What I usually take the huff at is not that I’m losing — although, I have to admit that I do like to win! — it’s that I discover that others are cheating!

The conversation usually goes like this:

Them: “No, it’s fine … those are the rules we always play!”
Me: “No! That’s cheating! You can’t change the rules half-way through a game”
Them: “You’re only cross cos you’re losing!”
Me: “No! I’m cross because you’re CHEATING!”
Them: “It’s not cheating, it’s … house rules!”
Me: “Yeah, house rules that you are introducing half-way through a game!”
Them: “Yeah…”
Me: “Well, you can’t do that!”
Them: “I just did.”
Me: “But that’s unfair.”
Them: “It’s only unfair on *you* because you’re losing!”
Me: “It’s still unfair …”

And so we end up finishing games early because a) I don’t like playing with folks who change the rules half-way through a game, and b) they think I’m a bad loser.

The truth is probably somewhere in between.