Homeowning son expertly dodges fatigued parents nagging him to take in freeloading 42-year-old older brother: 'Enjoy wasting your three day weekend'

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Sep 5, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

It's often said that you can't choose your family, and this can be an especially painful truth if you're related to a deadbeat. It's possible for anybody to fall on tough times, but when you make a lifestyle out of making it somebody else's problem it's only understandable that people start to get tired of it. There comes a time when you have to at least try to positively advocate for yourself.

This is something that one Redditor's parents found themselves struggling with after they couldn't get his troublesome older brother to move out of their house. When their other son bought his own home, they hoped it would be the perfect opportunity for him to have a new roof over his head—but their younger child had other ideas. This tale of petty revenge brought an unforgiving approach to these family matters that it seems like nobody wanted to be responsible for.