Well, no, the man who called Saturday about our truck for sale and said he'd call on Monday did not in fact call. Second man who's said one thing and not followed through. This seems to be a current problem with folks these days. They say what you want to hear, I guess not wanting to face your displeasure if you fuss at them. Or maybe they don't know what they want. Or maybe they're chicken. Or possibly they're liars. Nah, that can't be it.
A neighbor asked for our boys to help them load a truck for pay. This was Sunday. Have we heard back as to when they need them? No. It was supposed to be on Monday or Tuesday.
I was offered schoolbooks from another neighbor over 2 weeks ago, and she said she'd get them to me the next day. I called her last week (drumming fingers), reminding her that I needed to get my booklist in before September, or we'd be considered truants. She called full of apologies a couple of days ago.
You might say I'm making much of out nothing, but I don't think so. It's easy to allow people to make excuses. To allow that life is so busy. To give them an out which in fact proves their word means nothing.
We've tried to drum in our kids the importance of sticking to their word. That if they promise a particular thing, that they follow through, even if it's uncomfortable. Then you have no regrets.
I just get tired of getting my hopes up about a myriad of situations and not seeing the fruit of the promise. Where people used to say that 'their word is their bond' isn't the way of the world anymore, and I think that's sad.
