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r/AmItheAsshole · Posted by u/DemonKingDeservedToWin 22 days ago.

AITA for protecting my little brother?

AmItheAsshole

I (25M) have a younger brother (20M) who I basically raised since he was a baby. Our parents were neglectful and abusive in ways that I would rather not discuss in this post. I became his legal guardian when I was only eighteen years old. It was a struggle, but I started my own business and became successful enough to provide for both of us. My younger brother has severe health problems. It is unlikely that he’ll ever be able to live on his own. He does not have a job. I’m committed to looking after him for the rest of his life. We are each other’s only family member.

Until recently, my little brother was always properly adoring and grateful toward me. I’ve become wealthy enough to shower him with gifts, including a new gaming station and his own car. However, over the last year he’s turned sullen and irrationally hostile. I believe he’s jealous of my healthy body and superior capabilities. I offered him a job at my business, even though he’s weak and has no useful skills. He claimed that he turned me down for ethical reasons.

My younger brother accused me of illegal activity. I took him along on one of my business deals in order to prove that everyone was involved willingly. My little brother threw a fit at the meeting and made a fool of himself. Then he tried to go to the police with my private business information that he stole off my computer. Obviously I have nothing to fear from the police, but it would hurt my business if proprietary information got shared. Also, my younger brother could get in legal trouble for stealing from me. I believe he had a mental breakdown.

In order to protect my little brother, I had no choice but to remove the information from his person and prevent him from going to the police. I have also grounded him and taken away all his toys.

Everything I did was for my brother’s own good, but he’s been banging on the walls and screaming about how he hates me now. It breaks my heart to be rejected like this after everything I’ve done for him. For his entire life, I’ve only tried to protect him.

AITA?

r/AmItheAsshole · Posted by u/DemonKingDeservedToWin 3 days ago.

AITA for force-feeding my younger brother?

AmItheAsshole

I know the post title sounds bad, but hear me out.

Recently I (25M) had a silly argument with my little brother (15M). I punished him by moving him to a new bedroom. My younger brother stopped eating in protest. At first I thought he was merely throwing a tempter-tantrum, but he has refused to eat for five straight days. I became worried about his health and eventually I was forced to use a feeding tube. Since then, he’s stopped speaking to me. His immature behavior is breaking my heart. I don’t know why he won’t at least acknowledge me when I try to persuade him. I’ve been looking after him ever since we were both young children.

AITA for making the best possible medical decision to protect my little brother’s health?

Edit: Before you throw around wild accusations at me, remember that the silent treatment is abuse.

r/AskReddit · Posted by u/[deleted] 2 days ago.

Please be my hero

AskReddit

I need help, Reddit. My deranged older brother locked me up in a bank vault. He’s a criminal named All for One, and he trapped me in here to prevent me from exposing his crimes. I only got access to his phone because he threw it across the vault in a fit of rage when AITA didn’t support his very biased version of events. Can anyone give me tips about how to bust out of a bank vault? I have a plastic fork and a hairpin.