In other news, a month or two after getting my mom a computer, she now wants help getting a car. Whoops, I made the mistake of letting slip that I have enough cash in the bank to buy the car that she wants, and that I was thinking about just buying it for her and having her pay me back. (joy!)
Well after talking with M I thought the better of it and decided I didn’t want to spend 12,000 given that my job is going away in 2500 herself so it would have to be in someone else’s name (both the car and the loan). I told her she should really try to get credit on her own, and I would give her 2,000 for a down payment but that I don’t trust her ability to manage her finances enough to give her a loan (that I can’t afford to lose) and didn’t want to co-sign with her for that reason.
Oh well, we’ll see what happens. I’m finding it hard to feel sorry for her, she has been on disability for like 5 years and I still haven’t figured out how she managed to get it.