posted on Nov, 22 2023 @ 03:30 AM
I have a side of my family I just don't associate with and haven't seen them for about 20 years. The reason for this is because they're thieves and
liars. They'll try to talk you out of anything if they think they can. "Sketchy" doesn't even begin to describe these folks.
For instance, my Dad died about 20 years ago and had a garage full of tools he'd bought over the years. This bunch, ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL
told my Mom she should just let them have all that because she won't need them anymore. They didn't need them, they would just sell them for
whatever they could get. It's what they do and things sometimes just disappear when they're around. My main rule when they were around is just lock
everything up. I warned my wife before the funeral, leave your purse in the car and lock it. I saw 2 of them walk past the car a couple of times,
looking in and trying the handle. I bluntly told them "It's locked, you can't steal anything".
Needless to say, we don't get along, so imagine my surprise when at about 7:30 last night I get a call from one of them. I have no idea how he got my
number.
I'm instantly on guard and when he started asking "how ya doin' haven't seen you in a long time" I knew something was up. I just told him "I'm
fine, what do you want because I know you're not calling just to see how I'm doing". He starts giving me this sob story about how he's behind on
his car and house payments, going to lose everything and needs money. He'd heard through the family grapevine that I'm doing alright, had a good
retirement account and wondered how much I could pull out at one time. I flat out told him "No, I'm not doing that". The sob story continues and
goes on to tell me his wife is sick and medical bills have taken all their money.
She's not - I checked.
I'm thinking he's going to hit me up for a couple of thousand, but he's thinking big. He says $25,000 will give him some breathing room and he'll
pay me back "as soon as I can". I told him "You can't pay your bills now, much less have enough to pay me back". Then he starts in on "We're
family, we're supposed to help each other blahblahblah ". I just told him "No, not happening, find someone else to scam" and hung up.
Even though they all know how these people are, an hour later I hear from my Mom that the grapevine now says I'm a greedy, money grubbing tight ass
that won't help family.
smh.