Good luck!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

From their site, sounds like it would be hard for the bill to be an issue for either Brett or his fam/friends.

BILLSAll bills must be settled in full before leaving the House. There are no credit facilities. Members are responsible for their guests’ bills if they are
not paid.

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You guys really think he'd let her sue his sister and not just pay it to be done with it?

Getmommieouttathabox wrote:

You guys really think he'd let her sue his sister and not just pay it to be done with it?

 
Not at all. None of that family are having money issues, a few nights at the club is not going to blow up into a huge deal.

If the sisters like it there so much, they have pretty good grounds to get them selves in and can't imagine not paying a bill to spite Taylor, and ruin their own chances.

I thought they designed swim clothes?

Memberships are also a yearly based thing, there is no automatic renewal. While you don't have to reapply, a committee does decide if you can stay another year, or you could just say you don't want to.

If the expense is too much for her, she doesn't have to stay a member, and if she's not using the facilities, I can see them not allowing her to renew.

Spouses are also not automatically members. If Brett didn't get his own membership, he would need to go in as someone's guest, and you can only be in there as a guest while they member is there. That totally wasn't happening lol

Wakeupfan420 wrote:

We have joint checking/savings, both our paycheck a go in and bills and other spending comes out of that. I take care of all the finances (making sure bills are paid on time, etc) because I'm better with money and because my hubby works out of town 2 weeks at a time. He makes way more money than I do, but I also keep the household running, cook, clean, care for the dogs, have a side business and work FT. It basically evens itself out that we are both contributing equally, his happens to be more financial, mine is mundane daily life stuff lol. We don't really think of his money and my money, it's just our money.

Ditto for us! Both of us had been married before when we met (we are celebrating our 20th this summer) but his lasted only a year and mine longer with 2 kids. When we got married, we both made about the same money and until I recently retired, we were basically parallel the entire time (which I think makes a difference in the scenarios described). I might have made more  at times, but who cared. We have always considered ourselves a team at everything we do. When we got married, we sold one house, kept one (as a rental) and bought one as ours. And since it's all been joint. 

I think as long as it works for you, it doesn't matter. I never agreed personally with how Taylor was doing it because I couldn't wrap my head around spending all of my money on shopping and fun and using my husband's to pay the bills. I think it was more of her attitude. Do you the other longtime listeners remember that she ALSO had huge credit card debt at the same time? I'm not sure if that was from before she met Brett or not...but I do remember Kenny talking to her about how to pay it down, etc. Who knows.... 

I also was quite sad for her when Brett would only buy her one shoe....and she had to buy the other. Ouch. 

I'll take up for Brett a little on this one. When he bought the louboutins they had only been dating a short time ( a year or so I think) so I can understand him not wanting to spend $700 on shoes. Plus, they're shoes. He was smart with money and from the way Taylor talked he didn't like to spend money on frivolous things.

timetowakeup wrote:

FKFriday wrote:

meepmeep wrote:

Who asked for money and for what? Can you fill me in please? I listened this morning and I felt bad for Kenny. I don't think he realized that something was wrong when he first asked. Taylor seemed fine during the 7 things. It seemed like something happened right after the 7 things. I'm going to listen again though.

 
A bunch of women were getting ready for a wedding and one had her hair and makeup done, but then didn't have cash (assumed she could use a card) to pay. She borrowed $50 from Taylor, and never paid her back. Taylor never asked for it.

I couldn't afford friends or restaurants like that especially as she said she only had appetizers cause she was there a short time.

somebody else said it so i'll repeat. I tried to think hindsight how I would have said it.  didn't tay say the girl was blowing up her phone with texts about the $90?  I would have just texted, "you want me to go ahead and subtract the $50 from it?"  easier to be assertive via text

Then there was a group dinner and Taylor had to leave early for a meeting. She said to same woman, can you cover my portion and I'll repay you? It wound up being $90 (sounds like Tay only had an app, but then had to split the whole meal) and the woman kept harassing her for the money. Taylor finally gave her the $90, Robert brought up that she should have just given her $40 and called it a day.

 

Zara81 wrote:

I'll take up for Brett a little on this one. When he bought the louboutins they had only been dating a short time ( a year or so I think) so I can understand him not wanting to spend $700 on shoes. Plus, they're shoes. He was smart with money and from the way Taylor talked he didn't like to spend money on frivolous things.

 
Are you sure?? I thought they were married? I really only 'remember' the show clearly from when they got engaged and since then. I started listening before that but not as consistently. It seems like the shoe thing came after the wedding.

I guess my point was he could afford it...it was something she REALLY wanted... But for him to say, "I love you..I'm marrying/married to you but I'll only buy you half of your present."  I think it's a dick move. He flew off helicopter skiing and on golf vacations all of the time... How is that not frivolous too? Just sayin' I don't have Louboutins but I'd have a problem with the way that was handled.

piopio12 wrote:

FKCSTMom wrote:

Zara81 wrote:

I'll take up for Brett a little on this one. When he bought the louboutins they had only been dating a short time ( a year or so I think) so I can understand him not wanting to spend $700 on shoes. Plus, they're shoes. He was smart with money and from the way Taylor talked he didn't like to spend money on frivolous things.

 
Are you sure?? I thought they were married? I really only 'remember' the show clearly from when they got engaged and since then. I started listening before that but not as consistently. It seems like the shoe thing came after the wedding.

I guess my point was he could afford it...it was something she REALLY wanted... But for him to say, "I love you..I'm marrying/married to you but I'll only buy you half of your present." I think it's a dick move. He flew off helicopter skiing and on golf vacations all of the time... How is that not frivolous too? Just sayin' I don't have Louboutins but I'd have a problem with the way that was handled.

I totally agree with you!! HE decided what was frivolous. 

I'm 99% sure it was when they were just dating. In fact, I think it was their first year living together. I can see both sides honestly... but I do tend to lean more to the side of yes, he should have just bought them since he could obviously afford it. 

They were just dating. Not engaged. Maybe he said no bc he was used to girlfriends seeing he had money and just wanting him to buy things maybe he saw that t spent uncontrollably and was already demanding super pricey things so early on... if I had a son I would hope he isn't buy girls $800 shoes within a couple months of dating.... Moreover I'd hope they wouldn't be so self righteous as to demand that for a gift. My mom tells me exactly what she wants for gifts right down to the color. It's annoying as can be. Hints fine but at some point it becomes so demanding. Go buy it yourself. It feels like it happened while they were married bc after all the ones he did buy her and the Chanel bags and the huge engagement ring she still harped on that shit on air for years....

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Getmommieouttathabox wrote:

They were just dating. Not engaged. Maybe he said no bc he was used to girlfriends seeing he had money and just wanting him to buy things maybe he saw that t spent uncontrollably and was already demanding super pricey things so early on... if I had a son I would hope he isn't buy girls $800 shoes within a couple months of dating.... Moreover I'd hope they wouldn't be so self righteous as to demand that for a gift. My mom tells me exactly what she wants for gifts right down to the color. It's annoying as can be. Hints fine but at some point it becomes so demanding. Go buy it yourself. It feels like it happened while they were married bc after all the ones he did buy her and the Chanel bags and the huge engagement ring she still harped on that shit on air for years....

Well said. I totally see that side of it too. Personally, I would never ask for that kind of gift, whether dating or married, and no matter the wealth of my partner. I find it spoiled.

I think that his lifestyle and the people he hung out with made Taylor feel it was necessary to have shoes that expensive? I don't think Nicole or the ICHOes were like you need the shoes.

Listening to today's show and Taylor telling the story about how she had a friend with a drug problem and said she hated the guy her friend was dating at her engagement party because he would be a bad influence with her & drugs. She said "I ended up going out to dinner with him and he ended up being great. But he can still be a FUCKING ASSHOLE still". My theory-was she talking about Matt & Nicole? I remember her saying she needed to move out of a very bad living situation before she moved in with Brett. Maybe she is referencing a drug problem Nicole had? Don't want to make an accusations! Just got me thinking...