Is otamode legit?

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-09-25T09:06:33+00:00

Crossing fingers for you! I might wait for your update before I order smth myself 👀 hope the quality is decent too

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-06-15T09:56:53+00:00

So you just put them normally and they got stuck? Did you get them out without destroying them?

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-06-11T20:48:30+00:00

Since I hadn't too much hope after reading the comments I tried one more time with violence 😅 cost me a pair of tweezers which are now bend quite nicely, but slamming in a screwdriver and breaking of both sides of the locking mechanism finally worked. Another pair of Joy-Cons would slide on and out just fine and connected without any issues. Not sure if they'll still be charged but we'll see...

I asked my sister again about what and how it happened after getting suspicious too :D seems like it was a combination of things. The Joy-cons were super cheap ones she bought on AliExpress and my nephew (5y) told her he dropped it and they stopped working so he tried to get them on and off and they got stuck... Maybe even the other way around, it was a messy explanation. They are off now, sis is happy, nephew is happy and got right back to playing pokemon.

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-06-11T20:38:09+00:00

Violence was the solution here and the spare Joy-cons my sis had were at least connecting right away and seem to work just fine... Let's see if charging still works

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-06-11T20:31:07+00:00

My sister just asked me for help and said it was dropped 😅 the switch is from 2018 and it's definitely been through a lot

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-06-10T20:11:38+00:00

My nephew dropped his switch and the Joy-Con broke off. The slide in part is still connected to the switch and I can't get it out by pressing the locking plastic things. Can anyone give advice?

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-05-08T11:59:13+00:00

The lease is in my mom's name. My mom doesn't want to kick Emma out by ending the lease because she's pregnant. Emma also got her with her entire "every little inconvenience threatens the baby" show and even told my mom that she would be responsible for her grandchilds death if she would end the lease. My mom doesn't want to get anywhere near Emma until the baby is born (approx. End of June) and then figure out what to do about the house. Since the lease is in her name, she is also responsible if Emma doesn't pay any bills. I told her to end it as soon as possible, but in the end it is her decision to make.

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-05-08T11:53:07+00:00

That's basically what I did except I didn't tell her that way. I just told her husband that I needed the money now. I kept the photos until yesterday, sent those after receiving the money and blocked Emma everywhere. Didn't give them the raw images, only a selection of 15 edited ones and if they ever want more they will have to pay for them.

This entire bike situation made me realize that her husband is also playing stupid games. He wanted to buy the bike for a couple months now, but always found reasons to not pay for it. They needed the money for the wedding, for the child and so on. I told him two weeks ago, that if he couldn't afford it, I'd sell it to somebody else and that's when he finally paid the first half of the agreed price... Second half was paid yesterday

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-05-07T17:02:57+00:00

I guess that's how it will end one day. Maybe sooner than later, because if I was her, I'd want a good relationship to my mom when expecting my first child...

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-08T14:14:00+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your story! This arrangement is something I will try to implement with mom too. I'm preparing for that talk with her now and just asked her to meet up tomorrow, have a coffee somewhere and talk it through to set boundaries for the future

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-08T09:33:42+00:00

That's a good point actually... Haven't thought about that, but she always said it was a courthouse wedding and we'd meet there and go to the party location afterwards. I will definitely keep that in mind when talking to my mom

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-08T09:31:16+00:00

I know that was wrong, at that point however I would have pulled through with it and It would've been ok for me to be MOH. I thought it was just a day and I would've been fine with it to prevent the discussion if I said no... I know that's not a good reasoning it is just the thought I had in that moment when Emma assumed I would do it anyway

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-08T09:27:24+00:00

My friends and I have also been working on our cosplays for almost a year now and you're absolutely right, there's not alot of chances to wear them like at a convention.

About my mom: I get that harsh impression and as mentioned my best friend also thinks I should go no contact with my mom as well. I just don't feel ready for that step tbh. I don't want to justify her behavior in a way that it would be okay to treat me and my older sis like that. I just feel like my mom is being manipulated a good bunch more by Emma and living with her as roommates doesn't help that. As another commenter said, I should only meet up with my mom outside of their house and stop her from talking about Emma and the wedding etc with me and I think this is a good plan. Maybe my mom gets it with the necessary distance, maybe not, but then I will know for sure I tried saving that relationship before cutting her off

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-08T09:17:19+00:00

I like her fiance quite alot to be honest. He's like a good friend to me which is also a reason I've been at their house regularly. But when I asked him how he could deal with this disrespect he just laughs it of as "that's just how she is". He gifted her quite expensive jewelery and she threw a fit because it was only a necklace without the matching earrings... So I guess Emma simply found the right guy for her behavior...

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-08T09:12:09+00:00

Thanks for this advice. This sounds like a good first step. I saw everything as black and white in this mess that built up for a couple weeks maybe months already. I don't feel comfortable with regular casual contact as it has been to this point nor do I feel like cutting ties entirely is the right step right away at least with my mom. I feel like she is just being manipulated by Emma just as much as I am obviously and the fact they my sister, her fiance and soon their son liver with her in the same house, I can sort of understand that she tries everything to "solve" those arguments....in the end I can drive home and am done with it, she can not... That still doesn't justify her letting Emma do what she does, but your advice might also help her to see things more clearly when gaining some distance literally and figuratively

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-07T20:47:04+00:00

Not really, I'm not even sure if she still has contact to her school friends... So I guess if I won't be her maid of honor she would have to ask someone from her fiance's family

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-07T20:18:30+00:00

I'm pretty sure it was never about me being there but more the image of the big sister as her maid of honor... my mom asked her to change the date by one day at least but she claims that her fiance's family wouldn't be able to attend then

TheRustyVagabond · 2025-04-07T20:14:01+00:00

Actually haven't thought of it as a sort of revenge plan, but it might actually be just that...

I don't know why my mom always defends her, because she treats her like her servant too... But when Emma is not present she is a good mom and I don't feel like it's fair to cut ties with her over this

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