I’m going to go on a murderous rampage soon.
My husband works as a bodyguard for someone who has, well, an extreme amount of money. Luckily, the man is extremely generous - far more generous than most people with his fortune - and my husband is very lucky to work for him.
Unfortunately, all the generosity in the world doesn’t seem to get him competent people handling the payroll of the people who work for him. Incompetent, or couldn’t care less, take your pick, all I know is, my husband’s salary is now extremely past due. And because the man that he works for is visiting his home country (where he has an entirely other set of security), he has no idea what’s going on, and so can’t help fix things.
I’ve been able to manage on this end okay; managed to get my rent paid, and have enough food to get me through until the paycheck (which has been “on its way” for weeks now) is allegedly going to be in our account.
The big problem is, I pay child support. And my child support is now weeks overdue. I could be one of those callous deadbeat parents who says “Screw it, the ex will manage” but this is one responsibility that I take extremely seriously. Being in another country, I’m not even overly concerned about the legal ramifications of being late - I just want to pay the money that I am supposed to pay towards my children’s well-being. But because I have no money, I can’t do that yet.
The ex, for all his faults, has been extremely patient. Every time we got a new promise that the money was coming, I’d call him and pass the promise on to him. He was always understanding, knowing that I’m usually very good about this, and I have explained to him the situation.
But now, and I can’t say that I blame him, he’s getting seriously pissed off. Just got a nasty voice mail from him - the first really pissed off voice mail I think I’ve ever gotten from him on this - basically demanding that I come up with a solution by tomorrow. Of course, I don’t have one yet. Maybe the money really will be there tomorrow, as they keep promising. But if it isn’t, the proverbial shit is going to hit the fan. It’s not a question of not being able to afford it - I’m actually going to send him two months worth this time to hopefully avoid this problem in the future - it’s just a matter of getting the idiots that handle this stuff to do their jobs.
Anyway, I’m just really starting to get seriously worked up over this. If there is one thing I hate, it’s being afraid of the phone ringing. And yet, here I am, watching my cellphone ring, but not picking it up, because I know exactly who it is, and why, and I am completely at a loss as to what to say, or how to get him to believe that this isn’t at all voluntary. His parting words on my voicemail were “This is getting just #$!% ridiculous.”
For once, me and my ex agree.
At any rate, just needed to rant a little bit and get it off my chest. My husband is trying to get in touch with the man that he works for, and I know that if he does, this problem will be solved by morning. But really, if this goes on, I’m going to turn into a raving lunatic, and you’ll be hearing about me in the news.