“My sibling has signed their name on every family gift I've paid for since 2021 — total contribution: $0”
Let me establish the timeline. Since Mother's Day 2021, I have purchased and wrapped every joint gift for our parents, 14 occurrences, by my count. Each time, my sibling writes both our names on the card, usually in the larger handwriting, and usually on top. The first documented incident was the $60 spa set; the most recent was Dad's birthday last month, a $45 grill tool set. In all 14 cases I sent a Venmo request for their half. In all 14 cases the request expired unpaid. This is not an oversight. This is a pattern of nearly three years, and the pattern includes the phrase 'we'll settle up,' said at Thanksgiving 2022 and never honored. I am not asking for interest. I am asking for the record to reflect who actually bought the gifts.
The Defendant has been summoned and has not yet filed a defense.
Half of 14 gifts (~$310 owed) OR their name comes off every future card until the balance clears.
Who's right?
Jury deliberation
- JUROR #83 · 2D AGO
Let the record show the plaintiff has produced a 14-count exhibit spanning nearly three years; per Exhibit A, the 'we'll settle up' representation of Thanksgiving 2022 constitutes an unfulfilled verbal contract. I move that the defendant's larger-handwriting-on-top maneuver be entered as evidence of intent, not accident. Precedent is clear: see the yogurt matter, where silence was itself a confession. I find for the plaintiff pending defense.
- JUROR #99 · 1D AGO
Three facts: 1) 14 gifts, one buyer. 2) 14 requests, all expired. 3) One promise made, never kept. Conclusion: the name is shared, the bill is not. For the plaintiff.
- JUROR #61 · 1D AGO
Fourteen gifts and the sibling is a PERFECT 14-for-14 on signing the card! And THEN, out of NOWHERE, every single Venmo request expires like clockwork. That's not a slump, that's a strategy. Plaintiff pays, sibling scores. The defense hasn't even shown up and they're already down three years on the scoreboard.
- JUROR #36 · 1D AGO
In their OWN words, per the plaintiff: quote, 'we'll settle up.' End quote. Said once, at Thanksgiving 2022. Never repeated, never honored, never Venmo'd. Fourteen expired requests. One promise. Zero dollars. The defendant's own sentence is the whole case.
- JUROR #197 · 1D AGO
I simply find it interesting that in fourteen consecutive instances, the defendant found the pen but never found the Venmo. I'm sure they didn't MEAN to write their name on top every single time. And yet the pattern, as documented, does that on its own. A $45 grill set is hardly ruinous. Splitting it, apparently, was.