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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 09:59 AM
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I just cheated on my wife, now I am depressed, what should I do?
I know I shouldn't have done it, but she drove me to it. I couldn't help myself, the urge to cheat was so great. Now I'm soooo depressed and I don't think I can bring myself to play another game of crib with her without thinking about cheating points from her!
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:01 AM
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1. She drove you to it? n/t
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:04 AM
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3. I havent been able to
win a game for several days, I couldn't bear it anymore, I pegged extra points I shouldn't have!
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:03 AM
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2. One of
Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 10:04 AM by oneighty
these days when she clobbers you over the head with the board and breaks all the little pins off in your skull, you will cheat no more. Until then: Good luck.

Been there.

180
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:04 AM
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4. That's funny
Just don't let it happen again.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:08 AM
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5. If she doesn't count
... the points, they're yours for the counting. Thems the rules.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:10 AM
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6. You're playing with fire.
Soon she may be looking for other cribbage boards with longer pegs.
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:14 AM
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7. Wrong.
You don't do that. If you are married to someone and you love them then you do not get any strange. Know what I mean ?
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 11:04 AM
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15. Ahhh, re-read the post again...:-)
Hey Chuckup, TN is correct, your conscience is clear. A major tenant of cribbage is taking the points that your opponent misses.

Dem's da rules....
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:16 AM
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8. First of all
Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 10:18 AM by La_Serpiente
Your wife didn't drive you to anything...you drove yourself.

If there is a problem in your relationship, you really need to talk to her and communicate about it. If it is irreconciable, then I reccomend that you two separate to cool off.

I also reccomend that you seek counseling alone and then go into counseling together.
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:17 AM
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9. It was only 12 points in all
Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 10:17 AM by Chuckup
I really don't want to separate over 12 points.
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DisgustipatedinCA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:18 AM
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10. I think we're talking about cribbage n/t
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:21 AM
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11. Cheating is cool!
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metisnation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:30 AM
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12. yes good advice
counseling in the only way to go to cure this horrible affliction you have. Have you considered acupunture or sensory deporvation?

buck fush
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:34 AM
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13. Advice from my father...
My Dad has 2 maxims to live your life by.

1. "If you ain't cheating, you aint' trying."

2. "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat."
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 04:12 PM
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34. Yeah - let's all live by those maxims. We can ALL be Republicans...
that's the lamest shit I've ever heard, if he's serious.
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monkeyboy Donating Member (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 10:59 AM
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14. Cheating is a natural, evolutionary thing
Studies have shown that men cheat only slightly more than women. Dude, I'm sure she's been doing some pegging of her own...
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 11:06 AM
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16. hilarious how people skip right over the important word
Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 11:06 AM by DS1
Hell, I'd say some of the responders didn't even read it at all :7
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 03:33 PM
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31. Yes, some people go for the emotional crap side
without ever bothering to actually read what's being said by the person.

When I'm speaking to people, I would rather that they LISTEN to me fully than that they are able to offer "advice" or something else. Just HEAR me.

That means - READ THE WHOLE POSTS!

Woo hoo!!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 11:38 AM
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17. And you cheated us out of a great infidelity story!
Shame on you! :P

:D
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 11:38 AM
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18. divorce and stop living a lie
nt
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:06 PM
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19. Join the republican party
then you can cheat all you want and never be depressed.
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:20 PM
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20. Don't try to ease your conscience by telling her about it.
She probably has enough trouble putting up with your lousy habits without adding to her misery. If you keep cheating, let her have the pleasure of finding it out on her own. Intrigue is fun isn't it? Why don't you find a hobby instead of concentrating on your sorry little dick.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:23 PM
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21. Win if you can lose if you must but ALWAYS cheat
That is one of the sayings I am collecting to teach our children when we have some.

"Trying is the first step towards failure" is another one.

:bounce:

You had me there for a minute. Funny.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:07 PM
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26. It is?
:evilgrin:

This thread is hilarious btw
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:10 PM
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27. Homer said it was
and Homer is not a satire of the American male he is the messenger of what to do and think. It's working.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:06 PM
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28. yes, it is
Now if we could just get some exploding cupcakes of mass destruction in here....
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speckledgator Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:24 PM
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22. Two words
Fatal Attraction
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:29 PM
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23. I committed the eighth deadly sin.
Drawing the wrong conclusion based on faulty suspicion. I'm sorry. Now if Dubya would only say he's sorry he'd be in good company.
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eauclaireliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:29 PM
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24. "You Bastard!"


From now on, its solitare for YOU, young man!
LOL
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:37 PM
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25. You've gotta even it up, buddy!
Next time you sit down to a game of cribbage or a few hands of Yahtzee, throw the game her way a little just to even the score.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:11 PM
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29. You dirty dirty bastard
You broke the crib-code and disgraced the game....if you won, good for you! Real winners cheat...it's the only way to insure you win!
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:20 PM
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30. bwahahaha.... a peg here.... a little cheat there... tsk tsk...
needed a laugh today - this thread - but more some of its responses - both the... er... cheated... and those in on the cheat (some clever wordsters among us) - just cracked me up.

Will check back later to see if it remains so amusing.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 03:36 PM
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32. From a psuedo-professional ethics person, let me say this:
Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 03:37 PM by Rabrrrrrr
I can only say this: Hey, if she ain't bothering to count your score, too, then she deserves to be had with a few extra points thrown your way.

I don't think of it as you cheating, I think of it as her not paying enough attention to what's happening. One's opponent's score is also one's duty. Whenever she finds out, she will have experienceda tremendous learning moment, and will never be had that way again.

Sometimes you only learn when you put your hand on the burner.

Good for you!!
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 03:38 PM
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33. Just remember:
That all-important saying for a good relationship (or cribbage game):

"Compromise is for quitters."

:evilgrin:
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BloodyWilliam Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 04:13 PM
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35. I really want to hit you now.
:silly:
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Room101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 04:23 PM
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36. Cheat again; it gets easier with countless repetition.
Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 04:24 PM by BEFOREATHOUGHT
:)
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