Another Gambling stiory beware

deanoc said:

My wife wanted to get away for a week
somewhere I wouldn't get a call and have a chance

to make some money in a faraway land playing one
of my games,somewhere I could leave the tools of the
.trade,pool cues and golf clubs, at home

Just the two of us, meet the Franlins,Laurie and Jerry
for dinner and the Righteous Brothers, so I took her to
Las Vegas where I couldn't possibly be lured into action

Even though I fear airplanes ,we flew. I was sitting next
to another guy going to Vegas so Iasked him why? he said
he was going to play in the world series of poker

Well I had 3 hours on my hands so I invited him to play some
heads up hold em on the way.Since he was going to play limit in the
tournament I sggested we play no limit.(never play the other guys game)

I quickly got over my fear of flying as we played poker,in fact the plane
got its wires crossed. we landed at the wrong time. The pilot was forced
into a touch and go, I looked at the other guy and said"Whose deal?'

When we arrived I had won a few thousand dollars, I figured I just paid
for the trip.I expected her to smile and be happy

But what do you think my wife said "You ruined our vacation,you turned it
into another day at the office"

Go figure.

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pt109 said:

I quit the game for a few years...my wife made the mistake of buying a cue for my b’day.
..after a while I started to get in stroke.....disappeared for a day and a half....
...when I came home...gave her a couple Gs for our bank account...
...never showed her what I actually won...

She didn’t like me gambling...looked at the cash with a horrified look....said...
“That’s a lot of money....what if you had lost?”...

Women don’t understand men....but men don’t understand women

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deanoc said:

Wife story,

when we first got married my wife would ask me
"When will you be home"

I didn't know,as you guys know
It became a bone of contention,I would get into something big
next thing you know it was noon tomorrow when i got home

she would have that hurt look

"I didn't know what happened to you"

Well after a while,when I found it difficult to call.

If these stories don't resonate pool to you and you
think they don't belong in the pool forum,please let me know

If you think they are pool related chime in.
My mind would be concentrating on business

Then after bringing her home a new car here,gold jewelry there
sack full of $5 ,$10,or $20s. The hundreds didn't come till later.

But once she realized it was just a job,,she got less edgy.

I would say "same plan",when asked when I would be home

This reduced the contention

The kids asked"when will daddy be home?"

" she would say, Same plan"

Sometimes I would call from Oklahoma and say

"Verl Horn needed
someone to get the cheese"

The wife began to thiink it was a respectful positon I had

She introduced Ronnie Allen to her friends one day

"Oh this is fast eddie,you saw him in the movie"

or "this is Jersey Red ,one of my husbands business friends

When the girls came over and said"where has Dean been,
we haven't seen him around? "

"oh Dean was in Oklahoma with Verl getting the cheese"

Not everyone has this kind of support at home.

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pt109 said:

I quit the game for a few years...my wife made the mistake of buying a cue for my b’day.
..after a while I started to get in stroke.....disappeared for a day and a half....
...when I came home...gave her a couple Gs for our bank account...
...never showed her what I actually won...
She didn’t like me gambling...looked at the cash with a horrified look....said...
“That’s a lot of money....what if you had lost?”...
Women don’t understand men....but men don’t understand women

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