What Would You Say?

[Dave H.]

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She then says, "Do you parent's know what you are doing?"
I reply , "Yes."
She says, "Wow they must be really ashamed."


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You say: "No, actually I believe they're quite proud of my accomplishments. By the way, here's a Kleenex...you need to blow your nose"

[aflaba]

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She then says, "Do you parent's know what you are doing?"
I reply , "Yes."
She says, "Wow they must be really ashamed."

Your move.

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You say "No. Why would they be?"

This is classic martial arts - use your opponent's aggression against them.

She wants to make a glib little statement and you are now forcing her to explain her position in more detail. You can then pick apart what she says.

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I like this one

[ChicagoTroy]

Steal her bicycle.

[sfer]

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I have a roomate who is a losing player. He's getting better, and he started reading books, but his parent's know about how he has lost some money to poker. He has a sister who is a big mouth. She knows about my success in poker, and told her parents how I am now helping him a little.

So last week I go visit my roomate's parents house in LA because we were going to the dodger's game. This was going to be the first time I would be meeting his parents.

We walk into the kitchen where his mother is and my roomate goes - "This is Carlo."

Before I can even finish saying "Nice to meet you," she blurts out, "You're the one who is ruining his life by playing poker all day and not going to school."

I'm still shaking her hand.

She then says, "Do you parent's know what you are doing?"
I reply , "Yes."
She says, "Wow they must be really ashamed."

Your move.

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"I'm a different person now. I don't steal bikes anymore."

[onegymrat]

Hi K,

The point of my skit earlier was to show that no good things can come out of arguing with those that do not understand what you actually do. You'll be wasting your breath and making the relationship worse between your friend and his mother. The best thing to do is just walk away and laugh it off. You will NEVER be able to convince these type of people to see things your way, especially parents. If debating is a turn-on for you, then you should have gone to law school. But for now, know that you are proud of the accomplishments that you've achieved and be the bigger person by not fueling the fire.

Then again, I'm curious to what you really said. I guess it would have depended on your mood.

[4_2_it]

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"Wow they must be really ashamed."

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"Hmmmmm. You might be on to something there Mrs. ____. My dad looked okay when I handed him the keys to his new Corvette last week, but my mom mentioned that a Ferrari might have been more in line. Maybe I'm the one who should be ashamed."

[TheGame1020]

What did you end up saying?

[derick]

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I have a roomate who is a losing player. He's getting better, and he started reading books, but his parent's know about how he has lost some money to poker. He has a sister who is a big mouth. She knows about my success in poker, and told her parents how I am now helping him a little.

So last week I go visit my roomate's parents house in LA because we were going to the dodger's game. This was going to be the first time I would be meeting his parents.

We walk into the kitchen where his mother is and my roomate goes - "This is Carlo."

Before I can even finish saying "Nice to meet you," she blurts out, "You're the one who is ruining his life by playing poker all day and not going to school."

I'm still shaking her hand.

She then says, "Do you parent's know what you are doing?"
I reply , "Yes."
She says, "Wow they must be really ashamed."

Your move.

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# I'd check the flop with a little Rogerian active listening..

.... Sounds like you're concerned about the time and money he's spending on poker ...


# something she says goes here.


# Min bet the turn as well...

... *nods* ... " When you consider the top 1% of players are winning most of the money I couldn't agree with you more that most people shouldn't play ... "


# something she said goes here.

The river plays itself....

If she folds say, "Nice hand. I'm so glad we agree"

If she bets, drop the hammer, "Bad players lose their money but good players are the real losers *look sad* they lose time ... ... For instance I only won about [the price of this house.]"

[thirddan]

haha, you are too nice...

[OrangeKing]

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What did you end up saying?

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I'm also interested in Hero's line here. It seems like a WA/WB situation.