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ive just joint this forum as recomended by a friend on here im 44 female and seperated 3 yrs ago after 20 yrs of marriage, my husband wont agree to a divorce or sign a thing for it so am in process of getting legal aid to proceed.ive got 2 children age 20 and 17 still with me no maintenance from husbandin last three yrs & he is now bankrupt. our family home was sold last year at the worse time to sell so lost a lot of money on it.we seperated due to my husbands huge gambling debts and i have ended up without a penny after paying mortgage and his secured loans! but have to say am much happier living in a rented flat which is nothing like where i imagined i would be but am not as stressed out as i was so not all bad!

Hallo Billie and welcome to Wikivorce

You will find plenty of advice and support here. I don't know if there is a support service for families of gambling addicts but I expect there is.

My husband left nearly 11 months ago to live with new woman and her children leaving me with our teenage sons who are now 17 and 15.

Luckily he is maintaining us and in no rush to sell our house. I did go through emotional hell though, which I wouldn't wish on anyone, but thanks to a lot of help and support, not least from this site, I am feeling happier and stronger.

Keep posting and pop into chat if you can, there's usually some people around to welcome and be friendly.

Nell

thanks nell for your reply and welcome will look at chat room thanks

Hi Billie44,

Welcome to wiki.

I have only been here just over 5 weeks myself and I can honeslty say I am glad I found it. I have received so much help/advice/support from here and it has really helped me.

There are so many nice people here that will provide you with any advice/support they can, and as Nell said - pop into chat and say hello and join in the banter.

There are surgeries on a Tuesday and Thursday where you can ask legal questions as well.

Once again - Welcome to Wiki.

Bob