not me but my best mates has

basically ;

wife got him in debt 3 times (forged his signitures)the last time for £60k

he left her with the clothes on his back as wanted his kids to have a home

worked all the hours god sent (10-11 hr days 7 days a week)

now got another little lad of 8,2 houses and is thinking of retiring

took him around 10 years though