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1986montecarlols

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I have nothing better to do right now its 4 in the morning and my head hurts but i dont feel like going to sleep at the moment. Everything is going great too. Just one little problem and it deals with my brother.


Im 22 he is 27. I recently found part time work at my school as some of you may have read earlier this past year, its not much but pays the bills so i dont have to run off and ask mom and dad all the time. The problem I want to introduce does not even deal with me. It deals with my brother.

Here is goes. Ever since I can remember my brother was never on my dads side favoritism you might wanna call it. Grade school he messed up in big time failing most of his classes and hiding his report cards from my parents in his rafters of his room. He even had to go a year extra just to get it done. Our house burnt down several years ago and me and my dad spent the entire summer cleaning it up with very little help of my brother. My brother has had several jobs and i tell you he is very successful at working, very street smart kinda guy unlike myself. Hes never had any trouble holding a job unlike myself. Well since last June he has not been back to work and hes been living on unemployment, if it had not been for the extension he would have 0 income coming in. Now what does he do with this money. Well he blows it on booze every day, smokes a lot of pot, and sits in our basement which happens to be his room playing games all day. Yes he hunts and killed 2 deer this year. I dont ever hear the end of how he supports the family, yet i dont because i dont do dishes, vaccuum, or other random things around the house. No, I dont because I go to school full time, work part time, starting an internship soon, etc. Another odd point to add is my dad has lost all respect for me over the last few years giving it mostly to my brother, they still have their fights though too. I dont know if its because I am out of high school now, dad doesnt like my history career options and knowing my skills are limited elsewhere, the fact I wrecked the first car he gave me without really caring either, or perhaps its the fact that i like to have a drink once every 3 weeks too lol. My dad hates the way i cut him down.

To conclude what im saying is, where is someone like my bro going to end up in life, I have no idea at this point. Our economy sucks, he doesnt work, has no liscenece at hte moment because of drinking and driving for at least 3 more months then im sure hes going to just wreck another car. Hes done it 3 times already once almost driving into our country house thank god for the tree outside our house. He still drinks just as heavilly, has no friends hardly anymore. He is now angry because I wont take him to the store for anything even if it means groceries for dinner because he makes most of the dinners these days. My mom had a stroke and my dad has his own issues to deal with even though hes retired. Hes the type of guy who is never happy. I have since decided I am no longer in anyway shape or form going to feed his alcohol problem that he has. He b*tches when I ask for 3 bucks to drive him 20 miles round trip. I dont drive for free, and my time costs money. Not only that I take him anywhere its a guarantee he will buy more booze as well.

I dont really get it, why doesnt my dad just throw this guy out of the house. Sure hes family but what real good is it doing him to sit in our house any longer as his age. Im 22 as said before and will have my bach. degree at age 24. Masters at age 27 and planning on dr. before im 40 im hoping. I want to work part time at a museum and be a professor at a univ. one day teaching history. I want to pass on what I learn to others as well as do my own research on funded trips from the univ. I love to write and love doing so as i write this. My brother and father cut me down sometimes as well explaining that ill never get a job in this day and age, yet my dad with his measly assoc. degree never made over 40K in his life I dont think or very close. I guess its because he worked all his life, didnt like school like I do, and sees my brother going down the path he chose but I am not. TO my dad I must be on an uncharted rocky path that he has no interest in. My dad complains about the economy yet takes no interest in voting and claims that apathetic is his ways. Hes conservative but wont vote. Now what good is that.

Good side of things, I wont live at my house more then the age of 25 when i get a low salary job with my bach. degree while i attend eastern Mi univ. My car really needs brake work, and exhaust, I go back to work in 10 more days, and i really want a 40something inch 1080PI tv. My life is good, its my brother that worries me and the people that surround me such as my mom who had a stroke. she has a lot of trouble thinking. If it were not for my mom I wouldnt have made it where I am right now. My dads income is what fueled me while I was in and out of jobs but iwas my mom that gave me the money. My dad would not have because of our disrespect for eachother. My whole family smokes pot and i do not. Something I dont agree with as well. I really dont fit in lol. If you had fun reading this post a way. If your going to say something nasty please do not reply. Thank you for your time! 😀
 
Well, unfortunately, he is making his own path. Eventually, he will have to make it on his own because your parents will not live forever. The ability to hold down a job is not success, the ability to live is. It sounds like he does not know how to live and his excesses will eventually be his ruin. I am not trying to be mean, and again I don't know you any more than you know me. My rants on my life that I have posted are only a partial story as I am sure yours are too. There simply is no way to distill your whole life into a couple of paragraphs in such a way as to give anyone else complete understanding. However, I have seen people like him many times. Sometimes they stumble into good jobs and situations whereas I have worked hard all my life and never been unemployed, but have largely failed, so it is difficult to say where anyone will end up. Sometimes the decent people get sh*t on the most and the bad ones are the biggest successes. However, financial success is only part of the equation. Money does not ever equate to happiness, but a lack of money is almost always misery. Success in life comes from a combination of the financial, practical, and relational aspects of a person's existence. Weather or not he figures out how to run that balance only time will tell. If he continues on his present path, he will fail at life. Hopefully, he realizes his problems and gets help. I went through a short pot smoking period in my life to deal with depression and insomnia, but stopped it as I saw where it was leading. Now, I won't touch it. I don't even drink anymore except for once every few months to be "social". I recognized that the people I was around had nothing but chaos in their lives, and that it was due to their substance usage. I didn't want to be like them, and knew inside that I wasn't. However, it is something I had to find for myself. Your brother needs to figure this out for himself too, as no amount of talking will convince him otherwise.
 
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be completely honest with ya, thats really my only problem in life is worrying about my brother cause I see myself succeeding further and further into life every semester that goes by. Getting ever closer to my degree. WHile he makes the same 14.80 I think an hour. Sure he might see small raises, hell they even offer to pay for tech. school I believe its called yet he doesnt bother with it. ANd your correct, before he had this ok job he worked at mosquito making about 9 an hour and was even worse off with my dad. THe guy who got him a job theres aunt is like a manager way up the line somewhere. Funny he hates the guy now and always talks about him. lol yet where would he be ya know. I had one person get a job at durolast roofing, im sure youve heard about it I hated the place and got fired within 3 months. I did get one of my own friends in there though and hes doing great. Fed Ex ground was another good place which happens to my first job as well. My best friend is now management there making about 16 an hour plus they pay for all his schooling. Ill type some more later but my dad wants to do some research for a while. My life picture is small though, i dont have hobbies anymore, my life pretty much revolves around school etc. 😀
 
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