Just ever stressed as I feel like I'm spinnin' my wheels and gettin' no where. Called a couple of attorneys this week too. Needed to see if I got a case against the ex for the money she owes me. So far the answer is no.
In Texas, I'm told, it's a bitch to get people to pay up when they owe you anything, plus I've got no written agreement, and it's unlikely an attorney would do much for me with my $0 to spend on him. This girl screwed me over and she knew what she was doin'.
Things are lookin' rosy for your friendly neighborhood Texas Devil.
So what can you get outta all this mess? A few lessons I hope.
1.) If you lend somebody some money, get it in writin'.
I'll forget 5 or 10 bucks between friends but if I loan you $200, I expect to get it back so you better expect to sign some paperwork. You don't need much just sumthin' that says you loaned Fred $200 and that he's gonna pay you twenty bucks a week for ten weeks or however you wanna get your money back.
2.) It's never too early to save money.
You can get a job at sixteen you should be able to start savin' at sixteen too. Parents don't let your kids touch it til they can handle it. Kids you won't really be able to handle it til your thirty. In the mean time save as much as you can for retirement. You might miss a party here or there but your wrinkley behind is gonna be livin' it up when your kids move out. I know it seems pointless to save money you could be spendin' on Bieber tickets or a new pair video game but when your ass is bein' abused in a nursin' home your gonna be sorry.
3.) Credit cards are evil.
They allow a guy that makes twenty-five grand a year to live like he makes forty grand. That guy'll never pay it off but he's gonna have to bust his ass to if he wants a house or kids or a car. One or two is okay to have for an emergency like a flat tire in the middle of nowhere or a trip to the hospital, not new shoes. Really credit cards are legalized loan sharks only instead of breakin' your leg for six to eight weeks they'll take your house, car, and maybe even lead to divorce and the loss of your kids. They should be illegal.
4.) Never completely trust anybody.
You should always be lookin' for the angles. Always look for what it is people are really wantin' from you. I had a woman I thought I was in love with and I trusted her enough to hand her a credit card and say do what you like. That was foolish. Now I'm payin' for it.
I'm not sayin' never be in a relationship or never trust someone to the extent that they've proven themselves. You can't do everything alone. Your gonna have to trust people here and there but you don't have to include anyone on everything. People are always gonna lie to you and there are always gonna be times when you aren't gonna know it. Most are lil white lies.
"I'm sick, can't come in to work"
"Isn't that band you like in town?"
"What? Nooooo."
Point is he doesn't wanna come in to work, okay find somebody to cover his shift. Not a big deal but you coulda just told the truth on that. People lie all the time. They lie for all different reasons and the reasons usually aren't very good.
Sometimes it's the lie you can't see that's the most devastating. Lemme tell you a story...
Years ago, when I was too young to remember, I had two cousins. Ricky and Jesse. Two young Mexican guys, just average kinda guys that enjoyed a good joke and didn't like school all that much. Like I said I was too young to really get to know 'em. I mighta been one or two.
Well one afternoon these guys get a call from a friend and he says "Hey guy I need a ride." The brothers know this guy and they aren't doin' anything anyway so they go pick him up. Maybe they figure on goin' to a club or sumthin' later. They go pick up the kid and start goin' wherever. I'm sure it's all jokin' and laughin'. "And then this dumbass goes and..." "Remember that time that you..." and so on.
Then the friend gets hungry and says "Hey, let's head over to that Jack in the Box im starvin'." The brothers agree and they go through the drive-through. "Well, hey let's stop and eat in the parking lot. I hate eatin' when your ass is goin' for every pot hole in the road. Get more of my burger on my shirt than in my mouth." Everybody laughs and they pull into a parking spot.
While they're eatin' the boys are distracted and not lookin' for anybody or anything outside the car. So, when knives appear they are anything but ready. One blade slips out and stabs one brother and another from outside the car stabs the other. They get out of the car and try to make it in the restaurant for protection. Before they can a manager has locked the doors to protect his customers. Despite protests from customers inside, he won't open the doors. The two boys fight it as long as they can but eventually bleed to death in the parking lot of a Houston Jack in the Box.
This "friend" of my cousins and his dad set the boys up and stabbed my cousins to death. What was all this over? I couldn't tell you. It's not talked about much anymore. It happened well over twenty years ago.
Everyone lies to you but you better be able to see the why's of it all.
You go around trustin' people too lightly and you could wind up like me or worse yet like my cousins.
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