My brother keeps using MY TABLET AND LAPTOP!

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If you can't communicate with your mom in a way that shows your feelings you are too distant in the relationship.

But my brother and I (woops not an only sibling 8D) usually share ours well. He'll ask for me to allow him to do whatever after I'm done.

Make him pay you 50 cents to use it.
 
If he has a bunch of sketch books go to your mom and say he can use them, not my stuff. Or say he went on inappropriate site xD. Or ask your mom to buy him a game on the desktop like zoo tycoon. I used to love that game
 
d7crab said:
If he has a bunch of sketch books go to your mom and say he can use them, not my stuff. Or say he went on inappropriate site xD. Or ask your mom to buy him a game on the desktop like zoo tycoon. I used to love that game
She said that if she lies that she'll get in trouble.
 
Nic said:
d7crab said:
If he has a bunch of sketch books go to your mom and say he can use them, not my stuff. Or say he went on inappropriate site xD. Or ask your mom to buy him a game on the desktop like zoo tycoon. I used to love that game
She said that if she lies that she'll get in trouble.
then zoo tycoon. No one can resist it, i feel like digging up the old CD again lol
 
MintSwift said:
Zurmi said:
Hide it and say you can't find it.
Ehh...? But That's lying...my parents hate it when we lie. We get in BIG trouble for doing that...
The point of lying is that you're not supposed to let the people know you're lying :)

Lmao.
 
Jas0n said:
MintSwift said:
Zurmi said:
Hide it and say you can't find it.
Ehh...? But That's lying...my parents hate it when we lie. We get in BIG trouble for doing that...
The point of lying is that you're not supposed to let the people know you're lying :)

Lmao.
You're lying!
 
could try giving him a set time to use it, and a set time for you to use something from him.

like him cleaning up your room or doing your chores, something along those lines, since he can't do a lot else, considering the age?

free market ftw, btw

or play with/use something else, that he might like. that whole want it because another person has it, kinda thing. not sibling rivalry, more about want want want, or something.

i dunno. good luck. could always hope that he DOES mess something up, that's easily fixed. you could then blow it out of proportion and have some leverage as to why he shouldn't use it.. but I don't know how much that would be considered lying.

grats on having a tablet to begin with, too :D
 
Give him some crayons and and paper and tell him to draw, I seriously doubt a 7 year old has anything important or special to draw on a tablet that they can't draw on paper.
 
MintSwift said:
Numner said:
Tell him no.

Then approach your mother as an adult and reason with her why he does not deserve to use it and shouldn't be babied.

Also, only child with a computer in my room 8D
My mom would just get mad at me and say something like, "Why don't you want him to use it?!"

When my mom asked me that question the other day....

Me: Because it's mine. I bought it with my own money!
My Mom: That's not a good enough reason not to let him use it. Let him use it now.
Me: I don't understand why he can't go on the other comp.

----few min later---
Mom: YOUR GROUNDED!
lolParents. All idiots.

That and your "I bought it" reason was weak. Should have tacked on something more reasonable to go with it. Like "Because I bought it with my own money and I don't want him breaking or ruining it. It's expensive to repair."
 
d7crab said:
how old is he?

you can maybe get him a sketch book and some colored pencils (the erasable ones would be best xD) if he likes to draw. Or you could introduce him to different things on the computer besides drawing like internet games. Even better, buy him a computer game for your mac that he'd enjoy and stop bugging you.
He is 7 By the way;; and If I use my computer in my room, he just barges in, even though my parents made a rule that you have to knock on my door before you enter, and he says stuff like, "Mom said that I can use "the" tablet". My mom thinks that were being selfish if we don't share our stuff.....its like we are giving our room to my little brother because my mom babies him around, and yells at me when I don't give him what I want.
 
Just say he could break it and that would be more money coming from your parents wallet (I know it's allowance but it's still technically their money). And say he is 7 and should just use one of the many sketch books.

EDIT: If you REALLY want him off, take time and write an essay arguing why you should not share it. If you do it well enough, it should be yours.
 
When he's using something, take it from him, and hopefully he'll cry. Tell him how you feel when he takes your stuff, and make it sound as evil as possible. Or blackmail, which is easier, BTW.
 
Eh. The kid is 7, and also your brother -- why not let him use the tablet/laptop? Seriously man, your money or not, if you guys are brothers, you better cut this out or your problems will get much worse as the years go by.
 
If you aren't using it, why can't he?

Tell your parents they have to pay for repairs if he breaks it though...
 
they're brother-sister, and the problem is that the brother cries/kicks her off of it, while in the middle of using it.

yes, bulerias is correct, btw.

telling parents they pay for repairs would be one way to make them think twice, i guess, but threatening parens =/= always good
 
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