Getting ready to zoom & follow CashHappySon off to the auto mechanic. Have you ever heard of those people who can stop a clock with their body's electrical system? Well, perhaps this boychild is the same way????? Seems we are forever taking him to the auto repair shop!
AND, what I haven't blogged about here was that his old car has a problem that is more costly to repair than the car is worth, and we are advertising it for sale with all it warts and dimples showing. So far, no takers.
We may have to take it to the local auto auction. Boychild did not follow fatherly advice on car upkeep (read that - let the oil levels get low) and may now be taking a BIG FINANCIAL LOSS. At least it's big for his income level and age.
So, that being the case he had to have something to drive to work. You may remember me speaking of his reckless spending ways that really accelerated in May of '07 and went downhill from there. SO, of course he has wiped out most of his savings. He is 19 and has no credit.
Dad & Mom to the rescue and I HATE IT!!! We loaned him $700 to buy a clunker. Guess what? It clunked on day two. Now we are off AGAIN to the mechanic.
Please, somebody, tell me that this part of my life is soon to be over??? I am not wanting to be one of 'those' parents who runs in to wipe up Juniors mess every time he gets his butte in a wad!
Hubster is much more of a marshmellow than Mom, and I didn't put up a giant wall of resistance because of where the boy works - it is about 30 minutes from home and he works the night shift. If we didn't help him get a car then GUESS WHO would be having to get out late at night and early in the mornings to haul him around to work??
And, because he was doing other goofball and dangerous things like racking up huge dateline charges trolling for girls and gigantic cell phone bills w/over $500+ worth of text messages, Mom has since taken away his debit card and taken back the checkbook and deactivating text capabilities at his cell provider, we are working TOGETHER - Once Again - on his learning to stay inside his budgetary limitations.
AGGGHHHHHHHH!!! I hate this!
It is TOO, TOO EASY for Hubster to say yes WE have to help him, but he isn't doing the GRUNT WORK nor is he getting the resentment from CashHappy. Dear Old Mommsie gets all that for my trouble!
For one thing I think it almost an impossible task for someone on the outside to set what has to be internal limits in the financial scope. He has to see the necessity of staying inside his limits, and this kid is fighting tooth and toenail to dangle as far over the side of the cliff as possible!
Sorry, had to whine somewhere!!
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Yesterday, out of my personal budget nothing was spent making ME have a No Spend Day.
However, the HouseBudget spent at the grocery store stocking up for a snowstorm that just blipped afterall.
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Taking the one dollar bills and change in the wallet to the challenge.
$015.42 balance
+001.73 wallet sweep
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$017.15 Jan MTD
2008 Challenge Total $17.15
Cumulative Challenge Total $545.76
January 17th, 2008 at 03:18 pm 1200583118
January 17th, 2008 at 03:48 pm 1200584925
I hope that does not happen to you!
January 18th, 2008 at 10:59 am 1200653962
I'm just to keep telling myself this then, huh?
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
January 18th, 2008 at 11:06 am 1200654412
You're absolutely right, I definitely don't want what unfortunately happened with your daughter to happen here. The reason it gets me in such a tizzy I suppose is that Hubster has two sibling who siphoned off of his parents for YEARS, and Hubster is such a nice man that I think it would be too TOO easy for him to coddle the boy rather than straighten him out and teach him just exactly how the cow eats the cabbage!
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
...my new mantra!