Lies told to cover up gambling habit

[Yogee]

I've heard of real stories about people using the toilet to hide some of their "business" and I find that funny to this day. About the topic - there was no need to lie about it in my case but that's not because of transparency. I just don't see the need to tell anyone about my gambling activities since I think it's a personal matter and I am not bothering anyone.

[robelneo]

Honestly, you can't lie to your wife, your wife always knows when you're telling the truth or not, if you can get away with lying about your gambling then you are that good at lying and you can pass a lie detector test.

Honesty is the best policy and your wife will always understand, even if she knows nothing about gambling, your body language when you win or lose will give you away so it is better to tell her so you won't have to tell a lie about what you're lying.

[irhact]

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.

For someone who's married, i think hiding your gambling habit to save your marriage is not a bad idea, cause not all women would be happy to hear that their spouse is a gambler and some would think that's what eating you money when you go broke, it might even lead to a long quarrel sometimes and to avoid that hiding it from them might not  to be a bad idea, just like when I started gambling my girlfriend was against it but little did she know I was into it and to save my relationship I never allow her see me gamble or tell her about it.

 But on a second thought, sometimes it's also not a bad idea to open up to your spouse about it, especially if the person is understanding and won't end up leading to a fight, They could even be the ones that could help you avoid getting addicted or console you whenever you make big losses in gambling, lol your friend's story is very funny but he needs to control his temper so he won't end up beating his wife someday.

[$crypto$]

The lies that are done to avoid many people who know that we gamble consider this normal and even commonplace, almost most of them do this habit to avoid problems that arise at that time if they find out.

In essence, gambling activities always want to be hidden so lying is natural if our wives forbid it, even though some say they are always honest about gambling but for me I have done this only not too often, I once told my family not to enter the room with the PC because there is important data there so no one can enter except myself even though on the PC I played gambling.

[passwordnow]

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

I think that I did but not to my wife but to someone about telling that I am not a gambler so that they won't know that I am into gambling. This kind of topic IMO is actually good if you're going to merge them with the others or just make it as a gambling confession thread. I am sure that it's not just going to be shown in the reddit but many of the members here are going to share their experiences and confessions about what they did as a gambler whether they're crazy or not.

And about that friend of yours, there are a lot of similar stories and I am sure that many gamblers don't want to know that they've lost a lot of money especially those that have came from their salaries because it's shameful to be known that you're a gambler, you've lost everything and your salary and then you don't have a face anymore to face your wife and admit what has happened. But you are partners and you shouldn't hide anything to her unless that's so crucial for you and your wife will surely not like it. It's important that both of you know each others flaws because you're both for each other to help in some cases like this and to give reminders that you don't have to lie about such.

[Nwada001]

One of the things that I know makes people come out with some sort of silly lie like this is how awkward it might sound to tell someone you lost focus over something or you took a time off from what you are supposed to be doing to gamble. It's really something that, if you don't have a mature mind, you will lie about.
 
I can remember I have done some crazy stuff for gambling before as a result of not being mature enough and the fear of how people will react if I present my reason for doing a particular thing was because of gambling and all of that.

[Assface16678]

I mean, it's not bad to hide from your wife or family about your gambling activities, as you may have a reason or they don't want someone in the family to be gambling, but the thing is, you shouldn't commit anything that you could lie about, for example, what is in the picture. Is that what you really feel? If that's so, then the effect of gambling on you is not good because you can choose gambling over your wife or family. Make it balanced.

In order to avoid being addicted to gambling, balance your activity. You should only have a limited time each day when you are going to gamble so that your family or wife will not be angry at you or feel that you are prioritising gambling over them. Lying is very bad and can be considered a lie. If you can't do gambling without lying, then you are still on the right path or with the with the right mindset.

[danherbias07]

I tell my wife everything as much as possible so I won't create a spark of a fight that could lead to something worse in the future. I think if there are some hidden secrets, it's just minimal and not to the extent that it would affect our monthly budget and other payments that need to be paid. She also knew about my latest win and she even asked for us to go out using the money which I accepted without thinking twice because I always want to enjoy the profits I made. I withdrew everything and then we went out with the kids to eat some good food and let the kids play whatever they wanted.

One lie could be addictive especially if we can get out of it the first time. So, I would not recommend to do this kind of act because there's a chance we might do it over and over again that could destroy our family in the future.

[lienfaye]

If it's for the better and you know that you're playing in moderation, then why not? But losing huge of money in gambling yet you're still lying to your wife about it seems not a good idea to me. Why don't you try to be open so your wife can understand what you are up to?

It's understandable to lie to someone about our losses because we don't want to be judge. But it's a different thing if you're doing this with your partner. It involves money and it can be a reason for her to lost her trust on you.

[Davidvictorson]

If the day ever comes that I would lie to cover up my gambling habit then that is the day that I will quite gambling forever.

Why do I need to put myself in a situation where I need to lie. The consequences of that can lead to a break in trust from your spouse and the your kids or any other person around you.

And it is an early sign of gambling addiction.

What follows after lying is, stealing to fund one's growing gambling habit.

[Rockstarguy]

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

I know most women don't really fancy gambling and it won't be cool for them if their partner should open up to let them know about gambling game that is going on.  so most men would prefer to just cover up with lies just to please their wife.
If I know my wife won't feel happy to see me playing gamble, I will pretend do something else because I wouldn't want her to feel in a certain way if she discovered. The truth is that many gamblers don't like to open up about their gambling life style to people who don't see gamble just exactly they way they see's it.

[alani123]

Ok, sometimes people overreact. Religious people will often consider gambling equal to the devil himself so sometimes it's best to hide some things from them for their own sake of wellbeing.

But still, if you have to lie about how much you put in gambling and how much grief you're going through, or even hiding addiction, then it's a problematic situation. It should be embraced and treated normally without remorse. Personally I haven't needed to lie about gambling. I'm very comfortable admitting to anyone that every now and then I'll play a hand of blackjack online or make a sportsbet. When I play though, I make sure to only handle amounts I can afford to lose. And surely I've lost plenty of times but it's not a problem if it's not important.

I just think that if you establish that with your peers, and if they have common sense, you will no longer need to project lies about gambling to them.

[Kemarit]

I once did, 2017 or 2018, I had my Christmas Bonus and the first thing I do is go to land base casinos and then "donated" it all. Went home at night and I can't tell to my wife straight away that I've lost my years hard work in just a couple of hours. Didn't do the walk of shame, but I was just staring and she notice me and so I admit what I have done.

Of course she was furious to me, and didn't talked to me for one day. But after that, it's back to normal and I didn't do that again. Or if I'm going to gamble, she would come. However, since the advent of online casinos, we knew when each other is going to gamble. And so I didn't do that after that big mistake of mine.

[Slow death]

In my opinion, he should tell his wife everything, he shouldn't hold back because lying and something could one day destroy him. for example, he is addicted and as he doesn't tell his wife everything, it is difficult for his wife to be able to help him when he is having addiction problems, often people think that hiding things in their lives that they find shameful would thereby preserve their good image of them, when in reality they are giving space to lies, they are giving little space so that the other person cannot help them when they one day need help. The less we know about another person, the fewer ways to help them we will have. That's why I always advise people to always be sincere and honest

[usekevin]

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.

This two things was the important one in our life,because we should not hurt our beloved wife.Sometimes the hiding of your secrets will give you the peaceful life,because many of the life partners not like the involvement of their partners in the gambling.Because gambling may or may not hurt you in the financial situation.Some gamblers had loss their money and get into the biggest trouble because of the loss of money.That guy had enjoyed the time with their wife,but he had received more fun in the gambling compared to the time with heir life partner.

If it's for the better and you know that you're playing in moderation, then why not? But losing huge of money in gambling yet you're still lying to your wife about it seems not a good idea to me. Why don't you try to be open so your wife can understand what you are up to?

It's understandable to lie to someone about our losses because we don't want to be judge. But it's a different thing if you're doing this with your partner. It involves money and it can be a reason for her to lost her trust on you.

If the gambler loss the funds in the gambling,he may lie to their wife.If the gambler had gained huge money from the gambling site at that time he could open his hidden secret with his wife.Now he will get two advice from his wife,one being hiding doesn’t matter until it’s affect our family financially.Secondly he asked his husband to stop the gambling and don’t loss the winning money again to the gambling site.Because he get more confidence which leads to the money loss which was earned by the same gambling site.

[Ojima-ojo]

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.

Gambling is so addictive that both spouses shouldn't get involved at the same time, because at a point they may lose control of their emotions which could impact on their relationship negatively and if care is not taken one or both partners may become uncontrollably addicted and that will become an unbearable turn out of events.


But if it is one of the partner preferably the husband becoming addicted the wife can easily help him to get out of such addictions, so the man in the story did the right thing not telling the wife his gambling expertise.

[alegotardo]

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 😂😂.

Many people have told me that lying is part of human nature, but I think this argument only serves to assuage guilt or justify a wrong act, such as your hidden addiction to gambling. But, whatever the reason, the fact is that we are always telling a lie every day without even realizing it, and there was even a British study (I don't have the source) that said that a person tells an average of three lies during a 10 minute conversation.

But, when lying becomes frequent and is intended to hide something that could be harmful to you or other people, then it really means that you have a problem.

You know that many gambling players become addicted very quickly, if a friend or family can at least monitor your problem, it is "easier" for you to seek the correct path again, but if you hide it from other people, it can be May you lose control quickly and no one can help you.
The addiction problem will become a financial problem, then it will affect your marital relationship, it will affect your mood, other problems will arise... you don't want that in your life, right!?

[EluguHcman]

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..

The guy actually loves his wife and knows how to make feel blushing and special as one of those good threats and hyping which women enjoys.
Indeed he can actually have more relaxations during when with his wife but does not mean he can not find funs elsewhere.
The confession there is that when he is sitted on the gambling he does stay a long time but he has never explained in the so confession text that he enjoys the times of his gambling and the night times spending with his wife.

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.

Every gambling times requires concentrations and Privacies of possible so that we don't give excuses to our losts instead when we lost, we could assume it is out of wrong predictions and not to say it was because we were being distracted.
Actually gambling as when stake of funds is involved requires absolutely quietness and concentration so that you could feel those vibes of analyzing before game plays or finding errors after game losts.

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 🤣.

Once you lost what is not affordable to loose in the gambling of course you would be filled with grieves of anger inside of you and any silly move from others would get you annoyed unnecessarily because your emotions is indeed need of how to ease your depressions through the expressions of angry actions.

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

Yes, when I lost my TV on gambling stake I told my parents back then that I took it to the technical workshop for service.
Meanwhile it was on a collateral and when I could bail it, I still pretended like I just brought it back from the workshop.

[DiMarxist]

That is always a common habit for gamblers. I'm most time they don't want their wife, children and religion friends to know that they are gambling so all what they do is to tell them that they are studying, doing assignments and other important things while within them they are busy gambling and they don't want to their people to know about. But one day they will still know as your wife noticed you. And those are the kind of styles that the addicted gamblers used in the family setting when they noticed that they can't move out to play gamble.
They deceive their friends, wife and children that they what to do important thing. I am just giving an instant and not you.

[AmoreJaz]

That is always a common habit for gamblers. I'm most time they don't want their wife, children and religion friends to know that they are gambling so all what they do is to tell them that they are studying, doing assignments and other important things while within them they are busy gambling and they don't want to their people to know about. But one day they will still know as your wife noticed you. And those are the kind of styles that the addicted gamblers used in the family setting when they noticed that they can't move out to play gamble.
They deceive their friends, wife and children that they what to do important thing. I am just giving an instant and not you.

The decision is entirely on the gambler himself. Whether he wants to disclose his gambling habit to his wife or not. If you are just an occasional gambler, I believe there's nothing wrong to share it with your wife. I can understand that if you are in the addicted level, it is hard to tell it to your family because their reaction is quite worrying. But do remember, in times of your trouble, they will be the one who will help you out in the situation you are in.