So BM was telling DH on Sunday when we dropped of SS that SS had to go to the optometrist. I mentioned, "I don't think it's been a full 2 years."

Hubby's insurance covers an eye exam but only every 2 years. When we took SS, he was given a prescription, and we got him 2 pair of glasses.

Well, we gave one pair to her, and we kept the other pair. She managed to LOSE the first pair about a month after we gave them to her. She blames it on US, even though SHE had control over them. How she figures THAT one is beyond me.

So she asked for either the other pair of glasses which we had at our house, or a copy of the prescription. Hubby was pissed she lost the pair he gave her and said, "You can have the prescription copy." She wasn't happy and moaned & groaned about not getting that other pair. He told her, "YOU lost them, YOU replace them."

Well, fast forward to September of THIS year and SS is at his computer wearing his glasses...and he's lifting them up & pushing them down, trying to read the screen. I pointed this out to DH and he said, "well, I guess he doesn't need his glasses anymore."

BM mentioned about the glasses again, and DH brought them to her when he dropped off his son. The next time he picked up his son from her place (2 weeks later) she mentioned something about the glasses getting bent. Well, DH didn't look at the pair of glasses. When he got home, he told me about it, and I took the glasses out of SS's backpack. The left temple (side piece) is mangled like it was twisted around a pipe or pencil or something! It's all FUBAR! I was NOT happy. I put them back in the glasses case and put them back into the backpack after showing DH the damage that had been done.

So Sunday she states she's taking their son to get glasses @ Target coz she had a coupon for free lenses & she was going to take SS to get his eyes examined. That's when I mentioned about the 2 year t/f for our insurance to pay for the eye exam. She said, "Oh, I checked, and it HAS been 2 years." I said, "Well, okay, but if it's not, The insurance will NOT pay for it."

So last night I decided to check SS's health insurance explanations of Benefits (EOB's)...and I found the one for the eye exam done on him @ Nationwide vision. And guess what...she lied...it has NOT been 2 years. It'll be 2 years on February 23, 2010! I printed out the EOB...details and all and highlighted all the important info for DH to see.

He called her tonight to tell her what the date was. She's upset that the lens prescription was only written for one year. He told her, "That's the law, the doctor had no choice." She apparently has an appointment for him to get an eye exam tomorrow and I told DH if she does, it's ALL on her. She will have to pay the entire bill because it will NOT be covered and their decree states that if one parent goes ahead w/ a procedure w/o the other's consent, the one who initiated it will pay for it. Since it's not covered by insurance, she'll have to pay for it.

Of course, does she think to look around to see who's having a sale right now? I know of one place that advertises an eye exam and TWO pair of glasses for $100. Is she going there? Nope. It just aggrevates DH and me so much that because she didn't pay out a dime for those 2 pair of glasses, she could just not give a rat's ass about keeping them in good condition. IF *SHE* had to shell out money, she'd do a better job of reminding her son to be careful with them. When he wore those glasses at our house, they went back into the glasses case (he needed them to work on the computer.)...and they were in great condition when she finally got ahold of them. two weeks later they were mangled.

I think it just galls her that we actually checked up and proved her wrong. She's such an idiot.