Last Saturday I was having dinner with two girlfriends of mine and telling them abut the Elle writing contest last year and how I didn’t win. This led to a very interesting conversation about winning stuff and being lucky: from finding money on the street to participating to various contests or gambling. None of us considers herself lucky in this particular department although Diana told us she once won a spa day by sending a text message to some fashion magazine. She said she enjoyed the day so much and that got me thinking and asking myself whether we tend to enjoy things that we’ve won by chance rather than things that we’ve earned through hard work.
There are, of course, so many questions when it comes to luck: does such think actually exist? Do we keep fooling ourselves and avoid taking responsibility or action because we give luck too much credit and importance when making things happen for us?
This also reminds me of a Sex And The City episode when the girls go to Las Vegas for the weekend and try to have a jolly good time in tacky casinos. At the end of the weekend Carrie tries to put some thoughts on paper and says: “People go to casinos for the same reason they go on blind dates: hoping to hit the jackpot. But mostly you just wind up broke or alone in a bar. If we know the house always wins, why gamble?”
I have never gambled but I admit I’ve always been attracted to casinos and think they could be really great fun. Since a trip to Vegas was unlikely to happen after dinner on Saturday, I went home and started to look online for something just as sparkling, glittery and loud. Cheeky Bingo seemed the perfect choice: pink, girly and free. Thus I found myself on a late Saturday night wearing my nice dress, pearls and red lipstick while playing bingo and gambling. I spent a good couple of hours online and boy, oh boy, was I hooked. The entire thing had a retro vibe to it and I felt like one of those dolled-up ladies who meet on Sunday afternoon to play bingo.
So why gamble? Simply put because it’s really good fun. And because we sometimes need not spoil the fantasy that it’s possible to hit the big jackpot. If you have some time to kill and want to do something completely nuts and fun, give gambling a try. You have my blessing. Oh, and let me know if you like it for we might as well organize some bingo Sunday afternoons. With cocktails, of course.