Timelies all!

Congrats, Sean!

Congrats, Sean!

Gud, see what Steph said. Relatedly, I think it's kind of horrifying that they would turn the water off for a bill that's (at most) one month late. Water is kind of important!

Congrats, Sean! You two look so darn happy.

my wife will be angry for I don't know how long

Really, it sounds like your wife's making way too much of a relatively minor mistake. But I feel for you, Gud. My ex would torture me verbally for days over every mistake, use every lapse as proof that I was incompetent and possibly even insane. It took me years after I left him to trust myself to be a competent adult. Discovering autopay helped too. Still does. Because I'm a competent adult who can't remember shit. I'm sorry you have to put up with this.

Congrats Sean!

I managed to screw up my auto pay water bill, because I didn't remember to switch it from the old out of date credit card to the new one. They didn't turn off the water though--all it cost me was a small fine and a lot of embarrassment.

Congrats, Sean!

I'm sorry this is hitting you so hard, Gud. You made a mistake but you also already fixed it. Try to give yourself a break, you have a lot on your plate.

it's kind of horrifying that they would turn the water off for a bill that's (at most) one month late.

I was somehow under the impression that they couldn't do that? Maybe it depends on where you are.

Sean, how wonderful! Glad to see you so happy.

Gud, I have almost had the power and water turned off more times than I can count. I never used autopsy, partly out of a foolish belief that it wasn't really the "right" way to do it and more recently because I was never sure I'd have the money when it withdrew. I hope both you and your wife can shake your heads, tweak your system, and let it go.

eta auto pay, not autopsy. DYAC

Congratulations, Sean! May you and your DW have many happy years together.

Gud, I'm sorry about the water bill stuff. It happens to many of us. I once got a "last notice before cut off" for a utility bill that had slipped under some other papers and likewise slipped my mind. That made me revamp my whole bill handling process.

All y'all clearly give more fucks about financial responsibility than I do. So feel good about that.

I'm with you -t. I do live by myself, though. When I lived with an ex and forgot the electric bill and we were turned off I was beside myself. I just paid my rent, due the first. I have sitopay but I didn't have enough in the account on the day.

What a sad week. I can't believe Alan Rickman is gone, too.

Except Sean's news is very happy! So that's awesome. Congratulations!

Gud, try to be easy on yourself, like everyone said. In the scheme of things, it's not a huge mistake, especially as it's already fixed. Speaking as someone who has had every major utility turned off more than (like, a lot more, if mostly for no actual funds), chalk it up to a bad week, an oversight, whatever, but don't think of it as a major failure. It's being human. We all make mistakes sometimes.