By peers I mean my college buddies and not other 200NL grinders or anything. I’m finding it really frustrating not being able to talk to anyone about poker. I spend the majority of my time thinking about and playing poker and have no one to talk to about it.
This summer I am without and job so I am basically doing nothing but play poker, but my friends think I’m just doing nothing. I went to Cedar Point yesterday with 6 other buddies of mine and the conversation with one of the girls went like this
her: “what are you doing this summer?”
me: “this.” (riding rollercoasters/doing nothing I imply)
her: “oh, that’s cool”
me: “what about you?”
her: “i’m taking a class and working”
Now from this conversation I know she thinks I’m just a lazy ass with rich parents or something but this is just not true. My parents struggle to pay for my education and I’ve paid all my own bills except tuition since last September with savings/poker winnings. This “job” of poker is a very antisocial one and very emotionally draining. The fact is nobody really cares how much you are up or down or about your recent bad beat or anything.
Having said all that I’m up about 7k this month which is more than most of my peers will make all summer so I don’t really care what they think. I also have no intention of telling them because I don’t want the “he’s a stupid gambler” stereotype placed on me, and if my roommates know how much I’m winning they will want me paying for drinks, etc. This blog helps with venting tho.