Have you ever lost a friendship over an off bet?

[Odusko]

This kind of bet is a harmless one and just for fun, it is not supposed to cause a broken relationship among friends. Although some friends can be a jerk ass but it's better you Indetify their true nature on time with the test of those little things like bet. If the person can not honor those small bets among their friends, then they can also mess up if you trust them with something significant in the future. I have not been a victim of such but I just think if you should call someone a true friend, they must act fairly in cases like this, otherwise it's best for the relationship to be broken.

Harmless you say, I don't think so mate, alot of people this day's have become so irresponsible to the point that keeping up to their words is now a big problem for them to the point that they can disappoint for no reason and this kind of games is one of such reasons that reflect how they behave when put under pressure and disappointment which always comes from coming.

[FirmWars]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

If it's just a bet at home carried out by friends, they should be able to resolve any dispute that might occurs because it's just a game that was organized by them and they did it just for fun. If they want the friendship to be strong, they should be complying to every agreement they make and should also make the rules clear before the bet starts, it's lack of clear rules that might likely cause problems, else someone must not refuse to pay when they all agreed to it.

[SmartGold01]

When you know the reason why are gambling then you wouldn't have to put friend over there rather you could be thinking of how to win and after your friends could follow you to rejoice over your winning, but putting friends and trying to please them could that very difficult for you so the necessary needed is to make sure you have gambled and secure winning without determination what friends talks about you.

[Itz-prisigold]

Off bets with friends? Not for me. I trust my friends, I just don't want to deal with the awkwardness that is much more than just fun. Losing money is whatever, but losing pride is always something people want to avoid at all costs. I have seen how something that starts as harmless fun can quietly turn into ego, pride, unnecessary tension and awful when people are just trying to prove a point and are trying to win at all costs. Once the game starts, the bets and the money are just supposed to be for fun, but when people are trying to win and prove a point, it ruins the entire atmosphere.

If I lose online bets, it just is what it is. No one I know is affected but with off bets, if one person can't deal with losing and struggles to accept it or even refuse to honor the bet, it can create resentment and there will be this awkward tension that sits there forever. No one wants to be friends with the person that cashed out off a friendly wager, but people want to be friends with people that lose online bets to companies.

Off bets put the basis of friendships which are trust, respect, and peace of mind at risk. That is something that shouldn't be messed with and off betting is one of those things.

[Joy- maker]

I have not lost a friendship over an unwise bet, but my friends where  very mad at me that day. Although we later resolved everything that day and moved up. And after the day of that incident I don't gamble in that manner again to avoid loosing my friends. so when ever I want to gamble be it on my device or in a gambling Hall I gamble on my own without involving my friends even if they are right there with me. Because such manner of betting can damage friendship if you are mot wise and smart enough to address the situation properly. And I have no doubt that someone person's here has once lost a friendship over an unwise bet.

[MainIbem]

I really value friendship and I hope I don't find myself in a situation where I'll lose true friendship over a bet, therefore im not going to involve myself in anything that would make me lose true friendship, I rather chose a good sports booking platform to pick some games and place bet with my spare cash than gamble offline and end fighing or having serious argument at the end of the day.

[Nwada001]

Personally, I already know how this type of bet usually ends. This is something I have witnessed from secondary school down to when we were growing up with friends. Most of the time it doesn't end well; sometimes it leads to a fight where it will appear as if one set of persons is supporting a particular person, unless now that people are mature enough to overcome such types of conflict, even though avoiding such types of bets will save friendships instead of destroying it.

[Sammye3]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

It depends on the kind of bet though and the intensity of the bet,  because there have being multiple occasions where I make a bet with a friend maybe based on football or anything else and I dont honor the bet on the losing end but it has not affected our relationship.

The person you enter into the bet with could actually take it seriously more than you do, and demand for redemption,  but that should not affect the relationship if there is any understanding between both parties.  Most people take it as a form of taking accountability for your actions in a general sense and might not acknowledge the fact that those bets were made on groundless opinions.

[virasisog]

I would rather lose those people than staying in touch if they couldn't even accept their lose and honor their words.
Sometimes it isn't just about the money, it is their words, their action, how they value your trust.
It is easier to earn money than to earn the people's trust, once you destroy their trust it wouldn't be the same again.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

There's no how we can gamble and do it with friends without ending it in fight at the long run, gambling is fun and we can do it with friends, but we should always know that when its comes to betting, we cant trust how people can react and not even when they are losing bets and are getting more emotional, but after all these, we can remember the memories and look back to see how far we've gone.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

No, I have never lost a friendship because of an off bet, like why would those silly bets even affect friendship?,  most of those bets are just cruise and fun, something to add spice to watching
to random things we do.. So there is nothing serious enough to cause an issue..

And beside even when there is an actual bet, the money comes out and we give it to another of our friend to hold. Then who win take the money..

[Mindyspace]

I've seen very similar situations, and it can really turn into a lot of headaches. When money, ego, and competition are involved, things change. I think betting among friends can be fun if it's symbolic or with low stakes, but when someone doesn't know how to lose or take it in stride, the friendship pays the price, and unfortunately, that's very sad.

[masulum]

i never betting money with my friends, sometimes I'm only betting to buy a food. So, I never take into serious problem with friends just because of betting for our favorite clubs. betting for buying food more better than money, because it will set the limit by it self, so we can stop to over betting each other. let say we are betting with money fo $10 betting to buying food can be less than $10, more fun here because even one of us losing, we can still eat together  

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

It's risky gambling with friends, I am saying from experience, we funded together and started rollover challenge, we both picked predictions and agreed together before placing, my prediction goes sideways and his was rightly going well. He started becoming aggressive and puts every blame on me for picking the wrong bet among our challenge, he got upset and result to a little fight.

Since then, I only choose to solo gamble and never involve with anyone, I can only give you my prediction if you actually request for it, and I'll tell you that I won't be held responsible if it goes sideways.

[Silverstonez]

Personally, I already know how this type of bet usually ends. This is something I have witnessed from secondary school down to when we were growing up with friends. Most of the time it doesn't end well; sometimes it leads to a fight where it will appear as if one set of persons is supporting a particular person, unless now that people are mature enough to overcome such types of conflict, even though avoiding such types of bets will save friendships instead of destroying it.

This type of bet doesn't always end well,  good and quality relationships ended because of this type of bet. Although I have not lost any friendships before through this type of bet and I haven't engaged in such a bet before. but I know that the outcome always appear to  be terrible leading to fighting and quarrel. And if you ask me I will say that people should avoid such type of bet, because it can cause a lot of damage to people, and it has already done a lot of damage to people who tried such type of bet before.

[Floxynice]

If you want to test a person's loyalty, test him with money and see what happens afterwards. Many relationships have been ruined because of "money". Either through borrowing or gambling games like this where one party fairs to honor the bet after they lost. This may seem harmless, but one thing has been made obvious. The friend who won has lost trust in the loser. Depending on his personality, he may ignore or demand for what he deserves forcefully. No matter how cool the friends are, disagreements will definitely arise.

Personally, I will avoid off bets with friends. Sometimes, the best way to preserve a friendship is by understanding the friend in question and avoid things that will lead to distrust.

[hyudien]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself?

Yep, once experienced an incident like this in the world cup championship, if I'm not mistaken the 2010 edition (South Africa), I bet with one of my friends, I won the bet then he didn't want to pay it, but it didn't make our relationship completely cracked, yes on that day there was a sense of disappointment for me personally but the next day it went on as usual. Maybe it's because it was a small bet, just a pack of cigarettes, so it's a bit unethical if just because of cigarettes, our relationship should be destroyed.

[ovcijisir]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you? Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself? Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

I never bet large amounts and I cant remember when I made a bet with my friends. Even if I would make a bet with them I doubt  that it would be over something worth of risking a friendship.

[r_victory]

I've never made significant bets with friends, to the point where the loser couldn't afford to pay. They're usually bets related to paying for a pizza, a chocolate bar, or tickets to a football match. Nothing that would ruin the friendship if the person doesn't pay; I think true friendship isn't something that's lost because of that.

[serjent05]

I’ve heard many stories about friends betting on a game at home, where one person couldn’t accept the loss and refused to honor the bet. After that, the friendship was never the same. Has this ever happened to you?

True friendship is not affected by this trivial thing.  If the relation is easily shaken by this kind of event, it is not a friendship at all,  They just know each other and they are just taking advantage of one another for their own selfish reason. So for true friends, this kind of situation will never happen.  But for people who just know each other, this can often happen.

Do you think off bets with friends are harmless fun, or are they risky for the friendship itself?

For people who are really friends, they are harmless; it can even strengthen the friendship because trust is being tested and molded into tighter bond.

Personally, I try as much as possible to avoid playing this way, not because I don’t trust the people around me, but because I don’t see the meaning of gambling that way in the presence of online platforms.

I do not mind doing this kind of bet, since I trust my friends, so we can just go to the betting without any hint of doubt.