problems with brother

so my brother is just 17 months younger than me but think he's six years older than and thinks he can boss me around and whatever. he does everything he can, it seems, to irritate me, knowing i get wound up quite easily. he has absolutely no respect for me whatsoever, tho when i challenged him on it he says he does, but i know he doesnt and couldn't care less.

he's sneaky as well, he only does it when my mum isnt home because she's the only one that will stand up to him with me, my dad just ignores it.

just now, he wanted to go out on his bike, which is locked between my bike, (at the front) and another bike behind, he comes in moaning that i always put my bike in front, even though i use my bike a lot more so dont really see why it is a problem for mine to be there. he says mine should be at the back cos his is bigger, (which it isnt, they're the same size!) i dnt really comment, just say i use mine more than he does.

he comes back in, huffing that mine was in the way. i asked him if he locked mine back up, guessing he probably hadn't, and sure enough 'he didnt have time!' i told him to go back and lock mine up but he couldn't be bothered. waited til he left then went to sort mine out myself, to find my bike lying on its side, in the middle of the pathway, unlocked.

this is not the first time by a long he's done this sort of thing. i've spoken to my parents about it, my dad doesn't really care, and he always does it when my mum's out so can't prove anything. do you think i'm being unreasonable, or do you think this shows a complete lack of respect. to be honest, i wudn't mind if he was older than me, just that he'd show me some proper respect. what should i do?
thanks

Reply 1

User69701

He's a brother. I can assume a teenager too. Sounds about normal.

Reply 2

Strawberrycayk

Ah my brother is 12 and he's like this. It's really frustrating, I suppose there really isn't anything you can do except talk to him and your parents. And if that isn't working, just ignore it. He'll grow out of it in time :smile: