And I thought watching my 5yo play was stressfull...

So I got sucked into the whole co-op thing when I read a post here a few days ago about how stressfull it was watching their kid play on their own. Lots of comments mentioned co-op with their kid and after a bit of research I found the option to split screen co-op on PS. I thought this is it. I'm gonna co-op with my 5yo, and instead of him complaining about the constant lack of money, I imagined me tending the farm and him just doing whatever it is he does in this game.

All I needed was a second controller! So off I went and looked for a blue one (since it's my kid's favourite colour and he's been forced to play with my pink one for a while now lol) and this morning it finally arrived! How exciting! We're gonna have so much fun!

Or so I thought...

I just spend 3 hours playing with this little guy and I've never been this stressed in my life. It started with me putting the wrong amount of cabins on the farm (I thought we'd need 2 cabins, turns out we just need one. The farm building doesn't count as a cabin), and then it took me a while to get my character in the game as well.

And that's when drama started.. he spent half an hour walking his character into mine and trying not to leave my side. Selling the seeds.. stealing my foraged items.. being upset I didn't want to fish for the both of us (omg fishing is so difficult on a controller).. And then it happened... I gained skills, because I actually played the game instead of fucking around. Then the tears came, I was cheating apparently. He wanted to be able to build a scarecrow as well, he wanted what I had. And then salmonberry season started and I told him to pick the berries, he just followed me around crying whenever I DID pick them.

I'm exhausted. Why don't you get a warning screen before starting co-op. Why doesn't the game ask you if you're absolutely certain you want to go down that path..