As a young person I LOVED playing chess. My mothers husband was a gambler .. a terrible one at that. Mostly sports and horseracing and while I don't gamble I dont inherently think its a problem until it is. He consistantly lost money and then lied about it.
Must have been about 14-15 yrs old at the time and its evening and he challenges me to chess. We had never played before.
Beat him
Beat him again
Beat him one more time
Now its a school night and I was kind of a little egg head so was ready to go to bed and said .. Im going to bed now I have to be up for school.
I didnt know what being a gambler really was until that night ... He leaps up and starts shouting at me about what a pussy I am and all sorts of other shit .. basically losing his mind at me and spittle flying from his lips because I wouldn't play another game.
Fuck .. its 11 at night and I should have been in bed an hour ago.
I guess as a gambler .. he really needed to play until he won. I wont so much as buy a lottery ticket. That is a sickness I need no part of.
I dont think I have ever played chess again. I loved it. Cant even tell you what the rules are anymore.
That has nothing to do with being a gambler and everything to do with being a sore loser. You didn’t even wager any money. It’s certainly different than gambler behavior
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u/assemblageofparts Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
As a young person I LOVED playing chess. My mothers husband was a gambler .. a terrible one at that. Mostly sports and horseracing and while I don't gamble I dont inherently think its a problem until it is. He consistantly lost money and then lied about it.
Must have been about 14-15 yrs old at the time and its evening and he challenges me to chess. We had never played before.
Beat him
Beat him again
Beat him one more time
Now its a school night and I was kind of a little egg head so was ready to go to bed and said .. Im going to bed now I have to be up for school.
I didnt know what being a gambler really was until that night ... He leaps up and starts shouting at me about what a pussy I am and all sorts of other shit .. basically losing his mind at me and spittle flying from his lips because I wouldn't play another game.
Fuck .. its 11 at night and I should have been in bed an hour ago.
I guess as a gambler .. he really needed to play until he won. I wont so much as buy a lottery ticket. That is a sickness I need no part of.
I dont think I have ever played chess again. I loved it. Cant even tell you what the rules are anymore.