Run the boat mostly out of gas. Load up your sister and friends and go to the gas dock, ask your sister for her credit card and proceed to top off the boat. This "may" deter this from happening again, or have a back bone and flat out tell her no.
This is a good strategy. Had a BIL offer to buy gas once, thought he was going to faint when he saw the pump. Of course this was only 45-ish gallons, but in the $6+/gal days.
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Posts: 13532 | Location: Madison, MS | Registered: December 10, 2007
You're living in S Fla. with your lovely wife. Your house is nice enough that people want to be there. You've got a big enough boat for 6 or 8 people.
Life is good, man. Pour a big marg on the rocks and go for a cruise. Crank the tunes so you can't hear the squawking. What'd you buy a boat for to begin with?
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Posts: 10981 | Location: Marietta, GA | Registered: February 10, 2009
To hangout with people I like, not a bunch of ultra—liberal orange man bad nitwits. Also, to do fun stuff with our kids and for them to have their friends over.This message has been edited. Last edited by: trapper189,
Posts: 14377 | Location: SWFL | Registered: October 10, 2007
Trust me on this ... Go ahead and be an asshole one time . Once you break that ice it gets easier and people come to expect it. The first time isn't pleasant but the long term benefits are well worth it.
Posts: 5046 | Location: Down in Louisiana . | Registered: February 27, 2009
Are your wife and sister very close? I would think your wife would be able to explain that this is an imposition and it shouldn’t happen more than maybe once a month (along with funds to support the shopping for food and gas for rides). It might be that your wife feels like she has to help because it’s her baby sister? My big sister used to let me drag my friends to her house all the time, but she did make it clear I couldn’t stomp all over her generosity.
Originally posted by irreverent: Are your wife and sister very close? I would think your wife would be able to explain that this is an imposition and it shouldn’t happen more than maybe once a month (along with funds to support the shopping for food and gas for rides). It might be that your wife feels like she has to help because it’s her baby sister? My big sister used to let me drag my friends to her house all the time, but she did make it clear I couldn’t stomp all over her generosity.
Perhaps the wife is the one driving this entire deal and simply blaming it on the sister.
No, it's the sister. My wife is the youngest of three girls and had a twin brother until last year. The other sister is easy going, been married 30 years to a great guy, and they have kids who are out of college and doing well. The problem sister is pushing 60, never married, and never had kids.
Posts: 14377 | Location: SWFL | Registered: October 10, 2007
Yeah, I hate to say it, but then you might need to be the one to talk to her (with your wife’s blessing, of course). Family gets complicated, but the problem sister doesn’t get to co-opt your life to benefit hers without your ok. Set boundaries.
