jack and all:
in all seriousness, you and all of us need to draw the line somewhere. i imagine you are up to your neck with your regular business and the upkeep of the web page, not to mention your gambling interests, and now poker?
i have one broken marriage, and it all started when the kids were young, but did not explode until they were adults, so basically we put up with each other for many years for the sake of the children. i know my immaturity had something to do with it. one thing leads to another and then it is all over. of course, it takes two to tango, but why push it?
i have work up to my neck at the moment, and have to force myself to dedicate a couple of hours a day to my young ones, (and the wifey), even when it means missing the internet, reading the sport pages, watching t.v., going over figures at work, MISSING PLACING A BET ONCE IN A WHILE, etc. so what if the team won or lost? there will be more games tomorrow and the day after, and so on.
thank God i now have the maturity to "force" myself to share whatever time i can with them, and don't get me wrong, i still spend an average of 20-40 hours a week with the stupid video games, but i really need that as therapy to get my mind off of work.
don't think that preakness box on the left hasn't caught my eye, but i can't add horses to my life right now, so....i will see it or read about it afterwards. there will more derbys and preaknesses. i bet the poker series is a blast also, but....i must miss it this time, maybe next year.
marriages, kids, these are serious things, and it can be very, very painful when things go wrong.
i may be a bit off the subject, but if these 10 minutes help one person, that will make me very happy.
now the nfl, that is something else. this is the adrenalin that flows through our arteries, and God knows we need it. most wives do understand that, don't they?
pep