My friends aunty called him on the call while we were conversing today, and she was complaining about how her son has withdrawn #20,000 approximately $15 from her account through mobile transfer to play bet and he lost it all.
She complained bitterly and pitifully because she struggled to safe such amount of money.
Now, the mum is calling on everyone she could to intervene, discipline the child and force him to provide the money in any means he can without the concern of how he could refund the money.
Question: would she be so disheartened and mad as this if the son had won the bet on a multi million price?
Dear fellows, let's assume you are the mom, what would be your state of mind on this context?
Good question. I think that the aunt is to some extent to blame for the fact that he gained access to her account. You must prevent other people from using your account. In this case it was only $15, although in some countries it can be a larger amount.
On the other hand, it’s good that through such a relatively small amount the whole family found out that he has a gambling problem. After all, he crossed a very significant line - he stole money, this is very bad.
Returning to your question, I will say that even if he won the money, the fact of theft would still have taken place. Secondly, in this case, it may be even better that now he has lost money and his bet did not work out. If he had won, he would probably have had big problems later and would have lost all his winnings.
If we were talking about a stranger stealing that money from her I would agree with you, because we must do what we can to protect our money, however it was her own son who did this, meaning that a person she trusted, broke that trust by stealing from her own mother, and while the amount was small, what can be more low than stealing from your own mother? So I would not blame her at all for this situation as it is clear that it is the son that is at fault here.