I was trading stock futures while running a small business. Whenever the business generated extra cash, I transferred it to my broker. I kept telling my wife the money was being invested for our children. In reality, I was carrying losing positions and paying margin calls. My total loss eventually crossed ₹24 lakh, and I also had unpaid business bills.
One morning, my wife asked me why two suppliers had called her. I finally confessed everything. A week later, I found out she had sold some jewellery to clear the most urgent payments. She never asked me for sympathy and never said she had forgiven me. She simply told me that our children should not lose their stability because I could not accept a trading loss.