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My mom has a pretty serious gambling addiction (actually I think my first thread in TDS was regarding it). My father has told me that it's gotten so bad to where they would be able to pay my college tuition and provide me with a car if it wasn't for the gambling. They've paid off credit cards only to find that a week later she'll take out $5,000 cash advances from them to use in slot machines. Needless to say, I tend to stay the fuck away from casinos.
 
I've never really been big on it..
I just don't see the point in forming a hobby with gambling.
A lot of my friends and some of my relatives are big on it.
Sometimes they can win big, but most of the time it doesn't work that way.
But I think a game like poker is pretty innocent compared to machines.. I actually don't mind playing poker, though I never play for $$$
 
One of my friends is a great poker player. Unfortunately he is not a great gambler. I was with him when he started out with like 100 euro and ended up with 5000. Told him it would a good idea to call it a night, but he didn't listen and the money was gone as fast as it came. Sometimes I'd give him money and tell him he could play untill I said stop, if he lost my money then it was on me and if he won, i'd get 75%. Earned some money this way, though it was always hard to make him stop, even though it was my money he was playing with, so it in my eyes it should not have mattered (but I guess for an addict it's not the money). Last time I saw him he had aquired 300 000 euro in debt and was up for trail for fraud.
 
When I go I generally take less than 50 bucks.. I only go for fun mayb once or twice a year.

Man I'm bored.
 
i had minor surgery today to have a couple lipomas removed. they looked at me a little funny when i asked for a picture.

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^lol I had something similar happen to me. I needed surgery after breaking 3 bones in my thumb in a sky accident, they only gave me local anaesthesia and the plan at the beginning was to try and just put the thumb back in place without opening it up. So I was just lying there feeling nice and loopy when I hear 'yeah, we're gonna have to cut it open...' followed by this massive drilling sound. I FREAKED OUT. Didn't feel anything obviously, but still :p
 
just spent a few hours with the new girl, but my mind was wishing it was HW (most recent ex) in her place... I feel wrong for saying that/thinking that.
 
michael said:
it is, btw, not particularly reassuring to overhear your surgeon googling to see what antibiotic won't kill you.

"yeah, this should be all right..."
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LOL this sounds similar to a situation I had. My doc had a PA student from a local very prestigious university @ the office. She said "Ok go in there and talk to her"- it was a follow up for my back pain. He was like "uh...yeah...so...how's your back? Right it's your back?" And then he was just TALKING to me for like 30min about random stuff! He was VERY cute and I enjoye the conversation, don't get me wrong. But then my doctor knocks on the door and asks if everything is okay and he's like yeah! She was like "I was waiting for you to come out so I can follow the plan you wrote for her". No plan was written. And I was mentioning a surgery I had & how I reacted odd to Midazolam & he said "oh what's that?"...

Serotonin101 said:
just spent a few hours with the new girl, but my mind was wishing it was HW (most recent ex) in her place... I feel wrong for saying that/thinking that.
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You'll find someone Sero. You're a great person who has a lot to offer & any girl who fails to see that/treats you wrong isn't worth it. :)
 
How long was it since you broke up? Time always gets me perspective. I always try to see the negative sides of a relationship that ended should I still be sad some months after. Hm, feels strange telling someone to be negative, I haven't done that as I can remember. Still, something must have made you break up, if she broke up with you, well then she didn't love you and don't deserve you. You deserve someone who does however. Keep in mind that there are always others, I have lots of problems, and if someone can love me, then for sure there is someone out there waiting for you, that I guarantee :)

In the meantime try to have fun being single if you haven't in a long time, I know it feels like what could possibly be good with this? Well, if you used to live with someone else, I'm sure there is something you would have wanted to do but never did because your partner might not enjoy it that much. I for example am lazy and think cleaning once in a while is ok, I'll pile up stuff untill it needs to get done, then i'll do it. However my girlfriend wanted this done immediately always, so I had to. Now that I am alone, I can be as much of a couch potato as I want if I want to. No one is gonna care but me at the moment.

I also don't need to worry myself with lots of problems we shared, now I have my own problems still, but I don't have to deal with someone elses as well.

I don't know, maybe you were real happy in your relation, if you were, take comfort in that it could never have worked anyway. And it's not your fault, sometimes it just doesn't work out. It sucks, but that's life. Thinking if you could have done/said/acted differently will not change anything, and more importantly if you think this way, you shouldn't have had to. If you can't be yourself in a relationship, it's not worth having.

I've had my fair share of failed relations. They are usually not worthy of tears even though they always result in it.
 
i have missed countless shows because i didn't drive and didn't think i could interest any of my local friends in driving to the show.

i am not missing booker t jones on march 10th.

and i know none of my local friends would be into paying $65 to see him. their loss! :)

and not having to buy someone else a ticket for driving = being able to afford a VIP ticket for myself! :)

:) hooray! :)
 
Pagey said:
^lol I had something similar happen to me. I needed surgery after breaking 3 bones in my thumb in a sky accident, they only gave me local anaesthesia and the plan at the beginning was to try and just put the thumb back in place without opening it up. So I was just lying there feeling nice and loopy when I hear 'yeah, we're gonna have to cut it open...' followed by this massive drilling sound. I FREAKED OUT. Didn't feel anything obviously, but still :p
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when i had my wisdom teeth out i opted for general anesthesia rather than local + nitrous because i knew i would freak if i heard them drilling teeth out (my lowers were impacted and i knew they would need to be cut and drilled out).
 
Same here, I payed a private anesthesiologist to sedate me, cost me like 1200$ for that alone but it was worth it in my eyes. I hate going to the dentist. Also nitrous would have been half that price anyway.
 
michael said:
when i had my wisdom teeth out i opted for general anesthesia rather than local + nitrous because i knew i would freak if i heard them drilling teeth out (my lowers were impacted and i knew they would need to be cut and drilled out).
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Ha I wish they'd given me the choice for my hand but nooo. Was lucky enough to hear the whole thing \ o /
 
Ugh I hate dental surgeries.
My teeth are getting a bit overdue for a check up.. Eep!

@Serotonin - try enjoy the time with your new lady :-)
I know it can be hard to let go of previous partners, but you have to try stay open and outgoing towards your new interests.
 
^Oh same, I've been pushing back an appointment for like a year because I'm afraid they're gonna tell me I need my wisdom teeth out :(
 
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