I swear....
They will and do have the ability to drive a parent insane!
Now dont get me wrong, I love my darling daughter more than, well, more than anything. This is what parents do right?
It just kills me tho when she calls, and shes crying her little eyes out, and she says 'Everything in my life is just the pits, I dont know what I'm gonna do', and I do mean crying, like sobbing like someone has died or something.
And she does this knowing full well that I will sell my left arm and boob and whatever else needs to be sold to help her out.
This is what I do. I wasn't able to provide much for her when she was younger, so now I try to make up for it now. And for what? To continually bail her out?
So here's why she calls me bawling....Sunday her little family leaves for their vacation. And it's a combined vacation, it's their vacation and the Daisy trip. For those who dont know, Daisies are the first year of Girl Scouts.
Now, they have only known about this trip since, February. That's when they started selling cookies to help pay for the trip. My darling angel (gbaby) with her big blue eyes, and they are killer ones at that, sold her quota and then some of her cookies. Due to the fact that they decided to make this a family vacation also, they have to pay for the 2 extra that are going. Stands to reason that they would save the money up for this extra expense right? And also for the extra needed for spending money right? But nooooooooo not my kid. That would be far far to easy.
So, the trip is Sunday, their electric bill is due today. She pays part of it, then calls and tells them she will be able to pay the remaining balance in a week. They tell her no that won't work, if she doesn't pay the remaining balance by yesterday then they will turn it off. Now mind you, this is only $25, but they want their money. So she calls me, bawling, she doesn't have it, well she does but then they won't have any extra. OK, $25 at Schlitterbahn isn't going to go very far. And I have the distinct feeling that I'm being seriously played here. But I can't stand to hear her cry, so then I scramble like mad to come up with the money for her to get the bill paid, and like always send a bit extra just in case. This then depletes any little extra that I have saved up, which I will never see again, and I don't expect to either, haven't before, why should I now? This has happened way more times than I can count. I have even pawned jewelry and lost it to help them out.
I know, I know, you have to make them take responsibility and deal with it on their own. Easier said than done. Why should the gbabies have to suffer because of what their parents do? And I refuse to let them live somewhere without electricity if I can help it. But good grief Gertie, I do wish those two would grow up, and start paying their bills and saving money like they are supposed to.
And I know that if I weren't here, they would figure something out, at least I think they would, but really, who knows?
Well I'm done with my venting. I hope everyone has a super wonderful weekend!
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