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Background is my husband tends to drink too much and then tends to gamble too much. He will literally go through hundreds of dollars sitting at the local bar on the slot machines if he has the debit card... thus he no longer has a debit card, but he will take mine and do the same thing. The other day he took my vehicle; had to run to the bar for something and would "be right back." After several hours passed, I called and asked where the ***#*# he was and some other not-so-nice words. He hung up on me. I hopped in his truck with my daughter and drove to the bar where we picked up my vehicle. My daughter has her license and the bar is well within walking distance of our house, but I did not tell him I was taking my vehicle so when he came outside, well, oh well, he had no vehicle to get home. He tried calling several times, but I would not answer. I was not about to let him know that my car was at home safe and sound. He eventually came home, commented that the police would be here soon cuz he reported the vehicle stolen. My comment..."that's nice." As suspected, he was BS'ing. Now today, he withdraws $100 from checking account. Going to bar again to "have lunch" with friends, blah, blah, blah. Was gone for about 4 hours then came home. I could tell from his actions that he was only home to get more $. I was right. He gave me some BS story that someone stole $75 from him and he just got kicked out of the bar. He wanted more money or the debit card or a check so he could go to a different bar. I flat out told him absolutely not was he getting the debit card or the checkbook. I grabbed the checkbook and my purse. If he had any inkling of getting either of those, he was going to have to use physical force. I gave him the money that I had which was at least $40 (no need to tell me I shouldn't have done that) and told him he had plenty to go back to a bar and have a beer. I said, well, have a beer in the garage... nope, not good enough, he needed to go the bar. He claimed he was just so pi***d that he needed to go back out and talk. Repeated again to him that he was not getting the debit card or the checkbook. His response... I know where the checks are, I'll just go get one. My response... then go get one. He grabbed our savings book, looked at it, and walked out. Not sure if he thinks he's going to the bank or what, but banks are closed by now. He thinks because he makes more $ than me, that everything we have is because he bought it. I took out $100 from my check today - just gave him about $40, gave the kids $ to get clothes, now I have NOTHING left. My money didn't go to the bar gambling, it went for kids and him. Told him I didn't believe a word he was saying and what a piece of **** he was and he wasn't getting access to the checking account. Feels so good to stand up but hope kids are in bed by the time he comes home. $40 doesn't last too long in the bar, especially when gambling. Checkbook and debit card are hidden. Okay, done venting...that feels good also.
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