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My brother's so rude!
My older brother, 19 years old, is going to school at the naval academy. He is home right now for the summer. He doesn't do much to help out. He just sleeps at our house, and eats our food. He lays on the couch all day and watches cartoons and goes out with his friends (without telling us) so sometimes we find ourselves without a car because he took it. He doesn't go to church with us. He ate 2 gallons of our icecream in just a few days. And at dinner tonight, my mom changed the channel before we sat down, so my brother went upstairs to watch what he had on before instead of eating with us. When my mom told him to come down, he said he wasn't hungry. I just want to yell at him and tell him to get his act together, but I don't think it's my place. What do I do?
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Your brother's an Annapolis cadet? That's something to be very proud of and I offer my heartfelt congratulations to you, your brother, and your family. I also want to thank your brother for being willing to serve his country.
Having said all that above, his behavior towards you at home is rather self centered and thoughtless.
It may be that he's overcompensating for the discipline he was under at the Naval Academy.
Regardless, his behavior is hardly that of an officer and a gentleman, and you should tell him that, probably in those exact words.
He probably doesn't even realize that what he's doing is affecting you and the rest of your family in a negative way.
And maybe you should turn the TV off when your family's eating dinner together so you can all talk about stuff in general and about things like this in particular.
Best Wishes!
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Don't yell at him...but tell him you think he's being rude, you have every right to do so. His taking the car for example and just eating all the food and lazing around the house, is something that gets in your way. Just tell him to be more considerate.
Hope it helps,
Teacup
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