My boyfriend can’t stop gambling and it is destroying our relationship
DEAR DEIDRE: MY partner is addicted to gambling. He knows how I feel about it and he lies to me constantly to cover it up.
We have been together for six years and we have a little boy of four. We are finding it hard to make ends meet because he is spending so much, but he doesn’t stop.
What future can there be for us if he continues this way?
He is 31 and I can only see things getting worse. I am 30 and a future of worrying and feeling anxious does not bear thinking about. I want to help him beat this habit.
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Tell him you love him but his addiction to gambling is destroying your family.
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