Comments on: Friday Night Fights

By: BetsyD

BetsyD — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:24:48 +0000

I hope it was not too awful an experience and that you got some resolution. I’m glad you had so much support.

I’m sending love from across the Atlantic.

By: dawn

dawn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:27:34 +0000

Good luck and hang in there. Maybe we’ll see you over a margarita?

By: kmelkight

kmelkight — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:14:11 +0000

I’ll be facing south and sending good feelings your way. And if there was any time you deserve Yarn Barn retail therapy, it is now. Matt, do not stand in the way!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:36:31 +0000

I’m sorry you’re having to deal with all of that. I hope there’s some sort of satisfactory resolution and some closure soon.

For what it’s worth, mediators will often separate the parties into separate rooms and travel back and forth between the rooms. You’ll be in the same room at the beginning, but you may well spend most of the mediation separated from John. And if you’re more comfortable with it that way, it’s certainly worth mentioning to the mediator beforehand to encourage the mediator to move in that direction if it looks like that might improve the chances of reaching a settlement.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:43:20 +0000

Good thoughts go out to you as you have to face this. I can understand what you’re feeling having gone through it three years ago in a struggle to settle my father’s estate.

By: gimpy

gimpy — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:49:03 +0000

I want to offer my sincerest of apologies that you should have to be dealing with all of this, M!!! This completely sucks.

My GF’s father passed away last summer. She spent (too much of) the Christmas holiday with her two brothers going through the three storage lockers that were full of her father’s belongings. That was tough enough. And, he left a will! The biggest conentions with which they had to deal were issues such as who gets Dad’s colander. Still, it was a very hard thing for her to have to do.

I simply cannot imagine what it must be like having to deal with this jerk dragging out this painful part of dealing with the death of a parent in this fashion. But, know that you have my sympathies and, I am sure, those of everyone else who reads your blog. I’ll be thinking of you on Friday!

And, for what it’s worth, you are being *very* generous in calling it “his/their house”. It your Mom’s house, plain and simple.

By: fay

fay — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:36:05 +0000

Ugh, that sucks. Sorry you have to do it to get it over with, but I hope that the ugliness is minimal come Friday.