In 2020 my mom decided it would be a good idea to buy a bird for $8,000 and used all of her savings. Then in March of 2021, she received a $24,000 settlement and somehow blew through all of it.

Now, she tells me that she cannot pay any bills because she’s out of money and has $0 to her name. We also have four days before our rent AND the storage unit with our items is put up for auction because she can’t pay her half.

I would pay her half but I’m going to be living off-campus at UVA and I’ll be paying rent at two places and saving is my main priority. I’m currently trying to find people to buy this bird and no one is messaging me back.

I have no idea what to do. Her financial literacy is shot to hell. I have told her we can transfer the items from the storage to our garage but she doesn’t have the time so maybe if uHaul takes permanent ownership of the storage we won’t have to worry about it anymore. The only thing valuable it has is my deceased great-grandmother’s items. The other items consist of clothes, a washer, a dryer, old papers, and a charcoal grill.

I’ve been thinking about messaging my grandmother and asking for help, retrieving the valuable items, and letting uHaul take the rest. I don’t care anymore. The crazy thing is my mom went through this same scenario in 2016, except then she was able to sell the parrot on Craigslist and retrieve the valuable items from the storage.

How should I proceed?

how old is your mom? is she mentally sound?

That lil nigga better start telling jokes

Pics of mom to fully assess situation

Put the parrot on the block and tell him go make a buck or he can make his way back to Brazil

:/

Take out a lucrative pet insurance policy on the 8k bird and then do the obvious

Just kidding OP that sounds really awful, I'd appeal on her behalf to any authority figure she trusts and knows personally to take control of her bank accounts

This is actually illegal under bird law. You need to report your mom to the authorities ASAP.

throw the whole mom away

thought op was gonna be the same user who’s Dad gambled their life savings away in the stock market

also this

Teach the parrot to say “rents due”

Bro is your mom 16? I mean no offence but what the f***

lol

I tried I’m not having any luck

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jfc

Ur mom has a bad history with money

I posted this parrot on every site no responses

well if she has all her marbles, then i'd recommend having an intervention with other family members (like your grandma). sometimes people need a bit of shaming in order to realize the gravity of their actions and how the consequences impact others.

she's your moms so i'd recommend helping her out where possible. but s*** can't happen 3 times