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Background: BIL#1 was in a car accident a couple of weeks ago. He suffered a bonk to the head (no head injury though) and hurt his right(?) arm (he's suffered soft tissue damage and is in physcial therapy, but he's worried that he might not be able to go back to his job as a truck driver if his arm is too damaged). He totaled his car. It was a Smart Car, he hit a patch of black ice, and ran into a telephone pole (the airbag never deployed).
So I get up from my nap, wondering what we're having for dinner, and Mr. Rum is sitting on the couch, looking a little stunned, and I'm like "What?"
He said, "My family's imploded!"
I'm like, "What?"
Then he tells me this story:
He first got a call from his Mom (my MIL). BIL#1 had called MIL & FIL and said that he'd like to come down with K3 (his youngest of 2 daughters, K2 is Child Rum, for those playing at home, all granddaughters have K names). The In-Laws thought it was odd that BIL#1 was coming down to visit and bring one of his daughters down because he never just comes down just to visit. So FIL calls BIL#1 back and asks what is up. Come to find out, BIL#1 wanted to borrow $5,000 to keep him & his family afloat for the next couple of months until February, 2010. (He claimed it was mainly for mortgage payments). MIL & FIL both turned him down. They explained to him that they had no liquid cash on them as they are fixing up their other house so they can put it on the market and sell it. Because they couldn't, or wouldn't, let BIL#1 borrow $5,000 from them, BIL#1 is now threatening to keep his 2 daughters away from them for an indefinite amount of time.
As soon as Mr. Rum got off the phone with his Mom, BIL#2 (the youngest brother) called! According to BIL#2, after some thinking, BIL#1 decided he "only needed" $3,000. BIL#2 and his wife are loaning BIL#1 the $3,000. They said that if it had only been BIL#1 and his wife, they wouldn't have, but because they are worried about the 2 kids having a roof over their heads, they were willing to part with the $3,000 (BIL#1 promised to pay them back with his tax refund).
Now, I'm happy that Mr. Rum didn't go to BIL#1's house on Saturday night. BIL#1 never ever invites Mr. Rum over for anything, and yet, he kept calling to see if Mr. Rum was going to come over to his house for the UFC show he bought on Pay-Per-View! I'm sure now, BIL#1 was going to hit Mr. Rum up for the cash.
Why do all these exciting things happen when I take a nap?
So I get up from my nap, wondering what we're having for dinner, and Mr. Rum is sitting on the couch, looking a little stunned, and I'm like "What?"
He said, "My family's imploded!"
I'm like, "What?"
Then he tells me this story:
He first got a call from his Mom (my MIL). BIL#1 had called MIL & FIL and said that he'd like to come down with K3 (his youngest of 2 daughters, K2 is Child Rum, for those playing at home, all granddaughters have K names). The In-Laws thought it was odd that BIL#1 was coming down to visit and bring one of his daughters down because he never just comes down just to visit. So FIL calls BIL#1 back and asks what is up. Come to find out, BIL#1 wanted to borrow $5,000 to keep him & his family afloat for the next couple of months until February, 2010. (He claimed it was mainly for mortgage payments). MIL & FIL both turned him down. They explained to him that they had no liquid cash on them as they are fixing up their other house so they can put it on the market and sell it. Because they couldn't, or wouldn't, let BIL#1 borrow $5,000 from them, BIL#1 is now threatening to keep his 2 daughters away from them for an indefinite amount of time.
As soon as Mr. Rum got off the phone with his Mom, BIL#2 (the youngest brother) called! According to BIL#2, after some thinking, BIL#1 decided he "only needed" $3,000. BIL#2 and his wife are loaning BIL#1 the $3,000. They said that if it had only been BIL#1 and his wife, they wouldn't have, but because they are worried about the 2 kids having a roof over their heads, they were willing to part with the $3,000 (BIL#1 promised to pay them back with his tax refund).
Now, I'm happy that Mr. Rum didn't go to BIL#1's house on Saturday night. BIL#1 never ever invites Mr. Rum over for anything, and yet, he kept calling to see if Mr. Rum was going to come over to his house for the UFC show he bought on Pay-Per-View! I'm sure now, BIL#1 was going to hit Mr. Rum up for the cash.
Why do all these exciting things happen when I take a nap?
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I AM the evil bastard!
My mom says the same about her husband of Scottish descent. Except in his old age he's become a spender.
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