My no-longer sister-in-law and her husband (who made me pay for my own food when helping them move) are currently in debt to me and have been for about two years. They don’t owe me a gigantic sum of money, but it’s enough money that they have been unable to pay it back and it’s been a while. I think know the reason they can’t pay me back. No self control. And their stupid. Individually they are stupid, and together they are collectively stupider.
My not sister-in-law has always been sweet. She was one of those girls that was in beauty pageants and went to the state level before losing to a bunch of better looking girls. Anyway, I’ve always had the sister fantasy that every man has, and though I was married to one of the sisters of course I fantasized about the other. I actually fantasized about her until she put on a few pounds and then started being super-stupid.
So when my former sister-in-law asked me to borrow money, I was unable to refuse. So I lent the money and only requested she pay me back (financially) as soon as she had the money. Well, that didn’t work as I’m still waiting. Since I currently pay for a service monthly from her (not that service.. I use to wish it was but more recently am glad it’s not) and she told me that I should withhold paying until we were even with the past debt, to which I happily concurred.
That lasted one month.
She really needs the money so she’s asking if she can make half-payments to me. WTF? Then she actually had the balls (nuts, cajones) to tell me that I would be making payments to myself by paying just half. How stupid can someone be? How am I making payments to myself? I don’t owe myself anything, she owes me. Her husband owes me. Hell, they should give me their first born (she’s a great niece).
My new rule is never to lend money to family. I would sooner give my money away to family or friends than lend it to them expecting a repayment.
Oh yes, I did actually think of forgiving the debt just to be nice, but the annoyance that it has brought out has made it impossible to just forget about.
