my parents were financially illterate my whole life which caused so many problewm- their solution was to gamble. irony is they both worked crazy hours my whole life but they would waste it with gambling anytime a slight issue happened ie: didn’t know how to file taxes. didn’t know how to buy a new car. basically living off paycheck. i was shocked when I shared this with a counselor on the phone and they told me they had a similar experience- where their parents would drop them off arcades to play casino for hours. they didn’t save even $1,000 for my college or my sibling. when they reached out to their family- everyone shunned them and said they were “using” them- when in reality they were struggling so bad they thought family would help. I hate this part of their struggle.
we would go to trips to the casinos for the free food and rooms- those are actually fun and I don’t complain about. but when we are there it’s always over spending.
on a personal side as well- there was a time my parent maxed out my credit card for an “emenegency” in a couple hours. I’m still paying it off. she told me it’s an emergency and I need to help out.
when I realized gambling is an addiction I had more empathy for them.
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