Do You Have a Number That Would Make You Quit Gambling Forever?

[TaffyTipster]

Prof I don't know what to say.

 

[ParlayPrincess_88]

Prof

 

[FadeThePublic]

"A wall with a number written on it."

Prof that's going to stay with me.

The number needs a picture behind it to function as an exit.

Without the picture it's just arithmetic.

 

[SharpEddie47]

The shared number is the version that could actually work.

Two people with the same picture of what comes after.

One person alone with a number can always renegotiate with themselves.

Two people with an agreement have something to honor beyond the number itself.

Prof had the version that could have held.

Lost the thing that made it hold.

 

[Klaus]

Have not shared my number with my wife.

Reading this thread I am understanding why that matters.

A number she doesn't know is a number I can change unilaterally.

A number she knows is a commitment with a witness.

I have been keeping it private for reasons I told myself were about not worrying her.

Perhaps actually about preserving the right to move it.

 

[CoachTony_Bets]

Klaus that's honest.

The privacy isn't protection.

It's insurance against having to honor the number.

 

[DublinDegen]

never had a shared number with anyone...

but the therapist question is sitting with me...

what would fill the space...

slowly getting some answers to that...

small ones...

but more than i had before...