Don't Bet Against Pups

Last night, I told my coworker that my dog once beat me at Poker. She didn't believe me.

A summer or so ago, I was trying to teach Pinky how to play Hold 'Em Poker.

It's me and Pinky on her bed, a pile of pennies, and a deck of cards. We went over the basics--how to bet, what the ranking of cards, how and when to fold or hit, etc. She is bright and a fast learner, and she was catching on easily enough.

But it's really hard to play, let alone teach, when there are only two people in game.

Lucky for us, Pups jumped on the bed right when we needed him. We deal him in.

By showdown, there's a pair of Kings in the flop, so we're all still in. We never looked at Pups' cards, but we played his bets so that he stayed in.

Pinky had the pair of Kings and a Jack.

I had two pair, including the pair of Kings.

Pups.

Pups had a King and a deuce in hand, giving him a 3 King full house because there was another two in the flop.

Pups beat our butts at Poker. That's the truth.

My coworkers want to take Pups to Vegas. I don't. I'm not losing to that furball ever again.

Single AF

So, the irony is that I set all the posts published from the time I was 16 to the time I was 22 back to drafts because all they talked about were forming or failed relationships, but the first thing I'm going to post now, as a 25 year old woman, is that I'm single as f*ck.

I'm single as f*ck.

My last actual relationship ended in 2014, and I spent 2015 casually dating a guy I met on OKC. It's a shame it didn't work out. We had compatible personalities, mutual chemistry, but vastly different lifestyles, desires, and schedules. Que sera.

Not that I really need to talk about it, because Buzzfeed and HelloGiggles regale the millennial struggle ad nauseum. We're here. We're queer. We're single AF.

I accept it. All of it. The struggle is getting my conservative, Christian, Filipina mother to accept that she came all the way to America to have a fat artist of a daughter who refuses to get married. I'm sorry, Nay. Forgive na, po.

Last night, wearing no pants, eating expensive chocolate, I despaired to my best friend over the phone about how I'll never get married. She's practically engaged to her boyfriend of 7 years, so she optimistically opposed me. I screencap'd her text message and told her that she'll eat her words when I'm sixty and single.

So, that's it. This is a part of me that I'll (probably too often) explore. Hello, there. :)