Gambling Lives
Mum always said to have a packet with you. Scout camp she forgot my underwear but I’d got a pack of cards in my rucksack. She was right. Snap to Cribbage there was no age limits with a game of cards. I’d killed many hours with a clock of Patience cards.
Lately it’s not been playing to pass the time or a bit of fun. The stakes have got higher than the matchsticks at Nans. A bag of halfpennies turned to banknotes, a car, a house… to this.
I want this to be my last hand even if I win.
- Category: General / Misc
- Tags: gambling, cards, Addiction
6 comments add one below
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Neville Hunt over 1 year ago
But if you win... I bet it won’t be! A great take on what’s an increasing problem for many (hardly likely to be reversed in these challenging financial times.)
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Christopher over 1 year ago
Nice one, Lisa. Never been much of a gambler myself. Money's too hard to come by to risk it on a game of random chance. I did burn something like 8 dollars in quarters when I was a teenager to get a stuffed animal out of one of those claw machines!
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Lisa Williams over 1 year ago
Thanks for reading! I don’t gamble either - am too much of a miser xx
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sully over 1 year ago
Something that lingers in my mind whenever I meet someone who gambles. I can only hope they have more control over it than less.
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Frenchie over 1 year ago
I've never met anyone who gambles but I have met people with other addictions. Very nice writing.
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Lisa Williams over 1 year ago
Thanks Frenchie xx
