r/gambling • u/ZaddyPepe • Jun 21 '24

I’m starting to hate my best friend

Last year I forced my best friend to come to the casino with me. I gave him $20 cause he refused to play and with that he won $100. Since then he comes with me every other weekend where HE ALWAYS WINS and I ALWAYS LOSE. I swear every single time we go he leaves up a couple grand and I’m down that much, and now he has this weird idea that I’m his lucky charm. I hate going now because I never win, but he forces me out. I promise myself I won’t spend anything but every time we go he starts winning, which inspires me to give it a crack which always leads to me losing a bunch of money. I’ve told him stop asking me, I don’t want to go but he always finds a way to convince me by guilt tripping, bribing etc. This makes me sound like a bad person but seeing him always succeed when I’m down bad is really starting to get to me.

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u/mizary1 Jun 21 '24

This makes me sound like a bad person

You ARE a bad person. You should be happy when your friend wins. Heck you should be happy when anyone beats the casino.

You don't have to go to the casino. You don't have to gamble. You aren't being forced. You have to make your own decisions and deal with the consequences.

What you are doing is blaming your friend for your own poor choices. When you start taking responsibility for your own actions you will be free to celebrate your friends successes.

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u/M0mmaSaysImSpecial Jun 21 '24

This does not make OP a bad person. Chill, internet perfect person. It’s not a good way to think, but to label someone as an overall bad person for this is just absurd yet par for the course here.