| According to research from one UK online | | | | playing online poker in order to escape from |
| poker site, many poker player partners need a | | | | the daily moaning and groaning of your |
| few tips on relaxation around the home. | | | | partner, why not offer some of these tips to |
| | | | help your partner deal with their issues and |
| The survey by a leading online poker site, | | | | in doing so, help improve your time spent |
| results showed that 63% of player partners | | | | player poker. |
| moaned at every little blip in their daily | | | | |
| routines. Potentially providing one good | | | | Try to train your partner's mind from going |
| reason why so many people resort to playing | | | | down the moaning road. By creating a code |
| poker online. It gives them privacy and | | | | word that sums up how they feel or are |
| relaxation away from a moaning partner, an | | | | behaving when moaning, tell them to use it |
| escape route. But does your partner also moan | | | | whenever they have the impulse to nag or moan |
| while you play poker online? | | | | and it could stop them in their tracks. |
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| Finding fault at every little thing drives | | | | Ask them to count to 10 before they moan. If |
| people crazy. Nothing gets people down more | | | | they pause for a while they can put things |
| quickly than someone in the same proximity | | | | into perspective. This prevents them from |
| moaning at them. Moaning does rub off people | | | | moaning on impulse. Once they consider the |
| and can be transferred from one person to the | | | | actuality of the situation they may not |
| next. How many of us have felt exhausted and | | | | really need to moan. |
| depressed after speaking to someone who has | | | | |
| just spent the last hour moaning about their | | | | Ask them not to get get snappy with you. Sit |
| lives or partners or some recent experience? | | | | down and ask them to explain exactly what it |
| | | | is they are not happy about. Often when men |
| According to one recent survey, UK residents | | | | are asked to help their partners more, they |
| spend 4 whole days a year moaning. They | | | | become more responsive and helpful |
| either complain about a partner's poor | | | | themselves. |
| domestic skills, bad financial planning, or | | | | |
| habits that they had not realised when first | | | | When they are feeling moany, try asking them |
| getting together with their partner. | | | | to stand at the bottom of the stairs and for |
| | | | every step up that they take, think of |
| Men do their fair share of moaning as much as | | | | something that is getting them down. Then for |
| women, but largely over how much time women | | | | every step down they take think of something |
| spend getting ready. This can sometimes be in | | | | that makes them happy and positive or |
| jest, but this too is likely to cause much | | | | something good that happened that day. By the |
| angst amongst the partner. Men often berate | | | | time they finish they will realise that there |
| their partners for nagging but it is often | | | | are a lot more good things happening than bad |
| men who do as much nagging. | | | | and they will have a lot less to moan about. |
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| Women are more likely to be vocal but men can | | | | These tips are also useful for those players |
| whinge silently or make misery noises which | | | | who are disrupted online by a moaning |
| can often be as effective and annoying. | | | | partner, perhaps for them spending too much |
| | | | playing poker online. Unfortunately there is |
| However, Psychologists believe a good moan | | | | no cure for the partner who does not agree |
| can be good for a relationship as it helps | | | | with online poker gambling. However, you can |
| get the little niggles off your chest and out | | | | always share your winnings, for sure they |
| into the open. | | | | will be prevented from moaning, if only |
| | | | temporarily. |
| So if you are spending more and more time | | | | |