Bitch.
I'm still in touch with my ex's side of the family. I get along with (almost) everyone, and my good sister-in-law and her husband came for dinner last night, and we had a great time.
My other sister-in-law can fuck off and die. I'll call her 'Rose'.
Since my ex, D, has a large-ish family, instead of spending eleventeen gazillion dollars for Christmas gifts for everybody each year, we do the Secret Santa thing. We put everyone's name into a hat, and draw. Each person has to buy a $100 gift (or gifts totaling that much) for the person whose name they drew. Then, we all get together around Christmas time, and do the gift opening.
This year, D was stuck up north for the whole Christmas thing. He did make it into town for a brief time on Dec 14th for company business, and he was able to catch a hockey game with a co-worker, Rose and Rose's boyfriend, who I'll call Carl. Rose's kid (D's nephew) also went to the hockey game. But, D wasn't able to make it back again until this weekend, so he missed the get-together.
For the Secret Santa draw, Rose got my name, and D got Carl's name. I got another relative, 'K', who won't be featured in this particular story.
When I went to the family get-together, I brought K's gift with me. Since D hadn't been in town, and hadn't talked to me about Christmas, I figured he'd already sent something. I did ask Rose if D had sent his gift or not.
Her response, and I have THIRTEEN witnesses (including her sister), was, "No, he told me he left it with you. He said he left a hundred bucks for Carl. Did you bring it?"
I was a little taken aback. I had NO clue about it. I know he hadn't told me he'd left anything, and I didn't find any strange money lying around the house. I only had $20 on me at the time (which I needed for gas), so I couldn't give it to her then. I told her I'd call D to find out what the hell was going on. I tried calling him and texting, but he was out at an oil rig, and didn't have cell service. I told Rose I'd call D later, and figure something out.
Her response (and again, I had thirteen witnesses) was, "Yeah, if you could do that, it would be great, because I had to buy Carl's gift myself, and we're short of cash, so we really need the $100 D said he'd left with you."
I also asked her if he'd given her any money for her kid for a Christmas gift. She told me no, he hadn't given her anything.
Christmas came and went. D finally got back home, and I finally remembered to ask him about the missing money. I explained the situation, and told him that it was a little embarrassing that I was supposed to show up with all this cash that I didn't have.
D's response was, "What the fuck? I gave Carl $200 while we were at the hockey game on the 14th. $100 was my gift to him, and the other hundred was for Nephew. I gave it to him right in front of Rose, and she saw me doing it. I told HER what the money was for."
I was like, O_o
I told him to call Rose, because she told me, more than once, in front of a number of other people, that she and Carl had received NOTHING.
D did call her, and she generally called me a liar. She told him that she'd said no such thing. She told him that she'd told me that she had the money, which is utter bullshit. That's not what I and the other thirteen people heard.
When the good sister-in-law (Natalie) came to visit last night, I brought up the Christmas conversation I'd had with Rose. Both Natalie and her husband are honest people, and they backed me up. They'd heard the whole thing. Yes, Rose DID ask me for money, and she DID tell me that D hadn't given her anything (when they'd received $200 from D the week before).
I was fucking pissed. This wasn't the first time Rose had pulled such shit - she'll lie compulsively if A) she thinks two people will never communicate or share stories and B) if she can get something out of it. And, she thought she'd fuck me over for a hundred or two. She figured I'd just fork over the cash and forget to tell D the story.
D called Rose back, and told her that her sister had backed up my story, and that what she did wasn't very nice.
Later on, Rose called me, and tore ME a new asshole, telling me that if there's a 'miscommunication', that maybe I should get MY story straight and stop causing trouble. She claims she doesn't 'remember' saying any such thing (even though thirteen other people heard her lie quite clearly), and that she thinks I need to listen a bit better. I told her that thirteen other people heard her tell me I owed her $200, and that D had given her nothing. She refuses to talk to D and I at the same time, though, because she wouldn't have a leg to stand on. I told her that what happened was NOT a miscommunication, it was an outright lie on her part. I told her to come out here (or we could go to her place) so D, Rose, Carl and me could all sit down face to face to get this settled. That was when she hung up on me.
So, because I refused to let her weasel $200 out of me, and called her on her bullshit, now I'm a 'troublemaker'.
I also found out something else last night - Rose had called me four times in the two weeks before the get-together was planned (she'd drawn my name for the gift-exchange), and she kept asking me if I'd be there. She's weird, so I just told her 'yes', and got on with my day.
Apparently, from what Natalie has told me, she was trying to get out of buying me a gift. If I didn't go to the get-together, she wouldn't have to spend $100 on me.
Fucking twat.
I told D that from now on, he'll need a receipt book. Any time he gives anyone in his family money, he needs to fill out the date, the amount, who he gave it to, and what it was for. And, get a signature from the person who's taking the cash. That should cut down on the bullshit.
I fucking hate blatant liars and con artists. Bitch.
My other sister-in-law can fuck off and die. I'll call her 'Rose'.
Since my ex, D, has a large-ish family, instead of spending eleventeen gazillion dollars for Christmas gifts for everybody each year, we do the Secret Santa thing. We put everyone's name into a hat, and draw. Each person has to buy a $100 gift (or gifts totaling that much) for the person whose name they drew. Then, we all get together around Christmas time, and do the gift opening.
This year, D was stuck up north for the whole Christmas thing. He did make it into town for a brief time on Dec 14th for company business, and he was able to catch a hockey game with a co-worker, Rose and Rose's boyfriend, who I'll call Carl. Rose's kid (D's nephew) also went to the hockey game. But, D wasn't able to make it back again until this weekend, so he missed the get-together.
For the Secret Santa draw, Rose got my name, and D got Carl's name. I got another relative, 'K', who won't be featured in this particular story.
When I went to the family get-together, I brought K's gift with me. Since D hadn't been in town, and hadn't talked to me about Christmas, I figured he'd already sent something. I did ask Rose if D had sent his gift or not.
Her response, and I have THIRTEEN witnesses (including her sister), was, "No, he told me he left it with you. He said he left a hundred bucks for Carl. Did you bring it?"
I was a little taken aback. I had NO clue about it. I know he hadn't told me he'd left anything, and I didn't find any strange money lying around the house. I only had $20 on me at the time (which I needed for gas), so I couldn't give it to her then. I told her I'd call D to find out what the hell was going on. I tried calling him and texting, but he was out at an oil rig, and didn't have cell service. I told Rose I'd call D later, and figure something out.
Her response (and again, I had thirteen witnesses) was, "Yeah, if you could do that, it would be great, because I had to buy Carl's gift myself, and we're short of cash, so we really need the $100 D said he'd left with you."
I also asked her if he'd given her any money for her kid for a Christmas gift. She told me no, he hadn't given her anything.
Christmas came and went. D finally got back home, and I finally remembered to ask him about the missing money. I explained the situation, and told him that it was a little embarrassing that I was supposed to show up with all this cash that I didn't have.
D's response was, "What the fuck? I gave Carl $200 while we were at the hockey game on the 14th. $100 was my gift to him, and the other hundred was for Nephew. I gave it to him right in front of Rose, and she saw me doing it. I told HER what the money was for."
I was like, O_o
I told him to call Rose, because she told me, more than once, in front of a number of other people, that she and Carl had received NOTHING.
D did call her, and she generally called me a liar. She told him that she'd said no such thing. She told him that she'd told me that she had the money, which is utter bullshit. That's not what I and the other thirteen people heard.
When the good sister-in-law (Natalie) came to visit last night, I brought up the Christmas conversation I'd had with Rose. Both Natalie and her husband are honest people, and they backed me up. They'd heard the whole thing. Yes, Rose DID ask me for money, and she DID tell me that D hadn't given her anything (when they'd received $200 from D the week before).
I was fucking pissed. This wasn't the first time Rose had pulled such shit - she'll lie compulsively if A) she thinks two people will never communicate or share stories and B) if she can get something out of it. And, she thought she'd fuck me over for a hundred or two. She figured I'd just fork over the cash and forget to tell D the story.
D called Rose back, and told her that her sister had backed up my story, and that what she did wasn't very nice.
Later on, Rose called me, and tore ME a new asshole, telling me that if there's a 'miscommunication', that maybe I should get MY story straight and stop causing trouble. She claims she doesn't 'remember' saying any such thing (even though thirteen other people heard her lie quite clearly), and that she thinks I need to listen a bit better. I told her that thirteen other people heard her tell me I owed her $200, and that D had given her nothing. She refuses to talk to D and I at the same time, though, because she wouldn't have a leg to stand on. I told her that what happened was NOT a miscommunication, it was an outright lie on her part. I told her to come out here (or we could go to her place) so D, Rose, Carl and me could all sit down face to face to get this settled. That was when she hung up on me.
So, because I refused to let her weasel $200 out of me, and called her on her bullshit, now I'm a 'troublemaker'.
I also found out something else last night - Rose had called me four times in the two weeks before the get-together was planned (she'd drawn my name for the gift-exchange), and she kept asking me if I'd be there. She's weird, so I just told her 'yes', and got on with my day.
Apparently, from what Natalie has told me, she was trying to get out of buying me a gift. If I didn't go to the get-together, she wouldn't have to spend $100 on me.
Fucking twat.
I told D that from now on, he'll need a receipt book. Any time he gives anyone in his family money, he needs to fill out the date, the amount, who he gave it to, and what it was for. And, get a signature from the person who's taking the cash. That should cut down on the bullshit.
I fucking hate blatant liars and con artists. Bitch.