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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 576229" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Susiestar you are right in everything you say. She did come over today with her paperwork. We agreed to give her the $60 to pay off the bank overdraft. She owed $86 but called the collector and they agreed to accept 70%. I took her to get a money order. She paid all of her January rent from her last paycheck so she is up to date. The one big bill for $1000 is made up of many months of late charges and interest. husband is calling the collector tomorrow to try and straighten it out and see if he can work out a settlement (it's his business and hes good at it so hopefully he can.) If that works out she will be put on a payment plan to reimburse us. Yes I know it's risky but honestly she does not have the skills she needs to do these things and needs help. I think a credit counselor is a good idea. I'm also going to look into some kind of life skills training for her.</p><p></p><p>We made a list together of all the things she has to do this week. She had two job interviews today and a couple more leads. She has a list of places to go all week. She is finishing her community service by Friday and we will go together to turn all her paperwork into the court. She is picking up two of her W2's this week and getting all her tax info together for us. She is calling her bank tomorrow to make sure her accout is still open and is going to minutemen at 5am tomorrow. </p><p></p><p>If she follows through on all her assignments this week I will be happy. She really does need help in learning how to organize her life. I tend to judge her based on my own experiences and that isn't fair. She is far more limited in her abilities and we have known that for years. All we can do is try to guide her and hope some of it sticks.</p><p></p><p>She sent a text a few minutes ago to husband and me thanking us for all we are doing to help her get straightened out and promising to make a real effort. We will see. Its hard to turn our backs when she is trying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 576229, member: 59"] Susiestar you are right in everything you say. She did come over today with her paperwork. We agreed to give her the $60 to pay off the bank overdraft. She owed $86 but called the collector and they agreed to accept 70%. I took her to get a money order. She paid all of her January rent from her last paycheck so she is up to date. The one big bill for $1000 is made up of many months of late charges and interest. husband is calling the collector tomorrow to try and straighten it out and see if he can work out a settlement (it's his business and hes good at it so hopefully he can.) If that works out she will be put on a payment plan to reimburse us. Yes I know it's risky but honestly she does not have the skills she needs to do these things and needs help. I think a credit counselor is a good idea. I'm also going to look into some kind of life skills training for her. We made a list together of all the things she has to do this week. She had two job interviews today and a couple more leads. She has a list of places to go all week. She is finishing her community service by Friday and we will go together to turn all her paperwork into the court. She is picking up two of her W2's this week and getting all her tax info together for us. She is calling her bank tomorrow to make sure her accout is still open and is going to minutemen at 5am tomorrow. If she follows through on all her assignments this week I will be happy. She really does need help in learning how to organize her life. I tend to judge her based on my own experiences and that isn't fair. She is far more limited in her abilities and we have known that for years. All we can do is try to guide her and hope some of it sticks. She sent a text a few minutes ago to husband and me thanking us for all we are doing to help her get straightened out and promising to make a real effort. We will see. Its hard to turn our backs when she is trying. [/QUOTE]
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