The sister
Feb. 15th, 2011 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javacatDear Sister,
Thank you for your Valentine's Day ecard.
I don't know why you think that your sending me an ecard would make me too stupid with filial love to notice your sentence about negotiating to rent my friend's Stinson Beach cottage for the month of October for $1,400. I don't know why you think that I might have forgotten that you owe me tens of thousands of dollars, and that you periodically inform me that you might not be able to pay me this summer because you will be broke. And no, renting a cottage on Stinson Beach isn't "just like college!"
Ah sigh, there's the sister I know: a looonnnnnnggggg recriminatory reply email filled with accusations back to me.
Dear Sister,
Let us be clear about this: Your crying, screaming tantrum in my car about a year and a half ago did indeed result in my agreeing that it would be adequate for you to pay me $500 a month towards the debt. Under no circumstances should you interpret that acquiescence as a mandate to pay me no more than $500/month. In fact, the full amount is due and payable every day as far as I'm concerned.
Your sister.
Thank you for your Valentine's Day ecard.
I don't know why you think that your sending me an ecard would make me too stupid with filial love to notice your sentence about negotiating to rent my friend's Stinson Beach cottage for the month of October for $1,400. I don't know why you think that I might have forgotten that you owe me tens of thousands of dollars, and that you periodically inform me that you might not be able to pay me this summer because you will be broke. And no, renting a cottage on Stinson Beach isn't "just like college!"
Ah sigh, there's the sister I know: a looonnnnnnggggg recriminatory reply email filled with accusations back to me.
Dear Sister,
Let us be clear about this: Your crying, screaming tantrum in my car about a year and a half ago did indeed result in my agreeing that it would be adequate for you to pay me $500 a month towards the debt. Under no circumstances should you interpret that acquiescence as a mandate to pay me no more than $500/month. In fact, the full amount is due and payable every day as far as I'm concerned.
Your sister.
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Date: 2011-02-15 06:45 pm (UTC)Does she have anyone else in her life? Who could maybe help her get help? Because this is ridiculous.
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Date: 2011-02-15 06:59 pm (UTC)Although Mom and I just met with an attorney to get a new trust written and when we are done, I think that I can let this go for myself. Sister's promissory note to me will be legally adequate for me to pay off her debt to me before she gets anything from the distribution of mom's assets.
Then I'll have to work on myselt to Let It Go.