Gambling and Relationships!

[LFC_Bitcoin]

My girlfriend (of nearly 10 years) & I both gamble & it doesn’t affect us negatively in any way. We both gamble on football (soccer). She likes horse racing too.

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[eternalgloom]

Anyone who has ever been or are in a committed relationship or marriage where both people gamble? Or in a relationship with a gambler with a friend, best friend, family related etc...  Knowing you are in it together is weird comforting and gives me some sort of undefined explanation.

What does that look like for you? Your experience needs to be heard.

In my opinion, I don't think that it is a good thing if both partners are gamblers. Because in gambling, it is not always a win-win situation. There are times that you lose, and you tend to lose big time, then if both of you lose, what will now happen to your life? You might just end up separating. So, it is still better if only one gambles, but not too much, and the other partner controls the other one.

Yeah it's true. I have a friend that he and his wife are really addicted in gambling and when they both lose they just quarrel and put the blame in each other and sometimes my friend cheated on his wife like he spend their savings in casino in just one night. And their children was really affected by their non stop fights and their future is also at stake. To make the story short, they decided to separate but then my friend realized that addiction in gambling will be no good for him and what really matters is his family.

Sometimes addiction, if not properly handled you'll just loss control with your life and ruined it. Just treat gambling as for fun but better if you can quit and just focus your time to the ones that you know what's more important.

It can become a really huge problem if both people in the relationship are addicts, whether it's drugs or gambling, it really complicates the situation.

If one person decides to try and quit, the other person must also be on board with that, or they would just keep enabling each other to gamble.

I hope everything worked out for your friend in the end, getting rid of any addiction is really difficult.

[Manchumichael]

The money will break any strong relationship. And I never saw any couple those who got engaged in gambling place. I think this kind of relationship will not live many days.

[piloder]

If gambling habit of another person is not causing any problem to you or your pocket than a relationship with a gambler or addicted gambler might just go as smooth as other normal relationships.

However I think it will be quite troublesome for you when he/she will stat to ask for some loan to bet on casino and win back what he/she have lost before.    

[serjent05]

I know couples that gambling together, or they are always present when there gambling games is around.  I don't find it attractive but I don't also look at it as not good, unless they quarrel after they lose their money in gambling.  Oh well, I would not judge or say anything bad about these people since I do not know what is really running in their minds.  They have their set of standards and so do I, I just learned to respect what they have as long as they are no interfering with mine.

[Nahl]

i personally not feel bothered if there are some people who being gamblers couples even will be very exciting if those couples visiting together to the casinos and playing at the same games and in my view as long as they don't ruin their life by being an addicted in gambling that would be fine

[btc-facebook]

Sometimes spend time with people who has same hobby is quite fun especially online gambling.
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The money will break any strong relationship. And I never saw any couple those who got engaged in gambling place. I think this kind of relationship will not live many days.

This is why I do not want lend my money for gambling purpose

[michkima]

Sometimes spend time with people who has same hobby is quite fun especially online gambling.
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The money will break any strong relationship. And I never saw any couple those who got engaged in gambling place. I think this kind of relationship will not live many days.

This is why I do not want lend my money for gambling purpose

Playing with friends and family is indeed fun, but it doesn't need to be something like gambling though. But yeah it is possible that some people enjoy this kind of bonding. I guess it's just a weird kind of hobby if a family loves to gamble as a family. Though, nothing is really wrong with it if it is just for fun and they are not gambling beyond their means. I agree with the lending part though. There are people that go crazy and borrow money for gambling purposes. That's something beyond comprehensible.

[bitcoinisbest]

The money will break any strong relationship. And I never saw any couple those who got engaged in gambling place. I think this kind of relationship will not live many days.

Its a personal choice if they wish to gamble they can and money for that matter can break any relations which will happen only if some big lottery or something like that is won . But if people take gambling as a fun itself this will make them enjoy the time and will have a healthy relationships as well among themselves.

[idorez]

first of all, "lucky at cards, unlucky in love" they said   so, be careful!

in my relationship, we've never been in casinos because it's illegal in my country. however we like gambling and we occasionally play poker at home or at our friends houses. it's a good game to connect and to know people. when it comes to loosing or winning money, people show their real faces on the table. but I think gambling should not become a hobby because you don't produce anything, you don't make a contribution to the world or to yourself by gambling. it's just a game for fun.

[ArnoldChippy]

My girlfriend (of nearly 10 years) & I both gamble & it doesn’t affect us negatively in any way. We both gamble on football (soccer). She likes horse racing too.

10 years of age is a very little for gambling. i do not think that  a girl of 10 years of age can manage to play gambling. She is even not allowed to enter a casino. And i think that if your girl friend age is 10 years of age, then your age will be less than 18 years of age, there you may also be not allowed to play gambling.

[gabmen]

Anyone who has ever been or are in a committed relationship or marriage where both people gamble? Or in a relationship with a gambler with a friend, best friend, family related etc...  Knowing you are in it together is weird comforting and gives me some sort of undefined explanation.

What does that look like for you? Your experience needs to be heard.

Niy personally, but i know couples who started from casinos while playing the same game. People get attracted also when they share the same interests so its not unlikely to have two people falling for each other because of gsmbling

[Janation]

Anyone who has ever been or are in a committed relationship or marriage where both people gamble? Or in a relationship with a gambler with a friend, best friend, family related etc...  Knowing you are in it together is weird comforting and gives me some sort of undefined explanation.

What does that look like for you? Your experience needs to be heard.

I think these will be a possible couple since they can see here the "understanding" of one another. It is like how a gamer was attracted to another gamer. The thing here is they will not be focusing on their relationship most but on their addiction in which they will enjoy more because of another companionship of another gambling addict. I did not experience any relationship like this, but I know someone who do and these days, they are having a lot of problem with their relation mostly financial.

[LordDisick]

i've known few couple friends who played in casino together and i don't think there is a problem with that. i guess that is their way to bond so there is no question about it. it is much better than to keep on fighting just because they can't relate each other.

Correct, there's no weird about families or friends who gamble together if its their way to entertain themselves. I know a lot of people who does that and what I can see is that they really enjoyed playing together.

[Mike Mayor]

Anyone who has ever been or are in a committed relationship or marriage where both people gamble? Or in a relationship with a gambler with a friend, best friend, family related etc...  Knowing you are in it together is weird comforting and gives me some sort of undefined explanation.

What does that look like for you? Your experience needs to be heard.

I don't think it is a problem as long as they are not problem gamblers having issues with addiction. If one is an addict the chances are the other will be one as well. It's very hard for an addicted gambler to not make another gambler they with addicted too. It is better to seek professional help.

If niether of you has addiction issues then it should be fine as long as you are making enough money to cover a certain budget and you don't go over that budget because you set a limit and stop at that limit.

[South Park]

Anyone who has ever been or are in a committed relationship or marriage where both people gamble? Or in a relationship with a gambler with a friend, best friend, family related etc...  Knowing you are in it together is weird comforting and gives me some sort of undefined explanation.

What does that look like for you? Your experience needs to be heard.

Gambling with your significant other is not really nothing out of this world, you can do that if you like the same way that you can do almost anything else, the only difference is that in gambling you are going to lose money twice as fast now that two people are gambling and that does not seem like the best idea especially if you are married and want to have stable finances.

[paul00]

I guess there is nothing wrong with couples gambling if they are just doing it once in a while and just spending some idle time. Maybe most people doesn't look into it in a good thing simce gambling has a bad reputation for some. Yes, there are a lot of things to do as couple rather than playing in casinos or any gambling arenas, but there were really those who have gambling as one of it. For as long as they keep their limitations in playing, being on the negative side together of it will be avoided.

[mrcash02]

Why is it strange for you? Friends, couples and even friends like to play together at casinos. I have seen on the movies people going together to Las Vegas casinos to play. It seems very normal for me, it's like people who go to amusement parks, clubs together to have fun.

he considers this strange because in his country gambling is strictly prohibited.
that's why he never had experience about this,
the questions asked for us sound natural.
but will be very different from those whose country strictly prohibits gambling.
therefore they will feel strange

That's true in my country also gambling is not allowed in all places so if anyone knows that someone is gambling then they will have a different thinking about those people. Gambling means always it gives a bad opinion.

It is not compulsory that people need to accept whatever shown in movies but it all depends on individual thinking.

Even if you gamble with your friends? The government are not allowing you? because in our country it is not allowed until you get a persimission on the city government but if you just play with friends or family and inside youre house they dont mind it as long as it didn't look like casino that too many gamblers at your house.

Yes, people should have the right to have fun on their houses gambling if they want... I myself have already promoted games with my family to have some fun and bet money. Theoretically it's not allowed by the country rules, but does it seem a crime for you all? (And I think it's not strange).

Sometimes we need to know by ourselves what is wrong and what isn't, instead of listening only what the government tell us... 

[mx667]

I guess there is nothing wrong with couples gambling if they are just doing it once in a while and just spending some idle time. Maybe most people doesn't look into it in a good thing simce gambling has a bad reputation for some. Yes, there are a lot of things to do as couple rather than playing in casinos or any gambling arenas, but there were really those who have gambling as one of it. For as long as they keep their limitations in playing, being on the negative side together of it will be avoided.

Hahaha, lol. I guess that would be interesting enough if both couples can play together. Like they were playing games and doing their hobbies together, I guess that would be a nice thing. However, I guess we should not overdo it because gambling is not a regular hobby. If it's a gambling couple problem, I think they should snap it. Especially if they live in a country or in an environment that prohibits or considers gambling as a forbidden thing. It is true that there are some places or societies that consider gambling as a sinful thing.

[Kemarit]

My wife and I always gambles together in a land based casino, well most of the time. We have our ups and downs not just in gambling but in our relationship as well. But we are still together though. Yes, you will have a lot of money problems because both of us are addicted to it. Specially if both of us are really losing on the same night. But if times that I was winning, and she was losing, then it negates my winnings unless both of us are really winning. As a have said its very difficult but we have been doing it the last 8 years or so and a lot of things have changed already. We also gambles one a week only and we only play the money that we can afford to lose.