Twenty One Years

It is rather ironic that I wrote my last post on March 4, which was the 21st anniversary of the first date my husband and I ever had.

And I didn’t remember. He, however, did. (I told you he loved me.)

We are OK (aka around 99.5 percent great). We did finally manage to talk not only about our issues but also how we react to them. We were both in the wrong, and we both fessed up to it.

This is one reason why we are still together. We do talk.

And I agreed to tell him things that he won’t like. That is why, today, he learned that I just tried to transfer $10,000 into our daughter’s Paypal student account.

OK, I didn’t really try to transfer that amount. I intended to put $10 into her account. I typed in 10.00 except, I had a typo and the . ended up being a 0. And I learned the HARD way, that Paypal does NOT offer a confirmation page when transferring things from a parent account into a student account. Oh NO. Instead, it is processed immediately! It can’t be stopped by Paypal even when you immediately call and talk to a real person.

It doesn’t help when the real person tells you that there is ALWAYS a confirmation page. There isn’t. I’ve confirmed this. There really is NOT a confirmation page. I might have a typo once in a while but I’m not stupid.

It is in pending status with paypal, and I guess it will remain in pending status for 3 days or so. It should never end up in my actual bank. I need to keep an eye on it. And maybe I’ll start giving my children their emergency spending money in cash instead of through a credit card. It just seems to last longer when it is on the card than cash does….

Edited to add: I called Paypal again, this time using a direct number instead of an 800 number. The customer service rep I spoke to was able to cancel the pending transaction in less than 5 minutes. It pays to try various avenues and call back when you don’t get the answer you want to hear!