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I Was Tormented By Those Related To Me

Growing up my little brother was a constant torment to me. Picking fights as teenagers. He was the athlete. I was not. Our Dad was the athletic director. Our Dad went to college on a football scholarship, so he was constantly pushing us to play sports. Sports team natural into my brother. But I had to struggle. Finally in the middle of my junior year I quit Sports. I don't know what my dad thought about me. But it was almost as if he had no advice for me.

Back to the torment, my little brother wanted to wrestle with me. It was getting abusive when we were teenagers. The more I retreated into myself, the more he tormented me.


A couple years after high school I joined the Air Force. And he went off to college. To play football like my dad. But he didn't get a scholarship. In fact he dropped out of college. I finished College on the GI Bill.

Last time I went down to Florida he wanted to take me out drinking and all he could talk about Was His Glory Days of how he didn't get seen by other recruiters because the coach wouldn't make him a linebacker. And how he had the recruiter from the Coast Guard Academy football team calling him and he told him he had asthma. All he could talk about was how he almost became big and famous.

He doesn't hold down a regular job. Sometimes he works for a friend for cash. But he's been trying to do this catering business for 20 years. And it hasn't really turned any kind of significant profit. Our parents work for him almost for free whenever he has catering jobs. And he keeps talking about how he can't be afraid of failure.

When he calls me I usually pick up the phone. But he called a month ago and I didn't pick it up. We started texting back and forth and then he started going off on mean for not being in Florida to help my dad when he had his operation. Completely ignoring the fact that I have my own kids to take care of.

Does he still think he can push me around? Apparently so. I didn't acknowledge what he said. But I told him to have a good night. And I blocked all calls and texts from him. Because I'm 46 years old and I'm too old for this kind of crap.
FoolishLuna · 56-60, F
You needed to make that choice .. we can’t choose our family... thank goodness we can choose our friends.
Abbenthewarwolf · 18-21, M
My biology parents hate me and my siblings do too
Prisoner1972 · 51-55, MVIP
@Abbenthewarwolf trust me when I say this. Life will get better. So don't let the condition of your current relationship with your family dictate how the rest of your life is going to be.

 
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