I learned that my mom hired a neighbour to be her husband. For a day.

My parents are both deceased now, and while speaking with my older siblings today, discovered that mom, who was a heavy gambler later on in life, had hired a neighbour to pretend to be her husband (my dad) for a day, so she could get a second mortgage on their house, as she had incurred gambling debts. Dad wasn’t very knowledgeable about finances, and mom ran the chequebook. He never learned about this. He was the sole bread earner and mom was a stay at home mom. This was in the early 1990’s.

I’m both deeply angry at my mom for doing that to my dad, who was a great guy, and rather impressed by her initiative. Both were characters, and married 50 years! They were wonderful parents. I don’t know if I like learning these sorts of things.