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Is That a Form Letter Taped to the Door, You Little Romantic?

August 16, 2018 by Barnaby

I usually beat Nora home from work, so I get first crack at the mail. That’s sounds like an advantage, but of course, it’s almost always junk.

If there is anything personal, I put it on Nora’s desk to open. Everything else, I read and recycle, or sometimes I skip the read part.

The other day, she received a generic-looking letter that looked different enough from a credit card offer letter to cause me to open it. It was a form letter informing Nora she was late on her Visa payment and owed a big penalty fee.

I was shocked. We both adhere to the sacred doctrine of charge everything but pay every cent off before the grace period ends. It’s one of the simple everyday – yet often-overlooked – financial benefits of living in modern-day America.

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Nothing to do but circle the letter’s accusatory sentence with a fat sharpie and tape it on the front door to confront Nora when she got home from school.

Sure enough, it had its desired effect. “Whaaaat? How could that be?” She mumbled, as she tore the letter down. Off she went to check her online bank records.

I never followed up to find out what happened, or how it was resolved. I hoped she called her bank and groveled and pleaded to have the fine forgiven. That’s what I had done (with success!) the couple times in my life when I had gone all airhead and missed a payment deadline.

I didn’t ask because I was feeling a little rotten about the letter hanging. Nora hadn’t said anything, and it wasn’t exactly a Hester Prynne-level of shaming, but it gave me a niggling of guilt.

How much better could our marriage be if I discretely put the overdue letter on her desk, and hung this note on the door instead?

OK, that’s probably over the top. How about this:

I’m not sure how believable that is either, but I gotta tell you, that’s a lot of love I’m talking about there.

Filed Under: Love & Finance Tagged With: bank fee forgiveness, christ love for church, credit card grace period, credit card late fee

Comments

  1. Steveark says

    August 16, 2018 at 10:30 am

    Not the stupidest thing I’ve seen a husband do but it would make most people’s top ten I bet. What were you thinking? Yikes!

    • Barnaby says

      August 16, 2018 at 10:33 am

      Is this Lifetime Top 10 or Week Top 10? I hope Week Top 10.

      • Steveark says

        August 16, 2018 at 3:20 pm

        Let’s just say you don’t want to fill in the other nine places any time soon. Fortunately, like me, you apparently have a very understanding wife!

        • Barnaby says

          August 16, 2018 at 3:29 pm

          Yes, she’s a sweetie, but like most wives, she has her limits 🙂

  2. Elize from Blue Light LLC says

    September 30, 2018 at 10:16 am

    Ahw so sweet! I wonder how did she reacted this time? Wait, did she ever saw that? I am curious! But of course, the form letter shouldn’t be taped at the front door, another but! – it is also the best way she wont be able to miss it and it’s kinda urgent matter, right? If my husband would do that, I guess I wouldn’t be offended nor embarrassed.

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