Sis resigned herself that the only way out of being co-signor on Cousin's debt right now was to pay the debt...$1,700!...already at the legal collections area of the bank, and ready to go to the point where Sis' salary would have been docked...

Sis took out an "extra financing" with a cc company to pay those $1,700...even with that, her credit will still remain at "E" level for 6 months.... (with A++ being the best rating....guess what E means!)

She dragged cousin to the bank and now has all the documentation that says the debt is paid and sis is free...

Now that that is taken care of, she finally allowed herself to tell Cousin how she REALLY feels about all this...

She says Cousin told her she's "aware of how this is affecting" sis, and has promised to repay her (yeah, I've heard THAT one before!- specifically in Dec 2005, when she promised to repay me for the phone calls her son had made!)...I told sis to insist on $20/week, otherwise she'll never see the money again...I also told her NOT to settle for having the $1,700 repaid, because SIS won't be paying $1,700...she'll be paying that PLUS INTEREST!....

Sis says Cousin will most likely call me to whine...I don't think she'll do that, as she knows how I feel about that...

Our Clan (family) just got smaller, I guess!