It's been a LONG while (sorry, been busy) and I figured I'd post what will probably be the last EP story between me and my mom, at least one can hope. I left you all with her threatening to put out a restraining order for dumb reasons (click here for the story). To try to keep this short I will continue assuming you read the previous story, please read it before continuing so it makes sense. In the end they dropped the whole case on me, but pursued my brother. I am still posting the story as it's really hilarious, and still shows major entitlement on my mom and step dad's part. I did not actually goto court, so this is pieced together by my two brothers that did (The one having the restraining order put on him, the other younger one still living with my mom and step dad trying to be impartial). Please enjoy!

My brother, still as witty and clever as he is mischievous greeted my step dad with "Hey, nice to see you! Seen any good bionicles as of late?" (To clarify, my step dad had accidentally shared a bionicle porn video he was watching to his Facebook about 2 weeks before this whole thing started. He promptly removed it, but not before my aunt and my brother saw it on his page.)

My step dad yelled at the judge "See? This is the kind of crap I gotta deal with. This KID should be locked up and the key thrown away!"

The judge just looked at him extremely confused and said slowly "I guess...? Let's just get this case moving."

The rest of the case itself was pretty boring. Mostly my step dad claiming he had footage of the event and when asked to present it, he said my brother must have stolen it (He didn't, I have seen said footage and it clearly showed my step dad being the attacker...he showed it to me and one of my other brother's asking what we thought about our brother after seeing it. I can only guess after hearing our reactions he decided it would be better if it was "stolen") In the end, they had no evidence that there should be an order put upon him and dismissed the case.

A few weeks later my brother ran across the paper work for the trial and got one of his usual brilliant schemes. He jammed copies of them into an envelope addressed to my step dad, along with a piece of paper upon which he wrote only 5 words...5 wonderful words that have caused those parents of mine to cut all contact for the last several months and tell everyone else in the family they want nothing to do with either me or my brother (cause I supported him during all this). He wrote "I think you lost something".

BONUS STORY!!!!

My younger brother (The one who tried to remain impartial cause he's living with them) called me a week or so ago to see if he could move in with me (My married brother had moved out and I had moved into his place and took it over cause I had finally gotten my money situation figured out). I asked him why the change of heart? (I had offered him to move in when I first moved in, but he said it was cheaper and better for him at the time). He said he was oblivious to just how much my step dad didn't respect his privacy until recently. It took a recent event for him to realize that he would knock on his door and open it at the same time, despite telling him A) he's 19 and an adult and B) he could be changing or even hanging about his room naked (I mean hey, it's his room...he can do what he wants). He didn't really think much on it until he asked him how much he was getting in tax returns this year. My younger brother (YB from here out) says "no offence, but that's kinda personal. I don't feel comfortable telling you. I know I owe you $50, and I will pay you next month, like we agreed." YB thought that was the end of it, until one morning he found his tax return check on the table out of the envelope...he hadn't opened. He went to my mom and said "Hey, that's not cool. He can't go through my mail, let alone messing with my tax return simply cause I didn't want to tell him how much I was getting." She looked at my step dad and said "Well, it is kinda personal..." and that was all they did to try to make things better, no apology or anything.

The advice I gave my brother (I hope it was good advice) is that as crappy as they are being and as happy as I'd be to have him just pop over and live with me he still needs to give them 30 days notice before just pulling the plug. He needs to be decent enough to give them notice so they can make arrangements financially for him to move out. He can move in with me come March (Or sooner if they kick him out for telling them). It was hard for me to give him this advice as at the time the roommate I had lined up to share the rent bailed with no warning (yes, this was last week) so I was scrambling to get another...I REALLY wanted to just say screw em', but not at the cost of my brother starting his adult life with a choice like that. (I'm good now, got a roommate, and he's awesome!).