Ya know, I have been round and round this issue in my mind and I keep on coming back to the same conclusion. I am fed up to here (holding finger parallel with eyebrows [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ) with folks shirking their responsibilities and then attributing it to everything else but their bad.
I guess that's what sways my opinion in this matter. Having three teenagers in the house I have heard every excuse in the book, and very very few of them pass muster. Mund used some unfortunate phrasing while relating the details of this experience, however, the facts as I understand them, are not changed by that.
This woman did not pay her rent, avoided contact, did not spend time with the animal, did not see to his needs in any capacity, and at the last second showed up with rent money only. None of the other expenses were covered.
Frankly I can't see where I should be concerned that she's being taken advantage of. In fact, if more people who behaved in such a manner were thusly 'taken advantage of' maybe they wouldn't put themselves in the position where they COULD be taken advantage of, by simply meeting the terms of their debts and obligations. Which in the long run would make everybody's life a whole lot simpler. If a person meets their obligations, they don't find themselves dickering at the last minute or being beholden to anyone for any reason.
This animal was not repossessed, it was purchased. Either way you look at it, the horse is bound to be better off. Had it been up to Joan to keep the animal in a 'valuable' state it would not have been worth even the 1200.00 that was paid for it.
Sounds to me like she dumped this horse three months ago, had a change of heart at the last minute, but was easily persuaded to dump it permanently. Joan put herself in this position, and fortunately in the long run, found someone who will provide the care that the animal needs. Call it tough love or whatever you choose, but once burned, is a lesson learned. Maybe next time she'll return those calls or see to it that her boarding fees are paid on time. [img]/forums/images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
I don't think Joan was mentally incompetent Stoneheartfarm (a name that I find ironic since you appear to be anything but stonehearted [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ) I think she was fully aware of what she was doing, is probably quite accustomed to using and taking advantage of people and was probably completely mystified when Mund and his wife didn't just hand the horse back to her at her whim. She will probably spend long hours wondering how that one jumped up and bit her in the butt. Maybe in the process she will realize that she's the one that dropped the ball.
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