Do you feel shameful for being a gambler?

[n0ne]

I certainly do not feel shameful about gambling, if I feed my family & pay my bills I am guilt free. Besides I only play around with small 'ish' amounts

As described I too don't feel ashamed of being a gambler. It's based upon one's need for money as well fun. Most users with high expectations involve into gambling which needs to be avoided. In my view who expects a living with gambling needs to be ashamed because it doesn't look to be the right decision.

[smho_16]

I personally don't feel ashamed from being a gambler. However in my neighborhood people think you are some kind of retard, alcoholic addict and all the worse if they know you are a gambler. For this reason I don't game in public, only online through FIAT sportsbook (very little amounts) and through bitcoin, my main betting activity. Bitcoin helps a lot in this regard.

[Monnt]

I personally don't feel ashamed from being a gambler. However in my neighborhood people think you are some kind of retard, alcoholic addict and all the worse if they know you are a gambler. For this reason I don't game in public, only online through FIAT sportsbook (very little amounts) and through bitcoin, my main betting activity. Bitcoin helps a lot in this regard.

As long as we are sticking with online gambling, then there would be no need to get ashamed for being a gambler even we are facing continuous losses with it. Whenever we are gambling only through online there would be less chances for our neighborhood to know ourselves as a gambler.

[Kevin77]

I personally don't feel ashamed from being a gambler. However in my neighborhood people think you are some kind of retard, alcoholic addict and all the worse if they know you are a gambler. For this reason I don't game in public, only online through FIAT sportsbook (very little amounts) and through bitcoin, my main betting activity. Bitcoin helps a lot in this regard.

As long as we are sticking with online gambling, then there would be no need to get ashamed for being a gambler even we are facing continuous losses with it. Whenever we are gambling only through online there would be less chances for our neighborhood to know ourselves as a gambler.

But it is not about other people but definitely what you yourself think about your gambling activities ?

When you are not making any benefits from gambling and blindly continuing it why not you get ashamed for your actions of being addicted to gambling ?

Maybe an addicted gambler even will not care about his inner thoughts.

[Rahar02]

Go guys!
In many cultures and countries is gambling consider as a bad thing which only the poorest and silliest ones do. Many gamblers try to hide that they gamble from their friends and families and feel really shameful for that. Do you consisted gambling as a bad thing? Do you feel shameful or proud for being a gambler? If it is shame what you feel what do you about it? How do you hide you're a gambler and who do you hide it from?
Let others know!

I'm get into gambling just for fun and remember not to be greedy and mostly play on low bet, except for the game I know to win.
I can't say that gamble is a good habit due to many people lose and even bankrupt, so I've set some rules to prevent fall into the same mistake and nobody won't know if I gamble with money, keep in secret.

[poplolnman]

Go guys!
In many cultures and countries is gambling consider as a bad thing which only the poorest and silliest ones do. Many gamblers try to hide that they gamble from their friends and families and feel really shameful for that. Do you consisted gambling as a bad thing? Do you feel shameful or proud for being a gambler? If it is shame what you feel what do you about it? How do you hide you're a gambler and who do you hide it from?
Let others know!

I'm get into gambling just for fun and remember not to be greedy and mostly play on low bet, except for the game I know to win.
I can't say that gamble is a good habit due to many people lose and even bankrupt, so I've set some rules to prevent fall into the same mistake and nobody won't know if I gamble with money, keep in secret.

become a gambler would be feel like shameful if you keep lying in the whole of your life, so would be better if you stop at some point and be honest to everyone around you , it's better than have to gamble secretly/hiddenly. especially if you own a wife / a little family, could be a very shameful it's my personal experience.

[OshiHugo]

Not at all, I rather feel proud each time I win against the house.

So people around you are okay with you gambling?

[Mami.eryta]

Not at all, I rather feel proud each time I win against the house.

So people around you are okay with you gambling?

For me most my inner circle feel okay with my gambling things, maybe its while im addict to betting but i had a full time job and always gambling with my spare money as bankroll, so even i lost it all will not me die at all

[FlightyPouch]

It is not really shameful being a gambler, right? Shame is what you feel when you do something that will ruin your pride. Did gambling ruin your pride? No, in fact you did nothing to shame yourself. You are just having fun, spending your time and trying to earn yourself some profit. Well it will be shameful if you are bragging about your friends that you are winning every gamble you made and then they will caught that you are lying in front of your gambling buddies. That us really shameful.

[grandy]

It is not really shameful being a gambler, right? Shame is what you feel when you do something that will ruin your pride. Did gambling ruin your pride? No, in fact you did nothing to shame yourself. You are just having fun, spending your time and trying to earn yourself some profit. Well it will be shameful if you are bragging about your friends that you are winning every gamble you made and then they will caught that you are lying in front of your gambling buddies. That us really shameful.

yes to me i also do not fell shameful for bitoing a gambler and i think the reason is that i play gambling in a limit which prevent me from loosing a big amount that i cannot bare, therefore i never feel shameful for being a gambler.

[OshiHugo]

It is not really shameful being a gambler, right? Shame is what you feel when you do something that will ruin your pride. Did gambling ruin your pride? No, in fact you did nothing to shame yourself. You are just having fun, spending your time and trying to earn yourself some profit. Well it will be shameful if you are bragging about your friends that you are winning every gamble you made and then they will caught that you are lying in front of your gambling buddies. That us really shameful.

I meant that gambling can by consider shameful by the general public. And if you think so and if it affects you somehow.

[tabas]

I certainly do not feel shameful about gambling, if I feed my family & pay my bills I am guilt free. Besides I only play around with small 'ish' amounts

Me either, I will not feel ashame if I am the one who is working for my family but still if that is affecting them with my relationship then probably I will just stop. Because that is going to make me shameful if I am not able to become a responsible person to them and that's even shameful if someone will say that to me.

[FlightyPouch]

It is not really shameful being a gambler, right? Shame is what you feel when you do something that will ruin your pride. Did gambling ruin your pride? No, in fact you did nothing to shame yourself. You are just having fun, spending your time and trying to earn yourself some profit. Well it will be shameful if you are bragging about your friends that you are winning every gamble you made and then they will caught that you are lying in front of your gambling buddies. That us really shameful.

I meant that gambling can by consider shameful by the general public. And if you think so and if it affects you somehow.

Oh, sorry. Well i think your right. Many gamblers here in our place are being told to be a greedy and lessoned learned. They are broke and has many debts to many people here. I can feel the shame from them, its like overflowing from them. Though some really dont care, they still gamble and they dont give a damn thing to what others say. He earn money, he loses or have fun, thats what matters.

[Teemotje]

I certainly do not feel shameful about gambling, if I feed my family & pay my bills I am guilt free. Besides I only play around with small 'ish' amounts

Me either, I will not feel ashame if I am the one who is working for my family but still if that is affecting them with my relationship then probably I will just stop. Because that is going to make me shameful if I am not able to become a responsible person to them and that's even shameful if someone will say that to me.

I also do not feel ashamed because its something that is not bad and it stays also something that if it will affect my life a lot I will stop with doing it without any doubts.

[tabas]

I certainly do not feel shameful about gambling, if I feed my family & pay my bills I am guilt free. Besides I only play around with small 'ish' amounts

Me either, I will not feel ashame if I am the one who is working for my family but still if that is affecting them with my relationship then probably I will just stop. Because that is going to make me shameful if I am not able to become a responsible person to them and that's even shameful if someone will say that to me.

I also do not feel ashamed because its something that is not bad and it stays also something that if it will affect my life a lot I will stop with doing it without any doubts.

Those people who are seeing us to be not responsible are the ones who are judging gambling as a bad habit when we became irresponsible with the things that we should be taking care of. We just need to know our priorities and focus more to those important and when we are sick of those things, gambling is just there to remove our stress.

[OshiHugo]

I certainly do not feel shameful about gambling, if I feed my family & pay my bills I am guilt free. Besides I only play around with small 'ish' amounts

Me either, I will not feel ashame if I am the one who is working for my family but still if that is affecting them with my relationship then probably I will just stop. Because that is going to make me shameful if I am not able to become a responsible person to them and that's even shameful if someone will say that to me.

I also do not feel ashamed because its something that is not bad and it stays also something that if it will affect my life a lot I will stop with doing it without any doubts.

Would you say that you are even proud of being gambler?

[molsewid]

yes I'm ashamed that I'm a gambler.. but being a gambler is hard to loss.. I'm a gambler since on senior highschool and I'm good at it and earning profit from it that's why I like too gamble.. being a proud gambler won't do anything so much better to hide it and not be proud being a gambler.. do you think that gambling won't let you to become rich ? I'm depending on gambling for my future..

[jossiel]

Oh boy, this hard to answer. I would say that I'm in the state of being proud as a gambler when I am always winning, where I am telling my friends about that.

But every time I lose whether it is big amount or small. I'm removing my status as a gambler because I find it shameful that way.

I guess I have that attitude that I can't remove my pride that people can see to me every time I am failing whether it is with gambling or not.

[cpfreeplz]

Meh. No. Just don't gamble more than you can afford to lose and you don't have to worry about going home and feeling like a worthless sack of crap.

Oh boy, this hard to answer. I would say that I'm in the state of being proud as a gambler when I am always winning, where I am telling my friends about that.

But every time I lose whether it is big amount or small. I'm removing my status as a gambler because I find it shameful that way.

I guess I have that attitude that I can't remove my pride that people can see to me every time I am failing whether it is with gambling or not.

I've never felt proud of gambling. Happy with a win, but definitely never pride. You need to work at something to be proud of it. You can't be proud of a welfare cheque either.

[michellee]

i am feel little shameful for being a gambler, i think its like we need to do with secret without anyone else have to know what we do, fortunately i don't to often to playing gambling and no one my family member asked me for what i am do while i am in front of my pc.