Hun, when he borrowed the money it was a condition that he work it off. We had already talked to him about doing the tile work, anyway. This was an "advance." Every time we talked to him about coming to do it, he'd have some excuse. There were times he'd say, "Ok, we're coming over. I'm doing the tile, can "she" and the kids go swimming?" Of course, I'd say "whoopee! Yes!" Anywhere from an hour or two after they were supposed to get here, we'd get a call... "I can't make it. Something else came up." This has been going on for almost a year!
Recently, his truck got repossesed. That doesn't happen to a financially responsible person. To keep his credit from becoming completely nill, he came to his dad and asked for help. That time, he was given $1800! And I mean... we had to have it johnny on the spot, too!! My son told me that his wife was beside herself with anger because the money wasn't readily available. Well, sorry! It had to be withdrawn from investment accounts! JEEEEZ!! Oh, and I didn't mention... I gave him my own 91 Pontiac, which left me without a car, as a trade in for that truck!! The "little miss" called it HER truck, while all the time we helped him get it so he could have something reliable for HIS work! Guess what? He's still driving the junker that he has to hot wire to get started! Oh, hell!! That's a whole 'nother story.
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Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.