But At What Cost?......... posted 10/26/2009 3:24:31 AM | 5 kudos what's this?     report abuse

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It was a simple thing.......really.......well......it should have been.....until everybody got involved in it......that is.....a few years ago....on one of my sisters visits up here....she bought my mom this really nice oversized recliner chair.....i understand that my mom even tried it on for size before she bought it for her....mom said she wanted it so my sister paid for it.....a thousand dollar chair i heard over and over.....abit over priced i thought.......but its really nice....even paid to have it scotch-guarded.....but mom always threw a blanket over it to keep it nice...after awhile..it got to the point where my mom couldnt get in and out of it very well.....in fact....there was one time she couldnt get herself out of it and i guess it scared the hell out of her being trapped in it till my dad had to help her out...so she never sat in it again........well...last fall......my mom and dad broke up......and my mom moved down south to my sisters house.........my dad thought she would be comming back.....but shes happy down south.....so shes there to stay....so a couple of months ago.....my dad started wanting to get rid of a few things.....so he called my mom and asked her what she wanted out of the house.....she had came up last summer and packed a few things.....but my sisters house is already full of stuff and she has no room for anything else.....so my dad asks my mom about this chair.....says it takes up too much room in the living room.....so my mom calls me one day and asks me if i wanted it......the answer was yes......its just perfect for my house......and she knows ive always wanted it.....but i know how these things work.....ive seen it before......so i ask my mom to ask my sister if it would be ok first.......my sister says its fine......and my dad says come and get it......well....a couple of weeks ago......just before im about to go to my dads and get it.....i get a call from my brother saying that hes comming after the chair.....seems his wife wants it and she talked to my sister and she said she could have it.....i told my brother that i had talked to dad and mom and my sister first about it.....and they all said i could come and get it.....and besides...my brother has a small living room and it wont fit.....but he said that my sister had changed her mind.....and gave it to his wife......but i told him it wasnt our sisters to give.....it was my moms chair.......and she wanted me to have it......still with me here?........sure.....i was upset......but i told my brother to hell with him......just come and get the damned chair.......so he comes and gets it......last week my mom found out about all of this and she called me and told me that this wasnt right......that it was her chair and she was giving it to me......i told her the whole story......and i also told her not to get involved in it......that her chair was at my brothers house now......and its over with......screw it.......so last week.....i get a call from my brother......seems the chair takes up too much room and he asks if i wanted it......i told him that this whole thing was bullshit.....and that yes.....i still wanted the chair......but that i wanted him to ask our sister and his wife first......if i come after the chair its going to be mine.......seems his wife ran into the chair in the dark and slammed her foot into it....forgetting it was there......and i guess that before he called me....he called my sister to make sure it would be ok for me to have it.....and i guess it was.....so last sunday...i was up at my dads early.....and my brother brought back the chair.......my dad told me to get the chair loaded into my car....before somebody changed their minds again,......so its at my house now....and its nice.......but at what cost.......im not sure yet......im still sort of pissed off about the whole thing......im thinking im gonna be leaving a few members of my family alone for awhile.....while i try and sort this all out in my head......all of this for a damned chair......was it worth it........time will tell.........cookie

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