My middle brother, Mike, has been involved with this awful woman for about 8 years. She sleeps with any man, who will give her money and/or buy her things. (They have a name for women like that.) Mike's kids are living with my parents, because she doesn't want anything to do with them, yet she expects Mike to take care of HER kids. He never gives my parents any money, toward the kids' keep, yet he buys dirt bikes and quadrunners for hers.
She has a good-paying job but Mike pays her mortgage, space rent, utilities, etc. On top of that, he's bought her two trucks, during the past year. Usually, Mike gives her the money, to pay the bills. Usually, she blows the money and doesn't pay the bills. This happened, this week.
Last night, they got into a fight about it and Mike tried to commit suicide. Thank goodness, he is a bad shot. He spent the night, in a mental hospital. The hospital is cutting him loose, tomorrow and he is moving in with my parents. My dad had me drive him over to the w***e's house, to pick up Mike's truck and clothes. Sure enough, some man was there with her.
Now, Mike is no angel - he'll jump a snake, if someone will hold its head and he regularly cruises Tucson's strip and picks up hookers. This is getting totally out of hand, though. She and Mike have split up before, when she finds a new sucker. When those fall through or she sucks them dry, she shakes her big, fat @$$ under Mike's nose and he runs back, like the hound dog that he is.
If it weren't for the kids, I'd say let those two have at each other. Mike's ex-wife is a crackhead (he can pick 'em, huh?) and my parents are the only ones, to take the kids. However, its getting to be a bit much for my dad. He is 76 years old, taking care of all of Mom's care, doing most of the housework and running his business.
Bill and I are getting very worried about him. Pop's in good shape but everybody has limits. Mike is never going to take responsibility, for the kids as long as my parents are around to take them in. My parents don't want to just dump the kids on Mike and wash their hands. That would be tantamount to putting two girls, 12 and 13, on the streets. Mike's 16-year-old son is in high school and has a job. He's no problem for my parents. My dad lets AJ drive his truck to work but AJ buys the gas, as well as his own clothes and school supplies.
HOW do you knock sense, into a 40-year-old man, whose brains are in his briefs? If anything happens to my dad, before the youngest one turns 18, Mike is in for a big shock. Bill and I are NOT going to take the kids, my oldest brother certainly won't and my youngest brother is living in his van.
Bill and I will have our hands full, seeing that Mom is taken care of. Pops is leaving everything in my hands. He knows that I won't stick Mom in a dump of a nursing home and forget about her.
I am almost sorry that Mike didn't succeed, last night. At least, the Social Security survivors' benefits would have helped my parents out. They're doing OK, for now but if Mom has another major health problem, things will tighten up again.
She has a good-paying job but Mike pays her mortgage, space rent, utilities, etc. On top of that, he's bought her two trucks, during the past year. Usually, Mike gives her the money, to pay the bills. Usually, she blows the money and doesn't pay the bills. This happened, this week.
Last night, they got into a fight about it and Mike tried to commit suicide. Thank goodness, he is a bad shot. He spent the night, in a mental hospital. The hospital is cutting him loose, tomorrow and he is moving in with my parents. My dad had me drive him over to the w***e's house, to pick up Mike's truck and clothes. Sure enough, some man was there with her.
Now, Mike is no angel - he'll jump a snake, if someone will hold its head and he regularly cruises Tucson's strip and picks up hookers. This is getting totally out of hand, though. She and Mike have split up before, when she finds a new sucker. When those fall through or she sucks them dry, she shakes her big, fat @$$ under Mike's nose and he runs back, like the hound dog that he is.
If it weren't for the kids, I'd say let those two have at each other. Mike's ex-wife is a crackhead (he can pick 'em, huh?) and my parents are the only ones, to take the kids. However, its getting to be a bit much for my dad. He is 76 years old, taking care of all of Mom's care, doing most of the housework and running his business.
Bill and I are getting very worried about him. Pop's in good shape but everybody has limits. Mike is never going to take responsibility, for the kids as long as my parents are around to take them in. My parents don't want to just dump the kids on Mike and wash their hands. That would be tantamount to putting two girls, 12 and 13, on the streets. Mike's 16-year-old son is in high school and has a job. He's no problem for my parents. My dad lets AJ drive his truck to work but AJ buys the gas, as well as his own clothes and school supplies.
HOW do you knock sense, into a 40-year-old man, whose brains are in his briefs? If anything happens to my dad, before the youngest one turns 18, Mike is in for a big shock. Bill and I are NOT going to take the kids, my oldest brother certainly won't and my youngest brother is living in his van.
Bill and I will have our hands full, seeing that Mom is taken care of. Pops is leaving everything in my hands. He knows that I won't stick Mom in a dump of a nursing home and forget about her.
I am almost sorry that Mike didn't succeed, last night. At least, the Social Security survivors' benefits would have helped my parents out. They're doing OK, for now but if Mom has another major health problem, things will tighten up again.
