Living with Brother: Pain in the A**

@sechsey (1831)
Canada
February 4, 2007 10:29pm CST
I have been living with my brother for some time. And it's been one difficult mess. Well, its not like this the whole time but maybe almost 85% of the time, i get frustrated and all. He is still studying and I am mostly at home tending to our small store. My husband is working abroad so he sents the money for the expenses. My brother lives with me and does nothing to help. He sits in front of the pc more than I do and use it all day long without regard of how much electricity i will be paying after. He gets angry if I tell him to let the pc rest for sometime. he does not clean the house. I see his books cluttered on the dining table. I see his shoes here and there. His room is way bigger mess. Never cleans it at all. Ever! He is gets everything free from roof over his head and the food in the fridge and the use of electricity and water. Plus his gf stays here alot of times too. I tell him how i feel about things and he just tells me I should just let him be. I told him Im helping him with all, lodging and food expenses already. I told him im paying for everything so at least give me some consideration or respect. Then he tells me later He didnt ask me to pay for everything or that eh didnt ask me to help. grrr! Pisses me off and I just wnat to wring his enck at times. To make matters worst, he told my parents he wants to move out. But since its additional expenses for my parents, they think it isnt a good idea. So now they tell me I should adjust to my brother. that we should get along. That I shouldnt argue with him. Is that right? This is my house. My rules and they tell me I need to adjust to them? Im paying for everything for them and they tell me I am wrong to treat and say those things to my brother? Really? Take note: my parents asked me in the first place to just stay here and not move either before this happened because they want my brother monitored and all. And now that I am indeed monitoring my younger brother, they come back to be and tell me im wrong after my brother compalins to them?%^&%*^(!!
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4 responses
@soorimd (300)
• India
5 Feb 07
i think you must allow your brother to go out and live on his own . then only he will realise how difficult it is to survive. then he will understand all the help he got from his sister
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@sechsey (1831)
• Canada
5 Feb 07
I truly want to send my brother out and let him live on his own. he is so dependent on me and unappreciative too. But my parents dont want him to until he finish school. Not only because we cant monitor him but also because they dont want the additional expenses for lodging and food which I am paying now. I just want him to follow my house rules and at least work around the house too and stop acting like he is the boss. He is the one getting everything free from me and treats me with no respect most of the time.:(
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@sanjudear (142)
• India
5 Feb 07
Dear Sechsey dont worry this is a common problem among the families,but the right thing is dnt encourage your brother for such things .If you give lineance then he starts doing same thing.You dnt adjust with him he is a man he will have dare to work out side also tell him the things to adjust with you are tell him to make other room and strictly tell your parents not to help him more than a limit.if you adjust now then he will continue same thing and he will not come to know his responsibilities.
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@sechsey (1831)
• Canada
6 Feb 07
I am trying to let him know that I dont tolerate it but he doesnt appreciate it. HE tells me to let him be because he let me be:P
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
13 Apr 07
I think it is about time for your brother to go get his own place and stop depending on you. I think it is your house and you shouldn't accomidate him at all. If he doesn't respect you in your house, he shouldn't be living there. It's time for him to go.
@ydiwan (448)
• India
13 Apr 07
I am so sorry that you are in this position that you are but i think you should talk to your parents and explain the issues your bro is creating and make them understand as to how difficult it is for you to cope up and manage him and i am sure you also love ur bro so i would suggest that you talk to him and try to reason and make him understand and try to explain ur position to him and i am sure he will understand if you talk to him rather then scold him and point his faults.But this is just an advice and it has worked most of the time and i am sure it will work this time as well so go ahead and try it and i am sure ur parents as well as ur bro will understand it and avoid makeing money the prime factor between u and your family.