DEAR ABBY: I was with the same man for 36 years, but I divorced him three years ago because of his gambling problems. We came to this country 27 years ago, and ever since then I have been working and providing for us. He never paid any bills. He was very controlling and pretty much did whatever he pleased. I guess I was so busy trying to make a better life for our son, I didn’t realize how bad it was. Our son is now 33. There is no relationship between them. He refuses to talk to his father. We were divorced but still living together, and he was giving me only $500 a month (he’s a truck driver). When I got breast cancer two years ago, he was so mean to me after my first chemo that I had to tell him to leave. We weren’t in contact for almost a year until he saw me one day in a store (I had

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