OMG! I have no fvcking privacy.

I got home at about 1:15 a.m. from an awesome night last night with my girlfriend, and I pretty much went straight to bed (I wasn't drinking - I had to drive - so I was tired and worn out). Anyway, as I'm about to drift off to sleep, I hear my phone somewhere making the noise it makes when I get a text message. I, being too tired to get up, resolved to look at it tomorrow to see what it said.

Enter my sister. She had gotten home about 10 minutes before the text message came in, and was still awake when it came. I went to sleep not even thinking about her having some sort of knowledge of the text message...I mean why would she read it, right?

I woke up this morning at about 9:00 and went to the kitchen to make breakfast (sausage, cereal and a donut, in case you care ;)). While it was cooking, I checked my phone, and strangely enough, it showed NO NEW TEXT MESSAGES. Investigating further, I went into my text messages folder and viewed my messages. It showed that I got one at 1:40 a.m., but IT'D ALREADY BEEN READ. And the message was from my girlfriend, of a very personal and somewhat sexual nature. :D

When my sister woke up, I asked her about it...she said, "Well I was 'concerned,' so I read it! I thought someone could be in trouble!" WTF! Who the fvck reads someone else's text messages when it's clear that it has NOTHING to do with them? I asked her if she was drunk (I could understand doing that while drunk), but she said no. So she physically read a personal message addressed to ME while sober. She actually would have had to open the phone, and seeing that there was one new text message, would have hit the 'view' button to look at the text of the message.

WTF, I'm so angry. It's as if she has NO regard for my privacy. And now she's mad at me, because our arguing woke up her BF (who was sleeping over last night) and he left.

My advice: NEVER live with a sibling after you move out of your parents' house. NEVER. This is definitely NOT the first time something like this has happened.

:|:roll:
 

tallest1

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Originally posted by: jumpr
My advice: NEVER live with a sibling after you move out of your parents' house. NEVER. This is definitely NOT the first time something like this has happened.

:|:roll:

Who the heck would EVER want to live alone with a sibling, much less one of the opposite sex?
 

Originally posted by: tallest1
Originally posted by: jumpr
My advice: NEVER live with a sibling after you move out of your parents' house. NEVER. This is definitely NOT the first time something like this has happened.

:|:roll:

Who the heck would EVER want to live alone with a sibling, much less one of the opposite sex?
I thought free rent was worth it. It's really not. She's moving out soon though, which will be the happiest day of my life.
 

chuckywang

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I don't know about you, but whenever I have an emergency that I need to notify someone about immediately, the first thing I think of would be to send them a TEXT MESSAGE!
 

Originally posted by: chuckywang
I don't know about you, but whenever I have an emergency that I need to notify someone about immediately, the first thing I think of would be to send them a TEXT MESSAGE!
LOL, I know, seriously. She was just fvcking curious about what the txt said...she couldn't have cared less about an 'emergency.'
 

Legendary

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You have two options:
1. Be the better person and don't retaliate in an immature fashion (no fun)
2. Do something, basically anything, that would piss her off, and somehow relate it to you thinking it was an "emergency" even if the connection is not there, then post about it on ATOT.
 

murphy55d

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Good thing she didn't drink your orange juice. I'd hate to see what kind of reaction that would get.
 

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Good thing she didn't drink your orange juice. I'd hate to see what kind of reaction that would get.
You've already seen that reaction! ;)
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Grow up.

Doesn't matter how old or mature he is, I know I wouldn't want people reading my personal messages. There's a reason why e-mail, voicemail, etc have passwords.
 

Goosemaster

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Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Grow up.

Doesn't matter how old or mature he is, I know I wouldn't want people reading my personal messages. There's a reason why e-mail, voicemail, etc have passwords.

Yes, and the is probably a legitimate medical reason why his was not set, not that I am implying anything about anyone.
 

Goosemaster

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In the end, it is msot likely a simple actualization of his sisters potential insecurities. Why not attempt to remedy the problem by calmly disscussing your woes with her current and past actions?

Perhaps she legitimately cares about you, is jealous, or has a whole host of issues that she deals with by forcing direct confrontation with you. Maybe she is subconsciously reachign out to you but doesn;t have the courage to come and ask you for help?

Seriously, grow up, and become something greater than the average american "drone" family.
 

shilala

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I think I'd shock her by employing the "more flies with honey than with vinegar" strategy.
Tell her what you told us without being a dick about it. Ask her if she'll please not do it again because it's very upsetting to you.
It'll shock her that you're not acting like a total dickwad about it, and I'm sure she'll honor your request, even if she doesn't agree to it right then and there.
How's about some :camera:s of sis, too?
 

imported_AlThor

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Here's a good gag to play on your sister that will keep you entertained for weeks to come. I know this may be sacrelidge to even suggest but its a great gag, that i've pulled multiple times at work............ underclock the processor on her PC. It will take her 5 minutes just to drop into the OS, great gag, its the gag that keeps on amusing.;)
 

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
has a whole host of issues
Yup. She has her issues (medical, psychological, emotional, etc.) and I have mine (mainly psychological, I think I have a touch of OCD, or failing that, I'm just anal retentive ;)). No one's normal, it's just that our personalities don't mesh well when we live together. I'm all about respect for personal property (i.e. asking to use somehting that's not mine) and sharing in responsibilities around the house, and she's more comfortable with a, "Eh, if it's here I'll pick it up, play with it, possibly break it, and then lie about it when confronted."

If she doesn't move out, then I'll be leaving at the end of winter semester.
 

FoBoT

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fobot.com
i thought those new fangled phone thingys had a way to lock them , like with a password or something
 

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i thought those new fangled phone thingys had a way to lock them , like with a password or something
I didn't think I had to do so in my own home, but I've already set my phone's lock code to something other than the last four digits.
 

her209

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Video tape your sister and her bf having sex. Post on internet or P2P the file. :)
 

spacejamz

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couldn't tell from the original post, but did you leave your phone in the kitchen?

why don't you just keep it in your room? especially since it sounds like it happened before...

that should solve your problem unless your sister comes in your room while you are sleeping...