Here’s a really “uncharitable feeling” story which I’d like to share so I can do the appropriate fake sympathy
If you want a slight distraction from things, this might not be too boring
My mum is friends with a family I’m not too keen on. The father spends huge amounts of money on everything, designer everything, and had money trouble as a result. I couldn’t muster up any sympathy because he had it, he just squandered it.
At one point he dropped hints to my dad about giving him a loan (which in reality he’d never pay back). At dad’s funeral, he was dramatically “too upset” to speak to any of us properly. I appreciate funerals are upsetting but....something didn’t sit right with me, attention seeking maybe.
Anyway, he’s refused to go back to his office for several months now, insisting it’s too risky and he can do everything from home. He’s now managed to leave some Brexit paperwork to the last minute and I have a feeling he might get fired.
He’s been on the phone to mum in tears, but I’ve been puzzling all summer how he got away with never going into the office. Their requests were clear, he refused every time “because covid”. I don’t understand how he thought this was going to go....
If he loses his job he’ll be asking mum for money.