A stay of execution!
Just had a phone call from the beautiful-but-unknowingly-broke Mrs Downhill telling me that she's going to be late home tonight...where are we up to with the get rich quick ideas, boys and girls??

*sweats uncontrollably*

Oh..and thanks HSBC, for nothing.
(downhill without brakes . It was the worst day of my life, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 16:07, 9 replies)

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Sorry mate, if I knew a way of making a few grand in a day I'd be off on a yacht somewhere...

However, is it worth contacting the site and saying that you've just caught your underage cousin gambling with your credit card? It's a longshot but you *might* get your cash back that way.
(Boar is dreaming of get rich quick schemes..., Wed 6 Aug 2008, 16:16, closed)

Hmmm.
My considered opinion is that you're fucked.

Update tomorrow, if you please...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 16:24, closed)

^^
Is that a technical definition?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 16:26, closed)

I've already gazzed you but,

Please, please tell me you're joking??

Kip
(Kip, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 16:26, closed)

@al
Yep.

Although - in another sense - once the wife finds out, fucked is one thing that he won't be for quite some time...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 16:27, closed)

Oh fuck downhill, I thought you were joking with your previous post
Borrow 2K off your best friend AND pay it back when you can.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 16:54, closed)

I Was
50-50 (the irony) whether you meant it or not - I'd (lamely) suggested, Egg will give you the cash no problem, albeit at around 16%.

Even an 'understanding' mate will wind you up when pissed - believe me!

As before, good luck. As Enzyme says, update us!

"For richer, for poorer..."
( elgordo, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 17:06, closed)

You've screwed up.
And you're the kind of person who gambles themselves into debt. Although the swift kick to the testicles your wife is going to give you is going to hurt it's probably better to come clean otherwise there's a fairly good chance that you'll do exactly the same thing again one day and maybe go even further and screw things up irreparably.

Plan a way in which *you* can pay back the two grand without impacting on the wife over a period of time and you may come out of this okay in time.

If it's any consolation I spelt 'irreparably' correctly the first time and it's made me inordinately happy. Probably not.
(vicarius, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 21:31, closed)

Take it on the chin
cry and beg if necessary.

If you could video you telling her about it and upload it to youtube I'd be grateful.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 22:04, closed)