Put your Money where your Mouth is!

Sometimes, I am naive enough to not see the forest for the trees. Such is the case many times in my life.

Good examples are:
- when I got married the second time - and everyone in my family saw the truth except me;
- when the first decline in the sub-prime market came along and I jumped from sinking ship to sinking ship to prolong the end;
- when I believed my first wife was not greedy and I was giving her enough to live on in a ballooned settlement that haunts me almost 10 years later;
- when a simple job I took in October, 2000 became a "family" and therefore they felt as if they didn't have to pay me what I deserved... and I believed them.

Speaking specifically of that last part - Once again, my naivete hits me square in the forehead. Many of the "alliances" that company had have been eroded - including the one with me. When I left their employ, I was owed a sum of nearly $700.00. They never paid. When many of their partnerships with brokers around town disintegrated - it was usually over money. Sometimes, the disagreements were over expenses, fabricated from thin air, such as misc. administrative fees. Even my boss there had a way to finagle the books for his expenses, taking his family out to eat twice a week (his claim - not my allegation) on the company - and turning the receipts in for reimbursement.

Looking back with laser-like 20/20 hindsight, I can always say it's ALWAYS been about the Money!