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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 424404" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Janet, I have NO clue as to why a difficult child would think he has the right to tell anyone how to live and spend their money, but it seems to be a difficult child trait. Years ago my parents redid their kitchen with money from an inheritance. Wiz was a baby. They stripped it to the walls, had the electric updated, custom cabinets because it was cheaper than buying premade ones (you have to know the measurements of this large kitchen to understand why, but it would have been more expensive to put premade ones in, etc...). My bro wasn't even living in the same state at the time but he carried on at my mom over the phone for a long time. All about how she should wait and when he came home at Christmas he could do it all in a week or so, how she was wasting money, etc.....</p><p> </p><p>At the time my gfgbro lived in a tiny travel trailer that he got used for under $500, had no utilities but electric from extension cords from someone's house, had an outhouse for a toilet (and that outhouse only had 3 walls!). He ranted and raved about how she was wasting her $5000 on that. To this DAY my mother does not want him to know how much it cost - way more than five grand though! Even last summer he ranted about the cost. </p><p> </p><p>My mom finally shut him up by asking him what he could teach her about $$ when she bought his home and his truck and he made payments to HER and couldn't even get his own cell phone contract and he almost tanked her credit because his utilities are in HER name because he couldn't afford the deposit of $300 and he neveer paid them on time so now he has to pay the bills as part of his "mortgage" so that she can keep her credit good. But it took a couple of YEARS of telling him this before he quit harping on it. </p><p> </p><p>Tell cory that I said to SHUT. UP. He can pay his way to OK and argue with ME if he thinks he shoudl tell YOU how to spend YOUR $$ - esp as YOU support HIS CHILD and even HIM, MANDY and the new baby. NO WAY does he need to tell you what to do.</p><p> </p><p>You go out and buy another pair of new shoes if you want. Your knees will appreciate it and so will your back. I am sorry he is being such a jerk to you. Your plans sound great and very smart to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 424404, member: 1233"] Janet, I have NO clue as to why a difficult child would think he has the right to tell anyone how to live and spend their money, but it seems to be a difficult child trait. Years ago my parents redid their kitchen with money from an inheritance. Wiz was a baby. They stripped it to the walls, had the electric updated, custom cabinets because it was cheaper than buying premade ones (you have to know the measurements of this large kitchen to understand why, but it would have been more expensive to put premade ones in, etc...). My bro wasn't even living in the same state at the time but he carried on at my mom over the phone for a long time. All about how she should wait and when he came home at Christmas he could do it all in a week or so, how she was wasting money, etc..... At the time my gfgbro lived in a tiny travel trailer that he got used for under $500, had no utilities but electric from extension cords from someone's house, had an outhouse for a toilet (and that outhouse only had 3 walls!). He ranted and raved about how she was wasting her $5000 on that. To this DAY my mother does not want him to know how much it cost - way more than five grand though! Even last summer he ranted about the cost. My mom finally shut him up by asking him what he could teach her about $$ when she bought his home and his truck and he made payments to HER and couldn't even get his own cell phone contract and he almost tanked her credit because his utilities are in HER name because he couldn't afford the deposit of $300 and he neveer paid them on time so now he has to pay the bills as part of his "mortgage" so that she can keep her credit good. But it took a couple of YEARS of telling him this before he quit harping on it. Tell cory that I said to SHUT. UP. He can pay his way to OK and argue with ME if he thinks he shoudl tell YOU how to spend YOUR $$ - esp as YOU support HIS CHILD and even HIM, MANDY and the new baby. NO WAY does he need to tell you what to do. You go out and buy another pair of new shoes if you want. Your knees will appreciate it and so will your back. I am sorry he is being such a jerk to you. Your plans sound great and very smart to me. [/QUOTE]
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