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Our adult children owe us a total of $90,000 and are attempting monthly payments of various amounts. (Photo subjects are models.) Our adult children owe us a total of $90,000 and are attempting monthly payments of various amounts. (Photo subjects are models.) Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Without going into details of my spouses financial infidelity, I would like your opinion. Here is the bottom line. Im 68 and my 401(k) has dwindled to $82,000. I have $3,000 in gold and Social Security income for me and my spouse totals $46,180 a year.

Our home is paid off and the estimated value is somewhere between $600,000 and $1 million. We live in a vacation area. Many out-of-state folks have moved in and the price of even a tiny home is outrageous right now. Yearly land taxes at $5,000. 

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