I have an in-law who gambled away everything in her savings and checking and 401K and then racked up credit card charges. On top of that, her parents wanted to invest into the stock market, but didn't know how, so they trusted her to put a couple thousand dollars into the right stocks. She took all that money and gambled it away. Her parents are not rich and she made them poorer. Her husband (now divorced) gave her a couple thousand to pay off her debts to the casino. He knew she was in the hole but I don't think he knew how deep. Apparently, you can loan from the casino. So instead of paying off her debt, she gambles it and she lost all that too. After that, she almost commits suicide but gets committed into a mental illness place. Afterwards, she filed for backruptcy and divorce. She goes through some tough times and lives at home with her parents. She ends up moving out and getting a crappy job in another city and lives with her brother who wants to help her out. She ends up getting a good job again. She had worked in the past when she was married and has a college degree. Things are kind of on the upswing. She meets a guy who she ends up moving in with. I have no idea why he didn't get turned away by red flags. Anyway, she has to sell her car, a Honda, to pay off government debt that didn't get dropped in her bankruptcy. Then, she gets a new BMW 3-series. She also goes on nice vacations with her boyfriend and is living large. It's like, you owe your parents money that you gambled away and she also owes my wife money that she gave to her husband because they couldn't pay bills, this is when she got committed.
Rant over.
It's like if she gets married to this guy, who is a genuinely nice dude that I've met, and the minister says "If anyone has a reason these two should not be wed, say so or forever hold your peace," I want to get up and say "She's a crazy. Don't do it!"