[wdvak]

well, if there is a support group I need it as well. I've been a member for awhile, but our connection is slow so haven't ever spent much time just reading for other than trip research. This spring I got an iPad, and like you, find myself engrossed in many topics. Also since it doesn't take 5 minutes to load after a post I'm actually responding a little and not just lurking.

 

[wdvak]

Are you sure you are not married to my husband?

too funny

 

[CapnJacksGirl]

Another obsessed person here! I have learned over the last few years that if I throw out a good, useful tip once in a while that I've learned here, especially if it saves us some bucks, my DH is more tolerant of my "problem" and doesn't think I'm quite so crazy. Works like a charm!

 

[claryche]

I'm right there with you. My DH hasn't mentioned not going on our trip. But my best friend asked me if I realized that about 90% of what I talk about has some Disney World tie in. And the more I thought about it, she was pretty accurate. And I don't know how many times I have said to my DH I read on DIS about this or that.

But you know, I think the good outweighs the bad. Yes, I spend way too much time on here, but on the other hand I have found out a lot of good information. Stuff you don't find anywhere else. So yes I'm a disboards and Disney addict, but I like it that way.

 

[flexsmom]

You are not alone! My DH calls it a "Dis-nease".......

 

[MikeandReneePlus5]

Since I found this forum about a month ago, I have developed a very unhealthy obsession! We are leaving Saturday for a week at the world, and my original purpose of joining the DisBoard was to gather information. Instead I have found myself completely fascinated by the drama of topics I never even knew were an issue! Like: Who knew there were stroller thieves out there? Which tour group is most obnoxious? And, my favorite THE PARADE POSTS! I have wandered around completely unaware that parade controversy existed!

My preoccupation has become so obnoxious that my husband has suggested that we cancel our trip, stay home and read about other people's trips. He told me that if I start another sentence with "someone posted on the DisBoard..." he's going to divorce me! Should I seek therapy? Is there help out there for me? Perhaps a support group...

yeah I hear ya, lol. All I can say is that I have been to WDW many times before I started reading and posting here and yes, sure, I saw some of the madness surrounding getting a good spot for the parade or getting on Toy Story Mania, or a crowded bus but really the OVERHWHELMING percentage of the time everyone was just having fun and very friendly and polite and the (very) few frustrations just roll off your back. The board is biased the way most forums and "review" sites are...i.e. a bad experience causes someone to seek out a place to complain but a good experience is accepted happily with no further comment.

Even that one parade thread was started with the title "a new one for me" and that was from someone with tons and tons of WDW experience.

You are gonna have a blast!

 

[rie'smom]

Since I found this forum about a month ago, I have developed a very unhealthy obsession! We are leaving Saturday for a week at the world, and my original purpose of joining the DisBoard was to gather information. Instead I have found myself completely fascinated by the drama of topics I never even knew were an issue! Like: Who knew there were stroller thieves out there? Which tour group is most obnoxious? And, my favorite THE PARADE POSTS! I have wandered around completely unaware that parade controversy existed!

My preoccupation has become so obnoxious that my husband has suggested that we cancel our trip, stay home and read about other people's trips. He told me that if I start another sentence with "someone posted on the DisBoard..." he's going to divorce me! Should I seek therapy? Is there help out there for me? Perhaps a support group...

My name is Julie and I'm an obsessed DISboarder. There's no hope, sorry. Look at my post count. My husband doesn't care though because I've found so many good hints. Besides, he doesn't like Disney World, so my teenager and I go w/out him.
I see some of the DIS topics as a soap opera. It beats the pants off of anything on tv because it's interactive. Just tell your husband you could be out shopping, so the DIS is saving him money- at least while you're on the DIS. When you start planning though, it might be a different story.

 

[ArmandXG]

Like my husband always say "The first step is admitting you have an addiction!"

Just keep coming to the Dis Boards and we will give you all the "support" you need!

 

[amy-momofthree]

Another obsessed Disney fanatic here !! I keep trying to nail down dates with my dh for our NEXT trip and we haven't even been on our first yet (Jan 2011).

I have been planning our trip since July and he asked me the other night, "what are you going to do after we come home from this trip"? It's all I do is read, plan, check the boards. I will have some serious withdrawal after we get back !

 

[OhThePain]

My preoccupation has become so obnoxious that my husband has suggested that we cancel our trip, stay home and read about other people's trips. He told me that if I start another sentence with "someone posted on the DisBoard..." he's going to divorce me! Should I seek therapy? Is there help out there for me? Perhaps a support group...

If that's the case, he is in for a rude awakening. If either of you think that once the trip is done, your lives will return to normal, as they once were before the Dis came intruding, I tell you this... it gets worse. A lot worse. A lot.

Now you will have more of a reason to watch the boards. You will have new personal experiences, that when you see a topic spring up that you can voice your opinion on, you won't pass up the chance. Then you will feel the need to revisit those threads to see if anyone agrees or disagrees with you. The feeling of bliss that you are not alone and that someone feels the same way, the anger of someone who disagrees with you. Oh the pain!

Sure, at first you may fight the temptations, the urges. But people can fight for only so long. Then you slowly begin to check the boards, just to see what the big topic is, trying to keep yourself in the loop for a trip that you plan on going on a few months or years from the time you get home. In the end, you must remember, the Dis will always win. There is no breaking the spell. You are now under the control of the Dis.

 

[jmm476]

I have the same problem! No surprise there... but what did surprise me was that while I was at WDW last month, I couldn't stop talking about "someone on disboards posted about..." fill in the blank with any ride, parade, show, etc. and my DBFF that went on the trip with me thinks I am certifiably crazy now. And don't even ask about how much my husband hates that I spend so much time on here...

But it gives me an outlet for my Disney obsession, so I'm loving it! And I've picked up some knowledge, even though I had been to Disney 20+ times before I discovered this forum.

 

[WishAndDream]

Haha... I'm sure once you're there you'll be so caught up in your own vacation that you won't have time to think about anyone else's. Unless you're looking for it, I doubt you'll see any of the behavior that people talk about on here. I don't doubt that it happens, but when I go it's like I'm in my own personal bubble lol and don't notice what's happening around me. In 10+ trips, I've never encountered any of the things people here talk about.

That said, I'll agree that some of these behavior threads are like a guilty pleasure read... almost like reality TV

 

[MinniesYooHoo]

You can just enter into therapy with the rest of us!!! You KNOW we won't judge!

 

[ses1230]

Lol, I understand! Just hope you don't find the thread that has a list of Disney blogs!

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Check out my username. I found the DIS when I was "helping" my DH plan a trip for my 40th b-day. Had no intention of being here after that trip. I turned 47 in August!!!

 

[shalom]

my original purpose of joining the DisBoard was to gather information. Instead I have found myself completely fascinated by the drama of topics I never even knew were an issue!

The board is biased the way most forums and "review" sites are...i.e. a bad experience causes someone to seek out a place to complain but a good experience is accepted happily with no further comment.

I've hung out on enough boards over the years that the various controversies don't surprise me, but have definitely become a bit of a Dis board addict (I do sometimes bail on the controversies and just hang out on the photo threads for a week). Plus I'm the only serious Disney addict of the family - everyone else likes the movies and that's it, while I regularly go through periods when I read everything Disney-related I can get my hands on and have since I was in my teens. Although the Internet admittedly means I can find more stuff than I can ever read, which was not the case in the 1970's.

Hubby will appreciate my Dis-board addiction once I can convince him to visit the parks, is my theory. Really, if I can get him there, bet he becomes more of a parks fan than I am. He tolerates my addiction now because I get a bit rabid about researching anyplace we visit, and he enjoys the fruits of that.

 

[Brit_Jude]

My name is Judi and I am a Disboard addict. It's been twenty minutes since my last look. My vacations to Disney are much better now and my whole family has reaped the benefits. However, DH refuses to talk about our plans and ADR's for our Thanksgiving trip anymore in an attempt cut me off from my complusion to second guess myself constantly.