How do I stop adult family members from charging my card for their purchases?

LACAllen, be honest. I posted PROOF that you're ignoring. You don't want to be realistic, you want to be right. And your disdain for me is shading everything you write. I'm simply asking that you tell the truth.

LACAllen wrote:

Where did I ask anyone here to "implement whatever it is I want"? Please show me and I'll correct it.

You mean this?

Huh? Please tell me you do know the difference between asking someone to do something for me (positive demand) and asking for information about how to accomplish something, assuming it is possible (passive inquiry), right?

Sheesh, your argument is just silly. Again, just be honest.

LACAllen wrote:

I'm simply asking that you tell the truth.

Good manners preclude me from telling you the truth.

I'm done. Nothing truer than that.

But what in the world is polite about being passive-aggressive? It's no less rude, only infinitely more shady. Again, just be honest with yourself and with others. THAT is where true politeness lives.

Something you'll likely never understand, Idris, as your history clearly shows a keen friendship with the offender.

Do I smell a sock? Or perhaps just a trystic admirer. The biggest lies are the ones we tell ourselves, it seems.

Plenty of ******** in the world as well. I guess you also must think that's not an insult because it has a legitimate definition? Does nobody here have the integrity to be honest?

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No, I'm just not passive-aggressive. If you can't see it, perhaps you're not wanting to see it.

I'm sorry if you're actually honest and sincere. If you tell me you're interested in being objective, then I'll take you at your word and allow you to speak for yourself. Go ahead. But you'll win no points if you don't accept that I've had numerous responses from multiple people, and not one has acknowledged the one-way street that seems to be the unspoken rule here, though many have chimed in with the apparent aim of shutting me down.

I have been accused of countless things, all of which are baseless, and none of which are pertinent to the original question nor to the supposed ethics which so many wear on their sleeve but fail to practice in their responses.

Csound1 wrote:

You have now managed to insult everyone on this thread who (unwisely as it turns out to be) attempted to answer your questions, insult flew freely in your posts.

Yet the answers previously supplied to you by us are still entirely correct. And without insult.

Why get so hung up on my insults, and not recognize insults from others (including your own dismissal of my very valid points)? Why not just be honest and remain objective? It seems you have a horse in this race.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

You jump on Gail and she responds with a joke and you're the aggrieved party?

I'm going to give you my usual advice. Your time spent online will be much more pleasant if you give people the benefit of the doubt, if you assume that they meant well. If you always go immediately to "People are mean and trying to insult me", you're going to struggle a lot.

Best of luck.

I'm just fine, sugar. I am more than happy to point out the very clear double standard here. No doubt this is a "boys club", and y'all enjoy flexing your immeasurable influence attained by trolling these boards for years on end.

Perhaps it will keep others from naively assuming (as I did) that this is a community which welcomes questions and discussion from Apple users of all stripes (even ones with valid confusion or gripes).