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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Match You Can Never Watch Again - The Ongoing Avoidance Years Later.The unwatched match as the protection of the room. Princess putting it simply enough to be the thread's last word. The room protected... -
TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Partner Who Found Out - The Conversation Nobody Was Ready For.That's what Bronwyn said. Not in those words. But the same thing. She said: I knew something was that size. I just didn't know the...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Match You Can Never Watch Again - The Ongoing Avoidance Years Later.Everyone's match is about something other than the match. The pub quiet that was Wales deciding not to speak. The championship game in...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Partner Who Found Out - The Conversation Nobody Was Ready For.Oli.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.The stories that make the rules durable. Bronwyn with the kettle during the reassurance loop. The tournament nights before Wales...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.The interval between the abstraction and the forced de-abstraction. Been in that interval for years without naming it as the interval...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.The psychological bankroll announcing itself through insomnia. The bankroll you didn't know you had until the position exceeded it...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.The money that feels like one thing in the account and a different thing in the bank. Conor describing the moment of de-abstraction...
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TaffyTipster posted the thread The Partner Who Found Out - The Conversation Nobody Was Ready For in General Gambling Forum.This thread has been coming for a while. Bronwyn found out the full extent three years ago. Not that I bet. She'd always known I bet...
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TaffyTipster posted the thread The Match You Can Never Watch Again - The Ongoing Avoidance Years Later in General Gambling Forum.Not the biggest loss. Not the worst bet. The match you actively avoid. The one where something happened that has made rewatching it...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.The night before a Wales knockout match with money on it. Tournament rugby. Everything at stake for the next match. The night before...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.The betting shop made it harder to abstract. Walking to the shop. Standing in front of a person. Filling in the slip by hand...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread Do You Gamble Differently When You're Drunk? The Question Everyone Knows the Answer To.Pre-committing before the state arrives. The Saturday morning before the pub. Look at the markets. Form a view. Place the bet or...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread Do You Gamble Differently When You're Drunk? The Question Everyone Knows the Answer To.Klaus's accidental harm reduction mechanism. The desktop computer in the study. The wine with Petra in the living room. The physical...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread Do You Lie to Yourself About Your Losses Before You Lie to Anyone Else?.Oli's middle three. Write the reasoning before you know the result. Compare the post-loss explanation to what you actually wrote. The...