Something To Think About

[Doug]

As many of you know, I play poker. I play a lot of poker. In doing such, I belong to a forum for such a "hobby." I thought that the following post was incredibly interesting. It reminded me so much of the pressures the GLBT community faces every day.



http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-f ... highlight=



You only need to read the first post. It's rather long - but it's an interesting read. He plays at higher stakes than I do and is one of the most knowledgable people I have ever met on the subject.



**Mods, feel free to move this if need be. I had no idea where to put it.**

[Paris In Flames]

Wow...that's amazing. Very true indeed Doug.



Way to be fucking insightful! I <3 you.



Cheers,



Jenna

[Doug]

Thanks Jenna. I'm amazed you made it through all that.



For those that don't want to read all of that (I certainly wouldn't have if I didn't think highly of him), here's his last paragraph with all of his questions...

the point of this thread is just to get some feedback from all of you. did any of you have problems explaining these things to family and friends? how did you deal with it? do you still hide it? did you learn to just ignore others' objections? i'm really thinking of just compiling a big list of as many arguments as i can, and maybe if i decide to open up about poker to my parents sometime, i can just throw them as many arguments as i've got.

[Skye]

That is insightful. A somewhat pleasant read.