Today, my older brother offered me a cigarette. I took it and barely took a drag before he socked me in the arm and lectured me for taking the offer. He's an alcoholic, and smokes daily. FML
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Today, my uncle gave me a lecture on how I eat too much "unhealthy" junk food, and that it can be very harmful for me. All the while smoking a cigarette. FML
Today, my mom found out about my brother smoking. She calmly discussed smoking with him. On the other hand, I got yelled at and made to do chores all day despite having a university exam, just because I knew about it but I didn't tell her, because I knew that I would get the short end of the stick. FML
Today, my brother hugged me for the first time. Turns out he was patting me down to make sure I didn't have cigarettes. Love you too, bro. FML
Today, my brother woke me up by trying to light my bed on fire. FML
Today, my dad hit his mid-life crisis. When I came home and said hi, he told me to shut up, then went to the living room. He then lit up a cigarette and started muttering about having to put up with me, then went into a coughing fit, because he's never smoked before in his life. FML
Today, my brother accidentally hit me in the throat. After I stopped coughing, choking, and feeling like I was going to die, he came back into my room, quietly said "I know your weakness," and left. FML
Today, I got into a major fight with my parents over my younger brother stealing from me. Their response was to get angry at me for my "tone" with them. My brother is 18 with an obvious drug problem, but my tone is the problem. FML
Today, my brother was going to get some drinks for a party we were going to. After getting the drinks, he ended up leaving me at home while he went and got drunk like never before. FML
Today, my brother was asking why I'm mad at him. Not a big deal, if we and our friends weren't now banned from a pub, all because he got shitfaced, started smoking weed and stripping off in public, even though marijuana wasn't allowed at all. FML
Today, a man in a hurry asked me for a light. Not being able to find my lighter amongst the muddle inside my handbag, I handed him my lit cigarette so he could light his. He took it from me, started smoking it and walked off. FML
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Top comments
Noheartbeat 19
Maybe he is trying to make sure you don't go down the same path.
Flowtastic 16
Maybe he's trying to help you out. Addiction sucks.
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Comments (61)
seaboundrhino813 8
He's a good older brother.
GrumpyGrinch 23
Alcoholic and smoker - means he knows about that stuff. Trust him, easier not start than quit.
ILikeKoalas 24
So what if he's an alcoholic/ daily smoker or not. You still took cigarette.
missyfiona89 28
with that behaviour, im gonna bet that he takes drugs too.
UH60 26
What a leap.
thisguy22 33
Learn from his mistakes op. Don't follow in his footsteps.
Nabexis 9
"Do as I say, not as I do." He probably doesn't want you to make the same mistakes he has. To learn from his experiences and mistakes so that you don't have to make them for yourself.
alex_gen 39
Your brother was teaching you about temptation and peer pressure. Seeing as how you didn't hesitate in taking the cigarette, it only enforced the idea that you don't care about your health, hence the lecture. Who better to lecture you than someone who's gone down the path and can't escape his addiction? Just because he smokes daily doesn't mean he enjoys it; that he wants to smoke. He smokes, because his addiction is stronger than his will. He wants you to be better than him.
Cebolamole 13
Do as I say, not as I do. Kinda sweet he's looking out for you (in his weird own way) even though he has problems...
arano 29
If you don't smoke already, I would suggest not starting. As a smoker, I can say it's harder than you think to quit.
Vegetarian27 24
I accidentally clicked FYL. YDI, dude! Don't take the ******* cigarette!