Paid up for a decade? He!! i been paying for over a decade.
Father had a massive stroke 15 years ago. Just before he got out of the hospital 3 months later the ex went in to have her labor induced, 2 weeks late. Almost lost her and the baby both. Emergency C-section had to be done. Baby was touch n go for 4 days.
I got my back hurt at work in late Aug then, have'nt been able to work since.
Nice 3 1/2 year fight with work comp only to be screwed over in the end.
Mom and i took care of dad at home for 10 years through 7 more massive strokes and only god knows how many minor strokes and seizures.
Last two years or so i got to stay up all night with him and sleep about 4 hours of a day. I also had the pleasure of being there and pronounceing him when he passed.
My younger sister died two years before dad did. Im the last of four kids.
Maybe a month after that the ex's father started downhill real bad. Long trying year before he passed.
Got those two nice big record breaking ice storms here in mo the next two years followed by an EF3 right through the farm in Jan the following year.
Then mom goes in for surgery in 2009 and has a stroke herself in 2009 which ive been dealing with since.
This summer i get to have emergency surgery for my gall bladder, guess i was close to dieing there. Been haveing attacks attributed to massive muscle spasams from my back for years before.
Then i get a kid on a cell phone just as im getting able to do a little something try to kill me on the bike with his car.
And all the mundane stuff i needed to do and tried to do this summer like fix the brush hogs ect which has driven me nuts. Bike being down made it impossible to hunt for parts or get the driveline fixed.
Looks like i may be feeding all hay all winter now as the grass was pretty well choked out by the weeds that came up during our drought.
Paid up?....lol If i won the lottery for a few million i might feel like ive broke even.
I 'Might' put my worst enemy through what ive been through the last 15 years or so. Id really have to hate him.
I aint worried about dieing cause im sure to go to heaven cause ive done been through He!!.
Oh yeah, the ex-wife lives with me to.

:'(