Oklahoma City Thunder at Dallas Mavericks

American Airlines Center- Dallas, TX
ESPN
TV/Radio

Time Clock
Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
OKC	30	34	26	26	116
DAL	23	25	35	34	117

Player Stats

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MINS	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
L. Dort	32:11	11	3-10	2-7	3-3	0	3	3	1	3	0	2	5	-6
J. Williams	37:00	22	8-16	3-5	3-3	2	7	9	8	2	1	0	1	-7
C. Holmgren	34:30	21	9-15	1-7	2-2	0	3	3	1	2	0	3	5	8
I. Joe	29:05	11	4-7	3-4	0-0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	-6
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	42:42	36	14-25	4-5	4-7	0	3	3	8	0	2	0	3	0
J. Giddey	10:29	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	2
J. Williams	18:24	6	2-5	1-4	1-2	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	-14
A. Wiggins	7:43	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	11
C. Wallace	24:24	5	2-8	1-6	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	4
K. Williams	3:30	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MINS	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
D. Jones Jr.	40:21	22	8-13	4-6	2-2	3	1	4	2	1	1	2	3	18
P. Washington	29:30	9	2-6	2-5	3-5	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	5	8
D. Gafford	18:30	10	4-7	0-0	2-4	4	3	7	1	0	1	1	0	-25
K. Irving	42:22	22	9-23	4-10	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	3	2
L. Doncic	44:43	29	9-15	4-6	7-7	0	10	10	10	2	0	7	4	7
J. Green	18:34	6	2-4	1-3	1-2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	-9
D. Lively II	29:30	12	5-6	0-0	2-3	4	11	15	3	1	1	2	4	26
J. Hardy	10:37	5	2-6	1-3	0-1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	-15
T. Hardaway Jr.	5:51	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-7

Team Stats

Team	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	OREB	DREB	REB
OKC	44-92	15-41	13-17	25	20	10	8	5	7	24	45
DAL	42-82	16-34	17-24	25	23	5	17	4	14	33	54

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Oklahoma City Thunder (1) vs Dallas Mavericks (5)

Score: Dallas Mavericks lead 3-2
Time: 5:00 PM PT
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
Network: ESPN
 

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I get the feeling the heat is being turned way up.
Donna’s upcoming trial, CA being moved far away from “civilization”, WA relocating to TX, HA now totally abandoned.
Are they all feeling the walls finally closing in. Their options for dealing with the fear are limited.
(Please forgive me if I’m being too insensitive.)
Thinking of anyone being so desolate and desperate to want to end their life is so disturbing and heartbreaking to me (I’ve lived through it my dad) despite them seemingly having an evil heart and committing heinous crimes. So in that regard (and as much I despise the Adelsons for how they destroyed so many people’s lives) I still feel a scintilla of empathy. (I’m ducking for cover now as the downvotes pile in).
We know DA considered unaliving herself as an alternative to fleeing (or at least she alluded to it in recorded calls). Her visible shock and disgust when the Leon CountyJail attorney mentioned this in court seemed to be an attempt at being a great actress but major fail IMO
HA has to be mentally struggling even more now that WA has abandoned him and taken his grandsons away. At 80 years old and likely lonely as heck, possibly having health issues brought on by endless stress, I could see him just wanting to end the anguish and pain.
Dreading watching and hearing and reading about his wife of 55+ years going through a trial where her total lack of decency and integrity and her cold cruelty would be exposed to millions of people worldwide. (Not sure if his distress would be a result of shame and embarrassment or out of love and respect for his Donna Sue - or all of the above).
CA and DA are likely closely monitored so they don’t have any options other than endure.
I’m not sure about WA. Does this move to TX mean she’s putting her kids close to extended family because she plans to flee or consider a more dire move? Maybe she can no longer deal with the anxiety and dread about an impending arrest and the thought of being incarcerated like mom and brother?
Again, it hurts me to think of ANYONE being this desolate. Yet I despise WA for the tremendous pain she has inflicted on her sons and the Markel family.
I’m confident that she will be convicted and I have no doubt she’s realizing this too. I can see her taking the cowardly way out.
She’s truly selfish (evidenced dozens of times) and she’s likely terrified that Georgia will produce enough new evidence to show exactly what a cold, calculating, egotistical, lying person she is. And her ego and arrogance wouldn’t be able to bear this humiliation and unmasking of her true and evil self.
Again, apologies for what may seem hard hearted, but I think it’s worthy of a kind and sensitive and careful discussion.

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This is as far as I can tell, a very odd situation that I can't get a straight answer to yet. I've been calling around to law offices already, and haven't been able to even schedule a consultation yet, but might have to go this way.
I'm hoping a Texas based lawyer (not my lawyer, I know) might help me with some thoughts on what I need to file with the county clerk.
The situation is this: My wife, for the longest time went by her middle name, to the point that her TX DL and our own marriage certificate only has her middle name used as her first name. Our original homestead deed, with a lien (under finance and not paid off yet) has her middle (that she used as her first) name on it.
The problem is that we purchased additional, adjoining properties after the Real ID act took effect and she had been forced to correct her SSN card and DL to reflect her first, middle and last name. I should also point out that, possibly due to a clerical error, her first name on her birth certificate is not spelled the same as it is on every other legal document including her DL and passport. So, these adjoining properties have my name etux her new "legal" name different from the original homestead.
Per Texas law I know we are allowed to have all contiguous properties included under the same homestead exemption. However, because her name does not match the name on the original homestead purchase (the one still being financed) the county will not allow us to merge these separate accounts under one homestead exemption umbrella.
I have two ideas here, but wanted some feedback: The first is to file a notarized correction deed form with the county clerk on the original homestead so that everything matches, but since that is the only property still being financed I'm not sure how that would work. The second idea would be to have her sign a quit claim on all properties and then add her back afterwards. Adding her back might also prove difficult, but we have been married almost 30 years and there may be other options I'm not aware of.
Thoughts?

Adel

• City Council meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. with agendas available by EOD Friday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here.
• Adel Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 14, 2024

Alleman

• City Council meets on the 2nd Monday of every month at 7 p.m. AND every 3rd Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m., which appears to be their Work Session meetings. Agendas can be found here.
• Alleman Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda – May 13, 2024

Altoona

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 6:30 p.m. Agendas can be found here.
• Altoona Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Public Hearing for Development Plan for Blue Ridge Plat 3

Ankeny

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. with agendas available by EOD Friday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here
• Ankeny Mayor and City Council
• You need to select Novus agenda and it takes you to a 3rd party website where you can then select the latest meeting type such as City Council, Action Planning, etc.
  • City Council meetings can be viewed via Zoom, but only during the meeting. The City does not post the video of the Council meetings on either their website or YouTube.
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Local Option Sales and Services Tax
    • Amending provisions pertaining to stormwater management fees.

Bondurant

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
• Bondurant Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Approval of site plan for 2416 Robinson Avenue (LCI Distributing, LTD)
    • Approving the site plan extension request for 2465 Robinson Avenue, NE (Skol Trucking)

Carlisle

• City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month at 6:30 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here on the right side of the website.
• Carlisle Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 13, 2024

Clive

• City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 6 p.m. with the goal of having agendas posted no later than two business days prior to a meeting. Agenda Packets for 2024 can be found here and a collection of prior year agenda packets (2005+) and large construction set documents can be located here.
• Clive Mayor and City Council
• Latest City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 2, 2024

Cumming

• City Council meets on the 2nd Mondays of every month and sometimes on the 4th Monday if needed at 7 p.m. They updated their website so in the new way to find their current agenda/packets is either on the front page of the website either under latest news in the center or to the right under upcoming events.
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 13, 2024

Dallas Center

• City Council meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
• Dallas Center Mayor and City
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Discussion to evaluate potential city administrator candidates

Dallas County

• Dallas County Board of Supervisors meet every Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. Upcoming Supervisor Agenda Packets can be found here and Supervisor meetings prior to upcoming meetings can be located here.
• They do not post contact information for their three board of supervisors - Someone who lives in Dallas County please contact the County to post this information because it’s antithetical to an “open” government.
• Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda – May 21, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGETING
• If you work for Dallas County or know someone who works there, please tell the administration to include Supervisor agenda packets on the website.

De Soto

• City Council meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. with agendas posted to the City website by the EOD Friday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here.
• De Soto Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda – May 21, 2024
• Items of interest:
  • Public Hearing for the sale of city lots; 324 & 326 Walnut Street
  • Water and sewer rate amendments
  • Adopt a resolution placing a proposal before the voters to increase the membership of the Board of Supervisors in Dallas County from three to five
  • Set the date and time for a Public Hearing for the sale of city lot north of city hall; June 18, 2024 at 6:00pm.

Des Moines

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5 p.m. with agendas being available by 4:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here. I will only do my top 5 as the media generally covers DSM Council meetings and the big topics.
• Des Moines Mayor and City Council
  • City Council does usually have Work Sessions on the morning of regular City Council meetings (Mondays) at 7:30 a.m.
• City Council Meeting Agenda – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Conversion of an existing office building at 601 Locust Street to a 221-unit multi-family residential building
    • Urbandale Avenue Resurfacing from 34th Street to Beaver Avenue
    • Euclid Avenue 3-Lane Conversion (2nd Avenue to Des Moines River Bridge)
    • Workforce Housing Tax Credit (WHTC) benefit applications
    • Memorandum of Understanding and Business Associate Agreement with United Way of the Midlands for non-emergency transportation services.
    • WORK SESSION IN MORNING at 7:30 a.m. - IMPACT Community Action Partnership Update, and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

Elkhart

• City Council meets on the 3rd Monday of every month at 6 p.m. Agendas can be found here and Agenda Packets can located here (it seems like agendas are posted at a separate time compared to the full agenda packet.
• Elkhart does not provide contact information for their Mayor or City Council. If you live in Elkhart, please contact the City to ask that they put this information up on their website.
• City Council Meeting Agenda – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • ADDING CHAPTER 47 TO PROVIDE PARK REGULATIONS

Granger

• City Council meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. Agendas can be found here.
• Granger Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 23, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • No agenda has been posted as of the time of this post.
• If you work for the City of Granger or know someone who works there, please tell the administration to include Council agenda packets on the website.

Grimes

• City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 5:30 p.m. and they try to have agendas available to view for the public published 24 hours in advance of the meeting. They have dates listed on their website when they will not meet during the year listed here.
• Grimes Mayor and City Council
• agenda & meetings page/calendar this does include their upcoming and previous meetings with agendas/packets if you scroll up or down.
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 14, 2024

Indianola

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 7 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here.
• Indianola Mayor and City Council
  • City Council does have study sessions on topics that are before the regular City Council meeting at 6 p.m. and are open to the public.
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Approving the fee schedule
    • Hearing in accordance with Chapter 56, Section 56.05 of the City Code concerning seizure, impoundment and disposition of vicious animals.
• Joint City Council and Warren County Supervisors Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
• Items of interest:
  • Resolution authorizing the execution of a contract by and between the City of Indianola and Warren County
• City Council Study Session Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
• Items of interest:
  • Risk insurance renewals

Johnston

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 7 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here This takes you to a 3rd party website where there appears to be no separate web pages for each Council meeting.
• Johnston Mayor and City Council
  • City Council does have Work Sessions that are open to the public that occur before regular City Council meetings at 6 p.m.
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024 (On the desktop version, it is not a separate page from where the agendas are located so you have to click on meetings in the top right, find the Council meeting on the left, click view agenda, and then you can click on separate agenda items on the left to get more info)
  • Items of interest:
    • Council Work Session before City Council meeting - Discus Senate File 455 and the Applicable Text Amendments to the Johnston Code of Ordinances Which Originate From This Legislation
    • Updating the City of Johnston Policy on Special Events
    • Set a public hearing for June 3rd, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to consider a text amendment to Section 176.13, Dwelling, Attached Two Unit (Twinhome), Section 177.03, Accessory Structure, Section 182.07, Screening, and Section 185.03, Building Materials, of the Johnston Zoning Code.
    • Resolution No. 24-115 - Approving a Moratorium on Enforcement of the Amended Fire Sprinkler Threshold Requirements of Section 159.10.7 and 155.04.2.N of the City of Johnston Code of Ordinances

Norwalk

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
• Norwalk Mayor and City Council
• Tentative City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 16, 2024

Pleasant Hill

• City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets for previous meetings can be found here but you have to select the particular meeting from a list under City Council Agendas (Their archive is not updated properly so you may need to contact staff at the city to fix this or request different agenda documents). Agendas for the upcoming City Council meeting can be located here on the left hand side of the web page.
• Pleasant Hill Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda – May 14, 2024

Polk City

• City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
• Polk City Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 13, 2024

Polk County

• Polk County Board of Supervisors meet every other Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. The schedule for the rest of the year as well as agenda packets for upcoming and previous meetings can be found here They also typically have work sessions on Wednesday or Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
• Polk County Board of Supervisors (You have to click on each Supervisors “Bio” to get their contact information)
• Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Packet – May 21, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Resolution approving agreement with Des Moines University for provision of learning experiences.

Urbandale

• City Council meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here on the right side of the website.
• Urbandale Mayor and City Council (On the left hand side of the webpage you have to select each person for their contact information)
  • City Council does have Work Sessions that are open to the public that occur before City Council Meetings at 5:30 p.m. City Council also has Lunch and Learn meetings that are open to the public electronically on select Tuesdays at 11:45 a.m. (The public may access the conversation in person at Urbandale City Council Chambers the day of the meeting).
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 21, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Public Hearing and Consideration of Bids - Lions Park Improvements Phase 2

Van Meter

• City Council meets on the 2nd Monday of every month at 7 p.m. Agendas can be found here
• Van Meter Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda – May 13, 2024

Warren County

• Warren County Board of Supervisors meet every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at 9:30 a.m. Agendas can be found here
• Warren County Board of Supervisors
• Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda – May 7, 2024 They require you to download the agendas via PDF’s so there is no direct web link to the agendas

Waukee

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. Agendas can be found here AND the agenda packets can be located here
• Waukee Mayor and City Council
  • City Council will have Work Sessions and Special Meetings that usually occur on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month.
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Water, Irrigation, stormwater, solid waste, and natural gas rates
    • approval of a resolution approving revised site plan for Central Plaza II [1165 SE University Avenue]

West Des Moines

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. Upcoming Council Agenda Packets can be found here (to see the packet for a meeting, click on the meeting under “Events” and then select one of the packet choices) and Council meetings prior to upcoming meetings can be located here
• West Des Moines Mayor and City Council
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Establish Public Hearings - Revenue Purpose Statements Regarding Use of Revenues Derived from Proposed Electric and Natural Gas Franchise Fees
    • Modify Regulations Pertaining to the Sales and Storage of Fireworks

Windsor Heights

• City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
• Windsor Heights Mayor and City Council (You have to click on each person to get their contact information but you can fill out this form to send a message to the Mayor, the five city councilors, and the city administrator at once.
  • They do have recaps of their City Council meetings which are located here
• City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 20, 2024
  • Items of interest:
    • Amending Chapter 136, Governing Sidewalk Regulations
    • Amending Chapter 185, Governing Floodplain Management
    • Approve Resolution 2024-38 A Resolution Setting a Public Hearing on the Plans, Specifications, Form of Contract and Estimate of Costs for the Windsor Heights CEC Solar Project

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Folks, if y’all have a loved one that’s incarcerated and had a bench warrant to head to Harris county from prison or from another county, please be aware that Harris county is not accounting jail time credit correctly. There have been two inmates I have identified where one inmate was incarcerated since 2021 and he was only given 26 days jail time credit and another that was incarcerated since 2022 and was only given 11 days jail time credit. There was no back time added from the time put in at TDCJ and another county where both of the prisoners were incarcerated at prior to being sentenced at Harris county. This is a serious issue because what happened on both is their time got stacked when it was supposed to run CC. So, out of courtesy, please inform your incarcerated loved ones to review the jail time credit before signing if prior time has been put in. This has put me through two weeks of hell to get corrected for my fiancé. It got it fixed but this is an error that should not be taken lightly. We are talking about someone’s life and doing dead time is not what we want.
We informed our attorney and they said that’s just for Harris county and they don’t have information on other counties. That’s a crock of shit. Check all the judgements from each county and for any inmates at TDCJ, request they mail you their booking sheet and review the data and then request for a letter of correction on the judgement to get their back time credit applied. It’s sad that we had to be on our toes for this stuff in order for people to do their job correctly.

Oklahoma City Thunder at Dallas Mavericks

American Airlines Center- Dallas, TX
ESPN
TV/Radio

Time Clock
Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
OKC	30	34	26	26	116
DAL	23	25	35	34	117

On the court

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MINS	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
J. Williams	37:00	22	8-16	3-5	3-3	2	7	9	8	2	1	0	1	-7
C. Holmgren	34:30	21	9-15	1-7	2-2	0	3	3	1	2	0	3	5	8
I. Joe	29:05	11	4-7	3-4	0-0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	-6
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	42:42	36	14-25	4-5	4-7	0	3	3	8	0	2	0	3	0
J. Williams	18:24	6	2-5	1-4	1-2	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	-14

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MINS	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
D. Jones Jr.	40:21	22	8-13	4-6	2-2	3	1	4	2	1	1	2	3	18
P. Washington	29:30	9	2-6	2-5	3-5	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	5	8
K. Irving	42:22	22	9-23	4-10	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	3	2
L. Doncic	44:43	29	9-15	4-6	7-7	0	10	10	10	2	0	7	4	7
D. Lively II	29:30	12	5-6	0-0	2-3	4	11	15	3	1	1	2	4	26

Team Stats

Team	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	OREB	DREB	REB
OKC	44-92	15-41	13-17	25	20	10	8	5	7	24	45
DAL	42-82	16-34	17-24	25	23	5	17	4	14	33	54

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I can't believe that I'm blasting all of the following to the world, I just need help getting through the weekend and coming days until I can hopefully see a psychiatrist next week.
I (53M) have recently received some extremely distressing, alarming and sensitive major family news affecting my entire family about very sensitive topics that I'm not even sure I can even discuss here, along with a similar trauma I went though as a young adult when i was in jail.I had tried Reddit CrisisLine, but nobody answered twice after 45 and 60 minutes. I'm really not sure if I'm in any way considering self harm.
But it has thrown my already existing depression into a spiraling and crippling depression that is really causing me to want to just give up. Again I stress, I don't feel like I'm the point I'd take action, but I'm tettering right on the edge of the abyss. I just don't really care about life anymore. I don't have any fight left in me. On top of my myriad of current major medical issues that already have had me really weighed down and struggling for many years, my sleep is down, serious weight loss in a short period of time (25% loss 3 months.) I can count one time on less than both hands the items I've eaten this past week. I'm not taking my 31 meds as I just gag and barf them up, and honestly, I'm simply exhausted from side effects. All day-every day accute pain throughout my body for decades, which is being treated through pain management specialist, but it's still there.100% even more now that my two spinal cord stims for pain management are no longer working due to failed batteries, and insurance is refusing to pay until the batteries reach their ten year mark in two years. Anthropophobia, agoraphobia, SAD, and accute depression rule my life, well....my existence. Possibly even an undiagnosed eating disorder due to not eating. And when I do eat, six times out of 10 I have to put my fingers down my throat to barf some food back up due to Gastro pressures from a prior surgery that can not be amended. A recent first-time rheumatologist doc says maybe Fibromyalgia instead of what I thought was arthritis to add to my existing health stack. But there's no way to test for it, let alone diagnose and treat it. I just have 'all of the indicators'. Which in itself explains so much of my pain from the research I've been doing since. Major endocrine issues caused by an inoperable brain tumour. My shoulders and neck and back are rock hard from stress. Nightly recurrent nightmares of being pulled under by water rapids, and I most defin'itely can not swim. As well as camping and taking myself flying off a high cliff, and being smothered/suffocate. I'm a recovering Norco and Soma addict. I'm working a program, just not NA. Treatment in 09, but I've had a few relapses since, all due to daily acute physical body pain that I'm being treated for. In irony, my pain medical issues require me to remain on the same medications I was addicted to. Plus, I have Keterolac shots for the near daily migraines. I've become even much more of a recluse, only ever leaving home to get groceries or to go to medical appointments. Like I know that I need help, I .just don't have anything left in me to fight. Tired of health. Tired of family. Tired of life. I just exist day to day. Dreading to get out of bed each day to cope. Rather lay in bed all day in the dark.
I had a really horrendous encounter as a youth in the psychiatric system and meds for gay conversion 'therapy' that I've never dealt with the aftermath of.
I've got significant church related shame and issues surrounding my being gay and being shunned, called out during church, all eyes averted, and being excommunicated in my early 20s before jail outlined below. This was the Sunday after I'd gone to the senior pastor seeking spiritual guidance as I was dealing with the catastrophic aftermath of having recently at the time of coming out to my parents, and being told 'dont want a gay son' which fomed my whole outlook of worthiness and insecuirty of self worth that's plagued my whole life as I've never gotten over it. So religion is completely out of the picture. And I've 100,000% zero desire to go back at all. This even with given the fact that the largest LGBT church in the world is right here in Dallas. This is further compounded by a prior marriage that I had to the pastor of the 2nd largest LGBT church, that viciously ended after 6 years of continual daily psychological and verbal and sexual abuse for which I wasnt 'permitted' to seek help outside of church by the board for what it could potentially do to harm the church should it be made public during a fragile time in church history. Also never dealt with.
I missed a call from my cardiologist today who indicated I need heart work, and fast, as I've got numerous blockages in and on my heart that could account for the random off the wall bad arrhythmias I've been having. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I want the surgery for it, hoping it will just take me sooner. I'm just struggling to even comprehend this new news, given that I eat like a bird, and what I do eat either literally 90+% of the time flushes right through me. This new news on top of everything else is just pushing me closer to the abyss.
My own therapist is out of town camping for the weekend until Tuesday, and I've not been able to reach her. I don't currently see a psychologist. But after months of trying to get into a psychologist that didn't have an extensive waiting list due to my insurance. I was finally able to schedule a psychiatrist visit and consult for next Friday the 25th of May via pain management. But I missed a call today from them as well stating that they need to reschedule. So now I have to wait some more, and who knows when that will be.
I also want to add that I have a very loving husband of 25 years. He's my rock and is being so supportive, holding me constantly while I cry. He just doesn't know what to do either other than to be there for me. He is the only one anchoring me at the moment. I know and understand and see that I'm catastrophizing in what-ifs, but if he wasn't here, then I wouldn't be here typing this message, especially after today. My rational mind has taken a vacation I was able to speak with 988 today, the National Suicide Prevention line. And I was able to barf all of these feelings out to him. But I'm still very raw and struggling. I've been in bed all day, well... all moth, has been my MO for a hot minute.
I've been zonked all day on my own pain weed and Valium from pain management just to cope as I was uncontrollably hysterical earlier after cardiologist voicemail.
Does anyone know if there are weekend emotional support groups in Dallas, TX area that I could go to over the weekend. Any therapists that do weekend consultations?
I'm just adrift and looking for input on sensitive topics. Thanks in advance for any recommendations and comments.

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This is as far as I can tell, a very odd situation that I can't get a straight answer to yet. I've been calling around to law offices already, and haven't been able to even schedule a consultation yet, but might have to go this way.
I'm hoping a Texas based lawyer (not my lawyer, I know) might help me with some thoughts on what I need to file with the county clerk.
The situation is this: My wife, for the longest time went by her middle name, to the point that her TX DL and our own marriage certificate only has her middle name used as her first name. Our original homestead deed, with a lien (under finance and not paid off yet) has her middle (that she used as her first) name on it.
The problem is that we purchased additional, adjoining properties after the Real ID act took effect and she had been forced to correct her SSN card and DL to reflect her first, middle and last name. I should also point out that, possibly due to a clerical error, her first name on her birth certificate is not spelled the same as it is on every other legal document including her DL and passport. So, these adjoining properties have my name etux her new "legal" name different from the original homestead.
Per Texas law I know we are allowed to have all contiguous properties included under the same homestead exemption. However, because her name does not match the name on the original homestead purchase (the one still being financed) the county will not allow us to merge these separate accounts under one homestead exemption umbrella.
I have two ideas here, but wanted some feedback: The first is to file a notarized correction deed form with the county clerk on the original homestead so that everything matches, but since that is the only property still being financed I'm not sure how that would work. The second idea would be to have her sign a quit claim on all properties and then add her back afterwards. Adding her back might also prove difficult, but we have been married almost 30 years and there may be other options I'm not aware of.
Thoughts?

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**What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games Fornite, Wizard101, Roblox, and Minecraft, Racing Sims, FPS games
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$1,500

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Within a month

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Just the tower

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Dallas TX, microcenter nearby

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Possibly down the line just the gpu

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1TB SSD Wifi included in the motherboard 32 GB of DDR5 This GPU https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-rtx-4070-super-rtx-4070-super-12g-gaming-x-slim-mlg/p/N82E16814137872?item=N82E16814137872&source=googleshopping&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords-mobile&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-mobile-_-pla-_-video+card+-+nvidia-_-N82E16814137872&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid+shopping&utm_campaign=knc-googleadwords-mobile-_-pla-_-video+card+-+nvidia-_-N82E16814137872&id0=Google&id1=21176671393&id2=160508765003&id3=&id4=&id5=pla-2277240864227&id6=&id7=9026884&id8=&id9=g&id10=m&id11=&id12=EAIaIQobChMIo6rz6_CKhgMV751aBR2GLAh8EAQYAiABEgIWpfD_BwE&id13=Y&id14=Y&id15=&id16=696229536437&id17=&id18=&id19=&id20=&id21=pla&id22=8438988&id23=online&id24=N82E16814137872&id25=US&id26=2277240864227&id27=&id28=&id29=&id30=1023310503259399668&id31=en&id32=&id33=&id34=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo6rz6_CKhgMV751aBR2GLAh8EAQYAiABEgIWpfD_BwE

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All black is my style, besides that anything is fine

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No

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I am not the OP. That is u/No_Chrysler-4-Me. Originally posted on EntitledPeople and pettyrevenge.
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There are two previous BORUs I posted last year:
First Post Jan 8, 2023
Second Post Jan 8, 2023
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Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence
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Editor's Note: THIS IS VERY LONG! OP posts a lot about his family. I will include links to other posts at the bottom of this BORU, but I will keep this post focused on the brother and OP.
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TL;DR of the above BORUs: OP's older brother is lazy and a cheapskate. OP bought a truck, an '03 Toyota Tundra. Brother gets jealous and buys a 01 Dodge Ram 1500, but it's crap. OP tries to help brother fix up the truck despite warning him not to buy it. Once it was running a little better, brother challenges OP to a race. Brother loses and becomes obsessed with practicing racing, ruining the truck further. Eventually they go camping, have more shenanigans, brother finally blows the transmission. Brother has to drive his ex-girlfriend's minivan, which he hates, tries to LS Swap the Ram, but no one will lend him the money. He eventually sells it. Brother doesn't stop there. He NEEDS a truck, so he has the brilliant idea of chopping the minivan up to make it into a truck. He needs money to Frankenstein the minivan, no one will pay, but eventually he cuts it up, uses recycled wood to make the truck bed, etc. He calls it the "Mini-Ram."
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My brother sold the Mini-Ram and got a Silverado. That was fine. It's what happened after that made things worse May 5, 2024
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I've been gone for some time. But I'm back with a bad one. I've spoken before about how my older brother competed with me needlessly. And he did a lot of beyond stupid shit. Well he finally pushed the whole family over the edge, and got disowned. And I'm going to be explaining a lot of what happened the past year, and then some from before that. But it's too long for one post.
Well going back more than a year. Some may remember my brother getting a free minivan from his ex after the Dodge Ram truck I warned him not to buy became a moneypit. I helped him work on that truck and even repaint it. And I helped him remodel his camper trailer too. Why? Because he's my brother. And I guess some part of me deep down kept hoping he'd one day change. But he tried to take credit for things I did. Especially with remodeling the camper. And he had tantrums when called out on his lies. He also became temporarily obsessed with my truck, and even implied he'd just take it from me because he hated driving a minivan. He referred to it as a chick car. He acted like a complete child because I refused to trade vehicles, and even got our parents involved. It was just a really stupid and needless situation that my brother tried to make a hill to die on.
It started when my brother bought his Dodge Ram simply because I bought a Toyota Tundra. He had a perfectly running Subaru Baja before that. Then he said he wanted a man's truck and bought the worst barely running pile he could find that was also overpriced considering the condition. He could have at least aimed for a diesel since he wanted a dodge so bad. Lots of dumb shit happened after that. Including my brother wanting to LS swap the Ram after destroying it's engine and two transmissions. But I'm pretty sure the person who offered to do the LS swap for him was a scammer. Not to mention LS swapping any vehicle basically means replacing the ECU. But it never happened anyway since the engine and transmission my brother wanted sold before he could get them. And he had no running vehicle anymore. So my brother's ex, whom he has a young child with, gave him her old 90s Ford Windstar van. It was admittedly an ugly, dent riddled POS with the rear window busted out. But it still ran and drove surprisingly well, considering that's not one of Ford's better vehicles. And then my brother decided to cut it up into some sort of van/truck. Or a ute as they're called in some places. But he made this thing ugly. Lots of spray foam, recycled wood, and rattle can paint. Even mismatched sub-lights above the cab. He frequently raided the junkyard for parts. And he even glued a Ram badge onto the grill of that van/truck. He called it the Mini-Ram. Lots of stupid cheap mods done to that vehicle too. Someone once asked me how ugly the Mini-Ram was on a scale of 1 to 1000. And I said about a 667.
My brother did a lot of other dumb things in this time. Like following me camping just to piss me off. He was a general leech who stole power from my generator, and tried to steal beer from my camper fridge repeatedly. He was so brazen as to just walk right in, and then tried to pretend to be so drunk he didn't realize what he was doing when caught. I've spoken many times about how he stole booze from me. Until my friends and I revenge pranked him and his near equally douchey friends with a growler full of laxative tainted beer. We admittedly used way too much laxative. But my brother never stole from me again because I threatened to tell everyone about his humiliation. He crapped on his own shoes squatting in the woods. And that's just a bit of it.
Eventually my brother seemed to learn his lesson. He sold the Mini-Ram to someone who actually paid him well for it. And no, I don't know what they did with it. And I don't care. But, when the 2K he sold the Mini-Ram for was combined with his savings, my brother had a bit over 4.5K to buy a better vehicle with. And he spotted a 99 RWD Silverado truck with an extended cab for sale online. He really shouldn't have sold his only method of transportation before having a replacement vehicle ready. But I couldn't fault him for taking the deal when presented, considering what he sold. And as much as my brother annoyed me, I still cared about him enough to help. He showed up begging me to drive him over 60 miles to look at this truck he found on Market Place.
So I reluctantly drove him out to see this truck. It wasn't that bad actually. Save for the rough mismatched paint, the rusty hood, the dents, the cracked windshield, and.... Actually, I guess it was kinda that bad. But not compared to the clapped out Ram my brother bought previously. The Silverado had a manual transmission, which we both confirmed shifted great as the records showed it had been rebuilt a few years before. The engine had been swapped at one time too. So it was kinda hard to gauge the odometer as it had not been rolled back for the new engine. It was at about 350.000 miles, but those numbers don't really mean jack when the engine and tranny have been replaced or rebuilt. Admittedly the engine ran like a top. The tires on the truck were in pretty damn good shape too. And on steel rims. Which I like. Very practical. I asked my brother if this was the manly kind of truck he'd been looking for. And for once he spoke logically and said that he'd rather have this than risk what happened with the Ram again. Fair enough. Besides, Chevy trucks are cool and reliable. I've always liked them. Like a rock as they say.
My brother and I scrutinized this truck in detail like a pair of pawn brokers, and talked the price down to 3K. They wanted 4K. But we could hear a sound while test driving it that was either bad ball joints or wheel bearings. We jacked up the wheels, and the bearings felt and sounded fine. But the ball joints were pretty bad. And that's not a cheap fix unless you can do it yourself. The truck was owned by the seller's father, who'd passed away a year prior. So the guy took 3K for it after we listed the problems. After driving it back, I insisted my brother get the truck to a mechanic ASAP. And he listened that time. The mechanic said the ball joints were about to come apart, and it's have caused a very bad situation if they had. And it cost him a grand to get them replaced. The truck also needed new plates ant the title registered. Which ate up a lot of the remaining budget. Then came the paint. My brother wanted the Silverado painted black right away. I told him to wait. But he didn't listen and DIY'd some body work, and then rattle-canned it with Rustolium turbo cans. The paint was full of orange peel, and overspray. He didn't even use primer. And the truck looked kinda mediocre. Then the southern weather had at it. Already numerous chips, scrapes and fades. Whatever. I stopped caring.
You'd think that'd be the end of this part. But no. There's more. What's behind door number 3? If you guessed a dumbass with a knife stuck in his ass. Then you'd win the gold! Yeah that's right. My brother got a knife in his ass.... How? How else... He and his friends all got high and decided they were gonna go outside and build a fort in the back yard of the house they rent out of scrap they found laying around. My brother while stoned wanted to show off how he can flip out a butterfly knife really fast, and decided he was gonna act like he was in an action movie, and did some sort of stupid thing where he was running and flipping out the knife really fast. The ground was wet, he slipped, and somehow got the knife in his right butt-cheek. They called me to come take him to the hospital because they were all too stoned to drive. I had to lay my brother down in the bed of my truck on a mattress because we were too scared to pull the knife out, and I drove him to the hospital like that. They rushed him in, and thankfully he only needed about 5 stiches on his butt and some antibiotics. Then I drove him back home the same way, and he insisted I take him to a drive through. He also tried to get me to pay, because...reasons! I told him to buy his own damn food.
After that there was more dumb BS that I won't bother getting into. But eventually my brother was seemingly getting bett...er...less bad. He was a bit sore his Silverado wasn't a 4X4, and my Tundra is. But being RWD kept him from trying to take it off-roading. He did try once, and had to pull the truck out of mud with a come-along. And he didn't try it again. He did want to drag race my truck again too. I said hell no. Not gonna risk either of our piles breaking down. And he was a complete douche about that too. I told him to stop acting like his dick was bigger than it is, and act his age. He didn't take that well. But he seemingly really was improving. Even being a much better dad to his daughter. Things got pretty good for him. Until I decided to buy a house. That's when the serious drama started.
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My entitled brother threw a massive fit, just because he was mad I bought a house May 6, 2024
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Yeah, I'm aware of several similar stories involving entitled family members wanting houses they have no claim to. But I guess this shit really happens. And it's no picnic when it does.
I suddenly became a homeowner some time ago because friend of mine's grandfather was moving to Florida. And his house was ripe for picking. I knew the old man well. RIP, he passed a few months later from a sudden stroke. Anyway, he offered the house and property to me for 200K. I practically ran to the bank to apply for the loan. The house is a manufactured home from the 80s. But it was remodeled repeatedly by the former owner, and has a separate garage building. The home and property could have gone for more. But he offered the house to me because he knew I'd take care of it. I had 30K saved that made a good down payment. And I was happy to leave my apartment. I'd wanted to eventually move out of there after what my cheating ex did anyway. But that's a story for another time.
As for my brother. Well he went bonkers when he found out I bought a house. He had this repeated history of copycatting me for the past decade. But this... There was no way in hell he could copycat buying a house with his terrible credit and inconsistent income. And he got in an argument with me over how I was just trying to make him look bad by doing something he couldn't. No, I just wanted a damn house. And the price was too good to refuse. Then he told me I should have turned it down because...(He had no good reason) I could practically see his screws getting looser with every dumbass excuse he made as to why I shouldn't have done it. But I pointed out all those excuses were just because I did something he currently can't. And when I bought the house, it had nothing to do with him. I just wanted to be a home owner for the security and extra space. I finally don't have to store my camper at my parents' house. And I have a garage that I can store stuff and tinker in.
I bought a camping cot, he bought a camping cot, went to the gym, he went to the gym, bought good booze, he bought good booze (Or stole it from me), I bought a new TV, be bought a new TV, I bought a truck, he bought a truck, I bought a camper, he bought a camper, I bought a used portable DVD player, he bought a used portable DVD player, I went camping in a specific place, he went camping in that specific place, I bought a house, he...(404 Error! Insert tea kettle noises and Benny Hill chase). He also acted like a complete child toward me when he built his Mini-Ram thing. He actually confronted me and said it was keweler than my boring Tundra, because it was something original. I swear, he did the dumbest mods to that vehicle. Like putting twist studs in the suspension coils to raise the ride height.
Well after weeks of openly fuming about me being a home owner, my brother suddenly acted like he had another brilliant idea. He wanted to move in with me. I laughed at him. Then he ended up demanding I rent one of my rooms to him. And for only $200 a month (Utilities included) because he shouldn't have to pay any more than that since we're family. He flipped his lid when I said fuck no! Then he got our parents involved again. Only this time they actually sided with him at first. Though it was mainly our mother. She and my brother showed up demanding I let my brother move in. And my brother had a shit eating grin on his face that I could tell he was thinking he was getting his way thanks to mommy dearest. I said "FUCK NO!" to both their faces, and my mother cried that I was using foul language to her and being an ass when I had the space now. I called my dad, and he told my mom that he'd warned her I wouldn't do it. And to leave me the hell alone. Mom whined my brother was living out of his camper next to a shabby house he was renting space from. I said that wasn't my problem to fix. And my brother has proven countless times that he cannot be trusted. My brother was fuming to the point of being red with veins popping out. My mom tried one more time to convince me with tears. And that just made me angrier.
I went on a rant that was something like this. Bro can't buy a house, so he wanted to invade mine. I refuse to ever live with my brother again. I would sooner live in the woods without electricity than with him. He's intentionally irritating as all hell. And if I had him as a roommate, I just knew he'd steal my booze, take my stuff, and invade my privacy none-stop. Not. Fucking. HAPPENING! No matter how many tears mom tries using on me. My mom broke down and finally conceded she'd never convince me after that rant. And she had to take my brother by the hand and leave with him because he initially refused to go, and kept begging her to turn back and make me let him move in. And then I yelled to him that it was a laugh that he called me a mama's boy before. Because he'd become exactly that. And this was just like the time he tried to get our mother to make me trade vehicles with him because he felt ashamed to be driving a minivan. He yanked away from mom, then told me to go fuck myself and the horse I rode in on. I laughed and pointed out I didn't ride in on anything, because I was already home. But his rattlecan horse was waiting for him in the driveway. He flipped his lid again, and looked like his head was going to explode. But mom got in front of him, and told him to just go. Then he drove off in his rattlecan Silverado without her. He'd driven her there. And then I had to take her home.
While taking her home, I made things very clear with my mother over why I could never trust my brother again. And his life was not my burden to bear. And then told her how little my brother was offering for rent anyway. Which he'd conveniently not told her. Then I later rented that same room to one of my best friends for $600 a month, and he pays for utilities. The other two rooms are my bedroom and a home office. There's an extra room in the separate garage too. So my mother tried to make me let my brother live in the garage instead. There's enough room in it's storage room for a bedroom. Again I said fuck no. And that's since been turned into another friend's rented room with a bit of a plywood remodel. Yeah, I kinda rented both the spare bedroom and garage room out to friends out of spite. But I wasn't letting my brother live with me in any capacity!
My brother later ended up having a complete meltdown in front of our parents over how he's the older brother. He should be the one who owns a house first. He's supposed to be successful, and I'm supposed to be the big loser in his shadow. Our dad poked him with his cane and told him that's not how life works, and they had a big argument. They told him to get out and not come back until he's cooled off and learned that he's just being a pointlessly jealous asshole.
The next part I post, my brother did the dumbest thing of all.
Edit: I came home late to over 600 comments, and still more pouring in. Far too many for me to answer. So I'll clear some things up here. Yes, I am no contact with my brother. And he's NC with the rest of the family as well. I do have cameras inside and outside my home. And a dash cam too. My brother knows this, and has stayed the fuck away since he left town. I'm told I'm an asshole too. Not arguing that, because it's true. I'm not exactly the nicest guy. But have someone like my brother in your life, and see how peachy you turn out.
Some have mentioned to having siblings just like my brother. Sadly I know very well people like him are increasingly common these days. My dad said a number of times that my brother probably would have ended up dead in an alley if he lived here 50 years ago with the way he behaves. As for our ages. I'm 30, and my brother is 32. I have not given my parents a spare key to my house. One is with a friend, and another is very cleverly hidden.
My house is a manufactured home. But it's not in a trailer park, and has been significantly modified with new siding and a new roof, and has a separate garage building. The previous owner was a former general contractor, and he loved to build and repair. And yes, I do have good insurance.
I keep seeing comments about a clock radio. Pardon me for not getting the reference. But I do own a digital alarm clock that has a built in CD player. Currently plays Tina Turner's Proud Mary to wake me up.
My brother and I were raised pretty evenly. He was always a jerk. But went full asshole after moving out. But our mother didn't favor him. She chewed him out plenty. And she didn't normally side with his stupidity. She just wanted him to live in a better place than in a camper next to a house filled with potheads. Addition: My brother willingly moved into that camper. He was renting half a room in that house of potheads. Then convinced the landlord to let him live in his camper on the property for the same price instead. And he bragged about his camper a lot. Which he has a full gaming center in, complete with PlayStation. He only wanted to invade my house to piss me off and make his cost of living even lower. He also doesn't like camping nearly as much as me. He mainly liked just pissing me off by following me. He loved to make me miserable. In fact, he felt entitled to make me miserable. That's the kind of person he is.
Do I have a restraining order against my brother? Not really. Just didn't bother. Because even if I did, it'd only be for like a year. And my brother wouldn't let something like that stop him if he was truly determined anyway.
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My entitled brother lost his mind and attacked me, his ex, and our father. That got him disowned by the family. But not before I beat the crap out of him May 8, 2024
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Warning: Contains domestic violence, small town drama, and idiocy. Read at own risk.
My brother's major downhill spiral started with jealousy over my house, but only got worse thanks to this next part. He started smoking pot more heavily and drinking harder. And that was making him more aggressive and violent. He got in a brawl outside of a bar for reasons I still don't know. But he got his ass handed to him on a platter. He eventually found out his ex has been seeing someone else. And ironically that someone is another friend of mine. Which was news to me. But it's not like he wasn't around my brother's ex a fair bit. They're both fairly social people, and were also friends for years. Once the secret was out, he confessed to me it wasn't planned. But my brother's ex Sara (Fake name) and my friend just clicked one day about a year ago. This sorta thing can only happen in a town like ours. I admit, Sara is very beautiful. But I've always seen her as a big sister figure ever since she started dating my brother in high school. So I never thought of getting with her myself. She kept her new boyfriend a secret for some time. I didn't even know until someone else spilled the beans. And the word traveled. When my brother found out, that was the last he could mentally take.
My brother was hoping for years that Sara would take him back. But no such luck there. When he lost his mind over the fact my friend was dating Sara, he started hunting for the poor guy. My friend is not a fighter, and a self described beanpole. So that's what I'll call him. Sara seems to like Beanpole because he's everything my brother is not. He isn't really a brave person. And came to me when he found out my brother was looking for him. He has a rather distinctively painted car. So it's easy to spot. My brother caught wind Beanpole was at my place, and came roaring his truck down the street.
When my brother showed up to my house, he started screaming and banging on my door because he wanted to kick Beanpole's ass. And when I refused to let him in, he attacked me. We had a redneck brawl right there in my front lawn. I want to say I won. But the fight only stopped when one of my friend/tenants yelled he was gonna call the cops. I sucker-punched my brother while he was distracted, and told him to never come back to my house again. And if he ever tried to hurt Beanpole again, I'd make sure he'd up in the hospital with two broken legs. This was backed by the other friends/tenants I had there. My brother is an idiot. But even he knew that pissing off my entire friend group was not a good idea. So he picked himself up off the ground and started leaving. But he clearly looked like he wanted to do something to my truck because he stopped and just stood there staring at it with his hands in his pockets, like he was debating scratching the paint with his keys. I yelled at him that I have CCTV. But then he turned around, pulled his pants part way down, and started rubbing his ass directly onto my truck's passenger side door. Then he forced out a nasty fart and said he sharted a little, and laughed like a nutbar when he took off. I immediately got the hose. I'm just glad I didn't leave windows open or doors unlocked. Otherwise he'd have done far worse. And the smell of what he did was pretty much what you'd think.
Everyone already knew Sara was never going to take him back. She avoided dating for years because my brother is so unhinged that she knew he'd do something like this. That's why she and her new boyfriend kept it secret. I went to ice my bruises and call Sara. But my brother was already calling and texting her. Over and over again, he wouldn't stop. He was begging she break up with her boyfriend and take him back. He even said he wanted to marry her and move to the northwest. Not sure why he specified that part of the US. Maybe because we live in the southeast. But she flatly told him no, never again, not happening even if hell froze over. He cried that it wasn't fair, because she was his first love (she wasn't), and they have a daughter together. Then he started sending her flowers, love letters and gifts. She sent them all back. Then she announced online that she and Beanpole had been dating for some time, and recently made plans to eventually move in together. That's when my brother really went off the deep end.
A few hours after he saw that post, my brother got wasted and then barged into Sara's parents' house by body ramming the back door. He actually cut his face because the door had a glass window. But he was so drunk that he didn't notice he was bleeding. Sara understandably freaked out, and my brother grabbed and tried to force her to kiss him. She pushed him away and he hit her for refusing him. He slapped her and threw her to the floor really hard like an angry pimp wanting his money. And his daughter saw it all and started screaming at the top of her lungs. Sara screamed too, and my brother fled. Police were called, and Sara was taken to the hospital. My brother threw her down so hard that she had a dislocated shoulder. My brother was found by police at his camper, where he was even more drunk than before, and half his face was covered in blood. He had to be taken to the hospital, where he got stitches. Then taken to jail. He got charged with trespassing, breaking and entering, and assault. (Surprisingly not DUI too, as he'd actually walked there) When our parents and I found out, well the family finally couldn't take it anymore, and went into an uproar. Our parents had it out with my brother after he bailed himself out from jail, and then he tried to fight our dad when they argued. And no surprise, he tried to blame everything on me.
My brother actually said I let Beanpole steal his woman. But couldn't really explain how. He also refused to believe I did not know until recently. Then he said that Sara was supposed to be his. Dad not only disagreed, but told my brother that he was a fucking disgrace, and that was an absolutely disgusting way to talk about Sara. She's not his property. And then my brother shoved dad as hard as he could. Dad got knocked to the floor, and my brother started kicking him. Dad isn't a small man. But he's old with a bad back and a bad knee. And needs a cane just to get around. Since we knew my brother would only have gotten crazier if he saw me, I was hiding in another room with the door cracked and listening in. I knew he might do something crazy. So I insisted on secretly being in the house when he was confronted. And I'm glad I was, because I came to dad's defense before my brother could do too much damage. I knew we were roughly even in a fight. So I ambushed and hit him in the back with a rubber mallet, and then beat the shit out of him. No police were called that time. I attacked him in defense of our dad. So he probably would have been screwed if he tried to get me charged anyway. And then he'd have gone right back to jail. Someone also once asked me if I enjoyed beating up my brother that day. I did not. I was just in an adrenaline fueled rage protecting my dad. But all things considered, I could have done far worse to my brother with that rubber mallet, as he only really got bruises. My dad gave hm a good smack in the face with his cane too though. But it's just hollow aluminum. Not exactly a damage dealer.
Our parents (mainly my dad) disowned my brother as I threw him out the door. And he spent some time crying on the porch and saying he was sorry and didn't mean it, then switched to saying we could all regret this, and we could go fuck ourselves before finally leaving. My mother spent hours crying. She'd stuck up for him before, and this was how he repaid her. My brother managed to avoid real prison time, or a trial for attacking Sara by taking a guilty plea deal. He signed away custody of his daughter. And Sara got a restraining order against him. My brother got a fine, somehow only a couple months in county jail, probation, has to abstain from alcohol for six months, and he had to pay for the property damage. Sara's dad already put in a new door, and billed my brother for it. My brother also understandably lost his job due to the situation.
Our mother secretly kept in contact with my brother, and agreed to look after my brother's truck and camper while he was serving his two month sentence. And she didn't ok it with dad first. He was pretty pissed at her for going behind his back. But she reasoned that it would be the last thing they ever did for him, because she didn't want my brother to have no place to go after getting out of the clink. And even she made it clear it was the last of her good will towards him too. Once my brother got out of jail, mom drove his truck and camper to a store to meet him, and gave him back the keys. She told me there was barely a word of thanks from him. Mostly just grunts when she tried to get him to talk to her. Dad said he still looked like an ungrateful sod. After that my brother lived wherever he could park his camper for a while until one of his remaining friends somehow got him a new job as a welder in another town 40-ish miles away that he was having to commute to with his camper for a while. But he was back every weekend. Apparently he only got the job by agreeing to work for less than what the job would normally pay. So he could move there permanently as soon as he got the ok from his probation officer. Which said officer didn't make easy I heard. I don't know the red tape of it. But he managed to pull it off. He can't leave the state. But he could still move to another county it seems. He's probably renting a space in a trailer park right now or something. And maybe he's back to doing his side hustle of hauling trash for people.
Before leaving town, my brother showed up outside my house to give me the double middle finger and dance around like a monkey while cursing at me in the street when he knew I was watching from the window. I guess it was his stupid way of trying to get in a last laugh without breaking the law or something. But then I got an idea. I've heard plenty of people say to kill with kindness. So I tried it in my own way. I grabbed an unopened bottle of my favorite honey whisky from the pantry because I know my brother really loves that stuff too. Then I went outside and walked right up to him, and shoved the bottle into his hands. I think it was the last thing he expected me to do in the moment. And I know he'd NEVER willingly break a bottle of good booze. Especially when it's free. Then I told him to have a drink on me to start his new life. I could barely keep myself from laughing when I turned to walk away. When I looked at my CCTV footage later, he actually stood there looking really glum while just staring at the bottle, and then moped back to his truck.
And then he was gone. Off to start his new life as a career welder. My brother is a childish, narcissistic, misogynistic, asshole to an extreme degree. But he's actually damn good at welding. Both with steel and aluminum. Mostly self-taught too. It's practically his only real talent. He's even done basic forging and auto body work. I've seen him do shit with scrap metal I wish I could. But that's the only real compliment I can still say about him. Maybe he'll make a decent new life and career for himself doing metal work elsewhere. He's better off away from us, just like we're better off away from him. He deleted all his social media, and I assume blocked us on everything. Not that we'd bother to contact him. One of his few remaining pothead friends in town told me my brother wants to legally change his name when his probation ends. Knowing him, he'll likely do it.
Things are much more peaceful and far less dramatic without my entitled leech of a brother here. Some part of me missed him for a while. But he's just a terrible person. And the only one who's still missing him, is our mother. She's still kinda broken up about it. But dad has been unwavering that they did the right thing by disowning him. He made his own bed. Now he's lying in it. I doubt my brother will come back any time soon. And if he does, he will not be welcome.
Edit: Got home and cracked open a bag of salt & pepper pork rinds, and was half expecting hundreds of comments like last time. I'm thankful it wasn't. Still, I'm also thankful to everyone who gave their support. To answer some questions I got in comments and DMS. I've got cameras inside and outside my house. Beanpole and Sara are still dating. But they've put off moving in together for now. My niece is doing good. But says she has no daddy anymore. My brother was barely a father to her anyway. Yes I know it was a bit much giving a known alcoholic a bottle of booze. And good booze at that. But I knew he wouldn't be able to drink it for months anyway. Which is why I was trying so hard to hold back laughter when I gave it to him. Besides, he's just gonna drink like a fish on his own dime when his court ordered sober time runs out.
I'm hoping this is the last post about current antics involving my brother. Maybe I'll tell other past stories about him. Or the story of my cheating ex. Still couldn't bring myself to post that. I typed it out and everything. But I guess it still ate at me because I really liked that woman. And yeah, this situation with my brother eats at me too. But he's toxic. And I'm better off without him in my life anymore.
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