Trail Times Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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Reassess partner’s business role since accident ANNIE’S MAILBOX
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to enjoy their company, and no one feels taken advantage of. And it’s perfectly OK to periodically entertain them in your home, should you wish to do so, as long as you expect nothing in return. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,
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partner of 40 years, won’t inter- commensurate with her current vene. Doris comes to the office four contribution to the business. days a week, and I know she needs Dear Annie: We have friends that structure. How do whom we’ve hosted for I keep her from wreckdinner at least a halfing the business and still dozen times in the past preserve her dignity? -few years. But they have Marcy Sugar Not Her Daughter never invited us to their & Kathy Mitchell Dear Not: We comhome. They once invitmend you for being ed us to dine with them kind to Doris, but you aren’t run- at a restaurant, but they did not ning a charity. More importantly, offer to pay for our meal. you aren’t doing Doris any favors We are reluctant to keep invitby ignoring her problems. Please ing them to dinner at our house, as talk to her children and her part- they make no effort to reciprocate. ner directly. Explain that Doris is However, we do enjoy seeing them. having difficulty with her memory, What do you suggest? -- Feeling and that there may be other medi- Used cal issues. It may even be that the Dear Used: Had they treated car crash caused some of this, or you at a restaurant, that would have vice versa. Suggest that she get a been a fine way to reciprocate, becheck-up and ask her doctor to test cause not everyone is comfortable for executive functioning. entertaining in their home. But Then consider giving Doris a since they expect you to pay your new title so that she still has a job, own way, we suggest you continue but is no longer in a position to with that method. Invite them to mess up the contracts. Perhaps you join you at a restaurant and split can pay her a salary that is more the bill. That way, you can continue
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Dear Annie: For 10 years, I have had an unwritten business partnership with a woman 26 years my senior. It has mostly worked well, until “Doris” crashed her car into a tree two years ago and had her license suspended. Though no one was hurt, and the tree survived, the car was totaled, and Doris isn’t allowed to drive anymore. Since then, her many friends have provided transportation for her. Her children, two of whom are within an hour’s drive, have helped shuttle her around, but not as much as the rest of us. Worse, they don’t acknowledge their mother’s shortcomings. They don’t know what her schedule is like, and how much her schedule impacts those of us who deal with it on a regular basis. Lately, Doris has become a liability regarding our real estate business. She forgets details about contracts, inspections and disclosure. I end up doing all of the work and still splitting the commission with her. My broker, who is Doris’
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