If you had a spare $2500.00

[Bad bow tie]

haha going to Vegas May 1st for my buddy's stag

Lucky man. I've always wanted to go there. I may be taking a trip there this upcoming fall though with some friends if everyone can go. I imagine i will be blowing more than $2500 tho haha

 

[Vigh_J]

yeah it will be my first time there as well, Guys at work keep telling me stories so probably going to be interesting. ya 2500 wont be enough lol we want to rent some ferrari's for one of the days haha.

 

[Cartwright]

Invest or save it for a rainy day.

 

[BigDaddy13440]

File for bankruptcy, and then divorce.

 

[Vigh_J]

File for bankruptcy, and then divorce.

LMAO...have we met?

 

[BigDaddy13440]

LMAO...have we met?

Nah.... but our wives are sisters.

They're all ******* sisters, every damn one of them. And they've got a great ******* Union, too. Bust your ass to do everything you can for them, it's always "more, more, more".... until you can't. Then it's "you aren't doing anything to help, I don't need the attitude".

WTF?

I (as in ME) bought her her vehicle, I (ME) do all the work around the house, I take care of the yard, I do 90% of the laundry..... and try to put in 45-50hrs working too. Yes, she puts in exactly 38.75hrs of work a week, but sitting behind a desk???? No wonder her ass hangs over the side of the XL computer chair.... and when she gets home, time to jump on Facebook, or go shopping with her sister, or go bowling.... yes, she takes care of the kids, or at least when "Nana" isn't treating them like babies, saying "you don't have to pick that up, Nana will do it". Me, I stay out of it, everything I want them to do is "wrong".... and then I get accused of neglecting them

ME.... broke my ankle 6 1/2 weeks ago, and working for myself, have hand NO income coming in. Friends of MINE have let me borrow about $1500 to pay some bills, but does she ask any of HER family to borrow? NOOOOO... do I still spend money going out one night a week to play darts? Nooo... I gave it up 2 years ago, couldn't afford it. Gave up the bowling league I was in too. While I gave up mine, she joins a second one... and signs our daughter up for dance lessons (at $145 a month), and gets our son involved in hip-hop (another $35 a month).... and the outfits they HAVE to buy, $600 between the both of them!

In the meantime, I've traded and sold some of my golf equipment, have come out about $1300 ahead over the last five years - recently turned a $340 profit on two quick deals (before I got hurt). So, I bought something I wanted for $175, figured I was $165 ahead.... until she told me she saw that I had money in the PayPal acct, she took it out to go get the kids new jackets (son already had a nice one, daughter had 4 at the time) and some clothes for her work. Now when I tell her I need $175 to pay for the item I ordered, her and her mother throw it in my face that I'm buying golf stuff, not contributing anything towards bills? WHAT THE ****?!?!?!?

On second thought.... no, I wouldn't spend it on bankruptcy and a divorce. It'd be a LOT cheaper to buy a sniper rifle for "someone I didn't know".

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

damn man, i'd take that $2500 and leave for a few weeks! haha


at this exact moment, i would stick it in the safe to pay next months bills since my employer can't make up their ind whether i have a job to go back to in march or not. one says yes other says no and dropped some ridiculous reasons that don't even make sense... looks like i just joined the "I'm Screwed" club...

starting to think the american dream is to bust your ass to own a house and a couple cars and then loose it all...

 

[BigDaddy13440]

damn man, i'd take that $2500 and leave for a few weeks! haha


at this exact moment, i would stick it in the safe to pay next months bills since my employer can't make up their ind whether i have a job to go back to in march or not. one says yes other says no and dropped some ridiculous reasons that don't even make sense... looks like i just joined the "I'm Screwed" club...

starting to think the american dream is to bust your ass to own a house and a couple cars and then loose it all...

Worked for someone, got hurt, took the opportunity to go back to school, got my degree. Wife and I got married, had a place of our own.

Unfortunately, her sister got a divorce when she was 20, started living the "good" life while my in-laws watched her young son. He grew up with Nana and Papa letting him do anything he wants, with no repercussions for being lazy. My sister-in-law was off traveling, and kept telling my wife "come on, come with me, you'll love it"...

So we went on our first vacation with her about 6 months after we were married, blew a LOT of money in three weeks in California, even tho we stayed with their cousins. I'd had enough, it was a once every 5-6 years thing for me, time to start to save towards our future.

Got my settlement from the injury, bought a house, bought into a construction business, had fairly steady work. Wife saw we had money, and her sister wanted to go on a cruise, so she booked it. It was only 4 days, relatively inexpensive, so I said fine.

Then we had our two kids. Even with having two little ones, she still wanted to vacation with her sister. The 4-day cruises became 5 day, 7 day, 8 day and most recently 10 days. Not that WE could afford it, construction work is ALWAYS feast or famine, but (s)he would talk to her sister and hand her $700 or $1000 bucks for the next cruise, non-refundable. Obviously, trying to keep my wife happy, I'd concede. And be broke for a while afterwards.

Of course, we couldn't just do one every other year or so..... it was EVERY YEAR, and it wasn't just that... our kids are 7 and 9, and they've been to Disney in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and last year. 4-day minimum, this past year was 10 days. And it ain't cheap.

While spending all this money, bills weren't getting paid. I'd bring in $700-$1000 a week, she'd have to spend $400 for dance outfits, $150 a month for clothes for her, have to get the kids McD's or BK because she was "too tired" to clean and cook when she got home... easily $40 a week, if not $50. Bills didn't get paid, fell behind in our mortgage, by the time we were able to do anything about it, it was too late, we lost our home.

THANKFULLY, my mother-in-law said we could move in with her (((NOTE THE SARCASTIC TONE HERE!)))

Went from a 4-bedroom, 3-bath Victorian w/ a 16x44 deck to a 2-family (her sister lives upstairs), we share the downstairs w/ her mom. Had to convert a walk-in pantry to a bedroom for my son, and eliminated the dining room, making that the living room. The old living room, we put doors in the archway, that's now our bedroom. Only have ONE bathroom for 5 of us to share, and it's on the other end of the house - abso-*******-lutely wonderful, since I've been on crutches for 6+ weeks.

I've gotten into wars with my mother-in-law, been told that I'm not a good provider, and I don't treat her well enough, and that her father and her mother never thought I was good enough for her..... She doesn't like the way I treat my kids, I told her she was one to talk, as her son is an alcoholic drug-addict, serving time for the 4th time, and her other daughter is a extremely rude and disrespectful *****. Told her I didn't want my kids being raised the way they were, nor my nephew, they are all too ******* lazy and self-centered to do anything for anyone else unless it's "what are you gonna do for me?". She did sooooo much better than I'm capable of.....

And, since I'm on crutches, I haven't been able to work for 6+ weeks, either, I'm going stir-crazy sitting at home for 4-5 days in a row. Luckily, my best friend has been picking me up to watch football, and getting me drunk.

Needless to say, I've told the wife that when we get our taxes, I'm leaving ASAP, whether she and the kids come is up to her. If she does, no vacations, no dance, no bowling coming before paying the bills. She'll get an allowance to spend on whatever she wants, but that's it. I'll have an equal amount to spend on myself.

Luckily, I busted my ass doing some work for a friend, his father actually bought both our trucks and I worked off the amount. They are paid for, and since mine is a '96 and hers is a '98, we can't be forced to sell them to pay off anything.

Do I sound bitter?



Sorry for the rant, it's been building for a Long, Long time....