I almost titled this one, "The Other Woman," and I was like, "Wait...that won't sound right."I am really irritated by my stepson's mother. This is Carlos' first ex-wife. I have met the woman once and I thought she was really nice. But lately, she's making me reconsider how nice she really is. She just won a lawsuit and she's moving to Florida next month with her exorbitant amount of money. Seriously, this woman won hundreds of thousands of dollars. The only problem is that Michael (hers and Carlos' son, my stepson) is going to school in Chicago.
One day out of the blue, she called Carlos and asked if Michael could stay with us. First of all, we're renting from a family friend. We don't have our own place. There's already 4 people living in one (small) house. We'd love to have Michael come live with us, but our roommate sure won't. It's his house, so I feel we must abide by his wishes. We'll try offering him more money, but frankly, there's just not enough room for another person. My husband Carlos explained our situation to Michael's mother. And this is what she said, word for word:
"Can you just take him so I can go on with my life?"
Wow. If I heard my mother say that about me, I would be crushed. Poor Michael. Not only can he not stay with us, but his mother is juggling him around
her relatives to find him a place to stay. It looks like he's going to stay with his aunt (whom he also works for at her restaurant) where he'll have to pay $300 a month. I'm all for teaching young adults responsibility, but $300? For family? Especially when he already works for you AND is going to Chicago full-time for school? I think that's too much!
So I've been looking for 3-bedroom apartments for the 4 of us. I've been wanting my own place for so long and I know Michael would rather stay with us than his aunt. Another thing that irritates me is that she's complicating the situation! She has so much money, but she's unwilling to give her son money so he can have a place to stay. She could even give Carlos money and say, "Look, here's some money for Michael's living expenses if you decide to get a new apartment." That would allow her to go on with her life
so much quicker.
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Wow... what a bitch. What is it about people who suddenly get large amounts of money and as a result get extremely selfish? Why do people just abandon their children, family, significant others like that? So sad.
Hopefully something will work out so he can stay with you guys. How old is he?
@BohemianLamb@xanga - LOL, my husband would agree with you. It's extremely sad that she turned out to be a hoarder with her money. It's not like she slaved away for it!
My stepson is 18.
That woman seems selfish, greedy and possesses no conscience. Granted, yes, I'm in no position to make unfair superficial judgments... but I don't know... not even a cent? It IS her son. Her flesh and blood, damnit.
@Southeast_Beauty@xanga - I feel like I'm being more of a mother for Michael than she is.
Wow, I would be crushed if my parents said something like that about me, too. I fell so bad for poor Michael, damn.
I think it's way too much to make him work for you, while he's a full time student, and make him pay $300 for rent. That's fucked to hell and bad, pardon my "french."
I hope you guys are able to get your own place, for everyone's sake.
&make that bitch give a little to Michael, jeez.
@NOTdaGRLnextDR@xanga - I think Michael's sad about the whole thing. Not only is his family moving away, but his mom just wants to dump him on whoever'll take him.
That totally sucks. I hope something works out for all of you!
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - Thanks! I've been scouring the paper and I've found a lot of places within our price range and location. We're going to check them out, hopefully this weekend!
@RoAngie467 - That is awesome! I love when things are looking up!