Almost had an incident.

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Ordering from amazon, through me, is easy.  But the price adds up, and has to be paid.  She hasn't been being charged for gas, any insurance, and we have been eating out of the freezer as much as the grocery store as not.  So she... has had it easy.

Running will be slowing.  Food will have to be replaced, and else.  She... keeps double thoughts of how much she has, and some other things.  My money is not hers, and half of it isn't mine by the time I get it from bills.

First she wanted to send something back that may be needed.  No.  It will be tried.  If it doesn't work?  Okay.  She needs help, at times, and this could help.  But no ordering and returning on a whim.  Not on my account.

Then we added her bill.  For what she wants this month.  She was upset, said she couldn't pay rent?  I just said I wouldn't order her goods, then she could afford tent.  Attitude adjusted pretty much immediately.  Her rent will cover her portion of utilities (not including the extra it will cost with her here).  And a portion of domestic help when we get to that point.  So, really, she won't really be renting.

Oh no.  If she can't afford "rent" there will be problems.  It will be fixed one way or the other.  How soon she forgets.  Just last month all she had per month was fifty.  This month she'll have at least $800 after bills and a... reasonable spending spree.  She pouted that she wouldn't help with groceries.  But that's not going to fly either.  I expect two hundred from her, even if that won't cover half.

Yes, life is expensive.  Still, $500 free cash, after a reasonable first of the month splurge, food, and housing, isn't bad.  No pulling bullshit about what you will and won't pay, or bad business practices through my accounts.  I won't have it.

I did get some of what she wanted done.  A decent little grouping.  But had to stop.  Blogging as I prepare to sleep and rest as I can do whichever.  Little to no work else today, probably.

No.  It's all good.  I just have to... clarify a few if's, and's, but's, and consequences.  I can't, won't, carry the whole load.  Besides, I am buying some things (she needs) aside from what she is getting.  And, if she overspends a bit, I may help her (if not enough, or in a way, that she would prefer).

She will have to learn to live within her means.  Like the rest of us.  It's been a brutal lesson for me.

Later.