Archive for April 21st, 2001

Apr 21 2001

Give me strength (& give me coffee)

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So my mother’s jerk husband (see About Me) is AWOL, and I mean literally. He has disappeared, apparently to the wilds of Canada, which is such a small place I’m sure it will be easy to find him. He is in the Marines, and since he has failed to report for duty and has cleared out his locker, the military police are now after him. Even if they find him, they’ll throw him into the brig, and he won’t get paid. Then he’ll be dishonorably discharged, also not paid, and I think he has given up all his pension and benefits by taking off.

Where does this leave my ma? Penniless, is where. This guy is half her age and has run through all her money and has now taken off, probably to join this chic he’s been e-mailing and sending money to (my sis snooped on his computer). This is the same guy who left my mother when she was facing a mastectomy — because HE “couldn’t handle it” and then came back when he couldn’t afford to live on his own — which he admitted up front. My mother has never worked, isn’t entitled to Social Security, and is manic depressive, which is a pretty deadly financial combination. She’s going to Navy Relief on Monday and they will give her grocery and rent money and hook her up with Social Services, but dang. Where do we go from here?

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