Don't know what to do
Feb. 9th, 2011 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theron09Okay, so I'm going to try and make sense here but I can't promise anything. Everything is still sinking in and I'm so fucking angry, angry enough where I'm swearing and that never, ever happens.
Basically, the situation is this: A few years ago, my Mum acted as guarantor for my Auntie. We haven't seen my Auntie since October and she's been acting really strange. A few weeks ago, she rang and told us that she was splitting up from my uncle. A few hours ago, my Mum gets a letter from the soliticers telling her that my auntie etc are ten months behind on their rent and that my Mum has to pay 7grand within seven days or they'll start court procedings against my Mum.
My auntie and that part of the family must have known something like this was going to happen for MONTHS and yet. even though they know the situation that my Mum is in (she's a single parent with two teenage daughters, with me about to go off to university next year) they didn't bother to warn us. My grandma just spoke to my auntie on the phone and she started shouting at my grandma, told her not to speak to her (she said this to her own Mum) in that tone and then said it wasn't her fault and started shouting at my grandma. My Grandma hung up.
We can't afford it. Not at all. We were given a roofing bill for £900 today and my Mum struggled to find that money, never mind 7000. If Mum can't pay within seven days (although it's really 5 by now because of when the letter was posted) she'll be declared bankrupt, never be able to get a new mortgage, credit cards etc again and she'll be forced to sell the house that she owns. IT'S GOING TO RUIN US.
It's not the first time we've been let down by them but this, this is the worst possible thing they could have done to us.
Tomorrow, Mum's going to try and find a soliciter that might be able to help us but honestly, I don't know what they'll be able to do. The only thing we're not sure of is whether we should have been informed by the firm much earlier and not after ten months of missed rent. If we should have been, there's a chance we might be able to do something but we don't even know if that's the case.
I'm really fucking scared. This is my Mum's future, my future, my little sister's future. I offered to let my Mum use the money I've been saving up for uni but even then it wouldn't be enough and she's said no - she's not going to risk my chances of going to uni because of her.
You know what's really bothering me? My auntie, uncle and four cousins must have all known about it for ages. They've all been lying to us and they've all put us in this situation.
I have no idea what's going to happen. Fuck.
Basically, the situation is this: A few years ago, my Mum acted as guarantor for my Auntie. We haven't seen my Auntie since October and she's been acting really strange. A few weeks ago, she rang and told us that she was splitting up from my uncle. A few hours ago, my Mum gets a letter from the soliticers telling her that my auntie etc are ten months behind on their rent and that my Mum has to pay 7grand within seven days or they'll start court procedings against my Mum.
My auntie and that part of the family must have known something like this was going to happen for MONTHS and yet. even though they know the situation that my Mum is in (she's a single parent with two teenage daughters, with me about to go off to university next year) they didn't bother to warn us. My grandma just spoke to my auntie on the phone and she started shouting at my grandma, told her not to speak to her (she said this to her own Mum) in that tone and then said it wasn't her fault and started shouting at my grandma. My Grandma hung up.
We can't afford it. Not at all. We were given a roofing bill for £900 today and my Mum struggled to find that money, never mind 7000. If Mum can't pay within seven days (although it's really 5 by now because of when the letter was posted) she'll be declared bankrupt, never be able to get a new mortgage, credit cards etc again and she'll be forced to sell the house that she owns. IT'S GOING TO RUIN US.
It's not the first time we've been let down by them but this, this is the worst possible thing they could have done to us.
Tomorrow, Mum's going to try and find a soliciter that might be able to help us but honestly, I don't know what they'll be able to do. The only thing we're not sure of is whether we should have been informed by the firm much earlier and not after ten months of missed rent. If we should have been, there's a chance we might be able to do something but we don't even know if that's the case.
I'm really fucking scared. This is my Mum's future, my future, my little sister's future. I offered to let my Mum use the money I've been saving up for uni but even then it wouldn't be enough and she's said no - she's not going to risk my chances of going to uni because of her.
You know what's really bothering me? My auntie, uncle and four cousins must have all known about it for ages. They've all been lying to us and they've all put us in this situation.
I have no idea what's going to happen. Fuck.
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Date: 2011-02-09 07:22 pm (UTC)You definitly don't deserve this. You three have so much future ahead and now that's almost blown away.
The rental firm should indeed have given a warning way before now. It's so unfair. Isn't there any possibility that your Mum can also look for a lawyer? I don't know, but maybe it can help.
All I wanna do now is take the train to England and give you a hug. But I can't. So, here it comes: *BEAR HUG*
After all of this is over, I would never talk to my auntie and that party of the family again. EVER.
I'm so sorry to hear this. :( ♥
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Date: 2011-02-09 07:31 pm (UTC)I just can't believe they would do that to us. Before we found out about it, my Auntie actually had the cheek to ask if she could store some things at our place, as well.
My Mum is definitely going to look into getting some legal advice.
Yeah, somehow I think the family is never going to be what it was and that's so upsetting but at the moment the anger is stopping me from feeling sad.
*huggles*