I had nothing against having a baby brother. Sure, I wished for a little girl with whom I could play "Barbie" & dress up. But I was cool about him being a boy.
It's a story told again and again, but still, why did i always have to let him win? Did I choose to have a sibling 6 years younger to me?'Isn't he younger to you?' Is that my fault in any way?
It was never okay when my report card showed marks less than 90 %. But when he brings home a mixed bag of Bs and Cs and Ds it's always Okay.
It's alright if he goes to the corner store at night to buy anything he likes. And I should plead with him to 'accompany' me? I'm not scared of the night. Or the 'creatures' of the night.
I've always wanted to go out with my friends, watch movies,eat out go for little trips. And the permission was never granted. And he gets to go and do all that.
In the first post i wrote about my first adventure. About my first bus ride. I realise it is way lame. WAY LAME. Because my baby brother has been there,done that and more ,4 years before i did.
He can leave his plate on the dining table and leave. He needn't put his dirty clothes into the Washing Machine. The idiot gets to choose what he wants to learn and where he wants to go, when i couldnt with all that marks i had.
All because he is a BOY?
born on the wrong side of the world,not ur fault.Hey but think abt it this way ..what if u were born in saudi.U wud only be able to do things tht ur bro's doin ten years after he 's done it ...so things r still better here...:)
ReplyDeleteHere or there ,there would be parents who'd choose to bring up their boys n gals in d same way.
ReplyDeleteThis has nothing to do with being a boy or a girl.I am a boy and I have a younger brother. The situation that I'm facing is pretty much similar to you. Compare this :
ReplyDelete1. I do something good and he does something good, they say he did better. I do something bad and he does something bad, they say i did worse.
2. If he does something which he isn't supposed to do and i correct him, they say mind your own business. If i don't correct him they say 'aren't you ashamed to call yourself his elder-brother and not to show him what's right and wrong'
3. 'He's just a kid'
4. 'You know what, he dances really well.' And what about the time when i was forced to stop my music classes because once i scored badly in a 30 mark test!!! (and i used to sing really well).
He'll always remain a kid if things go on like this or maybe he might become more mature than me. But they are destroying my self-esteem each time they do such things.
# The thing is younger kids are always pampered much more than they deserve. And the older ones lose all the attention they once used to get... Argh!!!
Okay...so i have company:) thnx 4 posting in ur rant,teenage saint:)
ReplyDeleteresh.. atleast no one is stopping u from doing nething in Pune i guess :)
ReplyDeleteThey wanna gift me a 3G phone just so that they can 'see me whenever they want'. Can u beat that? ;)
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