It's Just A Game...

Playing family board games has sure changed from when I was a kid.  Case in point: a woman recently stabbed her boyfriend with a knife... over a game of Monopoly.  "Park Place is mine! All mine!  All mine!"  Sheesh... Not only that, the stabber was a grandma.... "They sure don't make grandmas like they used to."  Aren't grandmas supposed to bake cookies and spoil their grandchildren (even the annoying ones)?  While her grandson slept, this woman went ballistic on her unsuspecting boyfriend (what I'd like to know is, where was Grandpa?).  "The Free Parking space belongs to me!"   Faster than you can say 'Park Place,' The poor guy ended up at the hospital, not knowing what hit -- uh, stabbed him.  "We've got a bleeder!"  Is that unbelievable or what?  Come on, people, get some perspective.  I mean, board games are supposed to give families a chance to bond, not a chance to post bail.  These games should bring laughter to one's household, not lacerations.  And to be fair, it's not just the ladies that go into crazy mode when they play board games.  Awhile back, some man went to the slammer for assaulting his lady when she refused to give him Monopoly's Boardwalk.  Oh, and then another guy choked his wife over a game of  'Yahtzee.'   Are you serious, people?  Can we play a simple game of Candyland without worrying if game tokens will be turned into lethal weapons? Looking back, I can definitely say that the makers of Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots were ahead of their time...  Pow!