Til Debt Do US Part
• Infidelity
“People will forgive sexual infidelity before they forgive financial infidelity,” says divorce financial specialist Akeela Davis.
And those who do end up forgiving a financial philanderer end up being labelled “sucker,” adds Gail Vaz-Oxlade, host of the TV show Til Debt Do US Part, which airs on Life Network.
Well, “sucker” is definitely written all over the forehead of this desperate caller to my TV show, Money Line.
“Linda, what I can I do?” pressed John, who explained his work takes him away from home for weeks on end, and his bride gets bored. He went on to explain, “so she applied for all these credit cards, went on a spending spree, maxed them all out and secretly kept it from me. But then collection agencies began to call.”
Worried his bride had sunk them into a bankruptcy spiral, John took out a line of credit against their home’s equity, and paid every sucker off. He also sat down with his wife and firmly explained she was never to do this again.
But, he had to go off to work again, leaving her on her own, and, lo and behold, she did do it again.
Financial infidelity is a leading cause of marriage breakups,