Re: How do you evaluate that you're still gambling responsibly?
by on 27/11/2025, 06:49:20 UTC
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Of a truth, the people he referred to are 5X worse than him and it was obvious they started from his level and degraded to a worse condition. I tried pointing out to him that measuring excessive gambling is a self evaluation with respect to your finances and not using others as a yardstick of measurement but he dismissed my with the words "As long as I'm not yet gambling like these guys, I'm fine".
Having this kind of mindset is pretty much common especially for those addicted gamblers out there. They'll wait for things to become worse then soon they will realize that what you're saying is true. Using other people as his basis for me isn't right because at first place, they don't have the same kind of lifestyle. As for you OP, you did your job to warn him, but he ignored you. Just let him do what he wants to do. At some point, his life will become miserable especially with that kind of mindset. Only time will tell until he will say to you, "You're right". Just wait for it. Of a truth, the people he referred to are 5X worse than him and it was obvious they started from his level and degraded to a worse condition. I tried pointing out to him that measuring excessive gambling is a self evaluation with respect to your finances and not using others as a yardstick of measurement but he dismissed my with the words "As long as I'm not yet gambling like these guys, I'm fine".
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Do you think it's right to reference to others as a yardstick to evaluate your level of responsible gambling?
How do you measure yours?
Nope it isn't the right way to do it, but at the same time, it isn't prohibited. There are others who thinks this way, and I can't blame them TBH. If that's their mindset then so be it. Do you think it's right to reference to others as a yardstick to evaluate your level of responsible gambling?
How do you measure yours?
As for me, how am I evaluating my level of responsible gambling? I don't use others to measure it, but I use myself only. If I'm not affected negatively with the loss that I got from gambling and I didn't try to gamble more to recover those losses then I can say that I'm responsible enough to not do what most are doing.