This is really a story about BIL, the non-residential brother-in-law. BIL lives with a woman I will call M. BIL is still married to T, but hasn't had contact in over 6 years. T is suing BIL for child support for a child born in 2006 that couldn't possibly be his. Isn't my family's life a soap opera? Husband is going with BIL to the hearing next week. So this week, he took BIL shopping for some nice clothes to wear to the hearing. They had time to talk.
The end result is that we have to buy a new car for Husband now so that we can hand down his 2001 Saturn L300 to BIL. We had planned on purchasing Husband's new car in April, following my (hopefully good) bonus check and once we have paid off the dental bills from Iago. At a minimum, I wanted to make it until February. But we need to do it now. Why? Because BIL's lease on the apartment runs out at the end of January. BIL can't leave M because he uses M's car to work - BIL delivers pizza for a living. BIL has been told that he can move back in with the Aunts, which surprises me based on the ichor we have received since he had moved in with them the first time.
Oh, and we will be adding another cell phone to our plan again because BIL uses M's grandma's family plan.
I just had hoped that we would equalize the family bills following the purchase of my new car before we added a second new car. And I need to be sure Husband isn't settling. He has a tendency to forego his long term happiness for short term issues. That is, he'll buy a cheaper car because he thinks he has to and then be miserable for the next 10 years he drives it. I am hoping to make him see reason and see the investment, rather than the "I need a car now" gut reaction.
The only silver lining is that year-end sales are still going on and if we buy by Wednesday, we can get a really good deal.
