📝 Am I the asshole for telling my dad to break my brothers xbox?

By throwaway64819274 • Score: 4 • April 9, 2025 5:26 AM


So this is my first time writing a post so I'm sorry if it doesnt look or sound right. Let me get started with some back story. So me 19m and my brother 17m aren't very close. My parents always fought and each one decided to raise one of us. (Me by our Dad and him by our Mom) My Dad was more harsh raising me, often us screaming at eachother or worse. While my Mom would yell at my brother ultimately he was treated better and I resented it for a while. Back when I was 13, (2018ish) as a punishment my dad destroyed my first phone by crushing it with his bare hand, it really upset me at the time, he made me work and pay for a replacement. After that I have worked and bought everything I own. This made me actuallystart to lock in to not only school, but I did Marching band and other clubs and had a job. My brother has had every phone upgrade and game system bought for him. He hasn't had a job at all. He's on his Xbox all day if he's not at school or track, like he'll stay up all night sometimes just to play and he's be incredibly rude while on it practically ignoring the whole world. We ask him to go to the store with us, to see family, or go out for dinner and he turns it all down for his Xbox. While I love to play sometimes too I think he let's it take over. Anyways onto tonight my Dad (Mom asked him for help) asked me for about what he would have done if I skipped a class every day almost all year. Apparently my little brother who is a senior has been ditching one of his classes every day, he only has 5 classes compared to the normal 7. He is also getting close to not graduating high school on time. Since I feel like the turning point for me was when he destroyed my phone, I think my brother losing his Xbox might teach him to put in the work the way it tought me. I suggested for my dad to break my brother's Xbox in half with an axe we have. While I get how much it would hurt him the little brother I love has grown into an a*hle and I miss him. I genuinely believe sometime without one and having to get a job would be beneficial to him and like help not only him but his relationship with everyone in our family who he's pushing away. So AITAH Id really appreciate some kind of feed back or advice before something happens?

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