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I'm back on my 'puter, but it is touch and go. The battery is fully charged for now, but the charger still has a problem. It might be a faulty cable... Went to the mall again today -- boys galore! Didn't talk to any, unfortunately. But lots of "eye candy"... My "friend" -- well, I kind of turned him around. I didn't get angry at him (at least, I didn't show him my anger). Getting angry rarely does any good. First, I apologized to him profusely for all the things that he had (wrongly) blamed me for having done. And I apologized for having given him incorrect info (actually, I gave him information that was completely accurate!) and so he finally ended up admitting that, yes, I had given him completely correct info. He realized that he had been totally in the wrong about that and about several other things. He had said to me, "Manny -- you're such a smart guy -- why have you ended up in such a bad situation?" I mentioned that even the smartest people in the world sometimes have problems when others lie to them and deliberately mislead them, or lie about them to others. He seemed to get the point. Think of all the pyramid schemes really smart people have fallen for (usually I'd Google to get the names, but I'm trying to finish this before my computer battery fucks up again. Bernie somebody? Cheated folks of 60 billion dollars? And there were others -- that crypto-currency guy on trial now...) What do you do when someone has personality problems that make it hard for him to communicate successfully with others (for example, my "friend's" inability to be straight and clear with one of his other uncles, instead of trying to second-guess what his uncle really felt and meant which, by being unable to do, caused me a lot of the problems) How about some straight questions, to get some straight answers? It's not so difficult... Well, in my experience, you just have to be very, very patient, not argue, but suggest things in a nice way to get them to see where they are making mistakes. But, then again, that's what I tried to do with the people that were "mobbing" me, and it didn't work at all -- they forced me into a much worse situation, and took away the good situation that I was in. I think that there must really be people who are evil, heartless, and cruel -- people who only look out for their own self interest, even if it means fucking other people! If only you could easily recognize them. It seems that you find out the truth about them when it is already too late... Anyway, today my "friend" called me and I told him about a serious transportation problem I faced today (mostly a problem that he caused, but I didn't mention that) and -- low and behold! -- he offered to solve the transportation problem for me (but also charging me 20 bucks for the "service" -- which I was willing to pay, but still thought was a little unreasonable). He used another of his uncles cars to move my stuff from one place to another. Today I spent most of my "emergency" money in order to solve the problem about the storage of my belongings. The problem is solved (at least for a short time) but now I don't have any financial reserves for any new problems that may come up... So other than not having a permanent place to live yet (and little chance of finding one soon), having no income, no money in the bank, some very serious health problems (They called me today, "Did you forget about your chemotherapy appointment today?" to which I replied that yes, it slipped my mind because I had to find a place for my stuff so my "friend" wouldn't throw all my stuff away tomorrow morning at 8 a.m.), and being somewhat despondent, things are just fine! How's everything with you guys? ;-) M. Peeps are now asking about BoyLove fiction. I have posted links to many of the stories/books that they are looking for. Doesn't anyone here keep track of the links that I post, so they can give them to others when they need the links? I can't be the only one in charge of that. And I won't be here forever. How come others can't chip in to help? |