[lenze]

Back in the late 1970’s, when I thought I was the best bridge player that ever lived, I met a young lady, a novice player. We played together, and I mentored her. In 1980, we married. At the time, we lived in Dallas, and we played regularly in home team games with some of the best players in the world. In these games, she got to be partners with some of these great players. She never had the passion, however, that I had for the game, and after our daughter was born in 1982, she never played again. We also had a son in 1984. I, also, seldom played bridge for many years. After 16 years of marriage, it became obvious that there were things we just didn’t see the same, so we divorced, although we remained friends and the parents of our kids. The kids are now away at college, and recently I was with my ex at a Thanksgiving dinner and decided to ask her to play bridge at the local club. She reluctantly agreed. We played last week, and I introduced her to all as the “mother of my children”. We had a 68% game. One of our local players, with OVER 1000 PMS , yet who cannot execute a simple squeeze came up to congratulate us. She committed that my ex must be a very good player. I couldn’t resist, and replied, “She has forgotten more about this game than you will ever know”. I guess I made another enemy.

[DrTodd13]

My wife, who has been playing bridge for less than a year, and I
partnered in a MP game last night on BBO. This was the 3rd or 4th
time we'd done so and each time we usually have like a 45% game.
Last night, all (but one) of her overbids were luckily right and all of
her underbids were also luckily right. The hands she had to declare
were so simple that no one could screw them up. It was the new
Swiss format so I knew we had a good game going and we ended
up winning with a 68% game I think it was. She was actually
excited about bridge for once when she saw the result. We all like
to win and maybe this will put a fire under her for a while.

On a philosophical point, are all sad stories necessarily interesting?
I got a feeling of sadness reading your post lenze. Divorces I think
are always sad. I found the non-bridge part of the story more
interesting than the bridge part.