Non-sweeping friends/coworkers

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kjarman84

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Whenever I get a win, I'm always excited and certainly enjoy letting my friends/family/coworkers know when a string of good luck comes my way. Most of the times I get the "those things actually work?" when I say I've won something. Closer friends lately have been jokingly saying "you're always winning something, I'm jealous, stop gloating, etc." I try to let them know that it takes a lot of time to enter on a consistent basis as well as patience and resiliency when wins don't come for a while. I've given other people the link to SA, but they either ignore it or ask me to enter for them (always with a response that I don't want to be blacklisted). I'm just wondering how other people deal with their friends and acquaintances that don't enter but still get (semi) jealous.
 
That's a good question. People either don't believe anyone can win, or want me to give them things or win things for them. If you're like me and love to share good news with your friends it can be very hard. At this point I usually only tell people I won something if they are likely to try it themselves. Then again, lately there hasn't been anything to talk about!
 
I'm considered the "lucky one" of the group because I tend to win stuff all the time, but i always tell my friends that they have to be in it to win it. Simple as that. If you enter a bunch of contests you're bound to get a win here or there...

What tends to happen is that they'll enter a contest once or twice and then give up because there's no instant gratification of a win.
 
I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's hard to tell people how much dedication it takes to remember to enter on a consistent basis and not be discouraged after a long dry spell. I went nearly 6 months without even a small win, but didn't let it keep me from entering. I could enter more than I do, but don't want to get burnt out.
 
when i first started sweeping regularly about 15 years ago,i had a close friend and her father watching out for me i have issues and they wanted to make sure it was not a scam,and when i got my first real prize a $1000 Sony cam corder,that was not an issue any more.i realize that people who are really your friends will be happy for you and no jealousy.my family that i was not to close to would say things to me like it is a scam,i don't do those things,it must cost money,i don't have the time,which is funny i had less time than they did.my own mother did not believe in my hobby till i won a $400 kitchen aid mixer that she really wanted and could not afford.it went to her.my own children grew up with nice surprises in the mail. so it does not matter what other people feel about sweeping if it makes you happy that is all that matters.and even today i tell people around me about my wins. kandy
 
It's exactly the same for me
I get excited & I wanna share my news with my "real" friends but some always say "must be nice", "you always win, what's new" and I always get the "I wish I had your luck" and "you should enter for me since youre the lucky one" and always say you could win if you try...you cannot complain you aren't lucky if you won't even enter. then I once got the response "I don't have the time to waste like you do" which was heartbreaking and a total mood killer cuz this of course is supposed to be a friend...so I do find myself often not telling people and holding in my excitement which is a real downer.
Really I've never won anything really big so it's not like I'm "gloating" about a car or vacation ... when I'm happy about winning a book I still get the downing responses =(
Sadly unless you are a sweeper you just don't get it!
 
When I get something and mt family and friends asks how I did it, I just send them some resources and then I leave it to them if they follow up or forget about it
 
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