So I saw this "30 day written blog" thing on someone else's blog this morning, and decided to give it a shot. Today's topic? Something you hate about yourself:
There are a few things that come to mind with this. I could say my weight, my laugh, my freckles, but the thing that seems to stick out in my mind the most is my compassion. Why is this bad, you ask? Well, it seems like no matter how mean someone is to me, no matter how much I don't know someone, I am too forgiving and to trusting of others. For example:
My husband is in the Army and will be restationed at Fort Hood in October. Since I currently reside in Virginia, I have been trying to find a home for us to live in online. One house in particular was kinda old on the outside, but had been completely remodeled on the inside, and the "landlord's" biggest concern was renting to someone that wouldn't damage the property, which I can relate to having 3 years of experience in property management. Expressing this to him, him and his wife thought we would be the ideal tenants to rent their lovely home, so I Western Unioned them $150 to hold the house for us until I could send the first months rent on the first of October.
Well, thank goodness for my husband. Yesterday, he expressed to me that something just didn't feel right, and that the offer seemed too good to be true. So I did some research only to find out that the "landlord" did not own the property at all. He had just scammed me out of my last $150 that I had that could have been used to pay a bill or buy groceries..both of which are desperately needed.
So what did I do? I cried. I haven't had my hopes up for something like that in a really long time, and it was such a disappointment. The house really was up for rent, but was way out of our price range. So after I balled my eyes out, I decided to send the "landlord" an email informing him of his scam...in case he was unaware...and thanking him to contributing to the scum of this world.
HE ACTUALLY REPLIED! He tried to convince me that he had no clue what I was talking about, blah blah blah...so I sent him the name and number of the property management company that ACTUALLY owns the property, and told him to call them. I'm sure they would be happy to enlighten him on his scam the way they did for me.....and just as I expected..no response and no refund. So now I am currently stressing to find a place for us to live, and unsure about all of the offers because I can't afford to be scammed again. *sigh* at least I figured it all out before I sent the first months rent.
TTFN <3
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