Restraining myself from saying "I told you so"

Some of you may recall my mentioning neighbors who had packed up their young family and moved from California to Tennesee basicly on a whim.  My husband and I thought they were crazy.  They sold most of what they could sell, bailed on paying the rent, and broke their lease.  Two adults and four kids (two just babies) in a packed out van with bad tires and a on it's last legs A/C.  I tried to tell these folks that this was a bad plan, they wouldn't have any place to stay really upon getting to Tenn. just a vague idea of where an apartment could be, they were leaving at the worst time of year to across the high desert just to land in a hot and humid climate (July - hot and humid and throw some thundar and lightening storms on top of that) and on top of that no job lined up.

They left on a Saturday and we got an email from them a week later saying that they had made it to LA.  The husband's mother lives down there and I was hoping that that was as far as they would go but no such luck.  About two weeks after we got another email saying they had made it to Tenn and would keep in touch, I was still crossing my fingers.  So much to our unsurprise we get another email about 2 weeks ago saying that they were back.  The wife (who started this madness and I fault the husband too cuz he should have stood up to his wife told her that she was full of crap) was sick the whole time they were back there (three weeks) and didn't like the weather.  They were staying with family but today they get kicked out and will be reduced to living in that van.

The wife called me yesterday and asked if her two oldest girls could spend the night (I'm thinking they might be here the whole weekend) and I said OK, I just couldn't turn them down.

What a freakin' mess!

Josie

I`ll be surprised if you don`t get to keep them for longer than the weekend..

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I hope not.  The property manager is a really nice lady and would take pity on them and give them back their apartment if they groveled enough...the apartment is still empty.

The kids aren't in school.  My kids started on the 25th of August.

They bailed on the rent with the Landlord..LOL!!

They`re going to have to do a lot of groveling to pull that one off..LOL!!

          Your right what a mess..

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Keep restraining, Jonesy. The first couple of years we were married we made a couple of stupid, impulsive moves but we are forever grateful for those who helped us recover without a lot of humiliation. You didn't mention the age of these folks when this started but I'll guarantee they are ten yrs older now.

I think you're right about the ten years older part.  The wife sounded oh so tired when I talked to her yesterday.  I don't know how her husband is doing.  They're both in their mid 20's.

That's very kind of you to let the kids stay with you!

next time send them north with an igloo construction manual.........

Don't forget the Aesop story about the man who found the wounded snake on the road. He felt sorry for him, so he took the snake home and set him by the warm fireplace and gave him food and antibiotics. Patched up his wounds, etc., etc.

But when the snake got better, he bit the man.

Jonesy, just to let you know....some people come to expect more than what you are willing to give. And when they don't get everything they want they will bite you.

Not to mention, this could really put you in a bad light with the landlord for aiding and abetting wrongdoers.

If a guest gives your address as their address and they are staying with you......you may end up having a legal issue to get them to leave.

So noted Cameo.  No way would I let them all stay with me.  The wife is vasely immature and her husband doesn't have a spine to say no to her whims (she beat any kind of backbone out of him long ago (defines the meaning of "nag") or maybe her stuff is just that good ).  Anywhoo, I don't know what they're gonna do but I'm especially worried about the school age kids they have not being in school.  At least in school they would have a little bit of stability and normalcy. 

Update:

The kids didn't show up.  The apartment manager came by and hubby went out to talk to her.  Mentioned that we had been talking to the couple who left so abruptly.  The manager said that they had just called asking for their old apartment back and promising to pay all the arrears.  The manager ain't going for it because of how they left with out notice or paying rent and the sorry state they left the apartment in.  Didn't clean it, partially painted walls (picture painting around a bed and not behind it) and somehow broke and took out a doorframe from one of the bedrooms.   We warned them not to burn any bridges.

In any event...it was nice of you to have helped.  Not sure I would have been that charitable considering they were trying to defraud the landlord out of the rent and then want back IN?  Um...no.

I dont think they are gone though.  They found a softy in you and I spect theyll be back.

somehow broke and took out a doorframe from one of the bedrooms.   We warned them not to burn any bridges.

You should always bring a door frame with you,from the last place you lived in..

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They didn't take it with them.  The doorframe was left close to a huge garbage container.  I wondered what it was doing there until hubby told me who placed it there and why - something about someone kicking in a door.  I can't figure out how they did it.

Josie..

         Must be an old door frame..

        I just moved..I tried to open a locked back door..(I thought it was just stuck..LOL!!)..

        I ripped the door frame off the wall,trying to open a locked door..LOL!!..

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And they never thought to "mention" that the door frame came off?

They didn't say Jack Benny to the apartment manager, they just left.