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Partner gambles but doesn't think it's a issue...

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tvliestr · 01/01/2025 19:50

I'm talking hundreds.
After bills he is left with £1,000 a month for pocket money.
It's all gone
We were meant to get oasis tickets a few months ago.
I went online to get them,got to front of queue he told me he had no money left.
He has £30 to last the month.

We want to save for a house.
He has said that I can't waste money...which caused me to flip.
I wanted to buy sugababes tickets £80 for two.
He said it's a waste
So I said but you will get paid and gamble.

So why can't we have any nice trips or nights out ? But he can gamble ?
How's this fair ?

OP posts:
isitme111 · 01/01/2025 22:43

He has a gambling addiction. He needs to seek professional help. So sorry to say this OP but if you stay with him you will have a miserable life.

HÆLTHEPAIN · 01/01/2025 23:03

From someone whose ex was a gambler please believe me that he will never change.

I remember coming home from work one day and they had actually taken my gas and electric meters out, leaving me with nothing. I didn’t think they could do that as I thought they’d have to put prepayment meters in - and maybe they should have but they didn’t so I was without heat, light, anything power wise for 2 days in November. And STILL I didn’t leave him at that point - though it was not long after. I was young, naive and he was abusive too.

He didn’t pay the rent for ages either and it wasn’t until I found a letter (he’d hidden them from me), which also happened to be the first time he physically hit me that the scales fell from my eyes.

These might seem like extreme examples but there were also the more mundane ones like you describe. My life revolved around his gambling because we could only do anything when he had money, which wasn’t often. He also didn’t see a problem with anything he was doing.

Get out before he drags you down too much more.x

TheGhostILoveTheMost · 01/01/2025 23:29

Here's my story...Growing up my mother was a gambling addict. It was horrific. The Internet made things worse. She didn't have to leave home to gamble.
Then she had a big win. Enough to change her life.
It did for a very short while.
It also gave her the reason to justify her years of addiction saying she knew she'd win big one day. She'd always had a feeling she would.
Did the gambling stop? No. She gambled more. Speculate to accumulate.
She had another biggish win.
She carried on gambling thinking she was on a roll.
Less than a year later she had nothing and once again was in debt.
She died a few years ago. We found bank statements that she'd hidden. The problem was worse than we ever imagined.

CoastalCalm · 01/01/2025 23:31

He’s not even prepared to try and stop so you need to consider ending the relationship - he could self ban within minutes and contact gamcare etc

CandlesOrangesRedribbon · 01/01/2025 23:35

Op you sound v young.
As pp said he won't change this is your life with him. He has an addition and he won't change for you.
His actions are proving this, unfortunately I think you need to think about the future without him very seriously, you will never be able to save or rely on him financially.

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