16-Year-Old Tells 14-Year-Old Brother That His Constant Complaining is The Reason Nobody Likes Him

It sounds harsh, but they said that for a reason.A big part of being a kid is learning how to do things that you don't want to do. You don't want to go to school every day, but doing so prepares you for your adult life, where you have to get up for work every day, even though you don't want to. You spend hours sitting through your sister's basketball games, not because that's how you want to be spending your Saturday afternoon, but because your presence is meaningful to her. Not to mention, she sits through your theater performances she doesn't want to attend. If you can learn to deal with being bored as a kid, you're going to be a lot more successful in life than somebody who can't deal with being bored. You will be better equipped to deal with the difficult things that life throws at you because you learned at an early age to solve your own problems, including but not limited to boredom. You learned that life isn't fair, and because it isn't, you have to make changes to create the life you desire. You should be able to sit through your sibling's activities without complaining by the time that you're 10. If you don't have any development issues that preclude this, there's really no excuse for complaining that your sibling's wants are prioritized over your wants, especially if your parents don't have a pattern of favoritism. The 14-year-old in this story is acting like a 4-year-old, and his 16-year-old sibling told him exactly why he is struggling to connect with people.