Everyone else seems to have a lovely wife, yet Ive ended up with a complete fool.
She had made a point of telling everyone that after the wedding, wed buy our own flat without any trouble since the guests would give us cash gifts and her family would help out. In reality, though, her parents just laughed at the idea. They told her straight that since she insisted on marrying a useless estate agent at twenty with no university degree, wed have to sort something out ourselves regarding a place to live. It was honestly humiliating, and I had to bring my wife round to live with my own parents.
My brother already lives with them, together with his pregnant girlfriend. The house is cramped, to say the least. Mum and Dad have gently hinted it would be lovely if we could find our own place, even if just a rented flat, but Ive been determined to save for a mortgage so we could buy a house later on. My wife knew all about my plans, kept saying she was desperate to move out and what does she do? She sinks our savings into shares.
For what reason? To grow our nest egg.
When I told Mum about it, she nearly fainted. Im absolutely gutted too the shares have dropped in value, and now were stuck either selling at a loss, or gambling by holding on and hoping the price picks up. And so, all my friends have their families settled in their own flats, and were left with nothing but a bundle of failing shares!
My wife is in tears, saying she was conned. She actually paid these so-called advisors to teach her where and how to invest! Meanwhile, all I can think about is divorce. Turns out, I havent got enough love in me to shrug this off all that comes to mind is the money I spent years working for and saving, now crumbling away.
If Im honest, our marriage was on shaky ground from the start, and this whole mess just proves Im cursed with bad luck because I married a daft girl.
