Flush...

Last week I open the mail to find that Jason has a warrant out for his arrest. Apparently his solution for resolving a parking ticket is to shove it into a drawer and pretend that his Invisible Superhero friend took care of it. So, this morning, under threat of JAIL he goes to pay the fine. Mind you, a $30 bill has now grown into FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY flushed dollars. When he gets home, I ask if it's all taken care of, and his answer is, "Yep. I'm no longer a fugitive....there goes my sex appeal".

You know what, tomorrow I'm going to spend a thousand dollars on candy and makeup.

Comments

[Leah G]

Girl, I am right there with you. We recently flushed away several hundred dollars on tooth SCALING that simple flossing and regular checkups would have prevented. (Just the word scaling grosses me out-like fingernails on a chalkboard.) I guess the tooth-fairy was supposed to be taking care of that job for him all along.

[ELK]

only $1000??!! I have been married 26 years and there have been many "flushes" on both sides ...sigh.

[jodie]

that same thing happened to us except the warrant letter came before we were married and I only found out about it when they took him away in handcuffs at the airport! i stood there with our three month old and a million suitcases surrounding me completely freaked out b/c they wouldn't tell me WHY he was arrested! A few phone calls and a big FLUSH of money later it was all cleared up but I still hold it over his head that his first born had to watch her daddy be taken away in handcuffs! :) and all for a freaking parking ticket!

[k]

How about we tell the government that the big bank CEO'S need warrants for their arrests because they haven't paid their 'tickets'! Better yet, let's send the government your tickets, and have them pay for it!!

[shawna]

Wow does this post hit home for me! Sometimes the flushes take all we thought we were saving, too. I just wonder how many mistakes we have to make as a young family before we finally get on top of things and stop trusting our imaginary friends to make the bills disappear... a couple more, obviously :O)

[Kal Barteski]

I LOVE YOUR HUSBAND.
Although it is a good thing that he is not married to ME because we would BOTH be in prison by now. Parking tickets - schmarking tickets.

[cathy]

Hysterical! When we lived in LA, we would just shove the tickets in the glove compartment til it wouldn't close, then we would pay them. :)

[Rochelle]

Personally, I'd kick his butt!

[Misha Pisha]

How do you get a parking ticket in San Antonio???? Brad used to have his own budget line for parking tickets because they happen ALL the time when you live at the beach. There were a few that were forgotten. Happy shopping! xx

[abi]

So, I *may or may not have* missed the cancellation warning notice for our car insurance last month amid the crazy start of the school year and taking care of a newborn. Yeah. I did get the official cancellation letter, though, complete with a cancellation fee and the bad news that we'd been uninsured drivers for the past 2 weeks!! (Thank God I didn't know that when I drove a friend into Boston the day before. I'd have been a nervous wreck!) Anyhow, John didn't yell at me or threaten divorce once. He did sentence us to a weekend of no driving until we could get insurance again on Monday. Over the weekend he shopped around for new insurance. And on Monday he called around and then did all the running to the DMV, etc. What a great guy - he could have been a total jerk to me about the wasted time and energy. And guess what? Our new policy is hundreds LESS, so we actually saved money in the long run! Woo hoo!

[Paul]

Have you ever seen the 1980s documentary "Scared Straight"? I say you should have let him go to jail to practice his non-soap dropping technique on the other inmates. Also, jason is in need of another prison tattoo.

[Ma']

"Scared straight"... that's hilarious!

With the economy tippy-toeing and barely breathing through a straw in deep water I've found myself recounting a lifetime of "flushes" and wondering if some day in the near future I'll be reminiscing over how great it was to take hot baths... or baths period... of how my mother used to wash aluminum foil and plastic bags and reuse them and "why oh why didn't I follow suit?"

The scary thing is we can all relate. That's a lot of "flushing" goin' on.

[Brooke]

Oh thats funny! I kinda want my husband to have a warrant to take care of so I can do some shopping w/o guilt!

[Rachel Brooke]

haha - maile youre a riot.
if he wasnt the same sweet guy who helped you lug around the kiddos and big ole red couch, maybe there'd be something to be reallll mad about.

[DM]

You mean they send out warrants for parking tickets? WEll, I guess I won't be going to California or Hawaii anytime soon.

[Robyn C]

Maile, do you not know the story of Jon and the first day of summer break? The kids went to Corpus to see my in-laws and Jon called me while I was out of town to let me know a officer was in my home to take him to jail or have him pay up. Yes i know how a $110 ticket can grow to over a $1000!!! If I would of been here, he would be in jail!!!

[Rachel]

Oh we can all relate...I have enjoyed all the comments too.
My hubby fills up his gas tank every 2 days; because he likes to go real fast and then slow down; no it doesn't burn more gas does it?

And the ticket thing; yeah he has gotten a few of those and then attorneys and then ended up having to pay the ticket and not to mention the attorney fees...so flush flush flush!

[misti]

That sounds exactly like something my husband would do!!!

[Brandi Sutherland]

It sounds like all men are alike; my husband waited until he had to take the bar exam and literally we spent the day visiting local court houses in Castroville, San Antonio, New Braunfels, and Austin to clear up his unpaid tickets...so much fun; I am so proud. By the way you don't know me but I have seen your work in Karen's office and I love your work!
Brandi Sutherland

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