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Feeling overwhelmed. Trying so hard not to show my frustration in front of Dad. Don’t want him to feel worse.

Dad has broken phones 3 times this year. He just washed his phone an hour ago. No idea I come up with helps.

His immediate response is to buy a new one which doesn’t make sense. He has insurance on them. He can’t just get a new phone because he got tricked into leasing this phone for years or he has to pay the balance that’s still at like $500.

He had a backup phone….but destroyed it. Now one of my phones that is tied into my daily work is his backup phone. And he’s damaged that one which I don’t carry insurance on because I don’t lose or break my phones.

Again, I have to reset that phone and put him on it while I go through the insurance process. And setting him up at least two more times is such a challenge because even though I beg him to not recover/change his passwords when he can’t figure something out, he does it anyway.

Just venting. It’s just the same shit over and over and over again. There seems no amount of attention I can keep on him to stop the chaos.

Feeling overwhelmed. Trying so hard not to show my frustration in front of Dad. Don’t want him to feel worse. Dad has broken phones 3 times this year. He just washed his phone an hour ago. No idea I come up with helps. His immediate response is to buy a new one which doesn’t make sense. He has insurance on them. He can’t just get a new phone because he got tricked into leasing this phone for years or he has to pay the balance that’s still at like $500. He had a backup phone….but destroyed it. Now one of my phones that is tied into my daily work is his backup phone. And he’s damaged that one which I don’t carry insurance on because I don’t lose or break my phones. Again, I have to reset that phone and put him on it while I go through the insurance process. And setting him up at least two more times is such a challenge because even though I beg him to not recover/change his passwords when he can’t figure something out, he does it anyway. Just venting. It’s just the same shit over and over and over again. There seems no amount of attention I can keep on him to stop the chaos.

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Disabled people get free phones from govt through Tmobile carrrier in USA. Maybe his memory is poor enough to be disabled?

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True. There are some programs out there. It’s really less about the monetary expense. It’s the tax on me for stuff like this constantly happening even though I try to come up with ways to prevent it. Today was a killer because I had just finished work for the day and was relieved. I was looking forward to going to this gym out here where I’m staying for a couple months. Then bam! “Have you seen my phone?”

That question usually means it’s been destroyed in some ridiculous way. And of course it was.

The problem with where he is at is not unlike where he was 15 years ago. He’s like on autopilot. He goes from A to B and has no idea all the errors he made along the way.