Billiard ball slice, lampwork
I never played pool growing up, but we played a lot of board games and cards. Each of us played to win and for the most part we were gracious winners. I've met many that just hate games and I'm guessing it's due to how earnest we game players can be. For me joining in was a way to be part of the fun, but I'll admit if it's a game I'm not good at I'll avoid it.
As luck and fortune would have it I married in to a very competitive game playing family. I realized how I was in a new league when early on my husband and I enjoyed playing against each other and our personalities started to let's say out themselves. I think I'd only known him less than a couple months when he taught me cribbage and told me one of the rules was Muggins where if your opponent miscounts their points you can yell "Muggins" and take those missed points. He didn't wait long before he started taking them which I thought very unfair since he's known for his freaky in his head math skills and I was still struggling to figure out what four cards to keep. Then we go play golf and he's telling me about Mulligans as he moves his ball from the rough to a better lie. It wasn't until we were playing Risk and I was winning (my brothers will tell you that NEVER happens) and I was getting more and more excited that he yelled "harakiri" and upended the board and all the pieces flew that I questioned his honesty and sportsmanship. It took some convincing for me to find out 2 out of the 3 were legitimate tactics.
I know it's true love, because nearly 30 years ago he agreed to never take Muggins from me and offers me a Mulligan during pool.
Rock it to Me
Billiard ball slices, dyed chalcedony
SOLD
Now one of our favorite home dates is to play a round of pool and cribbage. We go on streaks winning and losing. However, if you listened in you'd hear lots of laughter, but also might think we were a couple of whiners and poor losers, but it's just the way we roll.
Billiard ball slice
"Losing feels worse than
winning feels good." Vin Scully