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Wicked Blue

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16. I've been wondering about this

Reply to JCMach1 (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:49 PM

20 hrs ago

I got him a new phone last year and put it on our family's phone plan, which is in my name.

But even so, how can we possibly get around it?
Our last land line was from when we lived in another state, and we moved more than 2 years ago.

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