He is still very persistent that we should continue together and says that my family don’t know him and only judges him for being an ex gambler.
This is very hard because I love him but you are right when you say that I also have my own concerns. We are long distance and sometimes I question if it is really true that he has been gamble free for so long. There is no way to know, all I know is that he is not receiving any kind of help.
If he was someone nearby it would be easier but leaving everything behind and move to another country with those doubts and nobody’s support is very hard.
He feels judged by my family, he says they have prejudices and no one wants to know the man behind the story.
I have always tried to be supportive and said I believed in him that he could win this battle.
My father believes he will gamble again on his first disappointment as this disease has no cure and that is exactly what he told me when I said we had to break up. He threatened to gamble and jump from the balcony, as I told you.
I care about him a lot and worry about him very much but I found it quite abusive to blackmail me like that.
Getting married and leaving the country to a place where everything is unknown are very big steps that I am not ready to take even though I do love him.
I wish he would respect my decision and be more understanding.