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Old 12-17-2009, 05:08 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Halanna View Post
I taught my son to play at an early age and we played it often.

I think we stopped playing when he could beat me consistently. It just wasn't as much fun anymore.
That sounds like my dad. He taught me at a very young age and would beat me something fierce, told me I would never learn if he "let me win". Never turned a game down. Then when I started beating him, he never played me again.

Some unsolicited advice from a son who has been there. Don't stop playing because he can beat you, it taught me my dad hated to lose and liked to play only when he could beat me. I lost some respect for him and we have never been that close again.

It wasn't winning or losing that was fun, it was playing my dad and having "quality time" with him.
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