W called twice today. Work forced her to burn her last day off and she said D7 wasn't feeling well and asked if she complained of a sore throat this weekend.
No, I told her. But she still has that persistent cough. She took her into the clinic.
She called back a couple of hours later. She forgot to leave money into an account that our auto insurance is pulled out of. The money was taken, overdrawing her account, and she had to come up with $140 or so to cover the withdrawel and the overdraft fee.
She was asking me for $25 and she was going to drive to get $100 from her mom and she had $6.
She said that's all she had.
I offered to transfer $150 into her account so she didn't have to get money from her mom and I'd just deduct it from the amount I give her on Friday -- payday.
She said sorry. I can't remember if I said anything after that.
I'm happy with how it went. I didn't pick at anything -- I know she hated having to make the call, she feels like I don't think she can handle finances -- and offered to help in a cheerful voice.
Now, I did "fix" things. But in this case she appeared to be looking for help and not someone "to listen."
Me: 47, Ds 17-13, D final 6-11 http://tinyurl.com/yk4e2tz http://tiny.cc/thread2 http://tinyurl.com/ydtphqu http://tinyurl.com/thread4 http://tinyurl.com/3sm78k6 http://tinyurl.com/thread6
