'They went ballistic': Parents Try to Force Privileged 42-Year-Old Son Out of Their House to Live with His Adult Brother, Parents Give Up After Brother Outsmarts Them Twice

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    r/pettyrevenge ⚫7 hr. extraradishes Try to force me to take in my deadbeat brother? Enjoy wasting your three day weekend.
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    My older brother Ted (42M) has been living with my parents for the last 6 years or so. Refuses to get a full time job, refuses to help around the house, drunk half the time, known to sell a little weed and xanax out of his bedroom window, super
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    disrespectful to my mom and blames her for everything. He has at least two kids by two different women he hasn't seen in years. Last year I bought my first house and since day ONE my parents and brother have been harassing me to let him move in with me.
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    They say I have so much space and that they've already done enough for Ted and it was my turn now. Basically a constant nagging since 2023. This weekend I finally got sick of it and decided to send a message. I got a call last
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    Tuesday with my parents demanding once again that I take in my brother and that my dad had a three day weekend coming up so he had time to help him move. I said okay, fine, I'll do it and gave them a list on conditions that Ted would have to follow to live here. Of course
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    they promised he'd do everything I said ( ) and we scheduled it for Friday. So Friday comes and they show up with two cars full of stuff but guess what? I wasn't home. I take their call while I'm having a beer a few blocks away. I tell
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    them I got cold feet! Oh my! I'm so sorry but I changed my mind and decided I couldn't go through with it. They huff and puff but after a couple of hours of ignored calls they go home. I call them Saturday to apologize for being such a coward and
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    after dwelling on it, I've decided they were right and I will let him move in. And as a token of my remorse, I even bought a mattress and a nice, heavy bed frame as a moving in gift. I just took a picture of a random expensive mattress and bed
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    frame at the local furniture store. My parents were instantly smitten with the photos ("oh, you guys LIKE cherry wood?") and I suggested that maybe Ted didn't deserve such a nice gift and it'd be better if Ted took their older, worn out bed frame and mattress and I send them home with the new stuff. Of
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    course they took that offer. So on Sunday they show up again with not only all Ted's stuff but also a large wooden bed frame with built in drawers and a high back board. And guess what? When they show up, I'm not home again. I ignore their
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    calls for a good hour and finally tell them that I decided to change my mind again and hang up. They went ballistic but ultimately left again. We talked yesterday morning and I told my dad that I was sorry and I was wrong and he can move in. My dad freaked
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    out and told me how in the he can ever believe that lie again and I basically told him he can't so they should stop bringing it up.
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    appleblossom 1962 • 7h ago Why would your parents think that because they gave birth to a lazy 1, that in any way would be your responsibility????
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    copperfrog42 • 7h ago That was wonderfully evil. Great job.
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    Constant_Cultural • 7h ago That's genious, now they don't trust you and won't try this again.
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    • Midwest MSW 7h ago love it when the enablers try to on others. the problem off
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    Similar-Traffic7317 .7h ago I tip my hat to you good Sir. You have shown us mere mortals how it's done!
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    • shigui18 7h ago I think it is Ted's turn to take care of himself.
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    TheHobbyWaitress • 7h ago Picturing this in my head is hysterical. And that last paragraph is priceless.
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    Coygon • 5h ago You should point out that they seem to believe your brother's lies all the time (I'm sure he tells them he'll do better), so why not believe yours? And if they can learn to stop believing yours, they can surely stop. believing Ted's.
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    • limelight 602 6h ago That they fell for it a second time is exactly why the freeloader is still with them.
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