Guy Comes To Reddit To See What He Should Do About His Bum Of A Brother Who Is Living With Him

We don't blame this guy but he really does need to be straight up with his brother.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• December 17, 2023

We're back here again with yet another Reddit post, and this time, we are looking into a post that was submitted to the infamous AITA thread, which is a thread you've probably heard of before. This guy came to Reddit to get advice on what to do about this "bum of a brother," and Reddit sure had a lot to say about it.

Now, with family, it is hard because we want to give them the benefit of the doubt, and we want to be there to support them as much as we can, but it's difficult sometimes if they are not doing things for themselves and leaning only on us. As a family, we really have to put down some boundaries and show our family what they need to be doing in order to get things going.

We've probably all been in a pinch before where we are in a situation with family, and we have to go against them on something or push them to do something that they probably don't want to do. Overall, it's our job just to do what's best for them, and that's exactly what this guy needs to do with his brother.

If you're interested in looking into the full post and what people had to say, then keep on reading as we dive in and check out the full story.

OP starts off his post by explaining that they live together and that they inherited the house they've been living in.

He explains why he made this decision and that it was financially best for him so that's why he's been living with is brother now.

However, it seems like the brother might be trouble and OP is looking for advice on how to handle him essentially.

OP explains what his brother does, or doesn't do, and that this is something he's observed for a while now.

It seems like they've done everything they can to help him out but it doesn't seem to have helped at all.

This right here definitely shows that things are just not even here and it's totally visible.

If we were him then we would definitely have said something about this before this point because it's clearly a problem and has been from the start.

It's very unfortunate and it is clear that OP does everything in the house and it's pretty unfair.

I don't even understand how the brother is getting through day-to-day without all of these things.

Maybe the brother has some sort of mental illness or mental health crisis that he's dealing with.

OP does have concerns over the mental health of his brother but it doesn't seem like he's helped much with this.

You definitely can only help him so much and if he's not willing to accept the help then that's the bigger problem.

It's unfortunate that they're going through this especially if the brother is going through something.

Some people tried to offer advice but OP wasn't grabbing at all of it.

This is definitely probably the best standpoint to go with because it's the lest offensive and shows that he cares.

So many people had a lot to say about this, but they felt like OP definitely should have a conversation with his brother because that's what will make the biggest impact on solving the actual problem. He shouldn't have to put up with this but we also want to make sure that the brother is okay and mentally okay.

Daphnie