Okay the key here is what you mean by “constantly”. Telling a story about something so life changing once a year hardly goes as “constantly” in my books.

What may come across as manipulative is you mentioning she’s trying to get you to do as she says or trying to get guilt or compassion from you. And this with a pinch of salt, because it’s very hard to tell from what you share here. I would have to become a fly on your wall for a long time to have my own opinion about it.

You tell me she’s telling you this every week and making reference to it every day, several times a day, and now that’s what I consider “constantly”. That she hardly has anything else to share about her past or that she somehow finds a way to spin everything to a framework of scarred pregnancy mother, or similar.

My own mother has told me about her pregnancies several times a year, I heard her stories so many times. Hundreds. Yet that was never the only story she had, and it was always brought up more or less naturally in conversation. The same happened with several other favorite anecdotes of her own past and me and my sister’s childhood. I would consider this aspect to be normal.

I never felt manipulated by her retelling of a story though. And I know she could manipulate pretty well. She also had a few topics she would constantly harass me about, yes, daily or nearly to a point. But retelling the past was not part of it, even though she did frequently.

My, it almost feels as if training data should be paid for and not taken for free

Do the marie kondo thing and if it doesn’t spark joy let it go. At least one of you two will be grateful in the long run.

You need motivation? Think of how much you would save over a year. Because it is an ongoing expense. At the moment you are spending $1320 dollars every year if my math is right. Judging from most comments here, prepaid plans are around $30 a month or so, that’s a massive difference! What would you do with $900 to spare? Also most carriers let you keep your number, right? So what’s to lose?

Lol

I’m not reading this wall of text but if I understand your introduction to it- are you pasting someone’s journal entry for everyone to read??? Even after admitting that reading that for yourself was wrong? Can’t you summarize the gist of it if there is something you really really need to discuss instead of copying it verbatim?

Far out

I love how you get a warning at 2GB

That’s a typo, right ? Six gigabytes for a hundred and ten dollars? I’m sure I’ve seen better deals from others in the US in this post. Sounds rough!

Nice. That sounds like an affordable deal.

I’m impressed at the wild variety of responses here, and also that so many don’t seem to mind paying for something they don’t use.

Maybe whoever commissioned the artwork asked for a “scalloped design on the border” and the artist took it too literally Love it though

I second the comment about the hallmarks being crucial to id the maker.

I’ve been a silversmith by trade for years though, so there are a few things I can tell you about the materials used.

This looks rather modern to me. The soldering looks made with an electric welder/electric soldering iron, as opposed to any fire/torch methods. I’m not familiar with soldering with welders so I’ll leave it to others to confirm. However, if true then you can start estimating the maximum age for it. I’d be surprised if it was over a hundred years old.

Next is the decor. The patterns are made with punching tools, also called chisels sometimes. It’s not a particularly elaborate or sophisticated pattern or execution of technique so whoever did this wasn’t working under any big name smiths. It gives off the feel of a hobby or quickly made artisan’s craft. It’s neat an the result looks good but it’s not sophisticated at all. Going back to the chisels used, these also feel relatively new to me. The round punches are too perfect but don’t seem to have been hammered repeatedly, which means the round tool used was probably made with a bur on a drill, just like I’ve made mine. If it were something really old the punches would be showing more signs of imperfections especially since whoever made this only hammered once or twice each punch, not enough to cover up anything. Since the marks are too round and perfect, I take it as another sign of being relatively new.

My two cents

Edit: i see your update about the Norwegian listing from 1950 and I say 1950 sounds credible enough. Yours looks recently burnished though, making it look even newer but that could have been done just before the auction.

Hello, woman here. I wouldn’t chalk it first hand to child like features. As long as you don’t have an elbow growing from your forehead, and as long as you bathe regularly you should be alright physically. You get a pass so to speak. By all means keep doing whatever you feel is the right thing to do about your looks, but don’t put all the energy there.

I’d say it’s more your attitude, since you mention being socially awkward. I speak as someone who faced similar woes to yours, with the aggravant of being told to be attractive.

If you keep to yourself most people will let you be and not bother you. Guys will hit on girls they can talk to and feel comfortable talking to.

My suggestion would be join a group or activity that you enjoy. Bonus points if it is a group activity, but don’t let this restrict your options. This gives you access to people with similar interests, which already breaks down the ice, and also gives you something to talk about yourself if you meet people elsewhere. It’s helpful when socializing if you have something other than work and study in your life, like a hobby or a passion.

Interesting you mentioned Lyca as a provider of small deals. I’m in Australia and we also have Lyca here, it’s not super popular but they have one of the most affordable plans. I didn’t pick it because they don’t offer keeping your previous phone number.

It’s still a phone, so…

Fair enough

Yes that’s a similar situation to Australia. But here I’ve seen some of these cheaper brands succeed, in fact my current (soon to be previous) carrier started this way a few years ago. And just like you, I could have saved some buck had I moved to a different plan earlier, but I didn’t mind the old price so I didn’t bother searching.

I’m the same, in the sense of not bothering to save… I’m just surprised the current market is forcing us to pay so much extra for something a lot of people don’t need.

Lucky you! I find I still need to use the Internet on the go, even if for small things.

500 GB carrier data?

Fair enough!