Once a year some friends and I get a room at a casino to drink and gamble and not have to worry about driving home. We always have a blast and we usually get into some kind of trouble. My intention was to gamble very little and not lose too much money. I started with sixty, playing Blackjack. I lost 35. I had a few more drinks and sat down at Flop Poker, a new game for me. Once the dealer taught us how to play, I was on a winning streak. It wasn’t long before I had a stack of red chips in front of me. Nice. Then I hit a Full House. Twice. Very nice. Then I hit four of a kind. It was amazing. I walked away with $1600. I fed a slot machine $100 and then quit. I never imagined that I would win that much money.
Speaking of money, I work with a lady, whom I love dearly, but she makes really bad choices. She makes bad choices with money. (She did not attend the gambling extravaganza.) She has always had a man take care of her financially. Now, she is on her own, although she has a boyfriend, he does not support her like her previous boyfriend did. Her current beau can be challenging to deal with and he gets onto her and her kids. I can tell that she stays with him because she needs the financial support of a man in order to keep her head above water. Watching her go through this, as well as my own experience, I am convinced that I will never depend on anyone else to support me. Not that I have-I have always managed, not well, but I have done it. I would like to get married someday. If I don’t, no big deal. If I do, great, but I will always work and have my own money. And that’s all I have to say about that.
