I made my brother ( the supreme ruler of this family) loose 45 minutes of his precious time and now parents are upset with me
My M26 brother has always been the golden child of this family.
A few years ago he got an opportunity to continue his studies in another more advanced country.
At that time I was done with my masters degree and got offers for similar things abroad.
Both of us are in STEM.
To do that we had to have some money in the bank for visa stuff and my parents did help with a sum.
The only thing they helped my brother. Only him.
I was stuck in my home country, with wars and instability while he lives in luxury abroad.
Fast forward to this year, all delivery services have been completely cut off from where I am from.
I am doing a phd and as a side hustle during the war I decided to start a small crafts business.
I ordered a bunch of things for my business online to his address, and he flipped.
The supreme ruler is gracing us with his presence next week and he spent 45 minutes packing his luggage because of my stuff .
I have been wiped the floor with, with parents thinking “ then why didn’t you make money from your so called business already” , and not understanding that I need some basic items first that I couldn’t find anywhere because of the war.
My brother yelled, raised his voice ( the usual method) because he wasted 45 minutes on a Sunday night at 11 pm.
Well he procrastinated AF. The items were already fully there in March . He could’ve just unwrapped them and put them in the luggage then.
He had a 2 days off that he wasted time in but when I waste his time hell breaks loose.
He said anything I order in the future, he’ll throw away in the garbage without even looking at it.
I have been saving for this for over a year.
The items were all less than 8 kg and he had purchased 25 kg of weight. They could easily fit in the carry on and I still offered to pay for his weight purchase.
When he was applying for a bunch of places there I spent hours researching the costs and homes and rent and even what paperwork he’d needed done that could be done from my country.
But everyone thought it is my”duty” …
I want to move out to another country , despite the emotional weight of leaving my sick parents alone , just to have control over simple things and no longer feel like my brother holds all the power.
Seriously is it that difficult to want to order a friggin fabric type….
Posted May 11, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC