Last week, I woke up and checked alerts on my phone. I get alerts from the Late, Late Show because it so funny! I saw this one and laughed out loud because, like Debra Messing, I too was dumb like this!
My situation was a little bit different and I have to clear it up. I was a signer on my Dad’s card when I was a Senior in high school. It was not $600, but I think $250 from a kid who has no means of paying it back is kindof a big deal! My Dad kind of thought so too! Actually, it was my Mom who was making me pay my Dad back! My Dad did not cut up the card but he took it away and he did present me with the bill and a highlighter. He told me to highlight all of my charges so I could see the money I spent.
Once I saw this clip of Debra Messing on the Late, Late Show, I thought of that conversation and my Dad presenting me with the bill and a highlighter and my Mom kind of freaking out! I was sitting at the dining room table in my brother Jimmy’s seat and my Dad was sitting in his seat. He was at the head of the table and I was to his right. His good friend, Mr. Kramer, was over and he sat at the table with us in my seat (which is to my dad’s left).
As he and my Dad were talking, I was looking at the bill sweet as you please and highlighting all of my charges. I might have been about halfway done reviewing the bill when Mr. Kramer stopped talking to my Dad and looked at me and told me that, “It might be easier if you highlight the charges that are NOT yours!” and then he laughed!
I worked two part-time jobs the summer before my freshman year at Western and I paid back all of the money that I charged. It was like $236 or something. I told my Mom about the video clip and laughed about being so dumb!
I have not put Sean in a position to be that dumb, however. I Will not ever make him a signer on my credit card because I don’t have that kind of money! The kind of money that my Dad had, or so I thought when I was a kid!
It’s August now and I miss my Dad so much! Coming up on 12 years and I never thought that 12 years later that in a heartbeat it could seem like it was yesterday! I tell my Mom that I cannot believe that I was that dumb to think I could get over it!