Fast forward six or seven years...you got a job, a young family that depends on you for it all, and the respect of your wife. Now, throw your current dilemma in to this picture. What are you gonna do? I'll tell you what you won't do...you won't underestimate your situation. You wont underestimate your book's capacity to collect the debt, the safety of that young family/wife, and the unnecessary illumination of your predicament. You take care of business first, then deal with/mend your personal issues. But business first if it puts your personal world in jeopardy.
Now reel it back in to today. You're at the tail end of your educational phase and in an uncomfortable spot. The only person that's in the line of fire right now is you. Take care of business. Post #42 and #45 are accurate assessments. Its the end of the pay period and it's time to pay up. So start paying up. Incrementally, but pay.
Maybe you have a great relationship with a family member that can front you the value of that mark and will keep it under the radar, maybe you don't...maybe you sign up for a job that dedicates the pay to your book. But do not push this problem to the right via a cash advance on a credit card or a lending institution. Keep it private. You got careless, not ruined.
There are many good/great posts offered up here re: the personal side of this equation. Repair as required.
Some good caring responses have been put on display in this thread...some quite soul baring. Tip o' the hat to you all. For those that chose to mock or kick a wounded dog .... the spotlight didn't miss you.
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Fast forward six or seven years...you got a job, a young family that depends on you for it all, and the respect of your wife. Now, throw your current dilemma in to this picture. What are you gonna do? I'll tell you what you won't do...you won't underestimate your situation. You wont underestimate your book's capacity to collect the debt, the safety of that young family/wife, and the unnecessary illumination of your predicament. You take care of business first, then deal with/mend your personal issues. But business first if it puts your personal world in jeopardy.
Now reel it back in to today. You're at the tail end of your educational phase and in an uncomfortable spot. The only person that's in the line of fire right now is you. Take care of business. Post #42 and #45 are accurate assessments. Its the end of the pay period and it's time to pay up. So start paying up. Incrementally, but pay.
Maybe you have a great relationship with a family member that can front you the value of that mark and will keep it under the radar, maybe you don't...maybe you sign up for a job that dedicates the pay to your book. But do not push this problem to the right via a cash advance on a credit card or a lending institution. Keep it private. You got careless, not ruined.
There are many good/great posts offered up here re: the personal side of this equation. Repair as required.
Some good caring responses have been put on display in this thread...some quite soul baring. Tip o' the hat to you all. For those that chose to mock or kick a wounded dog .... the spotlight didn't miss you.
"You got careless, not ruined." Payment plan. Pick covers contests and pretend it's real money. You'll see how hard picking games reallyis. Out of thousands few are in the positive. In football, I quit at 13-9-1. It puts me in the 87th percentile. That shows how difficult it is to win. Could I quit while I was ahead in reality?-- doubtful!
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"You got careless, not ruined." Payment plan. Pick covers contests and pretend it's real money. You'll see how hard picking games reallyis. Out of thousands few are in the positive. In football, I quit at 13-9-1. It puts me in the 87th percentile. That shows how difficult it is to win. Could I quit while I was ahead in reality?-- doubtful!
Everyone keeps telling the kid to quit betting but look at all of us degens in this thread. Feckin guys talkin about killin themsevles and framing a bullet that got jammed LMAO.... riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. But look at all of us..... still here betting the tiltiest sport of them all..... Football lmao. One thing we all have is big EGOs. If you can set your EGO aside... it will let you think with a level head. Let that money go.
One thing I can tell is you'll be back sooner than later. They all come back. .
A lot easier said than done... But get the discipline to manage your money properly. Dont go for the big hit. They want you to parlay, to tease, to bet EXTRA "units" cuz its a "lock". They want you to drink, to not know what time it is. Everything is set up for you to get greedy and feed them money (casinos etc..). So get some discipline and accept the fact that you will lose. If you stay disciplined over the long run and make steady choices you might just do ok. It aint easy at all.... but its your choice.
And for feck sake dont take a loan..... thats the worst possible thing you can do in this spot.
idk, NBA could be the tiltiest sport. Damn.
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Quote Originally Posted by GeneCam27:
This thread is kinda funny though....
Everyone keeps telling the kid to quit betting but look at all of us degens in this thread. Feckin guys talkin about killin themsevles and framing a bullet that got jammed LMAO.... riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. But look at all of us..... still here betting the tiltiest sport of them all..... Football lmao. One thing we all have is big EGOs. If you can set your EGO aside... it will let you think with a level head. Let that money go.
One thing I can tell is you'll be back sooner than later. They all come back. .
A lot easier said than done... But get the discipline to manage your money properly. Dont go for the big hit. They want you to parlay, to tease, to bet EXTRA "units" cuz its a "lock". They want you to drink, to not know what time it is. Everything is set up for you to get greedy and feed them money (casinos etc..). So get some discipline and accept the fact that you will lose. If you stay disciplined over the long run and make steady choices you might just do ok. It aint easy at all.... but its your choice.
And for feck sake dont take a loan..... thats the worst possible thing you can do in this spot.
Sell anything reasonable asset wise aside from a car.
Reduce your credits at college (pushing Graduation back one semester isn't a death blow hell people get half their college credits at community college at a fraction of the price). If you take a full load (15 credits) go to 3 or 6 and pick up more work in the meantime. Take online classes. Take an easy BS job if need be. I did 18 credits and 40 hours of work not even bragging about it. It's not that hard depending on the difficulty of classes and your employer's willingness to work with you.
I think a loan isn't the worst idea depending on the interest rate, you won't get anything without collateral though. Giving a small interest fee for the safety of your life and limbs is well worth it.
Ask family and friends for money and offer to pay a small amount for it.
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Some other thoughts:
Sell anything reasonable asset wise aside from a car.
Reduce your credits at college (pushing Graduation back one semester isn't a death blow hell people get half their college credits at community college at a fraction of the price). If you take a full load (15 credits) go to 3 or 6 and pick up more work in the meantime. Take online classes. Take an easy BS job if need be. I did 18 credits and 40 hours of work not even bragging about it. It's not that hard depending on the difficulty of classes and your employer's willingness to work with you.
I think a loan isn't the worst idea depending on the interest rate, you won't get anything without collateral though. Giving a small interest fee for the safety of your life and limbs is well worth it.
Ask family and friends for money and offer to pay a small amount for it.
I don't know u well,maybe spoke to u in NHL forum but i have a lot of respect for you after reading your posts here.I also went through similar stuff about 17 yrs ago.Got real scared and straightened the fukk out real quick.I did a lot of underground gambling back then and got stuck real good.I was lucky that i was well liked because they gave me a chance to pay in time without burying me.Quit the underground gambling years ago and only dabble with sports wagers now but i never let myself get buried all at once.I always say to myself "there is always tmmr" when i'm running bad.It is a lonely and scary feeling to owe money.
To the OP...5k is nothing,try getting stuck 20,30,40 thousand.Your head will really spin.Try to make payments with your book and don't gamble until you're paid up.And after you pay up still don't gamble.You are young,give it up and enjoy life.Finish school and line up a good job.I still enjoy life even with the stress of owing at the end of a week but my circumstances are different than yours as i'm 41.I wish you good luck kid.
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Quote Originally Posted by Villemure30:
Better description is "misfire"
Firing pin impact mark on primer
Just never ignited the gunpowder inside the round
I don't know u well,maybe spoke to u in NHL forum but i have a lot of respect for you after reading your posts here.I also went through similar stuff about 17 yrs ago.Got real scared and straightened the fukk out real quick.I did a lot of underground gambling back then and got stuck real good.I was lucky that i was well liked because they gave me a chance to pay in time without burying me.Quit the underground gambling years ago and only dabble with sports wagers now but i never let myself get buried all at once.I always say to myself "there is always tmmr" when i'm running bad.It is a lonely and scary feeling to owe money.
To the OP...5k is nothing,try getting stuck 20,30,40 thousand.Your head will really spin.Try to make payments with your book and don't gamble until you're paid up.And after you pay up still don't gamble.You are young,give it up and enjoy life.Finish school and line up a good job.I still enjoy life even with the stress of owing at the end of a week but my circumstances are different than yours as i'm 41.I wish you good luck kid.
Youre too young to have the experience necessary to do this for money. Ive been where you are 30 some odd yrs ago and I was told...................
STOP BEFORE YOU DIE.
I did and got some experience that wasn't life threatening or financial threatening. Now I win more than I lose but ONLY CUZ OF THE LESSONS LIKE THE ONE YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS
GL MAN
shut up.
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Quote Originally Posted by camby700:
LOL
College Student tells me one thing.
YOU DONT KNOW JACK ABOUT GAMBLING SON.
Youre too young to have the experience necessary to do this for money. Ive been where you are 30 some odd yrs ago and I was told...................
STOP BEFORE YOU DIE.
I did and got some experience that wasn't life threatening or financial threatening. Now I win more than I lose but ONLY CUZ OF THE LESSONS LIKE THE ONE YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS
Fast forward six or seven years...you got a job, a young family that depends on you for it all, and the respect of your wife. Now, throw your current dilemma in to this picture. What are you gonna do? I'll tell you what you won't do...you won't underestimate your situation. You wont underestimate your book's capacity to collect the debt, the safety of that young family/wife, and the unnecessary illumination of your predicament. You take care of business first, then deal with/mend your personal issues. But business first if it puts your personal world in jeopardy.
Now reel it back in to today. You're at the tail end of your educational phase and in an uncomfortable spot. The only person that's in the line of fire right now is you. Take care of business. Post #42 and #45 are accurate assessments. Its the end of the pay period and it's time to pay up. So start paying up. Incrementally, but pay.
Maybe you have a great relationship with a family member that can front you the value of that mark and will keep it under the radar, maybe you don't...maybe you sign up for a job that dedicates the pay to your book. But do not push this problem to the right via a cash advance on a credit card or a lending institution. Keep it private. You got careless, not ruined.
There are many good/great posts offered up here re: the personal side of this equation. Repair as required.
Some good caring responses have been put on display in this thread...some quite soul baring. Tip o' the hat to you all. For those that chose to mock or kick a wounded dog .... the spotlight didn't miss you.
get lost
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Quote Originally Posted by door54:
Fast forward six or seven years...you got a job, a young family that depends on you for it all, and the respect of your wife. Now, throw your current dilemma in to this picture. What are you gonna do? I'll tell you what you won't do...you won't underestimate your situation. You wont underestimate your book's capacity to collect the debt, the safety of that young family/wife, and the unnecessary illumination of your predicament. You take care of business first, then deal with/mend your personal issues. But business first if it puts your personal world in jeopardy.
Now reel it back in to today. You're at the tail end of your educational phase and in an uncomfortable spot. The only person that's in the line of fire right now is you. Take care of business. Post #42 and #45 are accurate assessments. Its the end of the pay period and it's time to pay up. So start paying up. Incrementally, but pay.
Maybe you have a great relationship with a family member that can front you the value of that mark and will keep it under the radar, maybe you don't...maybe you sign up for a job that dedicates the pay to your book. But do not push this problem to the right via a cash advance on a credit card or a lending institution. Keep it private. You got careless, not ruined.
There are many good/great posts offered up here re: the personal side of this equation. Repair as required.
Some good caring responses have been put on display in this thread...some quite soul baring. Tip o' the hat to you all. For those that chose to mock or kick a wounded dog .... the spotlight didn't miss you.
I don't know u well,maybe spoke to u in NHL forum but i have a lot of respect for you after reading your posts here.I also went through similar stuff about 17 yrs ago.Got real scared and straightened the fukk out real quick.I did a lot of underground gambling back then and got stuck real good.I was lucky that i was well liked because they gave me a chance to pay in time without burying me.Quit the underground gambling years ago and only dabble with sports wagers now but i never let myself get buried all at once.I always say to myself "there is always tmmr" when i'm running bad.It is a lonely and scary feeling to owe money.
To the OP...5k is nothing,try getting stuck 20,30,40 thousand.Your head will really spin.Try to make payments with your book and don't gamble until you're paid up.And after you pay up still don't gamble.You are young,give it up and enjoy life.Finish school and line up a good job.I still enjoy life even with the stress of owing at the end of a week but my circumstances are different than yours as i'm 41.I wish you good luck kid.
Good post & thanks
Yeah a lot of guys here think " it cant happen to me" and hopefully they are right....
Hopefully they have better discipline
What happened to me was / is nobodies fault but my.
I capped poorly
I bet the games
I lost
I couldnt pay
Sure the bookie knew I was buried...but it isnt his job to control me.
I hope my words now can help even 1 person from going down the road I went down.
I was raised in a good family
Great education
Set up for success
And here I am.....54 and feeling like I wasted a lifetime of opportunities
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Quote Originally Posted by tonydan:
I don't know u well,maybe spoke to u in NHL forum but i have a lot of respect for you after reading your posts here.I also went through similar stuff about 17 yrs ago.Got real scared and straightened the fukk out real quick.I did a lot of underground gambling back then and got stuck real good.I was lucky that i was well liked because they gave me a chance to pay in time without burying me.Quit the underground gambling years ago and only dabble with sports wagers now but i never let myself get buried all at once.I always say to myself "there is always tmmr" when i'm running bad.It is a lonely and scary feeling to owe money.
To the OP...5k is nothing,try getting stuck 20,30,40 thousand.Your head will really spin.Try to make payments with your book and don't gamble until you're paid up.And after you pay up still don't gamble.You are young,give it up and enjoy life.Finish school and line up a good job.I still enjoy life even with the stress of owing at the end of a week but my circumstances are different than yours as i'm 41.I wish you good luck kid.
Good post & thanks
Yeah a lot of guys here think " it cant happen to me" and hopefully they are right....
Hopefully they have better discipline
What happened to me was / is nobodies fault but my.
I capped poorly
I bet the games
I lost
I couldnt pay
Sure the bookie knew I was buried...but it isnt his job to control me.
I hope my words now can help even 1 person from going down the road I went down.
I was raised in a good family
Great education
Set up for success
And here I am.....54 and feeling like I wasted a lifetime of opportunities
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