...saying it's alright fer me to gamble $500 with some dude I've never met?! Yeah right...MUD
Whoaaaa partner; you've met The Sultan, many times.
So no dice.
Besides it's *I* who don't know you & yet?
I know you well enough to believe you'd actually gamble -- not $500 Mudboy; but, $1,000 to $2,000 -- of your famly's money; and, do so based solely on a misplaced faith -- traced back to your youth -- in some oddball who'll go whichever way the wind's blowing.
An oddball who'd put the screws to you, throw you under the proverbial bus -- & your family -- so fast it'd make your head spin.
You're right, we "don't know" each other; but, be advised KnI have a direct interest in seeing to it YOU have a sound, happy & successful marriage with two happy, well adjusted kids.
So I was only thinking of you, Mudboy, in lieu of simply taking your hard earned money.
Naturally I'd wondered, if your spousal unit knew what you were up to -- as she should -- there might just be a *discussion* on the M-family's *priorities*.
Yup, I sure think that *discussion* would be on the *agenda* alright, & "sooner rather than later, & more rather than less." ~so to speak.
Truth be known?
I'd actually be counting on her ability, her wifely skills to get through to your heart, Mud; because, I sure as hell can't get through your head.
So don't sound so incredulous *or* as if someone [read: me] were trying to seduce you into something unfair.
Because -- as usual -- I feel I've gone above & beyond the call of duty here in being more than fair with you.
...fairer maybe than you deserve?