Who does that to their own grandchild? The same kind of person who disregarded their own children would be my answer.
I can't really get into the fray because I have tons of hard feelings toward him and I wouldn't be able to focus on this latest episode. I know, the judgmental people reading this will say, 'But, aren't you a Christian? Shouldn't you have forgiven him and be forgiving yet again?' The answer to that would be yes. I should have forgiven him and I am supposed to forgive him again. When I tried to pray for him I couldn't come up with any good words. I held to the scripture where we are told that the Holy Spirit prays for us. I tried. I've tried to forgive what he has done to my children. But it makes me sick to be in the same room with him. I'm not perfect - not even close. I am a very very very flawed person. 'Vengence is mine says the Lord' and I hold on to that. Probably tighter than I should. As a matter of fact, I should probably go study that verse. I'm probably misinterpreting it just like the 'don't judge' people misinterpret their go-to verse.
Anyway, if anyone has any idea on how to handle this situation please feel free to get with me. If you are thinking that Terry was just misunderstanding the deal . . . well, the discussions he had with his children would say otherwise. They all told him what the deal was before it even happened. So he can't squirm out of this one.
I asked my son if he was going to do anything and he said he didn't know what he could do. He said Wy shouldn't have made the trade.
After the trade was made and Terry and his wife had left Wyatt and I tried saying that it didn't matter. That was on Terry for being such a bad person. Wy would just enjoy the jeep. Well, we went to get it inspected yesterday and it is $800 for an exhaust manifold. This 18-year-old wasn't expecting something like that. He traded a truck that he had done a tuneup and an oil change on. He had installed a new front window. There wasn't anything that needed to be done to his knowledge. For a jeep that he thought he was getting an extra thousand for and instead ended up with a new bill for almost $800.
But hey, Terry saved himself $1800. Did he lose his family over his latest escapade? Who knows. Only time will tell.
Wy and I were talking about how cool it is to be driving around in his great-grandmother's Jeep. The Jeep has been through Norma, Robbin, Lindsay, and Terry and now it is being driven by Wyatt. Pretty cool. Maybe the rest of us can rise up and help Wyatt fix the Jeep? Cover for Terry once again?
When do you stop and say enough is enough? In the grand scheme of things, we should forget this and keep on just like we always have. But how does that help Terry to stop and realize what he is doing to himself? Was cheating your grandson over money really worth it in the long run?
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