Parentals
Today my parents called me to see how I was doing in school. I had a look on UMSL's MyGateway website, and was pleased to learn that I passed both of my classes, just barely!Then came the kicker: my mom wanted to buy me a small house in the Brentwood area. She said that I would pay the same what I pay now, just instead of paying a landlord for rent, I'd pay her. I'd pay electricity, water and phone by myself like I do currently. Sounded like a decent bargain, if only a bit awkward. My mom as my new landlord?
Of course, things always seem to turn sour when I brought up the fact that I wanted to quickly email Karen and let her know of what Mom offered, to see what Karen thought of it basically. Mom complained about how I have to talk to her about everything. Well gee, let's see here. Karen is family after all, even if Mom does not want to talk to her, in effect, estrange her. That and Karen has a vested interest in what I do, and we email each other all the time. Then Mom started to change her mind because of this, saying I make things so complicated. So she huffed and puffed and scoffed like she does when things don't go her way, and gave up on the idea. Such unnecessary drama.
This sweet offer came with too many strings attached. No Deal, Howie!
posted by Erik @ 3:02 PM
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