1. The prime times for play always fall during odd times of the day or night for your family.

2. Good poker nights mean Daddy sleeps all day.

3. When you hear a yell, it is usually a bad thing…..a bad thing that concerns your spending money.

4. When you hear a yell, it is usually 3 am. Sometimes followed by a cry, from one of your kids who was scared awake. Aah!

5. When you hear a yell and respond to keep children from waking, it is usually returned with the snarky grumpiness of a man who just lost $50+.

6. Did I mention that yell means that Momma doesn’t get a new pair of shoes?

7. You are constantly subjected to conversations that includes short-stacking, EV, gut shot, the nuts and fish.

8. After awhile you know what fish, whales and donkeys are. Not the cute animals you think of.

9. Eventually you become a translator for normal human beings having a conversation with your poker obsessed spouse. ‘I ran my AA into KK twice and hit a gutter on the river with QQ vs. KK in a 3 bet pot.’ means ‘I had two Aces and another guy had two Kings in two different hands. And had a inside straight draw on the fifth (or last) card dealt with two Queens against another player with two Kings with a pot that has had 3 betting rounds in it.’ His way is much shorter but it causes peoples’ eyes to glaze over.

10. What does your husband do? Oh…..um, he is an online gambler. <weird look from the other person> This is usually followed by a totally personal invasion where any and everyone would like to know the legality of the job, what he makes and how do they get into that? (usually said sarcastically as if it were a get-rich-quick scheme)

Check out next week when I tell you how it really does rock on Ten Things Tuesday!