How does your family view poker?

ilya_savinov

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All my relatives against! How to look at it your home !:)
 
theRaven68

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its a kind of recreation, i play poker for fun, and family take it just as my time for fun,
 
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I live only with my mom,at first was very negative,spend the time at the pc,playing poker with real money,the tilt ,etc ... but now is ok,i help her with money every month ,and she supports me
 
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Brother introduced me to poker lol so he's ok with it obv. My mom doesn't like it at all and dad doesn't care :)
 
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We all can bear the poker no problem with it can only play it when I can find time now less and less in winter there is no more problem with this
 
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We all can bear the poker no problem with it can only play it when I can find time now less and less in winter there is no more problem with this

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My family has accepted it. My way to spend free time. Sometimes engage and cheer :)
 
MTCashman

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My immediate family accepts it, but my extended family frowns upon it.
 
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If or when I talk to any of my family about poker, it's like talking to a wall, because they don't know anything about it, or don't want to hear it. But they don't think anything is wrong with it. They just know it's something I do and I like playing.
 
LeeCallaghan

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It's a lot of fun! But im the only one who is here because pokerstars/Full Tilt shut down for the government! :mad:
damn you Government!
 
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My family really doesn't care that i play poker, But still think its gambling. I think that they just never really took the time to understand it.
 
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My mom hates (because her dad had problems with gambling) and my dad don't like. I don't comment much about poker with them.
 
maniaka68

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My family is against but i don`t care i will play until the end of my life because i`m f...... love this game :D
 
shomy21

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My family was against too. But when I bought a new mobile, computer and a car from poker winnings I shut up their mouth :p. Later they told me that I have to find a real job and I said ok ok...and I found some job where I can play poker too :D
Now everyone is happy but especially me, because I meet on my job special girl. And we got married two years before :D
 
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My mother and father hate it, but my brother and I both play. He doesn't play online poker but he does play blackjack and makes a lot more money than I do.
 
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when i lived at home, my dad thought I was wasting my time playing poker and that the house always wins <had to explain it was against real people :D ..then he said I would get shafted by the sharks < told him I was the shark :D ..never spoke about it much after that...my mum is just happy that I enjoy playing....I now live with my girlfriend and she is fine with it..although when I try to talk about hands or poker theory stuff, she isn't interested and makes it quite clear that she couldn't care less...which I find rather disappointing but can understand it..

that's why I come on here, to chat pokers and interact with a like minded community :)

my gf has told me to start making money at poker, which brings an added pressure tbh..but even if I never make money at poker, i'll still always enjoy playing for the thrill of it...I love the game.
 
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My family doesn't want to hear about it. The only way I can get them to play anymore is if I put up a prize pool on the holidays.
 
yonosemanana

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My parents dont really understand it. My brother sorta hates the game. So yeah...
 
solargarlic

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They are mostly against it my mom thinks it is a waste of money and my dad just thinks it is for recreation. I hope to one day prove them both wrong but until then I will have to keep learning! I know that one day if I try hard enough I can play for a living so I keep pressing on.
 
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My dad doesn't understand it thinks that I'm gambling against house.. My mom doesn't mind it as much as she has began to understand it a little better and seen the amounts of money I have won from it.. Overall I could careless with how my dad feels about it because I often find his way of thinking to be backwards! lol if I ever find a way to control my tilt fallouts and degenerate tendencies.. I will love nothing better than to tell him told you so... Gotta love dads ;)
 
Alexsandr Kononov

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My family do not mind that I'm playing poker. And two months ago, his wife asked to teach the game, now play together . My wife and I want to buy a set of poker since I have many friends of poker fans
 
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Mum doesn't mind, but my dad hates me playing, despite having played (fairly successfully) for years himself
 
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My family against when there is a lot of work, but rest of time, do what you want, they say. Playing poker it is your decision but if it isn't profitable to you, maybe leave it.
 
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At first i have real problem with my family....they think I'll lose a lot of money...but now when I started to withdraw their good.:D
 
akyurukov

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I always was alone in my decisions,no one messes me nor my father or mother. :)
 
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