FelicityLemon
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Just speculating, perhaps the east meets west partnership with LS was brought about by TS's financial problems. TS was a smart and tough cookie, so I just can't see LS taking her for a ride so to speak. What seems more plausible, IMO, is that TS was thinking that a new partnership would relieve her financial strain. For example, LS/her husband could have been 'buying' into TS's existing practice. Maybe TS was going to use new capital from LS to pay off the IRS lien. There is no way TS would enter into a partnership with LS without some kind of buy in, right? Otherwise the east meets west deal would create a financial loss (splitting profits, TS has the client base, etc.) benefitting LS way more than TS. Furthermore, TS could kill two birds with one stone, 1. cash infusion to pay off IRS and/or get out of the current office space 2. excuse to get rid of MS as the office manager. Maybe LS or her husband would do the business side, or maybe TS was just planning to tell MS the new partnership wanted to start fresh with a new office manager.
What a re: the IRS lien for coincidentally the same amount of cash he had squirreled away at home. Had he used that to pay the taxes and never had the lien... Just one more monumental burden that didn't have to be. Excellent thought about LS buying into the partnership! It never occurred to me that there would be some sort of fairness towards TS in that relationship. I had been seeing it all pretty one-sided and weighted on LS' benefit. What you say makes perfect sense business-wise considering TS had all the education, credentials, respectability amongst her colleagues as well as patient love! Fabulous creepingskills!!
In the interview with Aunt Mary around the 6 minute mark- she says that Teresa would have to call Mark to get him up, out of bed and moving when he needed to be at the office or wherever he needed to be.
I can't even imagine. Home schooling, office manager and manager of the home finances- she's busting a hump and he can't even get his *advertiser censored* out of bed?
Jeezlouise - she had a 47 year old child in addition to the girls! I'd be supremely frustrated and probably do a little screamin' and yellin' since obviously rational conversation made no impact. That didn't work either because of his passive-aggressive behavior, but that, too, served his purpose. "Poor daddy, see how mommy is so mean to him?" They couldn't possibly know any different until they got older and wiser to understand. It's possible that he was more of a buddy to them than a parent. Scratch that, it's probable he was a friend to them because it served, still serves his purpose of manipulating them. Easier to form an allegiance that leaves mom out.