This happened last night, and I’ve found I like getting insight from random Redditers. So I can tell if I’m being gaslit or not by family.
My brother (16m) has never been super nice to me (18f). I do not care, he’s the “baby“.
My dog (10f) has been acting odd. won’t go down the stairs, our German shepherd attacked her, our Pomeranian is being more caring towards her, etc.
Yesterday when we were sitting on the couch I found a big lump on her stomach. I barely touched it and she yelped and started shaking. I’m pretty sure it’s a cyst or a tumor. I realized then that I have not taken any videos or pictures of her in over a month. if she was going to be gone soon I wanted some more recent videos and pictures to remember her by.
My brother made fun of this saying “haha, ”my name” is trying to take the last photos and videos of the dog before she died” he also made some comments about how we should just “put her down already.” I don’t know why but this hurt me really badly. So I snapped and said “Stop being a demonic child” and “you don’t deserve to have dogs”
I was forced to apologize by my parents and my brother milked it last night and this morning. I don’t know, maybe I did take it too far. AITAH?
NTA. Not at all. Stand for what you said. He should be forced to apologize to you, not the other way around.
How is this being gaslit?
This is not what gaslighting is!
I’m sorry, YOU were forced to apologise?! Did your brother also have to apologise for his behaviour?
NTA. Please try and get your dog seen by a vet though, it might not be as serious as you think.
NTA brother was out of line.
Thats pretty fucked up behaviour. Your parents needed to be dealing with him not you.
A lump in the abdomen might be a ticking time bomb. Ask your parents to take the dog to the vet
NTA, your brother is being nasty and your parents are enabling him. Close your heart to him. Close your heart to all of them, unless they change, and find a life for yourself away from them. Stop caring what they think as you look towards your adult life, away from them.
NTA your parents are enabling his behavior and he sounds like an ass. I’m sorry about your dog, will your parents bring her into the vet for proper care? If could be something manageable and if she’s in pain she deserves vet care.
Hopefully you have a change to get out of what sounds like a toxic household!
NTA a knuckle sandwich wouldn’t be over reacting in that situation. Sorry you’re parents are crap, he should have been punished for saying something that nasty.
I’d have called him far worse (Reddit says I can’t say the word I would prefer 😂) and moved out before I apologised. NTA
Nta your brother is a demonic child
NTA Start filming your brother when this happens. Even just audio. Don’t let anyone know, gather it all in a folder. Then, during the next argument, or when you move out, send it to your whole family. Remind them who their golden child really is.
Lmao he was offended by being called a demonic child? Id have called him far worse. Such a sensitive soul he is 😂 well if the shoe fits. Nta
NTA brother’s a dick.