It is better when we are going to gamble we must be able to think healthily, such as the money that we will allocate in this gambling must be purely our own money, therefore even though other people comment on the gambling activities that we do, we don't need to listen because we are using our own money, sometimes we have to close our own ears because only we ourselves know what kind of things we want and make us happy.
Different from gambling using borrowed money or using other people, usually gamblers who are addicted when they run out of capital tend to take loans to gamble again and this is not right, because if I myself use other people's money to gamble and other people comment on this I myself am embarrassed, therefore we should be able to maintain everything properly.
Sometimes even when the money and time we spend on gambling is actually ours, it doesn’t mean that we should completely discard some constructive and harmless criticism, this is because, sometimes we might actually be heading to addiction without even knowing it, and sometimes in such situations, someone who have actually walked down that same road may out of concern choose to walk up to you and attempt to offer you a few guidance so as to prevent you from finally falling into addiction or any other trap that may cost you. And if you’re of the opinion that, you won’t listen or discard whatever knowledge or advice the person is sharing with you, simply because he wasn’t the person that gave you the money, then you’ll fall into that trap and would regret the fact that you never listened to the person and by then, it must’ve been too late.
I understand what you said, indeed unknowingly we could be on the road to addiction. And with those who are worried that we will become addicted, of course they will remind us not to be too excessive in gambling, that is a good point and we must be able to appreciate it, because in my opinion when someone gives an expression about the activities we do, there are two possibilities, either criticism or advice, well if it is directed at advice then we must be able to accept it too, indirectly it makes us aware not to be excessive in gambling.
However, when other people say things that are more directed at criticism, such as saying they don't like seeing me always gambling, then I won't care, because as long as I don't harm other people, I don't think there is a problem that needs to be prolonged.
If other people give advice but we ignore it, this is a mistake that sometimes makes us regret it in the end.