SO finally had has phone call with Bratty McBratFace Sunday morning, which was postponed from the week prior since Bratty said  they 'stressed' due to car troubles.  First bit of good news - at least the call was for a 'normal' day and time (Sunday mid-morning) and not Friday night, Saturday night, or other odd time that falls during dinner hours or date nights.  I went out for a run and they were done by the time I got back, so it was probably no longer than 45 minutes or so and not the 2 our sometimes 3 hour marathon calls that they've had a in the past.

Bratty went onto to describe her car troubles.  Apparently there is trouble brewing in the 'communal house'.  A couple of months ago her car was parked on the street and someone smashed the window and stole the radio.  Since then, everyone's been trying to cram their cars into the large houses' long driveway.  Of course they end up stack parked this way.  A roommate asked to borrow her car keys to move her car out of the way to back their own car out, and said they would then pull it back into the driveway.  Bratty lent them the keys.  Later that day Bratty noticed that while her car had been pulled back into the driveway, one front headlight was smashed and their were scratches and dents indicating something was hit.  When she confronted the roommate they denied anything happened, claimed it must have happened later.  The damages came to $1,600 and the roommate refused to pay at first but then ultimately said they would file a claim with their insurance company.  Good job, Bratty - and she didn't text SO once about it, handled the issue herself, and didn't ask for any money to help.  Another good sign.

Car issue #2 happened when Bratty was driving Nutter GF's car.  They were returning from a day out to celebrate their one year dating anniversary (!!!) when a mattress flew off the roof of a car in front of them.  It didn't hit their car but they did run over it at high speed and it did some damage to the undercarriage of Nutter's car.  The other car pulled over with them and they exchanged insurance information.  Bratty said they were both stressed out and Nutter (who seems almost as immature as Bratty at times) was distraught over the damage to her car.  Bratty said she offered to pay Nutter's deductible to help soothe her nerves.  I asked SO why - since it was clearly the other car's fault for not securing the mattress properly - so Nutter should just file with the other car's insurance company and they would pay the full repair for her (the other driver would get the deductible).  SO said he knew but - drumroll please - was letting her figure it out on her own since she didn't ask for his advice.  

Bratty had also posted about being on the east coast a couple of weeks ago and told SO that she flew there to help an old college friend move to another city.  They took turns driving the U-Haul.  I'm surprised she was brave enough to drive a U-Haul, and I would think this friend could have found someone more local to help with their move but whatever.  Not sure if she paid for the plane ticket or the friend did.  Actually I'm still not sure as to where she's getting her day to day living expenses from, but that's her problem.

All in all, it was good news all around.  Bratty is figuring out her own problems, has been with Nutter for a year, and SO is letting her navigate life's challenges on her own.  Progress is a good thing.