Today, my 4-year-old brother has a very strict 8:30 PM bedtime. Since I would have to walk past his door to get to the rest of the house, I'm not allowed to leave my room past that time, lest I tempt him to get up too. I can't even go to the bathroom. FML
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Today, I arrived to work at exactly 8 so I could leave at exactly 5, without overtime. I found out later that my brother took my keys with him somewhere and now I can't enter the house until he gets back at 11. FML
Today, I realized my friends and I should be more careful what we say around my younger brother. I never thought he was paying attention until today. My stepmom told him it was time to go to bed. He responded, "I think it's time for you to suck one." My brother is 4. FML
Today, my boyfriend came over while I was babysitting my little brother. He wouldn't stay in bed, so my boyfriend told him,"If you don't stay in bed, the monster will eat you!" I now have to wash my brother's bedsheets, because he was too afraid to get up and go pee. FML
Today, at the age of 20, I still have a bed time. It is strictly enforced by my cat via endless meows if I am up past 11 pm. FML
Today, I woke up because of a weird noise. Scared, I turned on my bedside lamp. I saw my older, 17-year-old brother peeing in my bedroom doorway. He was hoping I'd step in it in the morning. FML
Today, my son no longer tries to sneak in and out of the house at inappropriate times. Now, he just brazenly walks out, ignoring me when I ask where he’s going, then walks back in at like 4 in the morning, and again ignores me because he’s still on his phone to someone. FML
Today, I discovered that my family routinely waits until after my bedtime to order a pepperoni pizza, my favorite food. If that wasn't bad enough, I'm 17 and still have a strictly enforced bedtime. FML
Today, for the fourth day in a row, my nine year-old son dragged his feet when it’s bedtime with any excuse he can come up with. He keeps getting up an hour later to tell me a story. No punishment, nothing works. I gave up and offered him $300, yes $300 cash, to go to sleep. He said no and ran to bed crying, saying I upset him. FML
Today, my 4 year old cousin is staying overnight. Every time I fall asleep he wakes me up to tell me I fell asleep. FML
Today, I realized that my 14 year-old runs my home. She has her own room, while her 11 year-old sister and I (her mother) share a room. I literally have to get her permission to go anywhere as well. FML
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gordjess1 19
Oh that's hardly fair.. Surely you can't be expected not to use the bathroom.
juturnaamo 29
Why don't you just trade rooms?
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rebeccacmlc 22
Well merde ... You can't be expected to do nothing after 8:30 pm ... That's just absolutely unreasonable. And that's usually a time at which people are still having dinner in France !
minissaussette 25
My father always wanted us to eat at 7:00 sharp so he could enjoy a very long evening (we usully finished eating at 7:30), and that is even on weekends, sometimes my mom and I would go shopping on Saturdays and if we weren't back on time he would start eating without us. And by on time I mean 7:05 was already late for him. He was so strict on that, I remember my bestfriend and my mom's mom being scared of either showing up too late for dinner or taking us home too late.
rebeccacmlc 22
Hahaha my Dad is kind of the same, quite strict ... A special particularity of French dads
gquagmire 17
Why not just stay in the main part of the house until he's asleep? You don't have to go by his door and can access the bathroom and rest of the house. It's a win-win
DeadxManxWalking 27
walk quietly?
Rozeyyy 25
Omg this reminds me of this person from my sisters 'in laws'. He has a 3 year old child and no one in the house is allowed to make any kind of noise after 7pm incase the child wakes up. Everyone has to stay quiet until he wakes up. It's actually really weird because once my sister had to stand infront of the window until someone opened up the door for her, all because the child was asleep.
Colerich 15
I know this is a crazy idea. but close the door?
captaincarlz 17
Make them close his door. Can't be tempted if he can't see you.
jocamo 24
That's a bit much. I shared a room with my two sisters, we each had a different bedtime with no issues.
LostGirl9456 15
It's the same at my house with my brother, OP.
unholyswiss 19
That's utter bullshit, do what ya want and force them to get up and confront you every time, or piss in a bottle and leave one outside their door every night.
Tomryan279 10
If his room is closer to the bathroom switch rooms with your brother.