How can I live with my brother?

StewartMG said:
@ Mac, Won't work if he is bigger than Sky though :( You could end up just being beasted.
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Morgoth said:
If you are the younger brother you are allowed a weapon during the battle, everybody knows that!
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I am the younger brother, but never *ever* been seen as the menacing type, my tricks tend to use subtle hints of "I'm doing you a favour by living with you" and "without me you'd have nowhere else to go" after hammering into them that they need you more than you need them, it helps a touch :)

some may call me a bar-stud, but desperate times call for desperate measures :)
 
When I shared, 1 was the laziest person known to man, after weeks of ranting what we did in the end was rather than tidy up after him, we started to move all the rubbish, washing up and recycling into his bedroom where he could see it.

We only had to do this once.
 
Give him the things that he cant put off.
Like if he does the cooking and you do the dishes after.
 
Me and both my little brother try to intimidate eachother but because we are so similar, that never works, so then after we bash heads caveman style, we normally come to a very civilised compromise.

Maybe I am closer to my brother than most, but it wasn't always that way, fortunately, we have never had trouble at screaming at eachother, face to face and then afterwards drinking beer and punching eachother in the shoulder. I guess us ****-er-neys are good at type of thing

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Just to further illetrate my point, I offered to explain the wrongs and rights of hip hop to people people I know would never be interested via facebook, a)this bloke said that hip hop is rubbish, not my fault, he doesn't delve into the underground... But before I could correct, which would have included many expletives his one post of 'STFU' Made me re-think, but he is right in so many ways, I am so tired of trying to be one person with taste. Also a lot of people will think I'm pretentious/ or drunk!
 
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if hes living with you and pays rent etc, put the price of you tidying up his crap on top of it. If he wants someone to clean up after him, he can pay for it imo
 
make it clear you are older and don't want to live in crap, when he is older hopefully he is the same. if not, well tough cookies you still like to live in a clean environment. tell him to buck up his ideas or stuff gets chucked.. :p
 
LOAM said:
When I shared, 1 was the laziest person known to man, after weeks of ranting what we did in the end was rather than tidy up after him, we started to move all the rubbish, washing up and recycling into his bedroom where he could see it.

We only had to do this once.
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Personally done this too. Dirty dishes in their bedclothes after not washing them within a day of being told (for the 6000th time).
 
djmc0 said:
Your first post seems to suggest you maybe the younger brother is that correct?

TBH it shouldn't matter, you just to talk to him and explain your issues IMO of course, I don't know the ins and outs of your family history. I'm an older brother, but we have a good relationship because we talk, and we do live together. But no matter the amount we talk, I still seem to do the most house work.
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Yes I am the older brother, by 5 years.

StewartMG said:
@ Mac, Won't work if he is bigger than Sky though :( You could end up just being beasted.
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I'm bigger, he's a skinny rake lol

I've talked to him about it but it just seems to go in one ear and out the other. I think I'll give it another try on monday as we're supposed to be having a tidy up. I might try and see if there is some way of sharing the chores so we pick which we want to do each because the way it's going I think I'm going to just do all the washing up at least, used to have a really tidy kitchen before he came and maybe in return I can get him to hoover weekly or something.

Someone else suggested taking away his toys, don't think that will work, he can get quite moody and tbh I rather live with the mess or do it myself than live with a ****.

Like I said, for the most part we get along it's just house/money that cause friction.
 
Skyfall said:
Yes I am the older brother, by 5 years.

I'm bigger, he's a skinny rake lol

I've talked to him about it but it just seems to go in one ear and out the other. I think I'll give it another try on monday as we're supposed to be having a tidy up. I might try and see if there is some way of sharing the chores so we pick which we want to do each because the way it's going I think I'm going to just do all the washing up at least, used to have a really tidy kitchen before he came and maybe in return I can get him to hoover weekly or something.

Someone else suggested taking away his toys, don't think that will work, he can get quite moody and tbh I rather live with the mess or do it myself than live with a ****.

Like I said, for the most part we get along it's just house/money that cause friction.
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Do the whole full metal jacket soap battering thing to him one night whilst mentioning doing a bit more cleaning. He'll either clean on command or become a one man barry scott clean everything within a 50 mile radius then drown himself in fabreeze. Either way tidy house!

Me and the gf have a system that we both share tidying up but i take the rubbish out and she cleans out the guinea pigs. We both do the dishes and stuff like that. I cant see threatening him with eviction like others have suggested being helpful as it will more than likely just cause agro.
 
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Place a pillow over his head when he is a sleep and at the last moment lift the pillow he will get the message.
 
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Morgoth said:
If you are the younger brother you are allowed a weapon during the battle, everybody knows that!
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Yeh, my little brother knows that rule.....trouble was that his weapon was a cricket bat and I ended up with a broken arm and wrist, I tried to block the blow:eek:
Needless to say the old chap forbade any weapon usage in future battles and I had the upper hand again:D
 
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