You can afford to lose some. It's ok too.
It's better to go in with a budget than blow your finances. Many people don't consider this when gambling and end up losing substantial amounts at once. But consider that if you can indeed spend a certain budget on recreation each year, then yes gambling can be part of that.
Some people combine it with the free drinks at a bricks and mortar casino and consider it worth it. Spending your alcohol budget on a casino and running off with some cash potentially is nice always.
You are absolutely right bud, we as gamblers can indeed afford to lose some amount of money, but depending on individual financial capacity, this amount must always be minimal, it's best to always have a gambling budget as this helps us prepare better, ensuring that we lose what are ready to lose and not one we never budgeted on losing..
Trying gambling with small amount of money is nice as we never can tell what the outcome will be, it might be our breakthrough if we end up winning a nice sum from the little money, but if on the other hand we lose, it's easy to move on since the amount involved isn't something to cry over.