Chapter 9 - My own mistake with the money
The card cancellations caused a problem I had not considered.
Thursday morning, Carla came into the kitchen holding her phone.
“Your prescription delivery got declined.”
I stared.
“What prescription?”
“Blood pressure.”
I had moved the pharmacy auto-pay onto the household card two months earlier because Carla picked up medications sometimes.
I forgot.
My own medication.
My own account.
My own impulsive cancellation disrupted it.
No medical emergency.
The pharmacy called.
I updated payment.
Done.
Still a lesson.
I had been so satisfied clicking remove authorized user that I did not inventory legitimate recurring payments first.
Dan said:
“Congratulations.”
“For what?”
“You have discovered that revenge makes terrible bookkeeping.”
“It wasn’t revenge.”
He waited.
“Fine.”
I owned it.
Then he said:
“Now stop canceling things until we know what belongs where.”
I made a list.
Utilities.
Insurance.
Pharmacy.
Streaming.
Cellphone plan.
Carla and Louis had added their mobile lines to a family account in my name.
I did not cut them off without warning.
Instead I gave thirty days to transfer their numbers.
That felt less satisfying.
Better.
The same went for car insurance.
Louis’s truck was on my policy because he claimed bundling saved money.
It did.
He reimbursed premiums inconsistently.
Thirty-day notice.
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Not a revenge switch.
I was learning.
