Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friends?
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Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friend
Hmm after reading what you said I was quite shocked, as I personally think it doesn't sound right. I mean you say he doesn't act weird or perverted towards you, but comments could soon lead on to other things? I don't know... Just doesn't sound right, if he continues then I'd suggest maybe having a polite talk with him.. Or not. It's up to you.
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Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friendThe thing that's startlingly scary though is that the OP's brother was the one that actually initiated the sexual comments he didn't just go along with it, so deep down it can't be that disturbing for him.(Original post by Dux_Helvetica)
How old is he? He sounds like a young teenage boy who is playing along with his friends' dirty desires.
Nearly all of my friends who have sisters have to bear with guys making sexual comments about them. Most react by telling the comment-makers to 'shut up' but he's probably tried that, given up, and just goes along with it for the sake of ease.
Unless it was just a tactic to make his sister seem unattractive in his pervy friends eyes.
Then again, he is 22 for goodness sake, (not directed at you) surely he can think of a more mature way of encouraging his friends to stop making sexual remarks about his own sister?
Your memory of Inbetweeners is damn scewed(Original post by Copperknickers)
It is entirely normal for groups of boys to make sexual comments about their friend's sisters and mothers, which obviously leads to some discussion: haven't you ever seen the inbetweeners?
It is your own fault for snooping on his Facebook page, it is harmless banter and it was clearly not indicating his attraction to you. Fair enough, if he is insulting you behind your back when you get on well face to face, you have the right to confront him about it, but if you are just upset at crude language then you need to grow up.
Not one character on that show made a sexual remark about their own family member.
They all fancied Will's mum, but you never heard Will making dirty remarks about her. Same goes for Neil's sister. -
Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friend
I don't think you have anything to worry about. It's not as if he was like "yeah I know, have you seen that arse? Ooft"
He was obviously just going along with the chat, and in fact made a negative comment about you in mentioning your small tits, probably to put his friend off. If one of my friends fancied my brother, and I knew he had a tiny wang, I'd probably mention it for a laugh/warning/to put them off too. -
Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friend
It is incredibly weird especially given his age, but it's probably more about the company he keeps than about him. When your friends are constantly being crude about your sister it gets a bit wearing continually telling them to stop, also he may want to impress them. I would not make any untoward assumptions.
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I'm not going to say that it's perfectly normal, but I don't think it's incredibly worrying behaviour, either.
I have an older brother, and his friends used to annoy him by making crude jokes about me, and his getting pissed off was sort of mood-killing. Now he just laughs and says 'whatever', but maybe your brother was trying not to think about the idea of you getting off with someone, and so he pulled out a generic and funny (for his friend at the very least) comment that doesn't mean anything because it's completely not what he thinks. If that makes sense.....
Of course, it could be signs of an incestuous desire for you, but I think you would have suspected that beforehand, and there would be lot more signs of it than this.
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Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friend
I was about to say no it's not normal because everyone else was saying no. However on reflection a lot of my mates have sisters and a lot of them have dark sense of humour and I'm pretty sure we have talked in this manner before. Probably his mates do have some thing for you but I reckon he is just having a laugh. Obviously it's going to sound weird to you but you need to understand the context behind the joke first.
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Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friendThis. I dunno if most people itt just aren't loud and obnoxious with their mates but as someone who is here's an example conversation between me and mates:(Original post by LinzyLoo)
I don't think you have anything to worry about. It's not as if he was like "yeah I know, have you seen that arse? Ooft"
He was obviously just going along with the chat, and in fact made a negativhe comment about you in mentioning your small tits, probably to put his friend off. If one of my friends fancied my brother, and I knew he had a tiny wang, I'd probably mention it for a laugh/warning/to put them off too.
Me: safe kid what you saying
Mate: nothing much man just been having a shower, my night with your mum made me feel all dirty
Me: fair play, her's gotcracking tits for an old bird
It's not our way of opening up to each other about our repressed Oedipus complex, IT'S A JOKE. Mum jokes, sister jokes, granny jokes (risky, more likely to cause offence) make up about 70% of conversation, and if you don't roll with the punches you just seem like a nob -
Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friendAfter reading this, I change my mind, it could be normal. Although when me and my mates joke like this, most just turn it around to the other person's familial instead of rolling with it.(Original post by JCC-MGS)
This. I dunno if most people itt just aren't loud and obnoxious with their mates but as someone who is here's an example conversation between me and mates:
Me: safe kid what you saying
Mate: nothing much man just been having a shower, my night with your mum made me feel all dirty
Me: fair play, her's gotcracking tits for an old bird
It's not our way of opening up to each other about our repressed Oedipus complex, IT'S A JOKE. Mum jokes, sister jokes, granny jokes (risky, more likely to cause offence) make up about 70% of conversation, and if you don't roll with the punches you just seem like a nob -
Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friend(Original post by JCC-MGS)
This. I dunno if most people itt just aren't loud and obnoxious with their mates but as someone who is here's an example conversation between me and mates:
Me: safe kid what you saying
Mate: nothing much man just been having a shower, my night with your mum made me feel all dirty
Me: fair play, her's gotcracking tits for an old bird
It's not our way of opening up to each other about our repressed Oedipus complex, IT'S A JOKE. Mum jokes, sister jokes, granny jokes (risky, more likely to cause offence) make up about 70% of conversation, and if you don't roll with the punches you just seem like a nob
Yeah, my boyfriend has a thing for older women and sometimes make jokes about shaggin my mum, but I just go along with it. She's pretty hot for her age and she does have a crackin set of tits.(Original post by Annoying-Mouse)
After reading this, I change my mind, it could be normal. Although when me and my mates joke like this, most just turn it around to the other person's familial instead of rolling with it. -
Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friendIt's good to have a varied repertoire, turnaround, 'go with it', a mixture of turnaround and go with it e.g. 'I wondered what she meant when she kept talking about a 'minute man' this morning', a professional is always on his toes(Original post by Annoying-Mouse)
After reading this, I change my mind, it could be normal. Although when me and my mates joke like this, most just turn it around to the other person's familial instead of rolling with it. -
Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friend
I don't think it is that bad. I have a lot of younger sister jokes with my friends and although I wouldn't say anything about my own sister I don't think playing along with the joke is that weird. I doubt any girls will understand that kind of joking around.
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Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friendSaying "her's gotcracking tits for an old bird" about your mum, even as a joke is GROSS!(Original post by JCC-MGS)
This. I dunno if most people itt just aren't loud and obnoxious with their mates but as someone who is here's an example conversation between me and mates:
Me: safe kid what you saying
Mate: nothing much man just been having a shower, my night with your mum made me feel all dirty
Me: fair play, her's gotcracking tits for an old bird
It's not our way of opening up to each other about our repressed Oedipus complex, IT'S A JOKE. Mum jokes, sister jokes, granny jokes (risky, more likely to cause offence) make up about 70% of conversation, and if you don't roll with the punches you just seem like a nob -
Re: Is it normal for brothers to talk about their sisters in a sexual way with friend
No. It's normal for a brother punch his friend if he says anything sexual about his sister. A brother who starts a sexual convo about his sister and his friend is either 12 or very, desperately, scarily trying to "fit in" with a crowd of jerks.
(I think)
