Olde Hornet
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If your spouse did this, what would you do?
finance.yahoo.com
After a retired San Antonio man found out his wife had been the victim of an online fraudster, the news went from bad to worse: She willingly gave her money away to a “romantic interest.”
Now she’s on the hook for loans and credit card payments — to the tune of about $50,000 — at a time when the couple should be enjoying their golden years.
His wife sent small amounts of cash to a fraudster posing as a romantic interest via credit cards and gift cards, totaling between $9,000 and $10,000. But she was also manipulated into taking out two installment loans for $23,500 and $17,500.
“I have a bunch of people tell me, ‘I would divorce her,’ but I’m not going to throw away 25 years (of marriage),” the husband told best-selling author and personal finance expert Dave Ramsey on an episode of The Ramsey Show.
Instead, they’re going to couples therapy, and the husband is making a “concerted effort to get this thing turned around financially and emotionally.”
‘I didn’t see the warning signs’: This retired San Antonio man says his wife was scammed by a ‘romantic interest’ online — and he’s willing to pay up. Here’s what Dave Ramsey told him
He's hoping to turn things around 'financially and emotionally.'
After a retired San Antonio man found out his wife had been the victim of an online fraudster, the news went from bad to worse: She willingly gave her money away to a “romantic interest.”
Now she’s on the hook for loans and credit card payments — to the tune of about $50,000 — at a time when the couple should be enjoying their golden years.
His wife sent small amounts of cash to a fraudster posing as a romantic interest via credit cards and gift cards, totaling between $9,000 and $10,000. But she was also manipulated into taking out two installment loans for $23,500 and $17,500.
“I have a bunch of people tell me, ‘I would divorce her,’ but I’m not going to throw away 25 years (of marriage),” the husband told best-selling author and personal finance expert Dave Ramsey on an episode of The Ramsey Show.
Instead, they’re going to couples therapy, and the husband is making a “concerted effort to get this thing turned around financially and emotionally.”
