A family member raised a son that became a very successful attorney. When his firm accidentally sent dad a bill for services rendered, he in turn sent his son a bill for room, board, education, etc. The son paid the bill. They had a most unhealthy relationship.

Me, I always tell the boys that I didn't pay the last payment to the hospital and they are at risk of repossession.

Did your family member write The Bill From My Father?!

The bill from your mother, if issued, will always be higher.

I found the hospital bill from my dad's birth in an old family bible. I think it was around $60.

Did your family member write The Bill From My Father?!

Ha. No, but another book could have been written about these two. I often wanted to slap them both.

Gilmore Girls is making me sniffly.

When I was a kid, we were travelling from Ohio to visit friends in Connecticut where I was born. My dad had a receipt for $7 from the hospital that they had paid (military hospital). He threatened to return me and get his money back if I did not behave on the trip.

Is it any wonder I'm completely warped?

He threatened to return me and get his money back if I did not behave on the trip.

My parents would occasionally claim that they got me from the Second-Hand Childrens Store, and that if they could only find the receipt, they would go get their money back. IIRC, I would counter with threatening to turn them into frogs.

Kat, the pictures are wonderful. I've been thinking of Noah and Grace a lot lately.

Is it any wonder I'm completely warped?

Well, you're not going to get a normal one at those prices...

(Of course, by that logic, your kids are going to be freaking angels all. the. time. )

My family never treated birth costs as an issue. Death, on the other hand, is fair game. After insurance paid up for my father's final hospital visit, the bill came to $700 something. My sister put it on his Discover card. And then she cracked a joke about it.