How do I deal with a difficult sibling?

How do you deal with your Selfish & arrogant hypocrit sibling?

• I'm sure to those who have the same problem as me will understand what I'm trying to ask. The thing is, the arrogant selfish hypocrit is usually the older sibling. In my case, ...show more

• Answer:

  Hiya, that sounds tough! Do you think it is a phase that he is going through and he will grow out of it? Although that is not going to help you in the meantime. Can you speak to your parents or aunt/uncle or another brother or sister? I guess it might be played down if it is a younger person doing it as just a phase. I had something similar with my 3 older brothers when I was growing up and the only thing that worked for me was completely ignoring them if they done something that was wrong. I would not talk to them, answer them and most times I pretended they were not there. If they took any of my stuff I would just slam into their rooms and take it back. Leaving messes that they made and working around them, this happened loads to me as my brothers all thought that as i was a girl I had to clean up after them all and basically pretending they were not there. This worked for me, but it took a wee while for it to work and it did get their attitutes to go into overdrive to try and get a reaction, but eventually when they realized I was not going to bite, clean up after them or let them keep my stuff, it got easier ~ it was still there, but at least it saved me from getting too stressed and dreading each day at home. Your brother is only a year younger and he may grow up soon ~ well that thought might help you through the annoying times anyway! Good luck and I hope things settle down for you.