Barefoot Investor Scott Pape has given a confronting response to an Aussie mum who asked him about gambling debt.
“My adult son posed a hypothetical question the other day: what happens if someone dies and they have a huge gambling debt?” the woman, identified only as Sharron, wrote in a reader-submitted question.
“Sadly this is the reality for many young men today,” she continued.
“Is the debt something that needs to be paid out of the deceased person’s will? We are fortunate to not have this situation but he knows young men with babies who do!”
Mr Pape’s reply was stunningly direct.
“Sharron, stop what you’re doing right now and go and find your son,” he wrote.
“When the two of you are alone, I want you to ask him…