Never thirsty! wrote:I just came home from a sold out 21 pilots show at the LC and I spent the entire night standing and cold I was there along with my brother a friend of his and his girlfriend anyway anyone who lives in Ohio knows how cold it can get even on summer nights I didn't have time to get my hoodie. After a few minutes the temperature started to drop and it was cold and my brother was trying to keep his girlfriend warm while I was standing beside him trembling and shaking from being so cold. I asked him if he could try to keep me warm because I was a lot colder than she was he said no and I'm sick because I spent over five hours standing outside in cold weather with no way of keeping warm except using my brother's shoulder to help me balance which only warmed up my hand.
He's done this many times before and it feels like his gf is more important to him than me
I don't even want to think about what he'd do if she were there and I was bleeding to death
if it seems selfish the way I'm asking you to pray for him to give me more attention I already tried asking him to do something with me alone and his response is always "me and my girlfriend were going to go and... on Saturday. I feel insible to him when she's around and he even has ignored me when I told him I needed something because he was so focused on his gf and my sister being gone made that a lot worse because my mom's always working so I don't really have human contact outside of school
I feel like if he had a choice between spending a day with me alone or a day with her alone he'd choose her he hasn't spent any time with me alone just me and him doing something together ever since she came in
my a long time ago my mom asked me where I would want to live if something happened to her I said with my brother but right now I'd rather be a homeless orphan it would feel better than being stuck with him not giving me any attention. If that were the case I know I'd be malnourished and dehydrated because I couldn't take care of myself and not because my physcal and emotional needs weren't being met by a my guardian. I think it's bad that I'd rather risk death by starvation and dehydration than live with him if he still had his gf.
AndrewinIce wrote:As a big brother myself, I have to say he sounds like he's being a jerk. I can understand where your coming from completely. I also know how nice it is just to tell some people. My best advice is that you talk to him. Explain the situation calmly. Explain how you feel. If he's a good brother, he'll try to be better.
Remember that he does love you, and he loves his GF also. Remember that you are important to him, whether he remembers it right now or not.
Praying for you...
Never thirsty! wrote:I just came home from a sold out 21 pilots show at the LC and I spent the entire night standing and cold I was there along with my brother a friend of his and his girlfriend anyway anyone who lives in Ohio knows how cold it can get even on summer nights I didn't have time to get my hoodie.
After a few minutes the temperature started to drop and it was cold and my brother was trying to keep his girlfriend warm while I was standing beside him trembling and shaking from being so cold. I asked him if he could try to keep me warm because I was a lot colder than she was he said no and I'm sick because I spent over five hours standing outside in cold weather with no way of keeping warm except using my brother's shoulder to help me balance which only warmed up my hand.
it feels like his gf is more important to him than me I don't even want to think about what he'd do if she were there and I was bleeding to death
if it seems selfish the way I'm asking you to pray for him to give me more attention I already tried asking him to do something with me alone and his response is always "me and my girlfriend were going to go and... on Saturday.
he hasn't spent any time with me alone just me and him doing something together ever since she came in
but right now I'd rather be a homeless orphan it would feel better than being stuck with him not giving me any attention.
If that were the case I know I'd be malnourished and dehydrated because I couldn't take care of myself and not because my physcal and emotional needs weren't being met by a my guardian. I think it's bad that I'd rather risk death by starvation and dehydration than live with him if he still had his gf.
Ally-Ann wrote:I'm just pretty much going to reiterate what everyone else has already said...Never thirsty! wrote:I just came home from a sold out 21 pilots show at the LC and I spent the entire night standing and cold I was there along with my brother a friend of his and his girlfriend anyway anyone who lives in Ohio knows how cold it can get even on summer nights I didn't have time to get my hoodie.
Getting a jacket really quickly from a closet or bedroom takes, like, maybe 5 seconds. I think you probably had plenty of time to grab a hoodie.
After a few minutes the temperature started to drop and it was cold and my brother was trying to keep his girlfriend warm while I was standing beside him trembling and shaking from being so cold. I asked him if he could try to keep me warm because I was a lot colder than she was he said no and I'm sick because I spent over five hours standing outside in cold weather with no way of keeping warm except using my brother's shoulder to help me balance which only warmed up my hand.
1. It was your own fault that you didn't grab the hoodie.
2. This sounds really selfish. You don't know how cold she was, and she's your brother's girlfriend. You and her are not equals when it comes to who your brother decides to take care of first. I'm not saying she's better than you, I'm saying that in a good relationship between a man and a woman, the woman's well-being is often the main priority to the man. That's the way things work. Bring a hoodie next time.it feels like his gf is more important to him than me I don't even want to think about what he'd do if she were there and I was bleeding to death
... Okay, seriously? Right now, she kind of is more important to him. You sound like you want him to love his girlfriend and you completely equally in the same way, when in reality, that's not the way love works. There are several different types of love, and the love he has for his girlfriend is not the same as the love he has for you. If it was the same, that would be weird and disturbing. He loves you, but right now his main concern is with his girlfriend.
Also, what on earth is with the bleeding to death comment? So, because he was consumed with keeping his girlfriend warm, you think that's enough proof that he would let you bleed to death just because his girlfriend's with him? As Xeno already stated, this is illogical, and quite frankly, something that a ten-year-old would say because he's not the center of attention. I hope you never EVER say that to your brother's face, because if you did, that would be a terribly selfish insult that could really hurt him.
if it seems selfish the way I'm asking you to pray for him to give me more attention I already tried asking him to do something with me alone and his response is always "me and my girlfriend were going to go and... on Saturday.
I don't know about praying for him to give you more attention, but echoing what someone else already stated, I'll pray for your relationship to get better between you and him. Him giving you attention whenever you want it or whenever his girlfriend is around won't fix the problem.he hasn't spent any time with me alone just me and him doing something together ever since she came in
Get over it. Are you suggesting that you wish she had never come into his life, to make him happy and? I understand what it's like to feel like your brother is ignoring you all the time for someone else, as my own brother does the exact same thing, but you know how to fix that? You get a hobby, or make some friends at church or youth group, plan a day to go out have fun, and live your life while your brother lives his. Your brother won't always be there to drop everything he's doing to go and cater to your every whim when you want him to. He's growing up, and part of growing up is getting a life, and sometimes getting a girlfriend, maybe marrying, and maybe having kids, and he may not want you to live with him if all those life-events happen eventually. I know I wouldn't want my siblings (Or even my parents) living with me and my husband if I were ever to get married and have a family. But I'm getting waaay ahead of myself here.but right now I'd rather be a homeless orphan it would feel better than being stuck with him not giving me any attention.
Your brother loves his girlfriend and is concerned about her well-being. Life sucks, doesn't it?If that were the case I know I'd be malnourished and dehydrated because I couldn't take care of myself and not because my physcal and emotional needs weren't being met by a my guardian. I think it's bad that I'd rather risk death by starvation and dehydration than live with him if he still had his gf.
Get a job. I've met plenty of people with severe physical and emotional disorders who actually worked to earn their own money, and were therefore able to pay for their own food and health. You mean to tell me that if you were to live with your brother and his possible-girlfrind/wife when you're an adult, you wouldn't work and would expect to leech off of your brother for free? If your brother ever complied with that, it would prove that he really is an amazing brother, and you're really just being pathetically selfish. I'm sorry if I'm sounding mean and uncaring, but I-- along with several other people-- have been in your place, and we've made it just fine without whining or complaining to anyone that we "weren't getting enough attention".
Yes, it hurts emotionally, but maybe, when your brother has some alone time, talk to him about the way you feel; but please, don't go and blow it by starting off with something like, "You've been ignoring me!" If for some reason he doesn't want to spend alone time with you, then let it go, accept it, and move on. He doesn't owe you anything, and he has the right to live his life the way he wants to without feeling tied down. He loves you, I'm sure, but he has his own life to live.
There are going to be times in your life where you will feel utterly alone, but that's part of growing up. You stop your whining, you learn to cope with it, and in the process, you mature (hopefully). And keep in mind that there will never be a time when the world revolves around you, and you just have to deal with it.
Nevertheless, I'll still pray for your relationship with him. I'm not so heartless that I wouldn't pray for you. Though it probably sounds like I'm a heartless jerk, huh? Sorry...
Xeno wrote:AndrewinIce wrote:As a big brother myself, I have to say he sounds like he's being a jerk. I can understand where your coming from completely. I also know how nice it is just to tell some people. My best advice is that you talk to him. Explain the situation calmly. Explain how you feel. If he's a good brother, he'll try to be better.
Remember that he does love you, and he loves his GF also. Remember that you are important to him, whether he remembers it right now or not.
Praying for you...
Excuse me, but how is he being a jerk by living his own life while still obviously making some concessions for Never Thirsty!? It's not his brother's responsibility to make how own life revolve around NT, and to expect that is ridiculous. Maybe that's what you did with your younger sibling(s), but it's hardly normal or encouraged.
AndrewinIce wrote:You could have just saved everyone the time of the reading your long message and summed up with the following;
1; Your an idiot
2; Get over it
3: I'm a **** bag
AndrewinIce wrote:Making a family member feel invisible? Yeah, there's nothing he needs to work on.
Where did I say 'It's a brother's responsibility to make his own life revolve around NT"? Oh wait, right...I didn't.
And also, who made you the person who decides what was 'normal' or 'encouraged'...
AndrewinIce wrote:She feels abounded because he's focused on his GF. Why is it that she just needs to 'move on' and 'deal with it'? This is a relationship that has been building for (most likely) more years than he has known his GF. What she's saying is that she misses him and wants to spend quality time with him. Why is that so bad? Why can't the brother set aside a day do something with her?
Am I saying that he should dump the GF? No.
I'm just saying that he's a douche-bags if he can't spend some time with his sis. That's my opinion, as a young brother of 20 years and an older one of 13.
Andrewinice wrote: You could have just saved everyone the time of the reading your long message and summed up with the following;
1; Your an idiot
2; Get over it
3: I'm a **** bag
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