Comments | quesera730: I'm not scared of words

quesera730

I'm not scared of words

Feb 02, 2005 21:10

Alright, I am officially confused. My brother has turned into a pubescent monster. He is 14. And I have no idea how his mind works, or what I should do. If you just want to skip to the angst withouth the long explanation, scroll to the *. Bear with me while I take you through my day. I get up, then I have to wake up the Monster. This is a system we ( Read more... )

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queen_obvious February 3 2005, 05:34:47 UTC

oh. my. god.

we need sarah's-brother-therapy-time. if you ever need a shoulder to cry on...er....rant to....sbake is here with a veritable storehouse of 14 year old brother ammunition

quesera730 February 4 2005, 01:37:38 UTC

Ah yes, not so much crying as bitching and throwing things. Except my brother has an inferiority complex to boot, being his size and all ;)

mjscheer February 3 2005, 05:44:49 UTC

Weird... my 14-year-old brother is my best friend. I'm sorry.

But I remember that I acted that way, and so I can relate, and for that I am SO sorry.

quesera730 February 4 2005, 01:38:12 UTC

Yes, my brother was jealous of that for a while and tried to be BEST friends with me, but we're four grades apart! It's a bit weird.

mjscheer February 4 2005, 05:16:00 UTC

Your bro was jealous? Huh.

Yeah, I can see the four-grades-apart-is-WEIRD thing. If worse comes to worst, you can always come live with us & be our sister :-D.

petname February 3 2005, 08:14:36 UTC

From the perspective of an x-troubled-14 yr old boy, I'd try a couple things:
First, I'd lay it out straight for him, stern but fair. Sit him down and tell him that it shouldn't have to be your job to wake him up in the morning and that you'd appreciate some more consideration, etc. Assert some calm, non-bitchy, fair but /stern/ big-sisterly authority.
If this doesn't go well after a couple of tries the best thing to do is back off and let the phase pass.

quesera730 February 4 2005, 01:39:51 UTC

Thanks, I'll try that. Kush told me I should smack him around a bit, but that he never went through a troubled 14 year old boy phase. Hopefully with some big sister authority I can get him back in line ;)

hulkhoodie February 5 2005, 01:02:43 UTC

My mom often says that I AM a 14 year old boy (well, she usually says 8) so I SHOULD be able to help... um... tell him you'll buy him toy cars if he's nice and wakes up on his own? That would make me behave. Tell him also he needs his breakfast or he'll never grow taller or more muscular.
And.... alarm = independence. He can also get his angry-men-with-screaming-guitars music (which is totally my music haha- maybe I should give him one of my CDs to wake up to).
And.... TV melts the brain. Except for cartoons, zombie movies and bad action films. Which um... dont. rot the... whatever. brain. ya.