Frustration and self-doubt
I started playing bridge about nine months ago and have been going to my local club pretty regularly for the past couple of months.
I still mess up a lot. Not just the occasional beginner mistake, but the kind where I look back at a hand afterward and honestly can’t figure out how I missed something so obvious. I leave most sessions feeling like I should be improving faster, and I can’t tell if that’s just part of learning bridge or if I’m doing something wrong.
One extra complication is that my partner isn’t really interested in studying or working on the game together, so it’s harder to build on what we learn after sessions.
For those of you who’ve been through the beginner stage: how long did it take before things started to make sense? And how do you tell the difference between a normal rough patch and realizing a game just might not be for you?
Did anyone else spend a long time feeling completely out of their depth at the beginning?