Man, that wedding comment in front of 40 relatives is straight up evil, siblings really do keep receipts forever.

Just sit in a box now" is the part I'd push back on, because that's still better than my shelf situation. I bought a $60 sword at a con that turned out to be way too sharp to display anywhere in an apartment with a cat, so it lives behind the couch. At least glow in the dark stuff does something cool when the lights go off, even if the paint is rough.

Man, I used to think ditching the slides was a total fail, but your story flipped that for me. Sounds like just talking it out actually made you look more human up there.