Since Ma and Dad first were married 64 years ago, Ma managed the purse strings, and Dad got an allowance. Instead of working as a team, both of them have this silly “my money – your money” concept. Their system generally worked fine until about 20 years ago when Ma became addicted to the phony lotteries and scam artists, and she whizzed through their savings. She blithely writes checks without having the funds to cover them. The bank happily slaps her with finance charges though they are generous in charging only $5 per bounced check instead of the $35 per check most banks charge their customers. The finance charges add up to a tidy sum per month.
A city girl, born and bred, Ma hated the town they moved to. She wants to move. She wants to move back to East Boston and into an apartment for $100 per room. She wants her rent to be $300 or $400 per month, utilities included! 
She wants to teach Dad a lesson so she issued him an ultimatum. She will no longer pay for "anything". So, Dad took her up on her challenge. He went to their bank, had his social security check removed from the direct deposit to Ma’s checking account. He went to another bank, opened up his own account and authorized his social security check to be direct deposited into the account. Yes, you can say it. It’s about #%@#@ time!
I was concerned initially he might not be able to handle the expenses, especially the property taxes which are payed quarterly.
He said he would be able to manage. "I'll do alright as long as I can hold her off."
"Her" I assumed was Ma. "What do you mean?"
"The other day she asked me to write out a check so she could send it to one of the scammers."
Altogether now,
"What happened?"
"I told her 'No!'"
I think Dad's enjoying himself. Long live the King!
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Go Dad!!!!
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