Is your name KC and is your "girlfriends" name Ralph?
When I was a lil kid, my cousin and I tried to play some draw poker using pennies as our chips. I had started to slowly take his money, and then, on one particular hand, he had put a dollar into the pot, so I called him, and beat him, so he quickly took a handful of pennies and threw them at my head.
I don't gamble much anymore.
and this is why to this day you run screaming whenever someone tries to give you a penny in your change
it's true. Whenever I buy my 99 cent can of Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng, I just walk toward the door of the store and toss the dollar on the counter on the way out. I don't even want to see that mini Abe Lincoln head.
the penny is your nemesis
this is why I support the bill to eliminate the penny as currency.
at least you are aggresively dealing with your fears