M “You are officially debt free from the IRS. Congratz”
I put the phone in my pocket and continued shopping at Target. About a minute later she calls from work
W “hey its me”
M “didn’t recognize the number. Where are you calling me from”
W “work. I have a question for you.”
M “Ok”
W “is there any training basis in Mississippi?”
M “yeah the army has been sending people there to train for Afghanistan for a few years now why?”
W “We have a guy who is not paying his loan just wanted to make sure he was not making up stories”
M “oh did you get my text?”
W “no what was it about?”
M “oh you are debt free from the IRS”
W “Really!! How do you know?”
M “I confirmed the payment”
W “thank you so much. That is great. I have to get back to work I’ll call you sometimes this weekend”
M “ok I’ll talk to you later”
Later on tonight she called but I was on the phone with a friend and did not answer. I called back about 30 min later and she did not answer. Then she called back from her mom’s house.
W “hey sorry my phone is charging is almost dead. I just wanted to call and thank you for the IRS payment. I will feel better when I get the letter of confirmation”
M “we won’t get those for two weeks. You are welcomed to call them if you like to confirm”
W “I believe you it’s just I will feel better when I get the letters”
M “When I get them I will scan and email to you”
W “how are you filing?”
M “head of house hold or M separate. Not sure yet”
W “I have to file M separate. Don’t take this wrong way but I am not filing M joint”
M “I wouldn’t expect you to. I did not ask you to”
W “I know I am just sure. I hope you get a big return”
M “$75 bucks. Hardly enough to fill my gas tank.”
W “well ok I gotta go taking my mom out.”
M “ok I’ll talk to you later”
Now I know on the surface this appears to be a very good convo but the tone of voice and demeanor was different than before. She was very business like and not her usual friendly self. Almost cold and distant. Not sure what to make of it, but I won’t spend much time dwelling on it.
