For example, if I risk $100 in total for the day with just 2 bets, going 1-1 would still bother me. But if I spread that $100 over more bets, like $10 per bet, I feel more at ease watching the games. From my experience, this approach has even made me more profitable. What about you? Do you feel the same way, or am I just imagining it?
If talking about single bets it will be more better because multiple bets most times can be embarrassing, with the hope that your games are all good but after 2 to 3 matches and it didn't go as you planned you would feels so painful. This is because one weren't gambling for the fun aspect
Single or multiple, it only depends on the gambler. Like for you, you choose single while the OP chooses multiple. For me, I don't play sports betting but I only like to stick on one slot game now and I divide my capital evenly in order for me to last a little longer and that is only how I can feel satisfied. I won't say it is embarrassing if the last few matches in our slip have slipped but it is actually impressive to go that far. You can also bet secretly next time.
If you are playing offline before, try playing online now using crypto to have more anonymity. That way you won't feel embarrassed anymore but even if the world knows it and laugh at you, you shouldn't care about that. What important here is your own happiness. Both of you are only going to get used to it. Apart from embarrassing, many would feel pain and disappointment if the last couple of games screwed them.
A good solution to this would be is to not get overconfident and there are still an early cashout option that is being offered to us sometimes, so we better make use of it. I think those who play this type of variation of sports betting are mostly those who play for fun and I think they can also get disappointed sometimes when the scenario that we talked about earlier occurs.