My brother is always going to my mom's room, I don't know why. Maybe because his door in his room doens't have a lock. But yeah he always locks it and of course people always have to come into the room so we tell him to open up the door and he's so rude and irritated and give us attitude because he's annoyed that HE has to open/unlock the door!
I don't what's his big deal but my mom had enough and they were fighting and he said that he wants to watch TV in peace and he can just go downstairs because everyone's always upstairs but yeah I can't even go on to describe not only my own, but others' frustrations as well! And he's not even convinced that it's not HIS room and I can't beleive that he would talk to Mom like that! Do you have any ideas maybe? Anything would be helpful because I want to smack him SO HARD in the face right now...if i could get to the other side of the door!
Razhie answered Sunday April 11 2010, 7:46 pm: I'd remove the lock from the door if I were your mom. Or, invest in a key lock so only she can lock it.
Sure, he gets a polite knock before someone enters, but locking people out of another persons bedroom is not okay.
Frankly, if I had a teenager at home, locks wouldn't be allowed at all.
Unfortunately, this is really your mothers problem to handle.
If she can't turn to him and say "You may close the door, and people will knock, you may NOT lock the door." or remove the lock all together, or demand he be civil to others when he takes advantage of the television in her bedroom, there is nothing much you can do. [ Razhie's advice column | Ask Razhie A Question ]
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