Whipped him bad - kinda sad.

dagnabit said:
In another thread lurkers were encouraged to post - so here I go with something pool related that I has been on my mind lately.

I started playing pool when I could reach the table and by high school thought I was pretty good. I could beat all my friends and most everybody I played - except my Dad. He always beat me like a drum. Looking back I didn't know anything about the game. I couldn't play position had no idea what a safety was, all I could do was shoot.

After a 25 year break from pool I bought a table and started playing at home again and reading this forum and others about the game. My Dad who is now 77 years old came to visit recently. After dinner most nights we would play eight ball. I whipped him badly, like nine out of ten games nightly and I don't really play very well at all. I guess I feel kinda sad because he is older and not as limber as he used to be but then again he never taught me the finer points of the game when I was a kid.

What do you think - should I have lightened up a little bit or got my revenge?
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I think you should call Dad up and tell him that you had an incredible time playing pool with him and that you would like to spend more time with him. His time left and your time with him is priceless as you will see, soon enough.

Thanks for posting, lurker. :-)
Warm Regards,
JoeyA
 
ccn7 said:
i'm almost 60 my dad just turned 85, he taught me the game of kelly pool to start me off on my introduction to pool when i was 16.We live miles apart now but when we play its always fun. He usually wins, i do let up alot of the time and take that low percentage shot instead of one i know i can make. There are plenty of other players (my 3 brothers) that need a whipping if i feel the need to win. Pops knows i can whip him but its just a game, and its really cool to let him think he still is the KOH at least in our house.In conclusion i think you should lighten up and have fun with your Dad while you still can. i could never repay mine for all he has done for me ,so losing a game now and then aint about nothing.
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Your Dad knows he is KOH and it is because Pops has a Prince for a son, like you.

Warm Regards,
JoeyA
 
dagnabit said:
Just to clarify, My Dad is a competitor - he likes to win. But really didn't mind because it was me outplaying him. And also, he was the one that was keeping count not me.

It was really great to get to play him again. Think this Christmas when I visit him in Dallas we will go to a pool hall for a rematch.
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If he enjoyed competing, and didn't mind losing, then you were clearly right not to let up on him. That only would have been likely to spoil the fun for both of you.

If it had made him depressed that he was no longer able to compete, then you should have backed off, but not if you both enjoyed the competition.

These days my dad won't play me for very long. He's never been all that into pool, but he knows the basics and could certainly always beat me when I was growing up. These days when we play, after two or three games he gives up, because he'd rather socialize than lose at pool.

My girlfriend's dad (or future father-in-law, as I think of him), on the other hand, was a money player (not a great one, but he played) for decades earlier in life. I kill him at 8, 9, or 14.1, but at 1p or banks we can play all day.

-Andrew
 
Personally, I would much prefer to get crushed than watch someone ease up the throttle on me. I'd rather lose than get sick.
 
its in your nature to prove your dominance ,now that u did t hat next time ull go easy on him ,or maybe he was going easy on u maybe hes gonna hustle u next time lol:)
 
Watch out

It could be a trap...and what a trap it would be...25 years in the making. :cool:
 
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