There is a good reason not to bet. Ask my daughter, since she now owes her cousins pizza and ice cream. Let me give some background. My 12- year old daughter decided to take interest in the Super Bowl this year. Mind you she is not a sports watching kind of girl. She was rooting for the Patriots and was convinced they were going to win. Now being that I was born in New Jersey in an area that is New York Giant territory my loyalties lie opposite of my daughters.
All day my daughter was very excited to watch the "big game"! She was antsy at church, stir crazy visiting her Grandmother, who is in long term care at the moment, and then downright nutty at the time of kickoff! She called her cousin Jeff and bet him a pizza that the Patriots would win and then called her cousin Michael and bet him an ice cream that the Patriots would win. When she asked me about betting her cousins, who are in their mid-twenties, I just said you know we don't bet or gamble but it was a decision she needed to make and she had to live with the outcome.
She was thinking she had it in the bag and that she would be getting free pizza and ice cream. Then came the 4th quarter of the game, more specifically the last 2 minutes of the game and her excitement and confidence that she would win the bet was deflated by the Giants last charge down the field. At the end of the game she looked at me and said "Where am I going to get the money to buy the pizza for Jeff and the ice cream for Michael". To this I said you will have to go in your piggy bank and pay up because that is what happens when you gamble. You lose you pay up. Gotta love lessons learned.
All day my daughter was very excited to watch the "big game"! She was antsy at church, stir crazy visiting her Grandmother, who is in long term care at the moment, and then downright nutty at the time of kickoff! She called her cousin Jeff and bet him a pizza that the Patriots would win and then called her cousin Michael and bet him an ice cream that the Patriots would win. When she asked me about betting her cousins, who are in their mid-twenties, I just said you know we don't bet or gamble but it was a decision she needed to make and she had to live with the outcome.
She was thinking she had it in the bag and that she would be getting free pizza and ice cream. Then came the 4th quarter of the game, more specifically the last 2 minutes of the game and her excitement and confidence that she would win the bet was deflated by the Giants last charge down the field. At the end of the game she looked at me and said "Where am I going to get the money to buy the pizza for Jeff and the ice cream for Michael". To this I said you will have to go in your piggy bank and pay up because that is what happens when you gamble. You lose you pay up. Gotta love lessons learned.
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I'm sure she'll never bet like that again! (But an informed wager now and then is fun between family) Loved the picture! It could have been Christina lying there! :)
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