As some of you know, I have friends were both overseas in one of the -Stan countries in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While they were both over there, they had what they thought were good family friends taking care of their two boys. The mother just came home this past weekend.
Here's what we've found out these people have done while my friends were deployed:
- They let relatives stay in my friends house, no permission given.
- They took both boys to a psychiatrist (sp), no permission given.
- Spent $5K in 2 months and then independently of each parent, asked for and received, more money. Total spent was $10K while they had the boys from late Jan. to last weekend, less about one month the boys stayed with us (i.e. about 5-6 months).
- Never canceled the newspaper but took it home for them to read at my friends expense.
- Allowed their 14 year old boy to drive one of my friends cars.
- Didn't take care of the yard as agreed to and $ provided.
- My wife went over to their house this weekend and reported that the house is a dump. She also found out that they have been living their +5 years and they rent the house. In other words, they are trash people.
The mother left first in mid-Dec. and her husband left about a month later, unplanned, and it was he that made the arrangements with these people. Apparently, he didn't know them as well as he thought (primarily through the Boys Scouts). Also the mother wanted the boys to come down here and stay with us, but the husband decided to have them stay with these people.
As you can imagine, this whole situation has created a lot of problems between my friends, I don't know what the end result will be.
Comments from other veterans? Anything I and my wife can do to help?
Please advise.
Thanks,
Merlin