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Message: [QUOTE="zachvac, post: 1198298, member: 26306"] Yeah as per previous discussion honestly it's stupid to talk about numbers with people who don't play poker. Even though I'm actually paying my own rent/expenses I still don't see any good that could come in discussing my poker results with my parents. They just don't understand variance at all. Galfond actually did a blog entry about this where he basically asked his family/non-poker friends not to read his poker blog just because it may come off the wrong way. Just put yourself in the shoes of someone who's never played poker and works every day for the same paycheck every 2 weeks. Now think of reading especially about results from someone like him. "oops, bad day lost 300k but it's ok I'll be back tomorrow", "nice got to play a fish HU took for half a million" etc. But even for people like us not playing for as much. I'm not sure how my parents would react but like the night I lost 4k at 1knl they asked "how was your day" "fine" lol. It's actually a good lesson I think for poker in general being able to handle the swings and not vent/take it out on anyone else. Because when you get 2-outered for the 5th time in a day, how many non-poker friends care? When you make a soulread call with bottom pair 200 BBs deep how many non-poker friends care? Anyway not quite sure what I'm trying to say but basically especially for people playing full-time if they ask how you're doing results-wise just ask them how much they make. Hopefully they'll take the hint. I made it clear that I can manage money responsibly, I don't play for the thrill or rush of gambling, and that I'm treating it just like any other job although it just has a bit more variance in pay. But that long-term I know just about what I'm going to earn. Maybe I'll win a donkament and end up with more and maybe I'll run a bit worse or play worse and end up with less, but overall short-term variance isn't the biggest impact on long-term money won. So I'll put in the hands, I have ample bankroll to handle swings, and that the amount I make is my own personal information. Anyway obviously if your parents are paying your way they have a bit more input although I still think if it is your money that you could go out and spend however you wanted that they should have no reason to not let you trust that it's fine in a poker account. But that's their decision and I'm not one to tell them how to be a parent. If they're paying your way the only thing you can do is try to negotiate with them because they have the final say. [/QUOTE]

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