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yeah i think its my personal view of working for that paycheck. Im gettin it done financially so every cent i can save is a plus for me and my lady in the long run. It was just a shock to me seeing what i consider a good amount of cash just gone when my friends lost it and for them to not really trip out.Originally Posted by Uter Zorker
I'm just saying in terms of value or living value, winning/losing 200-300 a week is nothing.
That equates to about 11k on the low end, 16k on the high end. Who lives nicely off that? The stress that comes along with gambling wouldn't make 11k-16k worth it whatsoever.
I suppose if you're working a 9-5 where you make 75k-100k a year, and you need to relieve stress so you USE gambling as a way of relieving yourself (in which case it'd be even harder to win unless you've been doing it for years and years and have mastered a method) then yeah, 11k or 16k wouldn't be a bad win/loss...but still if you lose that 11k-16k, you're more than likely to go on "tilt" and lose more...
Just saying that what your friends are winning or losing isn't enough to live on - which I thought you had mentioned in the initial post but mis-read, I see you just meant "added income"...still you have to devote A LOT of your time to truly win at it. I don't think it's possible to work a 9-5 job and gamble, if you want to have any sort of social life whatsoever.
As far as you losing the $20, money is worth what you deem it to be worth. I can't ever imagine getting mad about losing a $20 dollar bill, or losing any sort of bet I place, whether I was rich or poor because I lost it and now it's gone. I can understand that you work hard for your $ so it's upsetting to let a few hours of work go to waste, but in the end...it's gone. No sense getting upset about it or stressing myself out - at all. Of course we all struggle to deal with that ideology...