Tne Never-ending Task of Finding Card Players

I don't consider myself a hard core card player, but my wife and I do like to play, a lot! We enjoy several card games and find them to be quite relaxing, and at times very tense. We live for the moment.

The real topic of thie entry is how to find friends with whom to play cards. It is almost like dating. In the past 5 years we have only really liked 2 other couples for card games. Why is that you ask? I have no idea. And for us it always seems like we find them only months before they move.

Our first group of friends to play cards with were Kim and Leslie Beam, a.k.a. "Team Beam". After work and dinner we would meet up to play tennis while it was still dark. When we could no longer see the ball, we would get cleaned up and meet again for cards. It was addicting. And I must admit, in some of the games I would get very frustrated because I was the one with the least experiance. Some months later, Team Beam moved to Arizona so that Leslie could persue a graduate degree as a Physician's Assistant. So, Leslie and her husband, Kim left for Arizona.

Then, in 2005 we met Jared (pictured above) and Chrissa (pictured above and below with Natalie)

who loved card games just as much as we did. The only problem was that we had already waisted a few months before we discussed cards. In fact, it just kind of came up in a discussion. Almost from the get go we would play cards 4 and 5 times a week. We were addicted. It was great because we were able to have all kinds of wonderful discussions, tell funny stories, and even jokes. Then in November Jared and Chrissa moved to Ohio and our discussions have been reduced to blogging. Why is it that good things never last?

We have since tried to recruit other players and we have only found disappointment. In fact, one couple had their own crazy rules for Canasta. Their disorderly manner of playing drove me crazy. They even seemed offended that we had brought "face cards" into their house. They seem to feel that the association with gambling made them evil and they should be shunned. It is kind of a fanatical way to think. Some people I have met in the past have felt the same way, but because the cards have originated from the Terrot Cards used by fortune tellers. I figure that we are using the cards in a harmless way in having fun and getting to know others.

We will be looking for another couple to join our card games in about another year and a half, since that seems to be how long our cycle of looking for players seems to last.

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