My mom sent this to me.
Dear Abby:
My husband has delusions of grandeur and a long record of money problems.
He thinks he's a financial whiz-kid, but he's run a bunch of businesses into
the ground, and he runs up huge credit card bills and at the end of the
month. If I complain he tells me to relax and believe--it's all under
control; all we have to do is pay the minimum and let our kids worry about
the rest. But it's already so bad that we can hardly keep up with the
interest payments.
Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of
them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has
been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more.
Also, he has gotten religion in a big way, although I don't quite understand
it. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say
the Pope is the Antichrist. And now he has taken to parading around in
military uniforms and cowboy boots. I hate to think what it all means.
Finally, the last straw: He's demanding that before anyone can be in the
same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy!
Can you help?
Signed, Lost in DC
Dear Lost:
Stop whining, Laura. You can divorce the s.o.b. any time you want. The
rest of us are stuck with him for the next four years.
My husband has delusions of grandeur and a long record of money problems.
He thinks he's a financial whiz-kid, but he's run a bunch of businesses into
the ground, and he runs up huge credit card bills and at the end of the
month. If I complain he tells me to relax and believe--it's all under
control; all we have to do is pay the minimum and let our kids worry about
the rest. But it's already so bad that we can hardly keep up with the
interest payments.
Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of
them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has
been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more.
Also, he has gotten religion in a big way, although I don't quite understand
it. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say
the Pope is the Antichrist. And now he has taken to parading around in
military uniforms and cowboy boots. I hate to think what it all means.
Finally, the last straw: He's demanding that before anyone can be in the
same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy!
Can you help?
Signed, Lost in DC
Dear Lost:
Stop whining, Laura. You can divorce the s.o.b. any time you want. The
rest of us are stuck with him for the next four years.