How does your spouse / significant other deal with your play?

[octaveshift]

I play a few SNGs every evening. On weekends, I will play a MTT if I find something that looks interesting. In short, I play every day.

I generally play from my laptop, while my wife is watching TV.

She's great about it. I have told her many times that she should let me know if she ever had a problem with my playing so often, and she has, on occasion, asked if I would shut it down, and I always have.

Just curious what it is like for other folks... Does it ever cause problems? If so, how do you address them?

[AnonymousGambler]

My wife doesn't have a problem with my play.

I also will play on a laptop while we watch TV, and will stay up late on weekend nights after she goes to sleep.

Every month I take half of what I've won that month and we buy something with it. It might be something fun or something for the house, but at least it's with other people's money.

[Bodhi]

My fiancee and I don't watch TV, so I mostly play when she's at work teaching in the evenings. Sometimes she worries that I put too much energy into poker and not enough into getting my [censored] together for gradschool. In any case, taking her out to dinner with my winnings makes her happy.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

I mostly play after she and the kids have gone to bed for the night. Sometimes I get an hour in between dinner and bathtime.

Since my poker play covers the mortgage each month, she rarely objects and is my biggest supporter.

Mrs. Milo rocks.

[evans075]

I'm a college student and mine at first would nag at me saying I spent more time on that online poker stuff that I did with her. Thats when I compromised and told her my goals, and when I reached each goal she would be rewarded. First one was when I reached 1000 I would buy her a pair of those outragous $150 pair of jeans. That shut her up quick. I figure its +EV b/c I get to keep playing in peace. She even plays a few hands for me when I need to piss.

[LetYouDown]

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I would buy her a pair of those outragous $150 pair of jeans.

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Sevens? LOL...if so, I had to buy a pair of those not too long ago. Women are fascinated by the strangest things.

[evans075]

That is correct. How can women spend $150 on a pair of jeans. Thats about how much my clothing in its entirety cost. IT'S CRAZY!!!

[LetYouDown]

LOL. I'm in completely agreement. They look nice enough, but if you can't find a pair of jeans for under $50, you're not looking hard enough. What exactly separates one kind of denim from another?

[toots]

Why would someone spend $150 on jeans?

Someone would if they're terribly concerned about their appearance. Of course, since guys seem to put appearance above all else when choosing women, such an attribute in a woman wouldn't be surprising.

[LetYouDown]

You're right. Just the other day I was out and I tapped my buddy on the shoulder and said "Look at the JEANS on that chick!".