[Cause]

The brother in law is back (the alcoholic drug addict).

He occasionally comes over and sleeps in a makeshift room downstairs because he apparently has no where else to stay. Now he is the father of my nephew, and my mom and sister feel some guilt or sympathy for him that makes them allow this but it infuriates me and I try to talk them out of it all the time. For various reasons:

1) We now run around locking our valuables up when we leave our house because he cant be trusted not to steal and pawn them. I have to lock my bedroom door when I leave for the day, my mother locks hers when she leaves for dinners etc. We should have to live like this in our own house.

2) A while back I bought chocolate bar-one ice cream sauce to try. It was expensive but local restaurants use it to make some of my favorite desserts so I thought I would give it a go. It straight up vanished. I could not find it anywhere no one claimed to have eaten it. Mystery but I figured it got thrown out by accident or something. So last weekend I bought it again, finally tried it (its actually nothing special) but when I went back for some more a few night later it had vanished again. Finally dawned on me what happened. I have no idea why but the brother in law is just eating it straight from the bottle. Now its ice cream sauce (its expensive for ice cream sauce, 7$, but cheap in the grand scheme of things) but whats annoying is that I'm back to living in a house that when things go missing I cant be sure if I have lost or misplaced them or they have been stolen. It just happens to be ice cream sauce this time and not my late fathers watch. My mother says I was being ridiculous because he denied it and no one needs to steal chocolate sauce

3) When I brought my dogs in last night instead of running straight for my room as they normally do, they ran straight for his 'bedroom'. I don't speak to him anymore, I'm quite clear that I don't consider him welcome in my house (as clear as I can be without speaking to him), so I have never been in their but I had to chase my dog. My dog was drawn in their becauase of course it was a pigsty with food everywhere and the beagle can sense in guarded food in 1 part per billion. However what drew my eye was the almost empty 1 litre bottle of alcohol that he seemed to forget to hide. I actually don't know where he was last night but thank god he wasn't in the room at the time. I don't think my sister or mother are surprised, I'm certainly not, but this only makes the fact that they let him stay in our home all the more absurd to me. Oh I also found my bottle of honey-mustard sauce, so I'm not ridiculous. I have no idea why but he seems to be eating sauces on their own.

Now it might seem heartless that I just want him gone without helping him but I did try. I took him to rehab 3 times, helped pay for it. Drove him to meetings that he never actually went to. Drove him to hospital and staued with him when he relapsed. When he moved out and said he was sober I said simply if he couldt manage to get sober when he had the moral and financial support of his family how could he do it on his own. Confronted with a beer in his room he will just say that if we don't trust him how can he get better. I would help him if he wanted help but if he is going to deny theirs a problem still I would rather he live somewhere else regardless where that is. I now prioritize my health and more importantly my sisters help over him. I'm just hoping my mother and sister see that keeping him around is not health. I wish my father were still alive because he would not tolerate this shit in his home.

[Abyss]

BfuckinK, on 04 July 2019 - 04:16 AM, said:

Man this is the quietest lead up to the 4th in this hood I can probably ever recall here. That said the new neighbors had better pick up these hundreds of bottle rocket remains they are launching in all directions. I've already had one land not 10 ft away from me. I felt compelled to make some noise in the mostly silent night around here and launch some old shells we have.

Couldn't you just have noisy sex in a pickup truck somewhere? Less chance of innocent bystanders being injured.


...well, physically injured... psychologically on the other hand...

[Abyss]

Cause, on 04 July 2019 - 10:10 AM, said:

The brother in law is back (the alcoholic drug addict)....

When all is said and done, it's your Mom's house and her decision. Since you personally kicking him out is off the table, your options are what you've been doing - lock everything up, stay on guard, and avoid him - or leave.
All of which sucks, but it's probably better you're there and able to look out for your family than not.

That said, pointing out the alcohol to your mom and sister so there is no 'i told you so' when he becomes a problem in the near future might not hurt.

[Mentalist]

Gorgeous day (29, feels like 37).

Because I had a hearing today I'm stuck waiting for a bus in a 3 piece wool suit.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 04 July 2019 - 06:30 PM

[Slow Ben]

2 more weeks without internet. Shakes are starting to intensify. If you don’t hear from me again just assume my crotch goblins freaked out at not being able to watch YouTube Kids and the entire SB clan descended into unimaginable chaos.

[worry]

BfuckinK, on 04 July 2019 - 06:33 PM, said:

I prefer the ground beneath my feet to be steady.

That 6.4 earthquake was...a delight!

[Maark Abbott]

Summer. Don't like being hot, don't like being sticky, and definitely don't like bright weather.

Roll on autumn, cloud and rain.

[Abyss]

Maark Abbott, on 05 July 2019 - 07:53 AM, said:

Summer. Don't like being hot, don't like being sticky, and definitely don't like bright weather.

Roll on autumn, cloud and rain.

GO BACK TO RUSSIA.

[Abyss]

This is the the singularly worse kiwi fruit i have ever attempted to eat.
How the fuck does a kiwi fruit have gristle? Why do parts taste sweet and other parts taste like zombie genitals? DID IT JUST HISS AT ME?????

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 05 July 2019 - 02:17 PM, said:

This is the the singularly worse kiwi fruit i have ever attempted to eat.
How the fuck does a kiwi fruit have gristle? Why do parts taste sweet and other parts taste like zombie genitals? DID IT JUST HISS AT ME?????

Your mistake was....eating a kiwi.

[Traveller]

Abyss, on 05 July 2019 - 02:17 PM, said:

This is the the singularly worse kiwi fruit i have ever attempted to eat.
How the fuck does a kiwi fruit have gristle? Why do parts taste sweet and other parts taste like zombie genitals? DID IT JUST HISS AT ME?????

Monsters Ball.

[Cause]

Abyss, on 05 July 2019 - 02:17 PM, said:

This is the the singularly worse kiwi fruit i have ever attempted to eat.
How the fuck does a kiwi fruit have gristle? Why do parts taste sweet and other parts taste like zombie genitals? DID IT JUST HISS AT ME?????

You monster thats no fruit, thats a bird!

[Mentalist]

Abyss, on 05 July 2019 - 01:51 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 05 July 2019 - 07:53 AM, said:

Summer. Don't like being hot, don't like being sticky, and definitely don't like bright weather.

Roll on autumn, cloud and rain.

GO BACK TO JOTUNHEIM.

FTFY

[Andorion]

BfuckinK, on 06 July 2019 - 01:22 AM, said:

This is some bad shit that ain't even started yet. This poor dogs intenstons were hanging out. Law still ain't showed up. Neighbors still ain't home. It's going to boil when these two Residents meet. My adrenaline is still going. This poor woman was screaming bloody murder as I took off running towards her.

You have contacted both the police and animal control, right?

[Abyss]

Neighbor 1 dog got out, killed neighbor 2 dog.
You secured neighbor 1 dog in neighbor 1 yard.
Call police and animal control. Sounds like you're in the clear.

[Tsundoku]

Abyss, on 06 July 2019 - 02:10 AM, said:

Neighbor 1 dog got out, killed neighbor 2 dog.
You secured neighbor 1 dog in neighbor 1 yard.
Call police and animal control. Sounds like you're in the clear.

Agreed. Shit situation but good work mate.

[worry]

That is horrifying and scary but it sounds like you did the right thing.

We just had an "aftershock" (I suppose) that was bigger and longer than the first one. Google is saying 7.1.

[worry]

My house is okay, and it was finalized as a 6.9 so it didn't break the 7.0 barrier (still bigger than the Northridge '94 quake though, and closer to me). Usually I'm chill but that one really was scary. Also, just now, another (small) aftershock happened as I was typing this. I am "shook" as they say.

[worry]

It's like a waterbed, except it's the planet.

[Nicodimas]

Oh I’m pretty sure I have a torn meniscus.

All my running ? All my squats ?

Nope lifted a heavy box and turned on a uphill slope.

Avoiding the doc like a plague kinda hoping it magically heals.

Fuck I can’t extend my leg out. This is terribly lame .. not a fan of getting old