Question by jessie: How do I confront my husband about his gambling addiction?
When our first son was born, 3 years ago, my husband and I were financially secure. We agreed that I would quit to be a stay at home mom. For almost a year, everything was fine and during that time we also had twin boys. My husband had enjoyed going to the casino from the time I met him, and it had never been a “problem”. Now, we cannot pay our bills and we have nothing because he has developed an addiction to scratch offs. We had taken an equity loan out for 42,000 to pay off bills and possibly use the rest as down payment on a rental property. $ 5000 was put toward our bills and the rest was unaccounted for. We sold our home to get out from under the mortgage and equity loan. We now live in a living quarter in a garage. My husband made $ 100,000 last year and we can only account for $ 36000 of it. We have 3 boys under the age of 3, and I looked into getting a job but daycare would cost more than I could possibly make. I’m so sick every night and cannot sleep because of the financial ruin we are in. I tried to discuss this with him several times and each time only results in either a very heated argument of which he spends the next 2 weeks not speaking to me, or he just doesn’t speak to me when I try to talk to him. Once, when I was upset and crying about the situation I yelled at him about what this has done to us he slapped me across the face and left for 2 days. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. I want a home and nice things for my children.

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Answer by candyapplecat
Suggest counseling.

Answer by John J
Give him an choice…you or gambling.

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