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Arrrrgg! Heeeeelp!!!!?
First, I have to say that I love all of my family dearly.
Second, My little 14 year old brother is a PIG!
We have 3 dogs and 2 cats at home and so naturally the house is gonna get a little messy from time to time however i'd have to say that all the animals account for only about 10-15 % of the mess while my brother is the king of filthiness and accounts for the rest. He is becoming more and more strong headed every day and will NOT listen to anything anyone asks him to do including reaching the 5 inches to the trash can to throw something away. He eats in the living room, which would be okay if he would putt his dishes in the kitchen and throw away his trash but instead he leaves all of it on the coffee table! I try to set a good example and am always cleaning up after myself. He will not do any of his chores (he has like one main chore) and he scarcely showers or bathes. My parents both work full time and can't do much about it and when it comes to my brother and my mom he practically forces her to bend to his will by constantly begging for what he wants or throwing a tantrum when she says "No" a word that is only in his vocabulary when he speaks it.
PLEASE I am desperate. Being nice doesn't work, being patient makes him think he can get away with it, and flat out asking him to do ANYTHING results in his rebellious "you can't tell me what to do" act. He is kind of becoming a jerk too. Which is sad because I know that's not the kind of person he really is. I've been hoping it's just a phase and I am pretty sure becoming a teenager is not helping but it feels like this has been going on for several years and recently has just gotten ridiculous. I am home all day and take care of the pets and the house and it drives me crazy when he ruins all my hard work. I cleaned the entire house from top to bottom yesterday and made it livable again and he still leaves his trash and dishes and video games and movies out of their cases and all around the house.
Pretty please anyone with any advice, please help!
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- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
I think you can do one of two things:
1) Give him a taste of his own medicine and not clean up anything that he has done. Basically, it sounds like he's just lazy and really willing to take advantage of anything that anyone else is willing to do for him. If you don't do it, however, he might actually change his tune because most messy people can only handle so much mess.
2) Ask him if something is bothering him and if you can help. I know someone who gets really messy when they are depressed about something so you might even want to try this first. If he's feeling stressed or frustrated about something maybe you can help by getting your parents and family doctor involved. It might even be that he doesn't think he's attractive to girls or something really simple that you can help him fix by suggesting he just pay more attention to hygiene.