I guess I'm supposed to be excited.

Several family members were planning to go on a cruise to celebrate my stepdaughters 30th birthday. Yesterday I was informed that plans had changed and we are now going to Las Vegas. I have absolutely no interest in going to Las Vegas, I don't gamble, I can't afford to go to any shows that might interest me, I will probably go out one night and see the lights and spend the rest of the time sitting in my hotel room watching tv and collecting bedbugs. Sounds like a blast.

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SomeMichGuy · M

Don't gamble and don't let your wife gamble beyond some tiny amount.

istillhaveanameitsrick · 56-60, M

@SomeMichGuy On a cruise all of the food, drinks and entertainment are free plus you wake up in a different place each day, experience the local culture each day. In Vegas everything costs a buttload of money and the local culture isn't local

SomeMichGuy · M

@istillhaveanameitsrick Well, think of it this way: each moment of your life, you're on a free cruise on this planet, and you LITERALLY wake up in a different place each day (under the combined motions of Earth's rotation, revolution about the Sun, the Solar System's revolution about the Milky Way, the Milky Way's motion...).

But do control gambling.

istillhaveanameitsrick · 56-60, M

@SomeMichGuy Won't be a problem for me, I hate gambling. My wife on the other hand has a bit of an addictive personality and she always wants to go along with the crowd. The problem with that is that everyone who is planning on going on this trip makes triple the money that I make and I can't keep up with what they will be spending.