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10-07-2006, 11:15 PM
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dealing with parents, stigma
Tonight I told my dad that I was considering playing online for a couple months professionally and he flipped his freakin' gord. I honestly feel like I am some sort of stupid heroine junky. He kept yelling at me saying this is "not something you should be doing".
He wants me to get a job where I would make less money per hour but being doing honest work. As if the many hours I have spent learning this game are just worthless wastes of my time. I beg to differ. I 'm curious how others parents have responded and how theyve dealth with it/. 
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10-08-2006, 01:09 AM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
At some point in life you become your own man and, although you listen carefully to advice, you make your own choices regardless of what your friends and family would have you do. The groups of people that receive the most criticism and negativity are a) people who are headed for great failure and b) people who are headed for great success. You have to walk a fine line in determining which bucket you fall into.
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10-08-2006, 02:07 AM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
how old are you?
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10-08-2006, 08:54 AM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
I would be hugely disappointed in my kid if she was dumb enough to want to turn pro in the wake of the passage of the Port Security Bill, especially if her bread and butter game was NL25.
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#8
10-08-2006, 12:35 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
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I would be hugely disappointed in my kid if she was dumb enough to want to turn pro in the wake of the passage of the Port Security Bill, especially if her bread and butter game was NL25. [/ QUOTE ] I don't understand. Are u saying that making $20 dollars an hour at NL25 (8 tabling at 5/100) is not impressive enough or something. If I was making $100 dollars an hour it would be ok to keep playing?
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#9
10-08-2006, 01:15 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
How old are you? I don't understand why you are having this discussion with your father at all. Telling your parents that you want to become a professional gambler is just hurting them and stirring them up for no reason. If you become successful enough, then they'll find out, but they still won't be happy or proud of you. My house is paid off because of blackjack and if you think my success changed my parents' minds about blackjack or casinos, well, you're living on another planet. And for some reason I have a wild guess that I'm about twice your age. That's just the way it is. It's the duty of the adult child to protect the parents from information they can't handle.
The great lesson of poker is how to deceive. I'm not saying lie to your parents. Wait a minute. Yes, I am. You have nothing to gain by sharing this information with them until you are so wildly financially successful that you have to explain where the money came from or they'll assume you're dealing drugs. In the meantime, repeat after me, you're a webpage designer like everybody else. If you are underage or otherwise plan to break the law to continue playing poker, you need to ask yourself if $20 an hour today is worth a permanent black mark on your job history and a probable diminished chance of a decent job/income forever. Like it or not, smart employers are not much inclined to hire lawbreakers in good positions. [ QUOTE ] Tonight I told my dad that I was considering playing online for a couple months professionally and he flipped his freakin' gord. I honestly feel like I am some sort of stupid heroine junky. He kept yelling at me saying this is "not something you should be doing". He wants me to get a job where I would make less money per hour but being doing honest work. As if the many hours I have spent learning this game are just worthless wastes of my time. I beg to differ. I 'm curious how others parents have responded and how theyve dealth with it/. [/ QUOTE ]
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