US EditionDear Abby: Husband Gambled Away Their Assets. Now They’re Begging Their Son for Scraps
The husband lost $600,000 to slot-machine gambling over 58 years, leaving the couple bankrupt and dependent on their son who controls their finances and property.
- In a Dear Abby letter, the wife said her husband developed a slot‑machine addiction and gambled away every asset from their 58 years, somewhere around $600,000.
- He routinely left the house early to gamble, and the wife learned of the losses only after he asked his grown children for grocery money.
- Their son offered a bailout only on the condition that he become trustee of their land and home, taking their monthly pensions and giving a tiny allowance.
- The wife says she is extremely depressed and despairing about the future, reporting she is in her 80s with limited mobility, so returning to a teaching job is not feasible.
- Dear Abby: Abigail Van Buren advised the wife to talk to her son and explain that the tiny allowance does not allow outings, suggesting he may be punishing his father, the wife noted.
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Dear Abby: Husband gambles away retired couple's nest egg
DEAR ABBY: My husband developed an addiction to slot machines, but I didn't realize it. He would leave the house in the early morning before I woke up. Abby, he gambled away every single asset we had accumulated during our 58 years of marriage — somewhere around $600,000! I found out after he asked his grown children for "grocery money."We are now bankrupt and must rely on our son, who offered to bail us out if he could be the trustee of our lan…
Dear Abby: We’re so poor because my husband gambled away $600K
DEAR ABBY: My husband developed an addiction to slot machines, but I didn’t realize it. He would leave the house in the early morning before I woke up. Abby, he gambled away every single asset we had accumulated during our 58 years of marriage -- somewhere around $600,000! I found out after he asked his grown children for “grocery money.” We are now bankrupt and must rely on our son, who offered to bail us out if he could be the trustee of our …
DEAR ABBY: Husband gambles away retired couple’s nest egg
DEAR ABBY: My husband developed an addiction to slot machines, but I didn't realize it. He would leave the house in the early morning before I woke up. Abby, he gambled away every single asset we had accumulated during our 58 years of marriage -- somewhere around $600,000! I found out after he asked his grown children for "grocery money."
Dear Abby: I just realized my husband gambled away every asset we accumulated over the last 58 years
DEAR ABBY: My husband developed an addiction to slot machines, but I didn’t realize it. He would leave the house in the early morning before I woke up. Abby, he gambled away every single asset we had accumulated during our 58 years of marriage -- somewhere around $600,000! I found out after he asked his grown children for “grocery money.”
Dear Abby: Husband gambles away retirement nest egg
DEAR ABBY: My husband developed an addiction to slot machines, but I didn’t realize it. He would leave the house in the early morning before I woke up. Abby, he gambled away every single asset we had accumulated during our 58 years of marriage -- somewhere around $600,000! I found out after he asked his grown children for “grocery money.”
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