My wife is from Elizabethtown Kentucky, close to Louisville and Fort Knox, where her military family lived
We got married in Vegas and I had never met her family before. We came back from California for the derby and I met them for the 1st time..
As a welcome to the family present they bought us a pass and a picnic basket to hit the derby..
Awesome.. Her family was having a big party that day so the entire party, her parents friends and family, gave me cash to place a small wager on the race. After all the grandmas and aunts ponied up there 5 to 10 bucks it came to about 250- 300 dollars..
Bonus for me was they all wanted a 40-1 shot..
Being the city slicker that I was I knew I could put one over on these bumpkins.. Who out there wouldnt do it??? I drank and ate like a freakin champ to the tune of ohh 300 dollars..
I never placed the bet I just had a ball...
Well the race starts and damn .. down the stretch they came.... Go for Gin .. the 40-1 shot wins the fuc#in race...
I have never felt so bad in my life...
It was the longest ride back to the party I have ever had...wife just crushing me for my stupidity
"I told you this would happen if you spent the money"
People were waiting on the lawn.. freaking grandma is turning cartwheels waiting for her big derby win...
I bobbed I weaved and made up a story about not getting to the window in time.. one person from getting the bet in on time...
Once the shock subsides they say fine honest mistake.. can we just have the money back.....
I thought I was going to be killed when I said I didnt have it either.....
This story is passed around each year about this time and I get calls from her relatives busting my balls...
Nice way to make a first impression on a new family
(PS still married after 12 years..what probem can ever be bigger than that?)
We got married in Vegas and I had never met her family before. We came back from California for the derby and I met them for the 1st time..
As a welcome to the family present they bought us a pass and a picnic basket to hit the derby..
Awesome.. Her family was having a big party that day so the entire party, her parents friends and family, gave me cash to place a small wager on the race. After all the grandmas and aunts ponied up there 5 to 10 bucks it came to about 250- 300 dollars..
Bonus for me was they all wanted a 40-1 shot..
Being the city slicker that I was I knew I could put one over on these bumpkins.. Who out there wouldnt do it??? I drank and ate like a freakin champ to the tune of ohh 300 dollars..
I never placed the bet I just had a ball...
Well the race starts and damn .. down the stretch they came.... Go for Gin .. the 40-1 shot wins the fuc#in race...
I have never felt so bad in my life...
It was the longest ride back to the party I have ever had...wife just crushing me for my stupidity
"I told you this would happen if you spent the money"
People were waiting on the lawn.. freaking grandma is turning cartwheels waiting for her big derby win...
I bobbed I weaved and made up a story about not getting to the window in time.. one person from getting the bet in on time...
Once the shock subsides they say fine honest mistake.. can we just have the money back.....
I thought I was going to be killed when I said I didnt have it either.....
This story is passed around each year about this time and I get calls from her relatives busting my balls...
Nice way to make a first impression on a new family
(PS still married after 12 years..what probem can ever be bigger than that?)
