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My gf is the best - she knew I was a pro when I met her, and almost 3 years later we're still together. She supports me through the good times and the bad, and she always has comforting words when I have a bad night.

That's great that you are having no troubles so far, but no offence, a 1 month relationship, is in no way comparable to a long standing marriage, especially with children.

Bottom line is, whether your significant other likes poker or not, without proper communication there will always be fights. I am sure most of us married men, who do not play professionaly (and some who do), have heard the "Poker is more important than me" or "I wish you would put as much energy into us as you do poker" lines. The truth of the matter is though, alot of the times they are right. If I didn't spend all of the hours reading, studying, learning and playing, and instead spent them doing things with my wife, I have no doubt our relationship would be better. Not that it isn't good as it is.

I have been playing roughly 2 years now and have spent countless hours on this game, and it has taken me a long time to learn some things. First, most women don't give a shit if your top set got cracked on the bubble last night, or the details of the latest scandal in online poker, so you have to learn that this is not acceptable dinner conversation. Secondly, I play alot of my poker after the wife goes to bed. It is important to remember that some nights, I really should go to bed at the same time as her, take time to relax together after long days at work and dealing with the kids. And no, turning on the latest episode of PAD or HSP on the bedroom tv is not foreplay. Third, try never to make her feel that you want to play poker more than spend time with her. This is absolutly a bar room brawl waiting to happen.

In every relatinship there has to be some give and take, and it takes some work, and compromise, on your part to play poker without causing strife in your relationship. Two years later and I am still working on it, I am still learning, and I still catch myself once in a while talking "poker" too much around her.

i asked my 24yr old, married with 2 kids buddy, how his wife felt about him graduating college, and becoming a pro poker player..his response?

"she has a debit card that she can do whatever she wants with, she doesnt say a word"

lol at 1 month. get back to us. or better yet, get back to us when you are supporting her and have a losing month.

i have the best gf a poker player could want, its ridiculous how good i run in that dept

lucky in love, unlucky in cards is the saying, or something liek that

FYI...If your a professional gambler your winnings are taxable in Canada. If you get all your income from poker youll have to claim it. At least this is what I was told by a Revenue Canada employee. She said as long as I was working at least part time it didnt matter what i earned from poker.

I think most people's significant others are ok with them playing (at least those that are here). I think this from the simple point that, if they weren't ok with it on some level, it wouldn't be worth it for people to be here, so they aren't.

You, of course, have some notable exceptions (and have made some entertaining threads), but overall, I think players either have a bit of balance in their lives (at least right now) or they are young and don't have significant others yet.

Mine is definitely ok with me playing. If she wasn't, I wouldn't play. I think she'd even be ok if I wanted to go pro (which I'm not sure I'd want to and I'm no where near good enough to do if I wanted to), just because I'm so anal about the finances, she would assume I'd have some rediculous plan to keep us out of financial peril (which, I would).

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I have a pretty good wife also. She is a decent player. We play together on Friday nights (not in same game obv). It took me a while, but I guess she decided if you can't beat um join um.

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I think it really depends alot upon your individual situation to how supportive wives/girlfriends are when it comes to poker. I am a good example of that. I graduated from college and 05' and was making some money from poker but not nearly enough to live off of. I never thought about playing poker full time. I went into the financial industry and after 6 months of working full time I began to make alot more money playing poker than I was from working. Right before the WSOP in 06 I left my job and haven't looked back since. When I first left my job my girlfriend wasn't too happy but it was something that I wanted to do so she supported me. To be honest she was probaly hoping it wouldn't last too long. From June to October immediatly after I had left my job I went on the biggest downswing of my life and nothing was going right as far as poker was concerned. She wanted me to go back to work and I was thinking the same thing until the weekend when I got home from Aruba I won 100 freezeout at party for like 15k and than on Sunday I won the 200 rebuys for 35k. There goes the downswing and from that point on she is one of my biggest fans. She has been very supportive ever since. Somebody said the best advice earlier in the thread though and that is just give them your debit card and let them go shopping. Gifts really make women enjoy poker alot more. I have been dating her long before I ever started playing poker and will be getting married to her in June.

Very nice story PokerPRO, glad you shared it. I was starting to think that GFs are only supportive of poker if you meet them when you are already playing poker. I guess its all about how you manage your relationship.

congrats on getting married!

Who i mean what does she do on Friday and Saturdays when u dont come over?

I have been married for 10 years. My wife loves poker as well.