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fiveteamer
Fuck yeah.

I will have a kid to teach them what not to do in life. Isn't that the point of having a kid? Someone who has experienced nothing but rainbows and butterflies in life has nothing to offer a child. Chances are that at some point this kid will be disappointed with life and I know I can properly prepare them for the inevitable. Also going to teach my kid to read a racing form. It is a valuable skill to have in life.
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Seriously dude, unless you want your child hanging out on gambling forums and heaven fucking forbid becoming a mod 30yrs later, don't even let them see a racing guide. That and learning how to shark cribbage when I was 6 or 7 is what led me to this life now.
 
fiveteamer
I'd be okay with that.

So long as the kid doesn't end up on Intervention.
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WORD!

just want my kid to be happy and a somewhat decent "contributor" to society in a way that they are passionate about... independent of what MY wants, opinions, and desires are for their life....

Fiver for GL parent of the year 2011!
 
Archie
WORD!

just want my kid to be happy and a somewhat decent "contributor" to society in a way that they are passionate about... independent of what MY wants, opinions, and desires are for their life....

Fiver for GL parent of the year 2011!
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That's all well and good but if I was honest, the amount of time and money I've invested gambling + the amount of grief I've taken, hasn't made me happy. So yeah, great that YOUR wants for YOUR child don't matter when YOU have one... but sometimes a parent actually CAN prevent their child from making the same mistakes THEY did. And this is coming from someone who isn't even really down a significant amount gambling throughout her life.
 
choo
i will show baby choo the ropes. preferably a daughter who enjoys stay at home college and dominating forum wars. we'll have to work out the IP issue if she gonna be betting tho.
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:lmao:

Really if my son got into proper gambling I wouldn't mind. It'd be very hypocritical of me if I did. But I'd hope that I could at least steer him to duriot and MF and Poly and Reno and all of you guys who have a clue so he'd be 50 steps ahead of what I was. I was thrown into it because my parents thought my grandfather would be a great babysitter... and while he taught me a lot of stuff, it mainly just fueled a gambling buzz, not a making money one. Took me a long time to get over that and I did some damage to my parents along the way... even now once in awhile you'll find me power posting about a game or whatever and that's purely just from that old gambling rush coming back. I usually have much less money on those games than I do when I'm silent. It's just a pure hit.

Too many people talk about how gambling destroyed their lives...they weren't really trying to earn money. They were playing a game and thinking they were smarter than the books and the system. If I can discourage that aspect for my child, then I will.
 
Oksana
That's all well and good but if I was honest, the amount of time and money I've invested gambling + the amount of grief I've taken, hasn't made me happy. So yeah, great that YOUR wants for YOUR child don't matter when YOU have one... but sometimes a parent actually CAN prevent their child from making the same mistakes THEY did. And this is coming from someone who isn't even really down a significant amount gambling throughout her life.
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have some faith. Your kid is smart, he'll actually be a winner like pavy and be Pro.

wasn't talking about gambling per se. but yeah I encourage my kids to do/be what they want within the law, and I let them know my opinions and wisdom on things. and I know it holds weight with them, so I try to do so judicially...at the same time knowing by and large they will do what they want anyways. and again, if its legal and not harming themselves or others in a horrible way. Its their right to do it. I can only offer my opinions.
 
Archie
have some faith. Your kid is smart, he'll actually be a winner like pavy and be Pro.

wasn't talking about gambling per se. but yeah I encourage my kids to do/be what they want within the law, and I let them know my opinions and wisdom on things. and I know it holds weight with them, so I try to do so judicially...at the same time knowing by and large they will do what they want anyways. and again, if its legal and not harming themselves or others in a horrible way. Its their right to do it. I can only offer my opinions.
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Very true. I agree 100%. :)
 
Big Al loves sports....

doesn't mind gambling, she'll even tell me to bet on "her" teams or a tennis player that she wants to root for ect....

she doesn't like me to get too upset and yell at the tv or computer or spend too much time on it, when we are together...

I try to teach her stuff, but I have to be subtle about it.... like I can't just start talking about a gambling subject...


so, say we are driving... and its kinda quiet somtimes I'll just say something like " Big Chalk" like i'm talking to myself out loud.... and she' ll ask why I said that.. and I have to be coy and say.... oh nothing... and get her to beg to have me tell her what it was all about...


tonight at dinner I plan on bringing up "expected value" and then during sex "hedging"




does anyone know if hedging is by any chance some sort of sexual manuever?
 
reno cool
Don't know if I'd care if my kid gambled. I figure I could at least explain some pitfalls to em. Think it would be cool to have a girlfriend/wife that was somewhat knowledgeable and passionate about gambling. That would be a rare find. Oksana the only one? :hug:
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The problem with me is that I could explain the pitfalls but that's just Downer Debbie stuff and no one wants to hear it. I'm not at the level of saying to him... or anyone for that matter... ok, gambling per se can be a sick disease. However if you treat it like a business and have these tools (and list them) then it can be a decent way to make a living and be free from some of the shackles us corporate types face. I admire gambling as a proper profession... I don't admire the disease. And unfortunate at times I felt that disease almost ran through my blood. Thankfully I'm over it now so I can gamble responsibly and learn what you guys are willing to teach, plus what I've gathered on my own with the tennis stuff through the years but I wouldn't wish that on anyone. The guys who always just saw this as a purely maths thing might find it hard to understand but when I was in my teens to early twenties, I was a mess. I was just a kid who had parents with cash to back me up. If not, who knows.
 
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