TheBanyanTree: Today's sad story

[Jeri Xiques]

That's a nice problem to have, Neeky!!


On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Don't worry, it's short.
>
> I have a substantial sum of money in an account, and I'm trying to move
> some of it in pieces to several other accounts, but the other banks aren't
> cooperating. The account I'm sending from is a credit union, and the
> accounts I'm sending to are a combination of credit unions and online
> banks, all set up for external transfers but not from the accounts where
> the money is.
>
> And then I thought, "Hey! I have actual real paying work to do here! So
> let's forget about it for today, get some fruit salad from Thursday for
> breakfast, and try doing some actual real work!
>
> Yeah, I'm gonna do that.
>
> I have multiple accounts because years ago, when I was poor and Stew was
> alive, we had all our accounts closed one day, like this: WHOOMP! We were
> at a restaurant at the time and didn't find out until we tried to pay. We
> could not pay. His accounts were closed, my accounts were closed. The
> restaurant said, "Oh, you can write a check!" as if they had figured out
> something amazing. Since I had no other option, I wrote them a check, even
> as I knew that said check would bounce, since all the cards were denied. I
> didn't know what else to do. How else would we get out of there? Once we
>  made our escape I went to my bank and they relented slightly -- they let
> me keep my business account open. One day months later I went in to the
> bank to pay off the several hundred dollars of balance due and they told
> me, "Oh, that's been paid for. Someone came in and paid it." They couldn't
> tell me who, and I never found out who the good samaritan was, though I
> have my suspicions.
>
> For 7 years, I was allowed only 1 business account. Once that seven years
> was up, I got more and more accounts, so many accounts my husband can't
> keep them straight. That's okay, as long as I can. There's always a bit of
> money somewhere
>
> I've never been good at moderation. Though I'm not a black and white
> thinker, I am a black and white responder. Someone says I can have only one
> account, I'm going to open as many as I can when I can. Someone doesn't
> show up for a meeting, it must be because they hate me. Someone blows me
> off, I never should have trusted them in the first place. Extreme responses
> when they're not called for. Used to be, anyway. Nowadays I usually don't
> much care, because these things aren't important.
>
> You know what is important?
>
> Having to keep a chart to keep track of where one's money is.
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> Monique Colver
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