My husband has now been offered a bed in the only establishment that is suitable,and will move in to the home on Monday in ten days time. Even good clothes are desirable. I have bought him a cheap watch to wear now , it is heartbreaking as I gave him his lovely watch as an engagement present over 40 years ago.
If anyone deserves come uppance, it's her. She has absolutely no shame at all. The trips to the wedding and to her aunt's are purely excuses to travel around; stay in extremely expensive hotels; eat and drink, and spend, spend, spend. The amount of money they spend is gross. If they only realised what idiots they are making of themselves and how stupid they both look in that hotel, trying to appear classy. They look like a couple of lottery winners with their newly acquired branded goods. It's looking likely that, as with many lottery winners, they will end up with nothing. People who have worked hard and earned their wealth don't generally go out and spend as much as possible nearly every day. Nor do many people with old money who have inherited it. They may buy well crafted, expensive clothes, etc but they look after them, keep them for years and don't buy hundreds of new clothes, etc all the time The ones who want the world to see how rich they are and are conspicuous about their wealth and possessions tend to be tasteless chavs; some footballers' WAGs; some lottery winners, and others who have gained their wealth in nefarious ways. Fanny and Snorts look exactly like those people.
Thank you everyone who has sent kind and supportive words , I go from disbelief to relief .
@Ladeda1957 - those windows are an embarrassment! She has spent over €500K to get the chapel restored (Fanny is NOT at all religious, used it for storage, S&M photo shoots, a Mooney wedding, luncheons where one guest did have an issue with her using the altar as a buffet table...) and the whole thing will probably look like shyte in a few years unless she installs the dehumidifier (which, based on the holes the restorers drilled, ISN'T going to happen) and heating. It is literally (in my best Julie Montague voice) the strangest "priority", when that money could have been used to make where she "allegedly" lives watertight. The whole Shitoo is still structurally unsound and without a proper heating system, the windows are absolute garbage, no hot water, the render is an absolute mess letting damp in and further compromising the structural integrity, the terrace steps are on the verge of collapse, but she'll just keep putting up expensive wallpaper. Don't even get me started on the kitchen- the whole place needs to be gutted to the studs, rewired and replumbed! But she just keeps buying decorations, plants (for an irrigation system she paid a song for and DOES NOT WORK), and wallpaper. It is maddening!
hmmmmm….. I think my frightening detective skills have found the answer where all the real food goes..
OK, Tattlers:
Marie Antoinette is my 7th cousin 6 times removed (also related to @Pencil Pine Principessa)- and no, I have absolutely no desire to own the same plate pattern as her. I have one pattern of plates that I purchased in Japan. They are porcelain, were expensive as fork and I put them in the dishwasher. But I did recently purchase a 300-pack of paper plates from WalMart, though- and on Rollback for $12.98!
Fuck Fanny and her machinations. Some things are simply more important. You have not just my love, but my complete support. You should know that we all love and support you and your dear husband!
Some time ago, my sister and I did a course in Australia in "aged care" with both of us being awarded what is called Certificate 3 in Aged Care. It's basically a nurses aid with the emphasis on palliative care. But I believe the true emphasis is on support and dignity. We did the course, not to work in the industry, but because our mother was moving into an aged care facility and we wanted to be fully conversant with the rules that govern these places. And omg! The Australian governmental rules and regs that cover these places are astronomical. Having been witness to how some aged care centers in the UK and Ireland are operated and the care practices therein, I can honestly say, if and when the time comes, I'm going home to Australia to die. I'm not saying Australian aged care is perfect, it's not - there are always the unscrupulous who seek to harm or benefit themselves and of course, there are always scandals surrounding these issues, BUT Australia is at least trying to get it right. Our mother's care is exemplary, and to date the only complaints she has had are a sweet elderly lady who, with advanced dementia, often wanders into our mother's rooms looking for the gift shop. The lady believes she is on a cruise. The other complaint from our mum has is that the facility's pub doesn't stock her favourite scotch. So Lochness, if you have any questions, wish to share experiences, or even just wish to vent, I'll try and make myself more available and be around for you when I can.
