guy goes to play poker, doesnt tell fiance.

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in pittsburgh, we just got a new casino (5 weeks old). anyways my one friend has been going up here about twice a week for a few hours each hours afternoon. he has a job that he can pretty much work around when hes not on the road. him and his new fiance just had a baby a few months back. i get that he wants to spend time with the kid, but he REFUSES to tell his fiance where hes been. honestly, hes probably up 3 or 4 thousand since the place opened, which sounds ridiculous for a few hours a week, buts its the truth. i could see not telling her if you got your head beat in, but hes winning like crazy and says "she doesnt need to know where im at." i think that she would be more upset if she found out he was lying about his day trips. the baby is no issue during the day, both sets of grandparents live within a few miles of their house and im sure love spending time with their grandchild. the fiance has sort of a negative image of gambling, but she knows he does it pretty frequently and wants to marry him anyways. she works till about 5 or 6 at night, so its not even like hes spending time there when he could be with her. it just feels dumb cuz when im around them i wanna bring it up but im "not allowed to"@):mad:

im gonna respect his wishes, but am i way off base for thinking this is a ridiculous thing to keep from your fiance? just seems like keeping this secret would do more harm then good in the end.
 

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I guess he is trying to keep the money to himself.
 

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I guess he is trying to keep the money to himself.

she doesnt get a cent of his gambling money. he books small time as well and i know for a fact she sees zippo of it. shes really not a golddigger or anything at all, so i dont think thats the problem, although from someone without knowledge of the situation, i would probably think of it that way as well.
 

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its going to pop up anyhow, so its better to tell..those secrets dont last forever
 

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I think he should inform her that he goes "once in a while"....maybe even imply he went once or twice to "check it out"

this is just to cover his ass when someone spots him there or someone at the table talks to him outside when he is with his fiance.

what she doesn't know doesnt hurt.....i guess it depends....how pissed will she be if he loses 2grand at the table one day? If mad, then justifiable he keeps the money on the side so he can afford to take the beats and not have to piss off his wife
 

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i play poker 1-3 times a week and give my wife 100 bucks every session win or lose........... she makes out pretty well........ i would honestly say i win 3 of 4 sessions ....... usually a couple k........ had 3 sessions in the last two months where i made 5 figures.........

i dont think she would care, and he should give her a few bones ...........
 

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if he tells her hes an idiot for numerous reasons.....one he may start losing and he isnt going to quit going...............two its his way of escaping from his life( i know wife and kids=great..........but not all the time).....and three and most important she will make him feel like shit for havin gone already.........it isnt worth it to tell her
 

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Ask yourself, what would Tony Dungy do?

I can't believe you said that.

Anytime, I run into an ethical issue, I ask myself, what my father would do and then end up taking the high road. I hate
the way you asked this question because there are times I would to do certain things and I can hear my dad's voice saying.
"do what you think is right. If you think your actions are correct, than do it." Which basically means, look you dumb shit, I raised
you to be honest and ethical, but hey whatever works for you.
 

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he went up yesterday i must have jinxed him he lost 400 up there.

he is with the baby pretty much all the time, he works from home a good deal, unless he gotta leave town for a few days (usually once or twice a month).

hes not some big gambler by any means, hell never take thousands up there to blow at a time. he benefits from the players being basically incompetent up there, being that hes supertight and they keep paying him off.

honestly, dont think he should give the fiance anything he wins unless shes gonna give him money if he loses. if he wanted to spend the cash for stuff around the house or on the baby, that seems pretty reasonable IMO.

agree with what shadow said, that inevitably it is gonna come up at some point in time, and he might as well just tell her, seems like its something thats gonna be pretty hard to keep secret forever.
 

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It's probably best not to get involved with personal relationship matters when it comes to friends.
 

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Sounds like the little missus has a lot of time alone at home....You might want to stop by and see if anything needs fixin'
 

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Sounds like the little missus has a lot of time alone at home....You might want to stop by and see if anything needs fixin'

she doesnt. i clearly stated in the first post that shes at work when he is up there anyways. when she gets off work, he goes home like a little lapdog.
 

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It's probably best not to get involved with personal relationship matters when it comes to friends.

probably right. it bugs me that he wont tell her tho, especially cuz shes gonna try and bleed me for information if she gets a sniff that hes up there, so i could get caught in an awkward position.
 

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