Do you care about what people say about you gambling?

[adultcrypto]

When I was trying to appear perfect before people have passed; such quest denied me my peace and limited my adventure. Maybe I was still young and naive that was why I was trying to please everyone. Now I know better and I have also grown to be independent and entire responsible for what I do and my decisions. So, I do not care about what anyone say because I'm not breaking the law.

Gambling is legal in my country with gambling shops almost in every street. No one is condemned for playing gamble so there is really no problem with gambling from end. In addition, it is pretty easy to be a gambler and not known by anyone since online casinos has taken over the gambling business.

[Accardo]

What people would say or already said, doesn't count anymore in my life. Because in gambling I already thought about it before venturing into it, hence the validation of people wasn't necessary when I started participating in games, gave it a try, with nobody being there to advise me. So, if a person who is close to me begins to talk about the gambling habit, it's mainly their response or opinion and doesn't have enough weight to affect my feelings. People will talk, regardless. It's only important if we know or are not sure of why we gamble. But while in our right decisions, no need to bother, provided we gamble responsibly. It's also an opportunity to discuss further about gambling to the person. Then hear from him what he thinks of those that gamble. Not just giving a slight response back to him. It could make the person continue having his perspectives on gamblers being irresponsible.

Engaging him can change his thoughts, and he wouldn't say such things to some other gambler he's met. The only disadvantage of engaging such people is, that they could go ahead becoming gamblers, and a person like that wouldn't hesitate to blame the person who he may have thought talked him into gambling. However, no error in trying to change the way people see gamblers. The society has been viewing gamblers as time wasters and it only gets worse each day. Some people no longer mind their business, like the case of Op, I don't think the guy had any relevant reason for talking to Op in that manner. Not that he had a follow-up discussion for Op, which shows that the person doesn't have a concrete reason why he thinks gamblers are not doing themselves a favor for staking money on games. All they could think of was their previous beliefs of how people talked about gambling in most gatherings, without giving their reasons for unveiling some ill thoughts about gamblers.

[Fortify]

Greetings everyone and happy new year all!

Okay, today I was actually out for a little business and it happens that I almost spent all my time wasted without me even having a smooth deal, but along the line I have few games that I have placed a bet and was wanting to view my games from my phone since gambling is now mobile, what I meant by mobile is that you can access your account at any place provided that you have an internet connectivity you will login to monitor your matches.

So when I logged in, someone close to me easily peep from my left hand side and noticed that I just opened my account monitoring my games, at this point what he said is "ahh you don join dem"? Meaning you have also belong to the groups of people that gambles?

On a lighter note, I just smile and asked him if there is anything wrong while gambling or while monitoring my games and he said nothing but just that few people he knew that are gambling almost turned useless.

This now triggered me to come ask here whether you cares about what people says or sees you as when gambling, I know there are people who don't know you from time or who doesn't believe that you are a gambler and if it happens that you came across such people and their reaction towards you goes other way round would you care about it or you just totally ignore them?

Let's discuss amicably

Nope, but the older you get the less you start to care what others think about you and as long as you're not harming anyone else in the process, that is perfectly fine. There are plenty of people out there who like to gamble as a form of entertainment and keep fully in control at all times, spending money that they worked hard to earn. That seems like a perfectly healthy outlet, just like with anything in life that is done with moderation. I choose not to share the little amounts of gambling I do with others, because I would actually prefer not to encourage anyone else into this activity who might have less understanding of how the math is most often set against them and don't want anyone attempting to copy me without fully understanding that.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Assuming I'm a gambler, If there should be any questionings and cautionings, it should be backed with extra funds to be able to wager on the said principle - if not, then it's invalid.... It's even more stupid to be telling anyone how to spend their money - so personally, I don't think anyone's opinion should matter to you as a gambler.
NOTE: This doesn't affirm the fact that I support gambling.
At the same time, there could be restrictions - it depends on your marital status at the time... Why? The closest people to be affected by your uncontrollable urge would be your family ( wife and children)

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[stomachgrowls]

Greetings everyone and happy new year all!

Okay, today I was actually out for a little business and it happens that I almost spent all my time wasted without me even having a smooth deal, but along the line I have few games that I have placed a bet and was wanting to view my games from my phone since gambling is now mobile, what I meant by mobile is that you can access your account at any place provided that you have an internet connectivity you will login to monitor your matches.

So when I logged in, someone close to me easily peep from my left hand side and noticed that I just opened my account monitoring my games, at this point what he said is "ahh you don join dem"? Meaning you have also belong to the groups of people that gambles?

On a lighter note, I just smile and asked him if there is anything wrong while gambling or while monitoring my games and he said nothing but just that few people he knew that are gambling almost turned useless.

This now triggered me to come ask here whether you cares about what people says or sees you as when gambling, I know there are people who don't know you from time or who doesn't believe that you are a gambler and if it happens that you came across such people and their reaction towards you goes other way round would you care about it or you just totally ignore them?

Let's discuss amicably

Totally ignore them! I dont really care on what they say, i dont really care on what they do.Its my money that i've been using and they dont have the rights on what i should gonna do. Gambling is something that my leisure time spending on which it is really that my money that have been spent not theirs. There are really just those people who do really love on trying out to get involved with someones business.
I dont care if they do see me as a bad person, as long im not really that asking on some money for me to play. There are really just those people who are really that too mindful about on what
others would be saying into them. Well, each person is different though because there are ones who are really that being too serious on what they do hear around.

For me, as long you arent affecting someone or step into someone on the time that you do play then it wont really be such an issue.
It is really just that a matter of choice and decision towards it.

[SmartGold01]

Back gone at those days where people gamble and think of what people will say about you or noticed whenever you go gamble, people can talks about you when you do not gamble responsibly or you turning it to a mockery where people will see you and point hand at you saying such person is useless.

Anyone is permitted to gamble and that you shouldn't mind what someone else will say about you that is why it's always advisable to hidden with your phone not exposing it to where crowd it letting people look inside your phone to see what were doing.

Do not entirely rely on people or even trying to please them because those people you are looking into won't come and give you money, so if gambling gives you money then doing and make your money the goal should be you don't gambling excessively or even forget your purpose by turning into addiction. When someone turns into addiction it becomes a problems for you and your entire househood.

[suzanne5223]

Gambling is a choice and does not define who you are. People like the person who peeps into your account will always have some negative impression about you.
Back to your question, I never care about what say about my gambling and I never gamble to the level that the same people who have negative feelings about my gambling will later have a say about it due to addiction.
I never check my casino account publicly and if I will do it. I first check the people around me if they are the type that will be understanding and if they are I wait for the right moment.

[Antotena]

Greetings everyone and happy new year all!

Obviously, I gamble for my self and what people think or say is upto to them. They are adult and I'm one as well and the government recognized it if you want to participate in it. I don't see why I will even be asking the question in the first place not to talk more of been an adult.

Everyone has way of describing gambling, they see as social and fun but even with this, we have more of them that has old and ancient view on gambling. There are places in my country that don't even value you as a responsible person if you gamble, they see you as someone that might not even make it on life, don't dare say you gamble if you are seeking for their daughter hand in marriage because they will never allowed that happened, that's why some of them don't ever tell people they gamble in the first place.

If you want to gamble and it makes you happy, do it and stop listening to what you hear on your back.

[Slow death]

Normally people shouldn't live and do things in fear of what other people will think, but people also need to be able to know which people give good criticism, criticism that serves to make the person being criticized change their behavior, for example there are There are many families where the father and the mother every day forbid their children from drinking beer because it will destroy their children's lives, but some child doesn't listen and thinks that the parents are wrong and for that reason that child continues drinking beer and every day time when his parents tell him to stop drinking beer, but he becomes a very aggressive person and starts being violent towards his parents, and alcohol leads this son to become addicted.

see that in this case the parents were right in forbidding him from drinking beer, but there are cases where the advice from parents and friends and other relatives is bad advice, so what should people do when they hear a relative and friend telling them to stop drinking beer? play because the game will destroy his life, so this person needs to stop playing for some time and think: why are people talking about him stopping playing, how much time does he spend playing, how much money and time has he already wasted playing and what was it like? his life before getting involved with games and how his life with games is, when he makes these comparisons, they need to look in terms of how many achievements he managed to achieve before getting to know the games and after getting to know the games. When he does this he will be able to better see who is right and who is wrong

[Lida93]

This now triggered me to come ask here whether you cares about what people says or sees you as when gambling, I know there are people who don't know you from time or who doesn't believe that you are a gambler and if it happens that you came across such people and their reaction towards you goes other way round would you care about it or you just totally ignore them?

Let's discuss amicably

I normally ignore.

Before now I have taken a decision to do things that brings me joy not minding who is in support or against. So far as it is not causing harm to me neither to anyone close to me then I don't fucking care about what others opinion maybe.  People engage in worst things and if mine is just gambling then I see no crime am commiting that should warrant anyone dismissing me as someone straying away from being responsible.

A lot of people that don't gamble are so quick to spell out examples and cases of irresponsible gamblers that had their life gone bad due to their compulsive and irresponsible gambling attitude. Whereas there are also many people that have made a good life out from gambling by virtue of a big win they made but those that don't like gambling won't tell you this, it's only the  negative they will be speaking loud

If anyone choose to gamble irresponsibly and get burnt at the end is it the fault of gambling or the fault of he who decided not to follow the rules by playing responsibly?

[Kelvinid]

Gambling has been widespread and most of us are aware of the situation, and seeing someone on the phone doing this is not unusual.
They don't need advice anymore, they are old enough to know what is right and what is wrong. I'd rather advise any of my family members who are involved in gambling than give it to strangers. Besides, some people do online gambling as their pastime, so it is not a big deal as they are enjoying their time at least not doing this during office hours. But if I saw children doing this, that certainly would catch my attention.

https://www.bcm.edu/news/when-gambling-becomes-an-addiction#:~:text=Gambling%20can%20be%20a%20harmless,clear%20warning%20signs%20of%20addiction.

[Dewi Aries]

If you're asking that then maybe my answer is pretty much the same as some of the other people here in that I don't really care what they say, plus lately I've been spending more of my accountable money to engage in this type of online gambling like slots for one, weekends are the perfect time for me to risk a little of my money, to be honest I very rarely gamble outside or in public places even though I basically gamble using a cell phone (to reduce the suspicion of others) and I mostly gamble at home in the middle of the night by enjoying a cup of coffee on the balcony of the house when all family members are asleep. So while I don't really care what other people have to say about my gambling activities, the gambling I do is always private so it reduces the potential for other people to find out what I'm doing on my cell phone.

[Sanugarid]

Greetings everyone and happy new year all!

Okay, today I was actually out for a little business and it happens that I almost spent all my time wasted without me even having a smooth deal, but along the line I have few games that I have placed a bet and was wanting to view my games from my phone since gambling is now mobile, what I meant by mobile is that you can access your account at any place provided that you have an internet connectivity you will login to monitor your matches.

So when I logged in, someone close to me easily peep from my left hand side and noticed that I just opened my account monitoring my games, at this point what he said is "ahh you don join dem"? Meaning you have also belong to the groups of people that gambles?

On a lighter note, I just smile and asked him if there is anything wrong while gambling or while monitoring my games and he said nothing but just that few people he knew that are gambling almost turned useless.

This now triggered me to come ask here whether you cares about what people says or sees you as when gambling, I know there are people who don't know you from time or who doesn't believe that you are a gambler and if it happens that you came across such people and their reaction towards you goes other way round would you care about it or you just totally ignore them?

Let's discuss amicably

I don't care, I don't care what others say because I'm not addicted to gambling. There are many people who judge others. People who judge others will never disappear from the world, they are scattered from side to side.

But if that person will help you or give you advice because he sees that you are struggling, why not. he's just being kind so you don't run out of money and you don't end up addicted to gambling. But if your gambling is okay and there's no problem with what you're doing, that's a different story.

[Hispo]

I believe I would indeed care a bit about what people would think about me engaging in gambling, even though I do not wager much money, this is a country which has been through much in the lastest years, and there are many families which go through economical problems, in that sense, it would be easy for someone to judge me for what I do and I may feel a bit bad for it.
It is rather a personal thing of mine, it is not completely limited to gambling but also to other activities and hobbies I have partaken in through the years, I like to draw when I have time to, but I rarely display my creations because if the same feeling that makes difficult for me to disclose my gambling habits.

In the ideal case, no one is supposed to be ashamed or guilty of being a gambler, as long as one is being responsibly with one's money and taking care of one's responsabilites. In the end, there are people who do things are considered to be legal but more frown upon, and her do not seem to care what other think of them. It is a good quality to some extent.

[taufik123]

All you need to do is just ignore it, after all those who say you gamble this and that, you're an addict and other negative things.
It's just a phrase from people who don't understand what a person is really doing.

Instead of having to think about what other people say that won't provide any benefit, it's better to focus on your game.
And there comes a time when you should also listen to what others have to say about gambling advice when you feel too attached and there are indications of addiction, because that won't be good either.

A good environment will inform you about what to do and what not to do.
this is to control what you are playing.
Any work or game that is too excessive, it will not be good.

[robelneo]

This now triggered me to come ask here whether you cares about what people says or sees you as when gambling, I know there are people who don't know you from time or who doesn't believe that you are a gambler and if it happens that you came across such people and their reaction towards you goes other way round would you care about it or you just totally ignore them?

Let's discuss amicably

People's perception differs from what platform you're using to gamble if you're betting in a lottery people will think it's usual because the majority of people here in our country are also trying their luck in a lottery, but if you're playing in a casino whether online or offline, people will think that you are a true gambler and possibly addicted to gambling, in my case very few people I know, know I'm playing in online casinos and race track betting station and their opinion don't bother me at all as long as I believe that I'm gambling responsibly.
I don't even have to explain to them why I gamble, I'm comfortable with what I'm doing, and it's my money anyway.

[Vaculin]

Some gamblers tend to be emotional and get easily affected with what other people will say, while some tend to ignore about the negative comments about their gambling activities, since it’s their money after all that they are spending. And for me, I think I belong to those people who never care about the impression of other people.

 I gamble for my own pleasure and satisfaction, probably to make additional profits as well. But if those people around me will criticize me negatively, well that’s also their right and I’ve no in control with that. But as long as I’m not asking money from other people to gamble, then I have also my right to enjoy my life with the personal money that I have. As long as I don’t resort into making crime just to satisfy my gambling urge, then I don’t owe them explaining my side.

[Kavelj22]

When I was trying to appear perfect before people have passed; such quest denied me my peace and limited my adventure. Maybe I was still young and naive that was why I was trying to please everyone. Now I know better and I have also grown to be independent and entire responsible for what I do and my decisions. So, I do not care about what anyone say because I'm not breaking the law.

This is the excuse that all addicts use when we try to help them in the various stages they go through during their addiction journey. We call an addict a rational person responsible for his actions.

Your experience may be good compared to many others, so you may not notice the real impact of creating such excuses.
Or, in many cases, we should not judge a matter from the point of view of personal experience only. This may make very limited conclusions.

[arimamib]

Gambling is a choice and does not define who you are. People like the person who peeps into your account will always have some negative impression about you.
Back to your question, I never care about what say about my gambling and I never gamble to the level that the same people who have negative feelings about my gambling will later have a say about it due to addiction.
I never check my casino account publicly and if I will do it. I first check the people around me if they are the type that will be understanding and if they are I wait for the right moment.

I disagree with your first words. The choices you made are what define you. What defines you others than that!? Because choices are the result of your knowledge, feeling and spirit. and that is what you are. But I dont say choosing gambling is bad, but that defines that you love the thrill of an entertainment which shakes your adrenaline.

The choice to engage in gambling is indeed a personal decision. People have the autonomy to make decisions about their own recreational activities. Being mindful of who you share your gambling activities with is a valid approach. Choosing to discuss it with understanding people and in appropriate settings allows for more positive and open conversations. By being mindful of the level of gambling and avoiding addiction, individuals can maintain control over their recreational choices. Responsible gambling is crucial to ensuring that it remains a form of entertainment rather than a detrimental habit.

[Sakanwa]

I think gambling is a thing of choice,  what we want in life,the path to follow,the friends to follow,and the things we do, therefore,gambling is also a choice that one. Choses.This is why most atimes when people tend to talk about gamblers and how they behave,I try to correct them, because human race is built on what we chose to do,where we chose to go,and how we chose to go about a particular thing.It is good because gamblers who knows themselves,and why they have chosen to take the path of Gambling.So as far as I'm concerned,human being must talk,but it their talk has nothing to do about it.