I'm 29 years old. I've lost all the money I've had and took out credit card debt and borrowed money from my mom to day trade. Each time I tried making it back, I ended up losing more and spiraled out of control. I'm a complete idiot and I really ruined my life. I'm now trying to turn it around since I hit rock bottom.
There's about 45k of various credit card debt. 12k in line of credit and 45k of credit card debt held by my mom. I have no other debt. I make 90k a year before taxes, which amounts to about 4400 per month. I live with my parents. My mom does not have an income but my dad is supporting her. He does not know about the credit card debt and I've been making the minimum payments.
My credit score is about 650, so I'm not even sure if I'll be approved for some debt consolidation. I have a meeting this Friday to apply. If that doesn't work, it time for me to consider a consumer proposal or bankruptcy?
EDIT: so I had an appointment with an insolvency trustee and it sounds like they may be able to reduce my monthly payment to about 440$ a month for 60 months under a consumer proposal. I also have an appointment this Friday to apply for a debt consolidation. The consumer proposal would allow me to free up money to be able to pay off my mom's debt faster, but the debt consolidation may allow me to recover my credit faster. Obviously I want to do right by my mom, so fully ready to go the CP route, but just wondering what people think about the debt consolidation route if that's possible as an option.
Really appreciate any advice..
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Dude is an actual gambling addict if he can't manage to keep a dime, much less pay back half of an annual salary in debt over any amount of time
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The mom took out $45k in debt to help him gamble. lol
Krayon sexually assaulted his sister.
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Just go bankrupt at this point. Get a car and a gaming rig first tho
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Problem is that he dragged his mom into it so she's really on the hook for half the money, not him. And the fact that it's a secret makes it even worse - if he stops paying, then she'll have to get the money from her husband, whom she's been effectively lying to by keeping this secret from him. It could literally destroy their marriage.
I suppose you could argue it's her fault for enabling her son but I'd say it's still shitty for him to put her in this position.
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Take out more CCs in the next year or 2, pay off his moms debt with them and then to bankrupt
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How do you pay off a credit card with another credit card?
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Nah, just get a payday loan and goomble. Dude is literally a win away from getting it all back.
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Before anyone gets too worried, it's Canadian money so it's not only worth less than it seems but it's only redeemable for maple syrup anyway
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The process for personal bankruptcy is easier in leafland. He could have this sorted in 15 minutes at an LC Taylor
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and I feel terrible about the 6k I've racked up on mommys credit card
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