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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,486 Ambassador
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    Glad that you had a good day.
    Blimey, that is a LOT of steps.
    Why does Mr SA need a new phone?
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  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
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    Wow the most steps I've ever done is 17,000 :eek::T

    Glad you enjoyed your shopping day. Mince pie and coffee sounds yum :D.

    Don't take any notice of Mr SA, you can't be a prisoner in your own home or you'll go mad :mad:. Keep away from his scooter until after Christmas :eek:.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
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  • Sun_Addict
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    He doesn't need a new phone Beanie, the phone he's on about is far inferior to the one he's got, he's just got it on him tonight.

    For some reason he's being really argumentative tonight and is talking about going into town on his own. He doesn't want to go with me on Saturday because I'll stop him buying what he wants to buy.

    I really do wonder if he somehow knows about today. Before he got ill he used to spy on what I'd been doing on the laptop by looking at the history. I didn't like that even though I had nothing to hide.
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  • WannabeFree
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    Sounds like a lovely day shopping.

    Not so lovely about Mr SA :( Don't let him get to you. You haven't done anything wrong x
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  • pennywisepoundstupid
    pennywisepoundstupid Posts: 6,232 Forumite
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    Hi sunaddict,, pleased to hear you had a nice day shopping and that's some steps you've achieved i'm not surprised your foot is hurting.

    Can I ask do you have an iPhone, if so has the tracker been activated!
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
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    Good point penny, maybe Mr SA is tracking the iphone :eek:.

    Maybe you could block it somehow SA?
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • pennywisepoundstupid
    pennywisepoundstupid Posts: 6,232 Forumite
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    I think you can switch them off by going into your icloud settings, we have them on the kids phones ;). but Dh set it up i'm not very tech savvy, i'm sure if you went on the tech board they could help.

    Apparently it has come up a lot in divorce cases where people have tracked partners phones :eek:.
  • Sun_Addict
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    My Fitbits syncs with the app on my iPhone if that's what you mean Pennywise. Apparently I've just earned my Trail badge for going over 30,000 steps :)

    I've just reminded Mr SA that I get up at 5, leave the house at 6.15 in the cold and dark, while he is still asleep, in a nice warm house all day. I do a full day at work in a very demanding job, come back home in the dark, to clean up the mess he's made during the day and cook his dinner while he watches TV with a beer. He doesn't have to worry about money because I sort it all out and he has at least two nice holidays abroad a year. He's hard done to in his opinion.

    However, I do understand he must feel he's lost his status as breadwinner and head of the house and that it's frustrating for him.

    I refuse to let him get to me and will not be made to feel guilty about the Christmas meal on Friday.

    Sorry I've had a bit of a rant :(
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Just seen the above posts re tracking. Mr SA is terrible with technology now, I doubt he would be able to do that. I'm always setting things up for him on his phone, he even struggles with texting since the brain injury. However, I'll check my settings just in case.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • WannabeFree
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    Sun_Addict wrote: »

    However, I do understand he must feel he's lost his status as breadwinner and head of the house and that it's frustrating for him.

    I refuse to let him get to me and will not be made to feel guilty about the Christmas meal on Friday.

    It can't be easy for him and while it isn't his 'fault' he has to remember it isn't yours either! You have and still go above and beyond what many would to support and help him.

    Good. Don't let him make you feel guilty. Smile and nod. You deserve some you time sometimes too x
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
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