Since my brother is about to become a father, the whole family has to help him. He’s so determined that everyone owes him. Yeah, she’s gone!
I don’t have kids yet. That’s good. I want to live for myself and get on my feet. Why Andrew decided to take that step so early, I don’t know. Apparently, he just didn’t think about the consequences.
Since childhood, my parents demanded more from me than from my brother, because I am older. Study harder, work harder, look for a more lucrative job. And my brother was wandering from place to place and spitting on my parents. Andrew did not want to study or work. Why should he, if his parents would help him?
At first, I helped my brother. I even tried to get Andrew a job with my friend. But he didn’t want to work there – it’s not a royal place.
Soon he got himself a job in some office, where you don’t have to work hard, but the salary there is pennies. He got married, had a child, but stayed with his parents.
Two freeloaders literally took the last piece of bread from my parents. Dad had to find an extra job, because they just couldn’t make it. And he was glad to get away from home, because there was a real madhouse.
Thank God I was already living on my own. My grandmother left me her apartment. Mom tried to hint that Andrew needed housing more, because he has a family, but I quickly put her in her place and made it clear that my brother has nothing to do with this property. I did not force him to get married and start a family. He is a man, he should decide his own housing and financial issues, not sit on the neck of his parents.
My mom resented me for a long time. My conscience sometimes tormented me, though, so I helped them financially. However, she soon noticed that all my money was spent on various nonsense, and closed the shop. For example, I could give my brother a few hundred dollars, and his wife used the money to buy cosmetics and shrimp for herself. Necessity, you say? Let them sit on water and bread.
Recently I bought my mother a modern steam mop, and all the old rags and devices for cleaning threw away to make it easier for her to clean. That’s how my gift went to my brother.
When my brother announced that he was going to have a baby soon, my parents sobbed with happiness. But how can you be happy when they don’t even have money for diapers? My brother came to his senses almost just before the birth and said to me:
– You were going to the beach? Maybe you postpone the trip and help us buy everything for the baby? You have recently vacationed, you can do without the beach this year.
I was really going to the beach. The trip is bought, the tickets are in hand, even the suitcase is packed. That’s why I wasn’t going to cancel anything. And if my brother made a baby, he should provide for it himself. You have to plan your life somehow, think things through, right?
I would never have decided to have a baby if I didn’t have a financial cushion. Naturally, I turned my brother down. When my mom found out about it, she made such a scene! How could I not help my own brother? But what’s it got to do with me? I don’t have to carry him on my back, he’s a grown man.
Parents are pressing their conscience and crying that my brother can’t make it without my money. You see, the grandson will not even have a stroller. However, I’m not going to give up the trip, and I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long.
In general, we were so scared that now with parents do not communicate. I’m not going to change my opinion – I’m going on vacation, and that’s it. Let mom and dad sulk. I really hope that they will see the light soon.
