Characteristics of a Compulsive Gambler

What does one think when the word immature is said? One might think of a teenage boy who still plays with his food, or a teenage girl who whines a lot. According to a GA group, this "immaturity" is a "desire to have all the good things in life without any great effort on their part". This GA community believes that the best way to describe this is by saying that it is just "a need to have what one wants". Just like a four year old child that is spoiled and gets whatever he or she wishes by not earning it. By comparing these immature adults with four year olds it will clearly show and will be more understanding that both seem to have one desire in common. This desire that they share in common is a type of satisfaction. This satisfaction is based on how each individual reacts, "desire to have" everything they want without thinking of a way to earn it.

"Kids Left in Car While Mom Allegedly Plays the Slots"

Comments I read from this article[http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/comments?type=story&id=4853379#commentBox]were all mostly about how it is wrong to leave children in a car unattended. One thing I was hoping for was to read a comment that came from a child's point of view. Unfortunately I could not find one.

What I think about this is the same as any other person that wrote comments on this article. It is NOT a good thing. Since I was a "victim" I should say what I felt, right? I don't think I talked much about my feelings during the wait.

Well, I do not know how a 2 year old or a 3 month old baby feels. The only feeling I would believe we had in common was fear.

yay!

They didn't go out last night. I guess my aunt and uncle couldn't wait much longer so they went alone. I wonder how they are doing. They don't have any kids so I'm guessing they don't have to worry much.
Now, I still haven't been able to talk to my mother about how she feels about all this. I'm scared she's going to walk away from discussing it or tell me I shouldn't be worrying about any problems between her and my father.

Anyway...yesterday I had a short talk with my father...mostly because I was in trouble. Only that he told me something that hit me. He said he has done many things to my mother that he wishes he had never done. He would rather kill himself than to face all these consquences [and that scared me because I know he has had bad thoughts]. He told me not to do anything that I will regret later on. He said life has tought him a lesson and that if he were born again, many things would not be the same.

From my prospective, I believe he was saying this so I wouldn't do anything stupid with my life. I felt like he was sort of taking it seriously, but then hes said this many times before and STILL went off doing what he does. Yet at the same time, I felt like he WAS taking it seriously....

They're going out

Tonight my mother and father plan to go to the casino with other family members. Now one thing I want to know is if she is being pressured by both my father and family members to go. I'll ask her later on.

I was thinking...

What would happen if my father's gambling addiction went to far? I'm guessing anything could. Could he end up in jail? Maybe. Can he end up like in the movie Pistol Whipped? I hope not.

I remember

Now I remember why my mother was so mad at my father. She seemed upset for the past couple of days. I thought I had done something wrong. I asked what was going on with her and she said it wasn't any of my business.
Later on that day my father asked me if I knew why my mother was so upset. I didn't know.
Whenever my dad came home, my mom would go off to bed without telling him anything, and she would make him sleep on the living room couch. With that, I knew she was mad at him.
My father would tell me to try to cheer her up, he would ask her if she wanted to go out for dinner or go dance. She would always refuse and I thought my father was trying to do something nice for her.
It turned out I was wrong. She told me why she was so upset.
A week before she was mad, we had all gone to San Diego to visit some family. Everytime we go to, my aunts and uncles invite my parents over to the casino. So they went.
On our way back home my parents seemed annoyed by everything, so we didn't bother them. What my mom told me made me think so different.
She said she had wanted to leave the casino because she was starting to lose money. Only that my dad was too into his game that he wouldn't leave. He told her to sit back down and to keep on playing. They were throwing threats to each other like " If you don't leave with me I will leave you and go off with my sisters[mother]" or "You leave and I will come back tomorrow morning[father]"
It turned out my father did what he said he would do. The next day he went back, only that he took some of our savings money. I don't know why he is always trying to prove something. Maybe he's tryng to prove hes "a man" or showing he can't be stop by some woman...
The amount he took was shocking, he had taken $4000!!
Now I can see why she was so mad at him. Once she finished telling me I was also mad at him. I didn't want to talk to him or anything. I know it's messed up that a daughter doesn't respect her father. But did he really earn respect? I don't think so.

And the one thing that annoys me so much is that he acts like if it was nothing! He says "Oh, shes just going crazy, don't listen to your mother." How can he say that about his own wife!

I just hope things get better soon.

RoAr...

You screwed up
Their tender minds can't see
He wants respect
He wont be getting any of that from me