Ex-husband keeps his former wife on the hook for money
Dear Amy: I have known my ex-husband, "Bart," for 30 years. We were married for 18 years and divorced six years ago.
He has lost all his money and has drained all of his friendships over money.
He is now coming to me for money.
Recently he was in a small car accident. The other driver called the police because my ex was driving without insurance.
I was at work and he called me screaming and crying, saying he was going further down the hole. He told me I was the only one he could come to.
He expected me to pay for car insurance ASAP, and to get his car out of impound.
The next day I paid for car insurance, took him to the police station and I paid to get his car out of impound.
I can't afford either the emotional or the financial burden this is causing me. Yet whenever I say this he makes a veiled threat of having nothing left and no reason to live. I am tormented by the manipulation.
I divorced him to get away from this craziness and now he has shown up on my doorstep. I want to close and bolt the door.
Do you have any words of wisdom?
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