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Now that the work drama is over we're moving on.    Today DH and I were going over car insurance since we've added a new car and some paperwork needed to be completed.  We have two forms that need to be turned in, a uninsured motorist form and a Steer Clear which is a teenage driver discount.   The steer clear invovles having an App on your phone that monitors your driving habits.   Once completed you get a certficiate.   The app was on SS phone but he switched phones half way through the processs.    Needless to say, the insurance company now needs the completed certficiate in order to apply the discount or something.  I was getting going to run the other form over to the insurance company and asked about this certficate.  DH said he had texted his son, his son is currently with his mother and not here, but hasn't heard back from him.   DH said well if he doesn't have it I will just let his mother know and she can pay the difference.   SD who was waiting for a ride to her mother's said "what you're having mom pay for everything now that she has money."   DH stated that it was their deal with the divorce and since SS is 17, the rules still apply. DM is supposed to cover any expenses beyond basics.  SD got really snotty and kept saying now that mom has money she pays for everything.   These kids are going to be so screwed if she loses her job again and has no money.   DH paid for a lot of things in the three years that SS has been with us.  We have covered the car insurance, any expenses with school, any medical expenses not covered by insurance which I carry and so on.    Its time for mom to do her share.   I don't think either kid (even though SD is a young adult she acts very young) realizes what things cost.   DH reminded me that about three years ago as we were watching a news story about a three year old who racked up 10 thousand dollars worth of debt on a gaming site that his son did the same thing,  um three years ago your son was 14 and should've known better.   Luckily he only did 300 but wiped out his dad , thank god our accounts were not combined.  

His son has had mom buy a car that was overpriced and now she is buying another car for herself so she can give her car to her daughter if and when she is able to take the driving test to get a license.  Which will now be in California where she previously had refuesed to drive.     

Well at least SD is over at her mom's today and may stay there if she's mad enough at her dad.  I've noticed the more she spends with her mother the more bitchier she gets towards her dad.   Should be a interesting two  months.  They'll leave for California at the end of January.  

 

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Winterglow's picture

"No, my dear, now that she has money, she can finally pay for the things she agreed to pay for in the court order."

Whether or not she'll connect the dots about who was paying it before she had money is anybody's guess. 

CLove's picture

The money comments always kind of steam me up.

SD is such an entitled-sounding brat. Id have a hard time keeping my thoughts to myself. Luckily Feral Forger never did get her drivers license so this has not come up.

TwoOfUs's picture

Yeah. I always hated money comments coming from skids as well...even when they were likely innocent.

Their mom was a money-grubber and my DH was building his business and not making much...so WAY too much of their cost of care fell on me.

YSD had this weird way of commenting every time I bought something new...like a new blouse or shoes for work. She'd raise her eyebrows and say: "Oooh. Nice [whatever] TwoOfUs! Is it new?!" 

I was probably being hyper sensitive, but it always sounded semi-accusatory to me. Like...Ooohh. That must have cost a lot. YSD was girly and into fashion...so it was likely a genuine question / compliment and a desire to connect...but it drove me up the wall.

There was another time when she told me she'd had a dream and I was walking around with a big wheelbarrow full of money and then her mom came up to me and said: "Hey! I want some of that money!" This was when she was maybe 14? 

Gave me the chills. I'm not your free ride, BM and skids!!