No, backing out on a bet means accepting a bet, and then not acceptingDog wrote:Not to quibble over semantics, but you did back out of the bet. You made a statement, I offered a wager on your statement, you backed out.
By definition, I would say that is exactly what "backing out on a bet" is.
the consequences if one loses.
You don't back out of a bet if you never take the bet in the first place. That's
bullshit. Think harder, dog... you don't wanna go down that route. People
will come up with all kinds of crazy shit bets... and then claim folks backed out
of them by not accepting them. There's some honor in being involved with a
bet. There's no honor in offering shit bets then claiming folks are dishonorable
for not accepting the shit bet.