I reconnected with my abusive brother. It was
not a mistake, but it reinforced what a piece of trash he is. I had to get him out of my mental space; the resentment and the OCD was letting him get space in my mind without paying rent.I had to confront him, and not to argue, to forgive him; not to not be
totally done with him; but to release the hatred that was only festering. It's like someone said, hating someone is liking drinking poison and hoping the other person gets sick.
Anyway, I bought him an NES classic; mostly so he'd stay home and stop going over to see our nephew, which I've done all I can but the flipper is free as far as the state is considered until after damage is done. So anyway, I went to hook up the thing, because he couldn't figure out an HDMI plug. He is that awkward. I thought I had my phone but when I went for it, it was gone. I messaged him to have him look for it. Dude has a room the size of walk in closet, it would only be in one place. Nope, he can't find it. "Oh well" I call my voicemail on my friend's phone. Flipping ass was listening to my messages. That's how manipulative he was. I know because he saved a message on that date, the 20th, and I hadn't even listened to the message yet. So I messaged him, "give me my phone, I don't want you listening to my messages", and he goes "I didn't listen to your messages, your phone isn't here!" that would be fine, if I didn't call him on the way over to his place, if I hadn't patted my pocket when I left. The only place else it could be is the car, and well, my car's name isn't Christine. The car was locked, and no one could listen to my messages without being Jason Born or a Pretender.
So I just ordered a new phone. The silver lining. It was due, VERY
overdue. The charger isn't even made anymore, and the wire was frayed so bad. The thing wasn't even a flip phone, remember those? Go older! It was this Nokia flat phone from like 2003. Like I say to people about my gaming books, I get a HELL of a lot of use of out objects I buy, and that phone was free anyway, through the state. I've had it since about...oh I think 2010, about. I have free service (though it's shotty) because I am under the poverty line, so all I had to do was pay like $50 for a free and clear phone, a smart phone. It was funny, Anne, my friend, was like "It's only rated at 71% liking" and I'm like "Anne! It's $50, for one. It's free service, for another. And did you SEE my old phone? I don't give a flip about anything but the base necessities, and yes I will uphold that. I have a tablet I barely leave the netflix and youtube pages. I have zero incentive to fiddle on it. I still get to be the one rolling my eyes and other people doing that and not be a hypocrite. But yeah, a bit of twist of luck, I probably would have use the Nokia until it...like electrified something. I have THAT "male" gene where I'm stubborn about getting rid of things.
I'm still upset about my brother listening to my messages. I mean it was;
- A message from Anne telling me she was coming home lat (new)
- Reminder for a doctor's appointment (already saved)
- Refill confirmation for medicine.
Ooh boy! I bet those were juicy BHM! Tucker! Little pea pod shiitake mushroom for brains.
I hope he enjoys his NES classic, straight up, I do. It's better than him being around his "best friend" our nephew. *grimace*