[TomG]

Ugh, it looks like my girlfriend is the least supportive/understanding of the group thus far. She hates poker and everything related to it. Fair enough, I can't expect my significant other to take an interest in everything I do. So I never talk about it with her and I only play it when we're away from each other. However I still receive frowns of disapproval whenever she overhears conversation between my friends and I about it. She sees it as addictive in nature and that any time spent playing is harmful regardless of whether I win or lose. Initially I tried to share my long term records and statistics with her to reassure I'm not going to bankrupt myself, but that only made her more worried because of the time and effort that I obviously put into keeping accurate records. Don't get the wrong impression--she's an otherwise wonderful girlfriend but when it comes to poker she's a nightmare.