Some of it is a bit much. However, I have seen it happen, where one person in the relationship just had a bad attitude that would not stop.

From about '07 to '12 I did maintenance for a widow who owned four rentals, plus the house she had inherited from her late husband. He had been a general contractor and did a lot of work on all the units, and died at sge 55.

But the longer I worked for her, the more I saw that she was about half nuts and had a way of using people. One of her buildings, a five unit apartment building on a hill with a view in Berkeley was co-owned by one of her friends, also a career airline stewardess. She told me that many of their friends considered that Manny (Manuela) had put him in his grave.

She told me one time almost in fond memory, "oh my gosh, me and Steve used to fight." And I was thinking of some of the tirades she had gone off on me over bullsiht, and I concluded that I needed to start moving away from her. I quit working for her not long after.

I once saw a family photo series taken by a professional photographer. And in every one, Manny had this big, overlysweet smile and Steve looked quietly freaked out.

They were an interesting pair culturally. He was half US gringo, half Mexican. She was 100% Latina - Mexico extraction.

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