The chuckle chronicles

[Karabiner]

Finally a post worth reading amongst the badbeatfestblubbaments.

 

[EvilPie]

Finally a post worth reading amongst the badbeatfestblubbaments.

 

+1

Diary gains momentum.

[George2Loose]

Ralph- I know- woe is me. I never get paiiiiiiiiid do I??? Sry sry- no more bad beats!!!

So anyway I get home and my mum and Dad are sitting there waiting for me. My Dad is to the point.

"Has this woman you've been seeing got kids?"

"Yes Dad"

"How old are they?"

"They're twins, both 4."

"I told you you could see her if it didn't get serious"

I hesitate and lie a little- I just wanted to carry on seeing Shelley without the hassle

"It's not serious. We're just seeing each other"

"Rupinder..... it's complicated with kids. You will learn to love them"

My mum chimed in a few times and looking back I understand they were trying to do what was best for me. Even Shelley said- removing the cultural differences- that she understood where they were coming from. But I wasn't to be convinced. The long end and short of it was that, if I didn't stop seeing Shelley, my Dad would disown me. Wouldn't speak to me. Again although I didn't agree with his course of action, I understand why he did it. He was trying to look out for me.

But as is the case when these choices are made, I chose my heart (puke) and ended up moving out. If anything, the course of action my parents took drove me closer to Shelley and further away from my family. It's the most regretful time of my life for many reasons- I didn't see my mum, dad or brother for months- which was down to me too.

[EvilPie]

Fascinating stuff George.

Thanks for sharing. More of this please.

[George2Loose]

OK so I'm living with the woman I love plus two kids I adore. I recently started working- life is good PLUS I have just been watching this mad thing called late night poker on tv. Looks pretty cool huh? And pretty simples.

I was doomed from the start. I see poker on tv. I for some reason remember seeing pacific poker somewhere so download the client. I deposit 200$ and click on the lobby. No idea where Im going. Dunno why lobby's default to limit cash. Spose its a rake winner. So I sit playing limit cash- oblivious of tournaments and am doing ok.

A few days later I get an email from pacific- there's a 44$ tournament with 25k guarantee. Wow awesome. I play it. I obv win it. 9900$. Ker ching! Easy game. I would LOVE to watch that tourney back. See what I mean? Doomed.

[Robert HM]

 

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[GreekStein]

good story mate, more of it!

[George2Loose]

So things are going well. I'm a poker supastar, I enjoy my job. I'm in love and have two fantastic kids to boot. Life was pretty good.

I hadn't seen my rents for a while- or my brother. I regret this the most. One of the biggest regrets of my life. Me and my brother were pretty tight as kids but we'd grown apart. My fault. No one else's. Didn't matter what was happening between me and my parents- I should have made an effort to see him. My parents hadn't spoken to me in around 8 months. I hid it quite well and tried not to let it bother me.

So one day we're at home, in bed, watching tv. I remember it vividly. It was a Friday, I had work the next day. Shelley turns to me:

"George"

*Distracted watching tv* as you are when you're a bloke "mmmmmmmmm?"

"I think I might be pregnant"

"Hmmmmmm... what?"

"I think I'm pregnant"

I hear it this time..... in slow mo.

I think I mumbled something. Next minute I'm in the car driving to the 24 hour Asda buying about 5 pregnancy kits. This was huge. I mean I was committed to Shelley- we were happy. And I know things were complicated by Esme and Kieran. But really, and I know women and Shelley won't forgive me for saying this, that door was always a tiny bit open. To walkaway if I wanted. Not that I wanted to. It just was. In case I wanted to go back to being 21 and single and do things most 21 year olds do.

So I drive home.... Shelley takes the test and......

[George2Loose]

few pics:

1. Me, Shelley, Esme and Kieran at sister in law's wedding

2. Esme and Kieran

3. Me pre haircut!

[Karabiner]

 

[George2Loose]

OK so Shelley takes the test- pregnant! Yay! Or not.... it was tough to comprehend. I remember the next day- it was life was running in slow mo. I will never forget that day.

We spoke at length, about what we were gonna do. I'd be lying if I took to the idea straightaway. I was 21, scared and panicking. I didn't know who to talk to and what to say.

About two weeks after finding out the news, I get a phonecall out the blue from my mum.

"George.... it's mum"

"errrr hi Mum, how are you?"

"Dad wants to see you this weekend? Can you come?"

"Yes of course"

And that was it. I visited home. For the first time in ages. Shelley was really supportive. i was scared.

It was one of the most pure moments of my life. No other way to describe it. My dad hugged me, my brother embraced me. We all cried. It was nuts. My Dad had welcomed me back. It was awesome. However my Dad turned to me and said:

"Look, let's see how things go. Things might not work out with Shelley. One day you might come home but we won't talk about it." I knew at the back of my mind that Shelley was pregnant but I couldn't bring myself to say anything.

As I left my brother hugged me really tight. "I missed you George. Really missed you". I don't think I've cried so much in my life.

[the rage]

So good. Much better than bad beats. WP.

[titaniumbean]

No more beats allowed. They aren't even bad ffs.

More stories!

[celtic]

Great stories Rupinder.

Looking forward to more.

[Amatay]

Great stories Rupinder.

Looking forward to more.