Phone Death

My phone dropped and died

and it's the 3rd time it's happened this year

you might ask

Beatrice -- why do you not have a protective case?

Well - dear readers -- it's because I have an addiction to the slide out keyboard
and
while they make cases for them

they break the first time you drop the phone

so

time to move on

I let Tex know that I need to buy a new phone
and

he indicated that he wished to help pick it out

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I'll be honest

when someone tells me that they want to have control
I do tend to think

sure

whatever

for the fun stuff -- right

but

no

Tex was serious about picking out my phone

so

he reviewed the choices
and my phone-needs

and selected a phone
listened to my feedback (regarding the camera -- as I love to take pictures with my phone)
and

then altered the choice accordingly

and

tomorrow I will go get my awesome new phone

now

I can see some of you thinking

"really B?  you're letting him choose your phone for you? -- what are you thinking?!?!"

but

he's going to do one of two things

he's going to disregard my feelings and make a choice that would make me unhappy
or
he's going to put my happiness first and choose for me what would make me happy

and

I have to trust that he's going to choose the latter
because that's what we've agreed to do for each other

so
I know that it's a great choice for me
and
I'm happy to have him help me in this way.