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It was the back since I was walking away. That was a typo.

Also to everyone saying we are like children fighting over TV time we SHARE it like normal people as its the only TV in the lounge room and PS4.

I think the reason he went into berserker rage was because after me pestering two or three times him for my turn he was playing he was playing For Honor and he apparently needs 100% concentration for those types of pvp games and if I or anyone asks him something while playing some intense battle he yells not right now! Or ask me a minute later.
I guess tossing that soft pillow at his back to distract and annoy him fucked up his momentum and he lost the round or something.

And as for me throwing my hands up in the air not to defend myself when I was walking away as I heard him get up and start stomping, chasing after me, its because he goes to gym and I dont. I cant take him in a fight and I guess I thought doing that would give me the legal high ground (cue starwars meme, aaaaand maybe better call saul)

Also I half own the house with my parents as we bought it togeather. He is just a guest or unofficial tenant or whatever.

He also hasn't even apologized and blocked my number and facebook.

Frankly, I think they're both manchildren.

This just keeps getting more pathetic.

 

[Strangelove77]

Fascinating. Utterly fascinating.

Some of you have real problems, scary problems.

 

[Zeyphersan]

Wow this thread blew up overnight



It was the back since I was walking away. That was a typo.

Also to everyone saying we are like children fighting over TV time we SHARE it like normal people as its the only TV in the lounge room and PS4.

I think the reason he went into berserker rage was because after me pestering two or three times him for my turn he was playing he was playing For Honor and he apparently needs 100% concentration for those types of pvp games and if I or anyone asks him something while playing some intense battle he yells not right now! Or ask me a minute later.
I guess tossing that soft pillow at his back to distract and annoy him fucked up his momentum and he lost the round or something.

And as for me throwing my hands up in the air not to defend myself when I was walking away as I heard him get up and start stomping, chasing after me, its because he goes to gym and I dont. I cant take him in a fight and I guess I thought doing that would give me the legal high ground (cue starwars meme, aaaaand maybe better call saul)

Also I half own the house with my parents as we bought it togeather. He is just a guest or unofficial tenant or whatever.

He also hasn't even apologized and blocked my number and facebook.

Ya'll need to grow up, and I say that as a certified manchild

 

[Jag]

This.

Here's a story. A true story:

Man. Glad you are ok. My boys fight all the time and this is my fear. My older dumped the younger on the floor and his necked twisted. I went mental on both of them. They probably think i'm nuts and overreacting.

 

[nvrndr]

But you said in the first post



What's really going on here? Who lives in this house and who doesn't? Are you saying your parents bought the house with you but they don't live there and your brother's living there too but he's not part of the purchase?

That's entirely possible.

 

[LordKasual]

Wow this thread blew up overnight



It was the back since I was walking away. That was a typo.

Also to everyone saying we are like children fighting over TV time we SHARE it like normal people as its the only TV in the lounge room and PS4.

I think the reason he went into berserker rage was because after me pestering two or three times him for my turn he was playing he was playing For Honor and he apparently needs 100% concentration for those types of pvp games and if I or anyone asks him something while playing some intense battle he yells not right now! Or ask me a minute later.
I guess tossing that soft pillow at his back to distract and annoy him fucked up his momentum and he lost the round or something.

And as for me throwing my hands up in the air not to defend myself when I was walking away as I heard him get up and start stomping, chasing after me, its because he goes to gym and I dont. I cant take him in a fight and I guess I thought doing that would give me the legal high ground (cue starwars meme, aaaaand maybe better call saul)

Also I half own the house with my parents as we bought it togeather. He is just a guest or unofficial tenant or whatever.

He also hasn't even apologized and blocked my number and facebook.

you're living with a manchild

 

[marrec]

you're living with a manchild

OP is petty and cowardly and clearly developmentally arrested for his age. His brother ain't the shiniest shit the room, but he comes out looking better than OP in this ridiculous and child-like situation.

To OP:

Grow the fuck up. Don't file charges for a little spat, confront your brother and tell him to stop being a shit.

 

[TarNaru33]

He wasn't there to investigate a history of assault, nor was the call placed to 911 for anything of the sort. He was responding to a distress call for an ambulance. He also received an answer to his question from my mother, the adult in charge. So his "job" was done. Unfortunately for him, the answer he received wasn't to his liking. Tough shit. A crying mother in distress gives you an answer, and instead of accepting that and moving on, you pester her with your hard-on to arrest her other son? Fuck off.

On your second point, you're right, half the people didn't say that verbatim. But their responses allude to comfort in sweet vindication/justice by way of "law enforcement", rather than an attempt at making amends with the family member in question. So let's go with that instead.

"The adult in charge"? You were 18 from what you wrote down, it is out of her hands on whether charges should be placed or not also she is the mother and what I said earlier still stands.

Just a heads up, if he was looking for your brother, then that means someone told him or the doctors what happened and (unless I am mistaken) hospitals/doctors are legally obligated to get police involved in such matters.

If you want to think of it as them getting some "sweet vindication/justice" then that is your prerogative. It all depends on what relationship they have with said family, but I still hold on to the thought that family should not be immune to their actions, I have seen too many family members get away with BS because everyone do not want to or is afraid to get police involved.

 

[andythinkpad]

So have you called 000 yet? Don't keep us hanging.

 

[TarNaru33]

OP is petty and cowardly and clearly developmentally arrested for his age. His brother ain't the shiniest shit the room, but he comes out looking better than OP in this ridiculous and child-like situation.

To OP:

Grow the fuck up. Don't file charges for a little spat, confront your brother and tell him to stop being a shit.

You kind of lost me with calling OP as being worse than the brother here man. OP definitely instigated it, no doubt, that does not excuse his brother and his brother IS worse. Its not even a competition here.

Wow this thread blew up overnight



It was the back since I was walking away. That was a typo.

Also to everyone saying we are like children fighting over TV time we SHARE it like normal people as its the only TV in the lounge room and PS4.

I think the reason he went into berserker rage was because after me pestering two or three times him for my turn he was playing he was playing For Honor and he apparently needs 100% concentration for those types of pvp games and if I or anyone asks him something while playing some intense battle he yells not right now! Or ask me a minute later.
I guess tossing that soft pillow at his back to distract and annoy him fucked up his momentum and he lost the round or something.

And as for me throwing my hands up in the air not to defend myself when I was walking away as I heard him get up and start stomping, chasing after me, its because he goes to gym and I dont. I cant take him in a fight and I guess I thought doing that would give me the legal high ground (cue starwars meme, aaaaand maybe better call saul)

Also I half own the house with my parents as we bought it togeather. He is just a guest or unofficial tenant or whatever.

He also hasn't even apologized and blocked my number and facebook.

It would, but it would most likely just have a judge telling you both to grow up and separate yourselves from one another. Which is exactly what you probably need to be looking at doing. Why block you on social media and shit when you both live in the house? Is he going to give you stares and ignore you when you try to talk to him?

If he is going to act like that, you could try to kick him out after giving him a bit of time to find a place.

Also... gym or not, I still would of tried to kick his ass. It would need to be a very clear difference of like Stone Cold body build or some shit like that to make me think twice about it after being hit lol.

 

[marrec]

You kind of lost me with calling OP as being worse than the brother here man. OP definitely instigated it, no doubt, that does not excuse his brother and his brother IS worse. Its not even a competition here.

Eh, we get to see how OPs twisted mind works. All I know about his brother is that he gets wound up too tight playing video games and punched OP in the back a few times.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

You guys shouldnt analyze each post like this is a court of law.

OP, if your story is real then the only real recourses are:

-kick him out
-sign him up for anger management

Theres no acceptable reasoning over a beatdown just because of tv time, a videogame or anything even remotely related to that.

 

[cordy]

That's entirely possible.

That's what I think as well. What I wonder is why his brother has so much leverage if it's not his house. Is he scared of his brother due to his brother working out at the gym and his yelling while playing games? I just don't know.

I can't even imagine me and my brother having these kinds of issues (26 and 30) tbh. We get along great as adults.

Props to GAF for having interesting threads.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

He wasn't there to investigate a history of assault, nor was the call placed to 911 for anything of the sort. He was responding to a distress call for an ambulance. He also received an answer to his question from my mother, the adult in charge. So his "job" was done. Unfortunately for him, the answer he received wasn't to his liking. Tough shit. A crying mother in distress gives you an answer, and instead of accepting that and moving on, you pester her with your hard-on to arrest her other son? Fuck off.

A friend of mine was abused for years by her mother and brother. Multiple broken bones, once with a baseball bat. A few glass cuts.

So no. I generally hate cops, but that guy has no guarantee that a teenager with a broken neck wasn't abused. If he just said "OK" and drove off, I'd say he should lose his badge.

 

[Hex]

You guys shouldnt analyze each post like this is a court of law.

OP, if your story is real then the only real recourses are:

-kick him out
-sign him up for anger management

Theres no acceptable reasoning over a beatdown just because of tv time, a videogame or anything even remotely related to that.

I think yes people should analyze posts like they are in a court of law.
People half ass information to paint things in the light they want.
GAF should not be some kind of brainless yes squad , and should definitely call people out when things do not seem complete.
You do not want to analyze things, but you are ballsy enough to tell the OP to move out or move the brother out thus a drastic change in the family dynamic without caring about facts?
Even to the point of using the word beatdown for some hits to the back where as reading the ops own words this brother goes to the gym and all so if the brother wanted to hurt him he would not have given frustration taps, he would have been on operation ground and pound.
People let their own shit cloud them, their own situations of being a victim, their own biases (that does not look right) , and their own experiences .
Sometimes having personal insight can be helpful, sometimes it can make you not see things.

 

[____]

A friend of mine was abused for years by her mother and brother. Multiple broken bones, once with a baseball bat. A few glass cuts.

So no. I generally hate cops, but that guy has no guarantee that a teenager with a broken neck wasn't abused. If he just said "OK" and drove off, I'd say he should lose his badge.

Again, he had no idea I had a broken neck. Nobody did until a couple hours later after my mom took me to the hospital and I had some x rays. He had only gotten a call about a fight between me and my brother. When he got there, I was being checked out by paramedics and he didn't know anything other than that.

 

[Bananajama]

If he's your tenant then.

Just tell him to find his own place.
And request he makes it quick.

 

[GiantBombGamer]

You both need to grow up, and also scrape some pennies together and get a 2nd television.

Filing charges on your brother for what sounds like an isolated incident is petty. Especially since you purposefully kept your hands up to take the beating with legal "high ground" in mind. Bizarre.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Video games cause violence.

 

[The Jazz Cabbage Master]

Berserker rage 😂

This is has to be an elaborate troll. No one hears a rage fuelled gym going sibling stomp after them and thinks "oh I'll just put my hands up to give me legal leverage just incase he's about to beat me for the very first time"

😂😂😂

 

[Rktk]

Yeah maybe don't go filing charges this would be the kind of case you'd see on Judge Judy. Hope you work it out and get your own TVs. I imagine that if you know your brother you aren't totally unfamiliar with that kind of behaviour.

 

[TaterTots]

Brothers tend to fight over dumb shit. You definitely instigated it OP. Talking about having him arrested is some weak shit. Don't start something that can can blow up if you can't handle the consequences. Telling him its all your shit and then throwing something at him was not the best of moves. However, it is your shit. Man up. Purchase a little tv for your bedroom and move the PS4 to there. Tell him he has a roof over his head and to buy his own entertainment.

 

[hobozero]

Yeah maybe don't go filing charges this would be the kind of case you'd see on Judge Judy. Hope you work it out and get your own TVs. I imagine that if you know your brother you aren't totally unfamiliar with that kind of behaviour.

I'll have you know on Judge Judy the people are real. The cases on are real. The rulings are final.

 

[Ashhong]

I'm sorry, you put your hands up in the heat of the moment while thinking "I have to make sure it looks like assault"? Bullshit.

He doesn't pay rent I assume? He blocked you on Facebook and deleted your number? How do you even know he deleted your number? Your brother is pathetic and you guys must have a shitty relationship. Kick him out and don't deal with it. End of story.

 

[17 Seconds]

If you're so quick to resort to physical assault, you're not worth having as family.

But at least you admit to being sexist, I guess. Baby steps.

lol, what in the world

it's amazing how you completely forced a sex issue into this thread

 

[17 Seconds]

OP said they lived together for a year and this is their first fight. That's not really such a long time. He said they get along "90% of the time" which sounds high until you realize that leaves 10% of the time where they don't, which seems quite high for adult siblings (kids are obviously different). He also said "he can be a real dick sometime" so things weren't that peachy all the time.

Mayyyyybe if things were always going so smoothly, and this was a completely out-of-the-blue isolated incident, I'd agree pressing charges would be going way too far. But based on the limited information, it sounds like his brother is a jackass with anger issues that were bubbling up, though he managed to more or less get along with him so far no doubt because he's stuck living with him, and he finally exploded (after just 1 year of living together, not 5 or 10 or anything) over... nothing. Considering this, I wouldn't blame the OP for considering pressing charges, but the entire thread says "lol u pussy man up" and I found that disturbing.

you're projecting in a biiiiig way. the limited information we have in the OP clearly suggests a childish spat between immature brothers. nothing in the OP suggests that the brother is a danger to anyone else. i'm not even convinced he was a danger to his brother.

 

[Jack The Nipper]

People just get too angry, being around angry and unfeasible people just isn't fun at all. They are never wrong of course. And your likely wrong no matter what. Yeah, was around an angry person recently

 

[ThisGuy]

Kidding of course op. I wouldn't go to the cops over a few punches from my brother however. Hope you two work it out.

 

[Prologue]

OP is petty and cowardly and clearly developmentally arrested for his age. His brother ain't the shiniest shit the room, but he comes out looking better than OP in this ridiculous and child-like situation.

To OP:

Grow the fuck up. Don't file charges for a little spat, confront your brother and tell him to stop being a shit.

Brother blocks OP on cellphone and Facebook, and OP is the one being childish and petty lol

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

Brothers tend to fight over dumb shit. You definitely instigated it OP. Talking about having him arrested is some weak shit. Don't start something that can can blow up if you can't handle the consequences. Telling him its all your shit and then throwing something at him was not the best of moves. However, it is your shit. Man up. Purchase a little tv for your bedroom and move the PS4 to there. Tell him he has a roof over his head and to buy his own entertainment.

'Man up' you say. Then, 'Buy another TV' because you're a wimp who has to give up your TV? He can fuck off. I wouldn't shell out a dime.

That would be pathetic.

Seriously though. If OP and his bro agreed to previous arrangements then shelling out money is a waste!

You guys shouldnt analyze each post like this is a court of law.

OP, if your story is real then the only real recourses are:

-kick him out
-sign him up for anger management

Theres no acceptable reasoning over a beatdown just because of tv time, a videogame or anything even remotely related to that.

A sane response.

Eh, we get to see how OPs twisted mind works. All I know about his brother is that he gets wound up too tight playing video games and punched OP in the back a few times.

Fucking wow. Wound up? Hilarious. There's a defense force for everything. Going off OP, the brother blocked his calls and FB. But yeah OP is the true manchild here.

Can't believe the amount of cowards on GAF. Kick his fucking ass out. You do that to me under MY fucking roof? Fuck off.

If he can explain himself and apologizes then perhaps another chance.

[I'm going by what you said, if it's true]

The only thing that makes this outrageous are the ages. Seriously that old? And acting like that? What a fucking manchild.

Edited: I'm not telling you to fuck off lol, but I think you are totally in the wrong TaterTots.

 

[Gravy Boat]

'Man up' you say. Then, 'Buy another TV' because you're a wimp who has to give up your TV. Fuck off. I wouldn't shell out a dime.

Pathetic.


A sane response.

Fucking wow. Wound up? Hilarious. There's a defense force for everything. Going off OP, the brother blocked his calls and FB. But yeah OP is the true manchild here.

Can't believe the amount of cowards on GAF. Kick his fucking ass out. You do that to me under MY fucking roof? Fuck off.

If he can explain himself and apologizes then perhaps another chance.

[I'm going by what you said, if it's true]

Morrigan Starks alt account?

 

[Militaratus]

But you said in the first post



What's really going on here? Who lives in this house and who doesn't? Are you saying your parents bought the house with you but they don't live there and your brother's living there too but he's not part of the purchase?

Plot twist: The brother and the OP are the same person!

On topic: Try to work it out with your brother. If that doesn't work then kick him out and tell him to get his shit together. Probably had a roidrage episode or something.

Unless you were being a complete ass by goading him to hit you or something, he needs to man up, apologize to you, and make it up to you. Though if he did do lasting/permanent damage to you then definitely goto the police and file charges.

 

[Hex]

Brother blocks OP on cellphone and Facebook, and OP is the one being childish and petty lol

And do you honestly know if OP has been ranting about this on his Facebook or whatever either or talking shit in some way or another?
Blocking him could actually be taking the high road.
BUT no, one sided victim GAF rears its head again and does not want to even consider again that there is more to it.

Hell I have blocked my brother, I even blocked my fucking grandma during the election to put her in time out.
People can get stupid when they have a public forum.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

And do you honestly know if OP has been ranting about this on his Facebook or whatever either or talking shit in some way or another?
Blocking him could actually be taking the high road.
BUT no, one sided victim GAF rears its head again and does not want to even consider again that there is more to it.

We don't. But what justifys hitting someone over

Spoiler

videogames

? At that age???

I fully admit OP could be lying like a motherfucker. If so then disregard my post.

Morrigan Starks alt account?

All those other posters must be her alts too. I never said turn him over to the police. But OP doesn't feel safe so this was his first reaction.

 

[Hex]

We don't. But what justifys hitting someone over

Spoiler

videogames

? At that age???

I fully admit OP could be lying like a motherfucker. If so then disregard my post.

Again, we do not know the whole story.
Plus people want to say "it was only a pillow" but it was someone losing their temper and lashing out.
Perhaps the pillow was only a pillow because it was in reach.
Like it or not, the OP made it physical.
If the brother "lost control" the op would not have had just some hits to the back.
In the OP's own words, his brother goes to the gym and whatnot.
We do not know how much verbal poking, name calling, or instigating went on between the first attempt to get control of the tv and when the pillow was thrown.
Perhaps it is victim blaming, but the ops post history does not make him come off as the most rational and sane person.
The part being ignored is that if the brother lost his temper and got "violent" the op would have had the shit kicked out of them.
Instead the got a few hits to the back/front depending on the typo

 

[Doc_Drop]

And do you honestly know if OP has been ranting about this on his Facebook or whatever either or talking shit in some way or another?
Blocking him could actually be taking the high road.
BUT no, one sided victim GAF rears its head again and does not want to even consider again that there is more to it.

Hell I have blocked my brother, I even blocked my fucking grandma during the election to put her in time out.
People can get stupid when they have a public forum.

Exactly. Why would OP be getting blocked if the story is true? From his account he did little wrong other than winding up his brother.

Now we have a bit more info I can at least see that there is am element of fear here in that the younger brother is clearly more physically dominant given he goes to the gym in OPs words. In that case I can sympathise in the sense that he feels intimidated, which leads into the idea of taking this further, and if OP feels that a request to have his brother move out won't be met with respect then he might need arbitration from the police or something like that.

I still think we aren't getting the full picture and I still think it's petty if there has been no previous issues however. But at least we are getting more info. OP - you really should think about how one sided this is coming across,explain things more, but if you are in fear of serious harm then of course you are within your rights to seek protection. I'm not someone who subscribes to violence as a solution, and it's not about 'manning up'.

 

[Hex]

Exactly. Why would OP be getting blocked if the story is true? From his account he did little wrong other than winding up his brother.

Now we have a bit more info I can at least see that there is am element of fear here in that the younger brother is clearly more physically dominant given he goes to the gym in OPs words. In that case I can sympathise in the sense that he feels intimidated, which leads into the idea of taking this further, and if OP feels that a request to have his brother move out won't be met with respect then he might need arbitration from the police or something like that.

I still think we aren't getting the full picture and I still think it's petty if there has been no previous issues however. But at least we are getting more info. OP - you really should think about how one sided this is coming across,explain things more, but if you are in fear of serious harm then of course you are within your rights to seek protection. I'm not someone who subscribes to violence as a solution, and it's not about 'manning up'.

You are still making the op too innocent in this.
The moment the OP decides " I am going to rile him up and not do anything so I have legal standing" all gloves are off.
We can not say if that was a spur of the moment decision when the brother got mad, or if he had that plan all day to get sympathy with his folks and get more tv time or in their good graces and bury his brother.

So if you stop there, and consider that the op may have been baiting him what is to keep him from baiting him on facebook too?
PMs, postings?
Blocking someone who you are mad at or feel you can't trust is not strange.


Edit: Anyway I do not care , I have put way too much time and thought into a situation that has nothing to do with me.
I will leave it saying that I look back fondly on the fights I have had with my brother and hell there are probably a couple more to come.
The sprains, the stitches, the bruises, the bloodshed.

 

[Doc_Drop]

Hey, I think the story is one sided as hell. Doesn't mean I'm not going to sympathise with someone who may live with a fear of his larger brother.

I'm just more annoyed at the lack of info from OP tbh. Especially when he comes back in to chime in on the fact he likely has been glossing over baiting his brother and then dropping info about getting blocked by his brother on social media and by phone. This lily tells the story that he probably already threatened his brother with police action or has been on social media trying to paint his brother in the same light as in this thread

 

[Triggerhappytel]

And as for me throwing my hands up in the air not to defend myself when I was walking away as I heard him get up and start stomping, chasing after me, its because he goes to gym and I dont. I cant take him in a fight and I guess I thought doing that would give me the legal high ground (cue starwars meme, aaaaand maybe better call saul)

You could have still defended yourself by shielding your head and it would have still been assault, if that's what you were concerned about. I'm surprised that at the time that was the thing going through your mind. Unless you felt you needed bruises later for evidence?

Also I half own the house with my parents as we bought it togeather. He is just a guest or unofficial tenant or whatever.

He also hasn't even apologized and blocked my number and facebook.

You need to speak to him before doing anything - and get your mother to mediate if necessary. If he refuses to acknowledge the issue or take the olive branch then I think you need to talk to your parents about evicting him. I take it you feel this was an isolated incident, and you don't feel endangered by him, or that this is likely to happen again?

OP is petty and cowardly and clearly developmentally arrested for his age. His brother ain't the shiniest shit the room, but he comes out looking better than OP in this ridiculous and child-like situation.

You think the brother looks better than the OP in this situation? The guy who flipped out because he had a pillow thrown at him and who blocked his brother's phone number?

OP said they lived together for a year and this is their first fight. That's not really such a long time. He said they get along "90% of the time" which sounds high until you realize that leaves 10% of the time where they don't, which seems quite high for adult siblings (kids are obviously different). He also said "he can be a real dick sometime" so things weren't that peachy all the time.

Mayyyyybe if things were always going so smoothly, and this was a completely out-of-the-blue isolated incident, I'd agree pressing charges would be going way too far. But based on the limited information, it sounds like his brother is a jackass with anger issues that were bubbling up, though he managed to more or less get along with him so far no doubt because he's stuck living with him, and he finally exploded (after just 1 year of living together, not 5 or 10 or anything) over... nothing. Considering this, I wouldn't blame the OP for considering pressing charges, but the entire thread says "lol u pussy man up" and I found that disturbing.

I feel like you're jumping to a lot of conclusions and painting the brother as a more malicious and violent person than the OP has stated in his limited info so far. Getting along 90% of the time seems perfectly reasonable for people living together, and one fight in 30 years does not seem like anything to worry about in the bigger picture, even if it was over something childish and trivial.

 

[LyleLanley]

you're living with a manchild

This is clearly a story of two man children living with each other.

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

Berserker rage 😂

This is has to be an elaborate troll. No one hears a rage fuelled gym going sibling stomp after them and thinks "oh I'll just put my hands up to give me legal leverage just incase he's about to beat me for the very first time"

I don't even know what's worse. OP's pathetic standing on this issue or random gaffers who say you should put him in jail or put him in anger management. I nominate this thread as one of the best cringe topics of 2017. 😂😂😂

 

[Beefy]

I want the bro to sign up to Gaf and post his side.

 

[Doc_Drop]

I want the bro to sign up to Gaf and post his side.

It does feel like there are some major specifics regarding the interaction being intentionally left out. Doubly so given the OPs rarity in here

 

[siddx]

I get a lot of ya'll love a thread backfire since it lets you sit on your imaginary high horses and throw your own shit at people who you think are terrible but in reality are no worse human beings than you. But still, some of the responses in this thread are disgusting. Nothing OP has said indicates he is anything other than a normal dude who had a confrontation with his brother and is, understandably, emotionally rattled by it.

 

[Auto_aim1]

For Honor is a terrible game. The awful controls would annoy anyone to the point of kicking someone's ass. Also I question your brother's gaming tastes.

 

[neoism]

It was all over the TV and my brother!

Im 31 and he is 29 and we live together in our own small house.

I wanted to play a game as he had been using the TV for a few hours already but he didn't want to give it up. I suggested how about an hour later and he said no again. I sarcastically reminded him that I technically own the PS4 and TV......not as If I would actually lug that big TV away into my room where there's no space for it anyway and he told me to fuck off.

So I tossed a soft pillow at his back in my frustration and walked away and then he went into a rage and ran after me punched me in the back hard four or five times and once in the face all while I had my hands up in the air not defending myself at all because if I did that it would've been a fight and this was now an assault.

My mum who had came to visit that day saw the last of the assault being my face getting cracked and I have pictures of the bruises to my back.

He reckons he was defending himself....against a once off soft pillow throw which I then walked away from.

He can be a real dick sometimes so Im wondering what I should do about this like going to the cops and filing an assault charge or not?
We have lived together for a year now and this is our first fight.

-updated page 12

first off who has only one TV in the house 😂😂😂

 

[Kumquat]

I get a lot of ya'll love a thread backfire since it lets you sit on your imaginary high horses and throw your own shit at people who you think are terrible but in reality are no worse human beings than you. But still, some of the responses in this thread are disgusting. Nothing OP has said indicates he is anything other than a normal dude who had a confrontation with his brother and is, understandably, emotionally rattled by it.

The point is stuff doesn't add up. The brother who has never had a history of this before suddenly flips out for no reason? OP decides he's going to get the legal high ground during a fight? That's some premeditation right there because that does NOT go through your head when you are getting into a fight. Brother has blocked OP on Facebook indicates OP is antagonizing the situation further by threatening legal action, talking shit about him and the situation, etc.

My legal senses are detecting bullshit. I really think OP must have been antagonizing his brother hardcore, possibly for quite awhile to provoke such an action that has not happened in 30 years. Something is not adding up here.

I don't care what the rest of these people say, you don't turn on family for a minor incident like this, and YES, it was minor. A little dust up between brothers. It's not like we are telling him to not turn in his uncle the child molester. So OP, just how much do you hate your brother because it is just coming off in waves right now.

As for people saying to check him into anger management? Wow. What, you've never lost your temper once in your life? Anger management is for people with chronic anger issues.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Wow this thread blew up overnight



It was the back since I was walking away. That was a typo.

Also to everyone saying we are like children fighting over TV time we SHARE it like normal people as its the only TV in the lounge room and PS4.

I think the reason he went into berserker rage was because after me pestering two or three times him for my turn he was playing he was playing For Honor and he apparently needs 100% concentration for those types of pvp games and if I or anyone asks him something while playing some intense battle he yells not right now! Or ask me a minute later.
I guess tossing that soft pillow at his back to distract and annoy him fucked up his momentum and he lost the round or something.

And as for me throwing my hands up in the air not to defend myself when I was walking away as I heard him get up and start stomping, chasing after me, its because he goes to gym and I dont. I cant take him in a fight and I guess I thought doing that would give me the legal high ground (cue starwars meme, aaaaand maybe better call saul)

Also I half own the house with my parents as we bought it togeather. He is just a guest or unofficial tenant or whatever.

He also hasn't even apologized and blocked my number and facebook.

Ok, who the hell takes turns using a tv at 31? Someone else is using the tv? Go read a book. Who gives a fuck if it is "your turn." Get a cheap tv somewhere and put it in your room if it is annoying you.

How is putting your hands up your reaction when someone hits you? You didn't even try to defend yourself here?

He blocks you on his phone and on facebook. But you live in the same house. Did he also block you from talking to him? I don't get this.

If it is your house and the dude assaulted you, kick him out.

This stuff is either made up or you are leaving out some pretty major things.

 

[TheVampire]

Ok, who the hell takes turns using a tv at 31? Someone else is using the tv? Go read a book. Who gives a fuck if it is "your turn." Get a cheap tv somewhere and put it in your room if it is annoying you.

How is putting your hands up your reaction when someone hits you? You didn't even try to defend yourself here?

He blocks you on his phone and on facebook. But you live in the same house. Did he also block you from talking to him? I don't get this.

If it is your house and the dude assaulted you, kick him out.

This stuff is either made up or you are leaving out some pretty major things.

Why would I want to buy some shitty small TV for my bedroom when I have a huge 4K TV in the living room to play on?

And maybe I didn't mention this but he's been living at my parents house since.

Also already explained why I didn't want to fight back

 

[DeathyBoy]

Why would I want to buy some shitty small TV for my bedroom when I have a huge 4K TV in the living room to play on?

And maybe I didn't mention this but he's been living at my parents house since.

Also already explained why I didn't want to fight back

My God, you sound 12.