Joshuakim, First of all, as an also fairly new member of LP, Welcome to this Wonderful site. I think some of these commentators are saying what they are saying because frankly, they ''feel'' they have seniorty here or that through such a long time in playing these and other games, have the upper hand in criticizing others for their legitimate questions that are "supposed" to be responded to with helpful, positive, uncrticized responses, however, that simply is just not always the case. I think this stems from a bit of jealous because youare able to spend a bit more on these games than they are, albeit without their so-called experience, information, or technique. But guess what, it matters not one drop. They are, even at their best, inside with the rest of us in their the range of possibilities of being able to win . "With the rest" of us being 97, or 95 percent [ if you want to be generous ] , of us, who have only recently begun to play the lottery with a new eye out for trying out strategies or systems.
I think it matters not that you are a pediatrican and these walnut brains that are responding in a negative tone should obviously know you probably are aware of the odds and possible slim chances of you taking home a sizeable winning prize amount. Playing the lottery has nothing to do with how well you perfrom in your profession, but these people often mix the two because their own spending amount oftendirectly clashes with their net income, and therefore may at times, indirectly affect their own profession or postion, or job performance, through outlandish spending, and afterwards, if through continual loss, through worry and anxiety.
It sounds to me like you asked a legitimate question, providing reasonable information to provide a reasonable answer back to you, and for the majority the people who responded, they did not do too well a job answering that question, except to focus on your already sizeable and worthy and rightfully Yours salary earnings. Let me tell you, I know you wanted your own personal question answered with specifics attached, and the same for an answer, but I have found its a very limited pool of posters who are positive and good at giving advice,especially to newer members who post a question, even a good question,on a thread that they started. A good way to avoid these type of comments it use the Search feature in the Forums button near the top,and look for similiar questions and see if there are answers there thatprovide good answers that might answer Your Original Question or Questions. But that's not the point, the point is, not that you should avoid making a thread like one poster said, or to avoid places like this website, if you don't want to hear the"truth," or what "they really think." In fact, its quite the opposite,THEY should avoid posting back if they have nothing but Sharp, biting critisizim as the only thing to offer, instead of positive,welcoming, Good information, half of them believe it or not, just want to derail you from playing well or to help you increase your chances ofwinning for selfish reasons, or anti up their post count as ludicrous and as incredible as that sounds.
I think it's good that you believe that you too may one day win the jackpot, just like most of us nicer and understanding posters in this forum and website believe, because you just never know when its yourday to win something. And numbers and money have little to with it. Although I can understand why it is okay to put at least some effort into picking the right ones and spending an amount amenable to your own personal circumstances and lifestyle. Anyhow, also keep in mind, notall of these people are very bright and some can be quite nasty, bc more than likely they are also like this in real life, spinters-etcera et al -as I like to call them, lol, and even though one doesn't want to run into them, there are far more of these than not, and they WILL try to make it personal, and then, like liars, pretend there wasn't any animosity or hatred in their replies. No matter how much they say it wasn't intended or that you took it that way. BS. And alot of us see through it, and don't interfere or respond to it, but I thought youwere being given a tough break by the majority of these posters whom you definitely do not need to apologize to or make justifications to, you are not accountable to them, and they aren't to you either, which is why the majority of the replies will be sarcastic in content, because they don't like to believe people and instead want to mock their style of doing things, especially if it embitters them or makes them jealous.
Anyhow, best of luck with your strategies, whether new or old, and trust me, even with all the advice in the world, only You and only You, can decide what's best, the rest of the advice is mostly Extra garbage worth not even 2 cents, with a few Good sparse messages and Wortwhile comments thrown in and scattered inbetween, just like the lottery. Rationality is one thing, and trust me, it also doesn't count for much, because rationality doesn't create winners. Only Luck does that. I think its great the lottery brings you joy and I think its a great way to liven up your day or life with believing that wonderful things do happen, and that they can happen to you. Best of luck, and remember it's not about taking things personally, its about filtering all the old, bogus, creepy, and probably ostentatious comments that come from probably same said people who are very well summed up by same said tawdry adjectives. So don't take it personally if you were offended by some of these replies, G-d knows you probably wouldn't if you ever had the displeasure of being allowed to see what these people were like in real life. You'd probably just laugh and say, 'thanks, but no thanks, on that input.' There are some wonderfully sweet and amazing people behind some of these posters, and it reflects in their comments when addressing other people that asked a question. Keep the bad out, let only the good in, and try to learn what you can with only the positive comments and positive posters in mind. After browsing onhere for a while, you'll get a feel for who they are. May the positive energies of half the lotto playing population be with you. LJ-99.