I can't win

[BigSlickBaby]

You don't make any money player poker.
You don't enjoy playing poker.

Stop playing? I did.

There's nowhere left for me to run at this point lol. As far as games/hobbies go, poker's going to be it for me. I spent a few years playing back and forth with chess/poker and I don't really care how much money I lose at poker or how bad I run, I just can't spend another hour shuffling plastic army men back and forth for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Nothing to gain, nothing to lose. All pride and ego. I'm 35 now - It's just not for me.

Golf - Not for me. I'm extremely athletic but I'd rather sit and play poker. I haven't played video or computer games in years because they weren't complex enough, another version of the game comes out in 12 months, and like chess - who cares? You don't gain or achieve anything for doing well in Call Of Duty. No other hobby/pastime provides the rush of adrenaline and challenge that poker does, while also offering the possibility of monetary gain. Everything else just costs money and provides you with nothing tangible in return.

[Savy]

There's nowhere left for me to run at this point lol. As far as games/hobbies go, poker's going to be it for me. I spent a few years playing back and forth with chess/poker and I don't really care how much money I lose at poker or how bad I run, I just can't spend another hour shuffling plastic army men back and forth for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Nothing to gain, nothing to lose. All pride and ego. I'm 35 now - It's just not for me.

Golf - Not for me. I'm extremely athletic but I'd rather sit and play poker. I haven't played video or computer games in years because they weren't complex enough, another version of the game comes out in 12 months, and like chess - who cares? You don't gain or achieve anything for doing well in Call Of Duty. No other hobby/pastime provides the rush of adrenaline and challenge that poker does, while also offering the possibility of monetary gain. Everything else just costs money and provides you with nothing tangible in return.

You don't fall into the category that I said as you enjoy it.

I was a winning player (tiny stakes) and didn't enjoy playing and stopped and it was definitely the right thing to do. I rarely get the urge to play and when I do it's more to play with mates but then I realise that it would be slow, awful and annoying to play with people who don't know how poker works and then the urge goes away.

[BigSlickBaby]

You don't fall into the category that I said as you enjoy it.

I was a winning player (tiny stakes) and didn't enjoy playing and stopped and it was definitely the right thing to do. I rarely get the urge to play and when I do it's more to play with mates but then I realise that it would be slow, awful and annoying to play with people who don't know how poker works and then the urge goes away.

When we invest time and effort (and even more in some cases) into things, then start to realize they're not for us, it's indeed difficult to finally and definitively admit that to yourself and others, allowing yourself to move on. As you said though, it's definitely for the best. There are plenty of things we all have to and will go through in life that we don't want to. When it comes to the things we have legitimate choice in, I think it's healthy and fair for people to exercise that choice.