Lies told to cover up gambling habit

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Hi gamblers, greetings to everyone..

So today, I was scrolling through my reddit feed, and I came across this post in the screenshot I share below..


After reading that post, I quickly remembered what I did some years back when I was still pretty much new to gambling and was kind of obsessed with it at that time, I remember it was on Sunday late morning after we came back from church, I darely needed to play some gambling game, but the children were running around the house making lots of noise, the little one will not stop climbing me, we've already had breakfast and my wife was busy watching a movie.
I left her and the children in the sitting room, took my phone and laptop and went into our third room reserved for visitors and locked myself in there, and started gambling, I was playing slot and casino games, and in between, I was also analyzing some upcoming sports matches to find suitable ones to place bet on.

More than 1 hour later, my wife came looking for me, and possibly was surprised i locked myself in the guest room, she inquired to know why, I told her I was studying some very important course online, and needed no disturbance at all, that was why I went to the guest room, she stood there, whether she believed or not, I do not know, I just know that she went her way after some seconds 😂😂.

So, when I came across that post on reddit, I couldn't help but laugh really hard, and also imagined how many of us gamblers out there are telling one lie or the other just to cover up our gambling habit..

I have a friend who lost a huge amount of money to gambling, and returning home that night, he lied to his wife that he was robbed, when the woman (being suspecious) asked why he was not beaten by the robbers, he got angry at her and almost beat her that night 🤣.

Have you told any gambling related lie before? Please share, let's read and have fun.

[Oshosondy]

But how about you and your wife to gamble together if you have the time so that you can know when to stop by encouraging yourselves and telling yourselves the amount of money that is small that you should use to gamble. I noticed some people on this forum always say something like they are hiding their gambling activities from their partners but not everyone. If it is done wisely and responsibly, a woman can easily be convinced. But some people can be afraid of their wife not to get addicted also.

[mindrust]

Have you told any gambling related lie before? Please share, let's read and have fun.

No I haven’t lied to anybody like that before.

Your story and the other guy’s tweet are pretty awful imo. I don’t know if you are still gambling like that but you should probably seek professional help. The other guy on twitter too. I see no difference between your story and locking yourself in a room and drink alcohol/smoking. See how it looks now? That’s what we call “having an addiction”

If gambling prevents you from doing your daily duties then gambling is not a fun event for you anymore. It became an addiction and it needs to be treated.

[Yatsan]

We all lie for a reason; either to protect ourselves or protect other people from getting hurt. On the given example that the man lied on his fvorite time, it is subjective in the first place. There is a whole lot of definition for enjoyment and that might just confused him with his favorite moment, I assume that he enjoys both of it, still. I did the same thing before but on a different extent. I was asked if I am gambling or engaging to such activities by my girlfriend and I lied saying no. Not to gaslight but I think it is a personal thing. As long as you are not being problematic and still in control of your habits, then things are fine still to hide it for your own reason. Even with partners there are things you keep private from one another simply because you two still have different lives.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

But how about you and your wife to gamble together if you have the time so that you can know when to stop by encouraging yourselves and telling yourselves the amount of money that is small that you should use to gamble. I noticed some people on this forum always say something like they are hiding their gambling activities from their partners but not everyone. If it is done wisely and responsibly, a woman can easily be convinced. But some people can be afraid of their wife not to get addicted also.

Naah Naah, honestly, even if my wife will like it, I personally will not want her to get near anything gambling, I am an introvert and like to do many things alone, in fact, I enjoy doing almost every thing I do, alone, except when we are watching a movie or we go out on a date, even when I choose to do the cooking, and she comes around to help, normally, that should be fun right? But I see that as disturbance and would possibly abandon the cooking for her to do if she refuse to leave me alone, this is the kind of person I am.

But then, on the other, my wife is not a gambling person at all, in fact, she hate gamblers with passion, she's one of this who peceive gamblers are irresponsible people, it's the reason why I've never allowed her to get to know of my involvement in gambling, she will be heart broken if she ever learn that I go gamble.
Many a times I've lost money in business and told her, when she learns that I gamble, she may turn around to accuse me of losing those money to gambling and lying to her that I lost the money in business, that exactly the kind of person she is, and not like I can't make her change that perspective or attitude if I want to, If I really wanted to, I can present gambling to her in a way that she will think that I just decided to start gambling and want to carry her along, I can do that and I bet she will like it, but nah, doing that will end up ruining my gambling peace of mind.
Lol.

[Su-asa]

We all lie for a reason; either to protect ourselves or protect other people from getting hurt. On the given example that the man lied on his fvorite time, it is subjective in the first place. There is a whole lot of definition for enjoyment and that might just confused him with his favorite moment, I assume that he enjoys both of it, still. I did the same thing before but on a different extent. I was asked if I am gambling or engaging to such activities by my girlfriend and I lied saying no. Not to gaslight but I think it is a personal thing. As long as you are not being problematic and still in control of your habits, then things are fine still to hide it for your own reason. Even with partners there are things you keep private from one another simply because you two still have different lives.

Lucking yourself in a room because you want to gamble so that other people close to you will not know what you are doing is a kind of getting addicted slowly, and lieing is not also exempted. Sometimes people lie for a reason though either to protect themselves or others from getting hot.
I also thought so, if the gambler didn't enjoyed being close to his wife he wouldn't have said what he said to his wife but I still have a doubt that the love he has for gamble is the same he has for his wife. Exactly, your partner is not supposed to know everything but 95% of what's happening is what she's supposed to be aware of.

[milewilda]

We all lie for a reason; either to protect ourselves or protect other people from getting hurt. On the given example that the man lied on his fvorite time, it is subjective in the first place. There is a whole lot of definition for enjoyment and that might just confused him with his favorite moment, I assume that he enjoys both of it, still. I did the same thing before but on a different extent. I was asked if I am gambling or engaging to such activities by my girlfriend and I lied saying no. Not to gaslight but I think it is a personal thing. As long as you are not being problematic and still in control of your habits, then things are fine still to hide it for your own reason. Even with partners there are things you keep private from one another simply because you two still have different lives.

Lucking yourself in a room because you want to gamble so that other people close to you will not know what you are doing is a kind of getting addicted slowly, and lieing is not also exempted. Sometimes people lie for a reason though either to protect themselves or others from getting hot.
I also thought so, if the gambler didn't enjoyed being close to his wife he wouldn't have said what he said to his wife but I still have a doubt that the love he has for gamble is the same he has for his wife. Exactly, your partner is not supposed to know everything but 95% of what's happening is what she's supposed to be aware of.

Hiding something isnt that bad yet there are things which you are really just that tending to avoid for you not to make out some kind of argumentation specially if your partner is really that against with gambling
then you would definitely be considering on trying out to avoid but on the time that you are already keeping it on the exaggerated manner on which locking yourself on the CR just because you've been dealing up with something in correlated with gambling or some sort then this is really that showing that kind of addiction but not really that much but as you do go far ahead then you would really be going into that path.
If you are already that doing something like this and other possible hiding behavior then sooner or later your partner would really be catching you up and its better to make yourself that trying out
slowly tell your partner about it so that you wont really be having that kind of hiding for the rest of your life.

[Zoomic]

Have you told any gambling related lie before? Please share, let's read and have fun.

No no, I have not told any lie before to gamble. Whenever i gamble, I am open about it and i face no judgement from anyone, maybe because they trust me enough to still gamble with a high level of consciousness where no one gets hurt. I am not a regular gambler, but whenever I gamble,  I do not hide my gambling activity from anyone because I am confident that my gambling activity will not be a threat to myself and the family's income.

 Having a family is all about being open to each other, your family and friends should be aware of what you are up to (especially as it involves gambling) so they will know how to help and relate with you when things go wrong. It is not actually safe hiding your gambling activities from your partner, where is the fun in hiding? A healthy gambling lifestyle can be encouraged where the entire family (excluding children) gamble together on a strict budget. When everyone is involved and honest to each other, it will be difficult for one party to go beyond his limit.

[cabron]

I told a lie to cover up what I did. When are just kids we are going to be stupid things and lie to ask for money from our parents that's what I did. It's just to share the expense with friends in going places at weekends but I did remember lying to ask for money and the money was used for gambling at some point. When you are young and with friends, anything can happen.

But for a married person and has small kids, I would probably do it while they are already asleep. Not judging. Its good that you do not make them see what you are doing though. Kids seeing it, means they will follow what dad is doing on the laptop.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

More than 1 hour later, my wife came looking for me, and possibly was surprised i locked myself in the guest room, she inquired to know why, I told her I was studying some very important course online, and needed no disturbance at all, that was why I went to the guest room, she stood there, whether she believed or not, I do not know, I just know that she went her way after some seconds 😂😂.

So, when I came across that post on reddit, I couldn't help but laugh really hard, and also imagined how many of us gamblers out there are telling one lie or the other just to cover up our gambling habit..

Most times, not all women do understand what men go through just to provide for the family, both risky and non-risky. So in a scenerio like this, for me I will say that it's better to lie to your wife rather than telling her the truth, that is inasmuch as telling her the truth will make her up-set & ruined her day.  Because one thing I was able to observe from this story you O.P just gave above and the one in the image is that you guys have one thing in common, which is, both of you are hiding your gambling identity from your wives, due to how bad she may react if she finally finds out, which in most cases, it's never a crime telling your wife lies over minor things just not to ruined her day.

Because inasmuch as gambling is one thing we have love and passion about, and likewise our wife who we respect, balancing the equation should be the best strategy rather than quitting any.

[Jaycoinz]

But how about you and your wife to gamble together if you have the time so that you can know when to stop by encouraging yourselves and telling yourselves the amount of money that is small that you should use to gamble. I noticed some people on this forum always say something like they are hiding their gambling activities from their partners but not everyone. If it is done wisely and responsibly, a woman can easily be convinced. But some people can be afraid of their wife not to get addicted also.

Yeah and thats exactly what will be my fear also; for my wife not be addicted. I am to believe that the females are more fragile and one thing again I do understand the struggles that's involved when you gamble at a rate of high volume and when you get addicted so I wouldn't like to expose her to such vile environment and exposed her to be addicted.

[btc_angela]

No, never lied to my partner as regards to my gambling habits, why? It's because we gamble together. And even if I play online, she will hear the sounds on my phone that I'm playing slots or roulette or whatever game I'm playing.

So I don't cover up, although there could be time that I will just play alone before going to bed and tell her that I'm going to sleep but that's it. Never play alone on a land base casinos, if I will she knows it that I will go with my friends and same for her. Sometimes I will not go if I don't feel like and she goes out with her sisters and some close friends to gamble.

[Baofeng]

Have you told any gambling related lie before? Please share, let's read and have fun.

Yeah, but it's not like that I lost big or something, maybe I will just play with a couple with some money and that's it. And if I win, they I come back and telling her that I won this X amount of money, same when I lose.

But big money and taking a L? Haven't done that, just chump chance and that's it.

I will also see her playing games and sometimes she feel asleep playing online slot games when I woke up  .

[iv4n]

There are many sites with these "confessions", and when I read some confessions I ask myself how true it all is. I have read some things and it is all bordering on the truth, the question is whether we can believe everything we read. So I guess many people lie about their gambling habits, and when someone is lying they often get into some kind of trouble. The lesson of the story would be that we should not lie, it always gets us into even bigger problems.
 
So if you lie to cover some "bad" habit, sooner or later everything will come out into the sun. So don't do that... it's better to be honest with the things you do, the more likely you are to find a person who loves you for who you are.

[Fortify]

Hi gamblers, greetings to everyone..

So today, I was scrolling through my reddit feed, and I came across this post in the screenshot I share below..

After reading that post, I quickly remembered what I did some years back when I was still pretty much new to gambling and was kind of obsessed with it at that time, I remember it was on Sunday late morning after we came back from church, I darely needed to play some gambling game, but the children were running around the house making lots of noise, the little one will not stop climbing me, we've already had breakfast and my wife was busy watching a movie.
I left her and the children in the sitting room, took my phone and laptop and went into our third room reserved for visitors and locked myself in there, and started gambling, I was playing slot and casino games, and in between, I was also analyzing some upcoming sports matches to find suitable ones to place bet on.

More than 1 hour later, my wife came looking for me, and possibly was surprised i locked myself in the guest room, she inquired to know why, I told her I was studying some very important course online, and needed no disturbance at all, that was why I went to the guest room, she stood there, whether she believed or not, I do not know, I just know that she went her way after some seconds 😂😂.

So, when I came across that post on reddit, I couldn't help but laugh really hard, and also imagined how many of us gamblers out there are telling one lie or the other just to cover up our gambling habit..

I have a friend who lost a huge amount of money to gambling, and returning home that night, he lied to his wife that he was robbed, when the woman (being suspecious) asked why he was not beaten by the robbers, he got angry at her and almost beat her that night 🤣.

Have you told any gambling related lie before? Please share, let's read and have fun.

So many of these rather lame and depressing stories have been popping up lately. You are proud and happy that you lied to your wife? That you choose to hide away and pursue a petty addiction than to hang around your kids instead? I can understand that sometimes people end up in these darker places, but I'm not sure why you feel the need to share these depressing moments of your life. If you had an open and honest relationship, you could just explain that you were playing some games to take a break from the kids, a responsibility that you might share with your wife - she needs a break sometimes and so do you. Then again, you move on to thinking beating your wife is funny, so you definitely have a broken mindset.

[Cantsay]

Have you told any gambling related lie before? Please share, let's read and have fun.

I can’t recall any incidents where I might have lied my way of a situation that had to do with gambling. Normally, I don’t gamble around people - I mostly do it when I’m alone and don’t have anything to do (or when I’m in my room/bed). I might have done it in the past but for reason nothing is coming to my mind right now.

Your story and the other guy’s tweet are pretty awful imo. I don’t know if you are still gambling like that but you should probably seek professional help. The other guy on twitter too. I see no difference between your story and locking yourself in a room and drink alcohol/smoking. See how it looks now? That’s what we call “having an addiction”

If gambling prevents you from doing your daily duties then gambling is not a fun event for you anymore. It became an addiction and it needs to be treated.

He mentioned that this happened when he was still new to gambling and I believe a lot of us didn’t one or two newbie stuffs back when we got into gambling before we finally changed our ways - I guess this was one of what he did as a newbie.

[Wexnident]

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I don't think it was THAT bad. You can have multiple favorite times in a day, at least.

Anyway, I think the only time I lied was during my early days? As I've shared before I was playing poker already with my friends back in hs, and was in a relationship. My partner abhorred the idea of me gambling (or at least, gambling with money, not poker itself) so whenever I was playing, I always told her that we were just playing with cards, no money involved. There came a point though where I was caught red handed so had no choice but to confess . Naturally I had to stop but eh, we eventually broke up and here I am gambling again.

[BABY SHOES]

I've only ever lied when holding my phone thinking I was playing a game when I was gambling, but when my wife asked what you were doing “playing Cand Rush” 

You have a friend who lies almost exactly like my own friend, but he confessed to his wife he lost money on the road while driving but what happened he spent all his money playing slots, in order to protect himself then the friend said to protect himself.

Many stories are habitual to cover gambling in any way, they do this not wanting to be stressed after losing a lot in question by other members, even though this is bad behavior there are still many people doing this habit.

[South Park]

I've only ever lied when holding my phone thinking I was playing a game when I was gambling, but when my wife asked what you were doing “playing Cand Rush” 

You have a friend who lies almost exactly like my own friend, but he confessed to his wife he lost money on the road while driving but what happened he spent all his money playing slots, in order to protect himself then the friend said to protect himself.

Many stories are habitual to cover gambling in any way, they do this not wanting to be stressed after losing a lot in question by other members, even though this is bad behavior there are still many people doing this habit.

As long as the losses a person is experimenting while gambling are under their control then a lie here and there does not make a lot of difference, I often hear people pushing for absolute honesty all the time, but this is not possible, and even if it was, can you imagine the chaos that it would ensue? Just to give an example, statistics show that most people hate their jobs, so if people were 100% honest with what they felt and told their bosses about it, you can be sure they will get themselves fired on the spot and may never get another job as they are unable to keep those feelings to themselves anymore.

[angrybirdy]

Hi gamblers, greetings to everyone..

So today, I was scrolling through my reddit feed, and I came across this post in the screenshot I share below..


After reading that post, I quickly remembered what I did some years back when I was still pretty much new to gambling and was kind of obsessed with it at that time, I remember it was on Sunday late morning after we came back from church, I darely needed to play some gambling game, but the children were running around the house making lots of noise, the little one will not stop climbing me, we've already had breakfast and my wife was busy watching a movie.
I left her and the children in the sitting room, took my phone and laptop and went into our third room reserved for visitors and locked myself in there, and started gambling, I was playing slot and casino games, and in between, I was also analyzing some upcoming sports matches to find suitable ones to place bet on.

More than 1 hour later, my wife came looking for me, and possibly was surprised i locked myself in the guest room, she inquired to know why, I told her I was studying some very important course online, and needed no disturbance at all, that was why I went to the guest room, she stood there, whether she believed or not, I do not know, I just know that she went her way after some seconds 😂😂.

So, when I came across that post on reddit, I couldn't help but laugh really hard, and also imagined how many of us gamblers out there are telling one lie or the other just to cover up our gambling habit..

I have a friend who lost a huge amount of money to gambling, and returning home that night, he lied to his wife that he was robbed, when the woman (being suspecious) asked why he was not beaten by the robbers, he got angry at her and almost beat her that night 🤣.

Have you told any gambling related lie before? Please share, let's read and have fun.

no matter which angle we look at it, what you are doing is cheating because you are keeping secrets, especially with spouses and the topic of financial discussion here,  our partners should know what activities we are obsessed with now so incase there is a problem they can help us. With that kind of secrecy, fights or problems in a family start, so you should be more transparent with our partners to avoid problems in the future. I haven't experience keeping a secret to my partner eversince especially that money is involve because it may cause a big problem to us and I don't want that to happen. I will choose my own family than my leisures so gamble at your own risk.