My wife put me through financial ruin and I don't know how to recover
My wife (25f) and I (27m) have been together for 8 years now, married 3. I've always taken care of her and that's just the way things have been, she does what she wants and I work.
Until 2024. She became depressed because she couldn't meet healthy people and all her friends were taking advantage of her. I was as supportive as I could be until she began taking it out on me. She had developed a coke addiction I didn't know about and that was the reason for this behavior.
It got so bad I decided a trial separation was best. She ran up around $70k in this time and I cut her off because that was my entire savings. She let me pick her up after this, it was 9 months of anguish for me without her at home.
During this time I was emotionally unwell and developed a few health issues leaving me unable to work full time.
That $70k was supposed to go towards her business startup, she's always wanted a restaurant and I saved meticulously for it. I decided it was ok to spend it on her traveling and taking care of herself as I was going to spend it on her anyways.
I bought her a car as a welcome home present and it quickly became the only car as my health continued to degrade. She recently wrecked it (not her fault at all) and now I'm left with 15k and no car because I'm ineligible for a loan and insurance only paid the bank 75%.
I've sold my business too keep us afloat and now I've ran out of money again. My mortgage is 3 months behind, I have no car to get to work, my wife is emotionally unwell and I must take care of her, I'm fucking dying, and I'm getting ready to lose the little I have left.
Everything I worked for in this life has been taken from me. Not an ounce of help has ever been seen from anyone other than myself. I feel so good damn alone. Even my loved one is working against me, she just doesn't have the comprehension to understand it.
Chapter 7 and then what? I die homeless because I can't work anymore? How did my life turn out so pathetically.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC