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Wow that's horrifying - sorry to hear that you were in that situation and thank you for being willing to open up about this. It doesn't have to be just partner
by djtango 2y ago
Wow that's horrifying - sorry to hear that you were in that situation and thank you for being willing to open up about this.
It doesn't have to be just partners - a friend recently told me about her husband's younger sister who would regularly spend beyond her means then rely on her brother / parents to bail her out of her debts.
That's also one of those impossible relationships where you feel obligated to help but the relationship has a real cost.
- lazide 2y agoYup. A friend of mine had his wife do something similar (first time) during an economic slowdown after he got laid off - she all the sudden started spending waaay beyond even their pre-layoff means ($60k something on credit cards) while hiding the bills and stuff she was buying. Luckily he figured out something was wrong before they went bankrupt on top of everything, but yikes. And at that point, divorce won’t solve his joint liability for the balance. At least the younger sister can only guilt the family into trying to cover her butt financially, instead of - well whatever that was.