i would of sued for damages even though i was coverered id still look and see if this step mil would be forced to lose more money for damaging my shop and attempted assault with a bat
While OP did fine, I think her dad was wrong to a degree. Firstly.... Why did he argue for so long and not file for divorce sooner? And secondly, why did he drag OP into his situation with his wife? OP clearly didn't want anything to do with the mess. Now, many of you will say that the stepmother was the one mostly in the wrong, and.... Yeah, she was. Instigating arguments, and then blaming other people for problems SHE caused. It's not OP's fault she knows nothing about business, which OP showed her stepmom that she, indeed, couldn't handle a business. For OP ripping off her stepmom, I don't see it as wrong, as, firstly, it was legal, and secondly, had OP's stepmom known anything about business, even TRYING to make the antique shop successful, she would've known the value of the shop. OP has no obligation to baby her stepmother on how to best run a business. And... Her stepmother asked for the antique shop, which she got. The stepmother really is an example of the saying, "Careful what you wish for, because you might just get it".
Since dad saved up the money to buy the business years before Bee showed up, it is unclear why she would get any interest in it. Again, if you marry like this, get a prenup. In any event, Bee should never have gotten the business. In some ways, OP failed. She wanted to teach Bee a lesson, which Bee simply could not recognize. OP wanted to prove Bee was incompetent, and she did, just not to Bee. People like Bee never understand anything no matter how often or how hard they fail. To be clear, Bee blamed everyone else but herself. She's truly a narcissistic incompetent. Hope she's destitute by now....
I literally had to listen to this twice thinking I'd missed something...... Whoever the idiot was that said she gave the shop away, she didn't, the stepmonster took it in the divorce.
It's earning the second million dollars after spending your first million is where the real success lays! Op has nothing but time to deal with her ex-step-moms antics! Her long game yields the best outcome!
OP…I respect your wisdom! However, once she was out of your family’s life…you shouldn’t have had anything to do with her anymore! I’m glad that you’re successful and your dad is such a lovely man! 🤜🤛
Did he even listen to the whole story?? Mara didn't willingly give her original store to Bee. Mara's dad bought the store & never transferred it into Mara's name. So Bee won the shop in the divorce agreement. Their assessets/property division was divided as: * Dad got the house Bee got the shop. Unfortunately, that meant Mara would have had to WORK FOR Bee OR Start from scratch with new store. We know how that worked - Right?
Oh, Boo Hoo. Not dad's problem anymore, and never was the daughter's. Ex-stepmother is a snake-in-the-grass, and deserves whatever Karma has reserved for her. In reality, all the step-mother could have got would be HALF the ownership in the building, since her dad's name was on the deed, and if OP had taken business in college, she would have had the business license itself in HER name. The SM would have had to apply for her own business license, and OP could have had hers transferred (depending on city practices), and all the inventory would belong to OP, so SM would have had to aquire her on pieces.
I would have taken all the stock and items that I could prove I brought for the shop and put it in storage.Then I would have started to sell online and save money for a new shop.
Mr. Reddito, what OP did was right. You would have paid her premium to keep the shop, and that would have put a hurt on you. OP got it for half the price.
