I'M SO PISSED! My Friend has been snooping on my eBay account! [View All]

[romantico]

Okay, I'll be as brief as possible here.

I have a friend who's been like an older brother to me. We've known each other for about 16 years. Problem is, he's a major snoop! For example:

A few months back him & I were talking about something politcal. It was something we both agreed on.I sent him a link to a topic from DU. I thought he'd find it interesting to know others felt like we did. He went into my profile & brought up all th topics I've posted here.

HIM: My God! You've posted about 1,500 posts at that site! Don't you think thats just a little crazy? You've become brainwashed! Nothing like getting only one view on things! Everytime you have a problem do you HAVE to ask these people how to think? SOunds like you've joined a cult!

Stuff like that.I pretty much ignored it & somehow just let it go.

Which brings me to eBay. I was having trouble with my PAYPAL account. He sells alot on eBay & uses PAYPAL more than me, so I asked him about this problem. He asked for my email address I use for PAYPAL + my password (I called him at work & he was gonna go into myaccount & talk me throught the problem)Well, it didn't feel right but I've known him for so long & trust him, I gave him the password. However, about 3 hours later I decided to go to PAYPAL & change my password. Well, not before he got my user ID from eBay. Now, he's dropping little hints & purchases I've made. For example. I bought a copy of Dorian Gray. Out of the blue he asked, "Wouldn't it be great if we could have a painting of ourself & only the painting would age?" I bought a poster from 'The Dark Crystal' & then he says, "Ya know what a good movie was? The 'Dark Crystal'" Stuff like this.

I'm pissed because I feel he betrayed my trust. I also am pissed because I value my privacy & now he's going on to eBay checking EVERYTHING I buy & making little comments about them. This guy is married with 2 kids & other than work has no life. He's insecure, arrogant, & VERY judgemental of people. As a matter of fact, I'm sure he'll read this. Because of the link I sent him from DU he checks up on my posts to see what I'm writting/talking about. He will then find a way bring up a topic I wrote about on DU in a lame attempt to be clever.

I'm not pissed enought for this to end my friendship. We've been through alot & he's been a good friend for the most part. As amatter of fact this is the only things he's done in a hell of a long time thats pissed me so much.I wish I could change my user id on eBay, but I've worked 4 years building up a high rating. I'm planning on changing my password on my email, Netflix, & Amazon accounts because I know now he can figure them out easily.

How should I let him know I'm pissed? He's very defensive & guarantee he'll twist it around to make it sound like he was helping me out. I think he went back to PAYAPL & discovered I changed the password & got angry. Thats why he's been making these comments (which is kind of out of charahcter for him)Thanks again & sorry I rambled on so long!