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Could you ever live with a gambling addict

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Original post by Xabungle
No way, i'll just kick em' straight out of the house! You'll lose all your money from North, South, East, West and Centre because of it!

Trust me gambling just brings trouble I don't know why people get sucked into it
I think it would be naive to think you could sustain a relationship with an addict and not have him/her using your money and/or possessions to fund his/her addiction. Anything from stealing £40 from your purse to pawning the necklace your grandmother gave you before she died to identity fraud would have to be expected.
Your right in a way what if they don't wanna get help and the gambler just gets worse say for example he/she steals from you or threats you and the council or landlords threaten to evict you for debs say the gambler got you in rent areas for over £20K that's a risk I'll never ever take gambling just leads to stress and heartache
Original post by RazorM
As long they ain't using my money, idc.

Mmm even if they waste there own money it would have a big affect on you what if they get into arrears with their bills etc
One of my friends is a gambling addict (poker). But he's also pretty good at it. I give him money sometimes when he loses it all. Then he ends up sending me 3 times as much back lol. I

I know he's intelligent anyway so I trust him to get his moeny back eventually (through poker). He used to be one of my oponents in video game tournaments.

If it was someone who I knew was an idiot and has no chance of making any money back I wouldn't give them any lol.
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Original post by Kid_Chameleon
I think it would be naive to think you could sustain a relationship with an addict and not have him/her using your money and/or possessions to fund his/her addiction. Anything from stealing £40 from your purse to pawning the necklace your grandmother gave you before she died to identity fraud would have to be expected.

Definitely it seems impossible to live or have a good relationship with a gambling addict the more you gamble the harder it is to quit
Original post by ChickenMadness
One of my friends is a gambling addict (poker). But he's also pretty good at it. I give him money sometimes when he loses it all. Then he ends up sending me 3 times as much back lol.

Lol there's skill in poker but not with slots poker and blackjack seem better then playing slots
Original post by Anonymous
Lol there's skill in poker but not with slots poker and blackjack seem better then playing slots


ye he can grind his money back from nothing.

He usually enters these tournaments every once and a while and wins £5k. Then he slowly gambles it all away again haha.
I am currently living in the same house as a compulsive gambler, so yes.
Original post by Anonymous
Your right in a way what if you don't wanna give the gambler any money and they steal from you


I already answered that.

Who are these gambling addicts? They are not demons who are going to rob every old granny the set eyes on. Most are perfectly good people. Many you probably wouldn't even know are gambling addicts.

I think your idea is mostly a fantasy. Do you know any gambling addicts who steal to fund their habit?

I've lived with someone who had a bad gambling problem. Not sure exactly what the definition of addiction is but we are talking someone who would blow through an entire month's wages in one night. Who once he got going, could not stop until he had maxed out every card. He asked to borrow money, I said no and nothing ever went missing from my room.
Original post by Anonymous
What if it was your mother


I'd go for the best alternative, send her to a Mental Asylum - cuz she lost it.
I was one. But hypocritically, sure, I wouldn't want a gambling addict as a partner if that's what you mean but I've had other types of addicts as a partner and gambling addicts as flatmates.

All types of addicts nevermind their problems bring other problems to your doorstep. If it's not dealers after em and gang bangers it's prozzies or bookies asking for more money or future "service" all because you're in their spiral now. Whether they're angry with them and threaten their lives and the lives of their loved ones and mates (which you dont want obv) but it could just be to chill and have a laugh yet they've got bad people after em...and you get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time all for having bad company...

That's the main reason I don't want them around me these days, not just because of their neuroses and paranoia which I can ignore tbh.

But I'd prefer gambling over drugs still. As long as you pay the money back and pace yourself gambling is fine.
Original post by ChickenMadness
ye he can grind his money back from nothing.

He usually enters these tournaments every once and a while and wins £5k. Then he slowly gambles it all away again haha.

That's bad I'll just take the 5k and never gamble again
Original post by cbreef
I am currently living in the same house as a compulsive gambler, so yes.

Sameeeee how does it feel
Original post by Anonymous
That's bad I'll just take the 5k and never gamble again


He's really obsessed with being a professional poker player and one of his dreams is to win those million dollar tournaments in vegas.
Original post by Anonymous
Sameeeee how does it feel


Pretty crap. He's a pretty horrible man - selfish, greedy and just generally toxic.
Original post by Kid_Chameleon
I think it would be naive to think you could sustain a relationship with an addict and not have him/her using your money and/or possessions to fund his/her addiction. Anything from stealing £40 from your purse to pawning the necklace your grandmother gave you before she died to identity fraud would have to be expected.

Your right in a way what if they don't wanna get help and the gambler just gets worse say for example he/she steals from you or threats you and the council or landlords threaten to evict you for debs say the gambler got you in rent areas for over £20K that's a risk I'll never ever take gambling just leads to stress and heartache
never!
Original post by Sternumator
I already answered that.

Who are these gambling addicts? They are not demons who are going to rob every old granny the set eyes on. Most are perfectly good people. Many you probably wouldn't even know are gambling addicts.

I think your idea is mostly a fantasy. Do you know any gambling addicts who steal to fund their habit?

I've lived with someone who had a bad gambling problem. Not sure exactly what the definition of addiction is but we are talking someone who would blow through an entire month's wages in one night. Who once he got going, could not stop until he had maxed out every card. He asked to borrow money, I said no and nothing ever went missing from my room.

I know people who would they would lie and say it's to pay a bill etc but they use it for gambling and nah that's really bad that's grands in 1 night did he gamble online or in the casino online worst the nightmare is there for 24/7 365 days a week
Original post by JuSt_Do_It_
I'd go for the best alternative, send her to a Mental Asylum - cuz she lost it.

Lool really she ain't going mad

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