Hey, first time poster here.
I'm a teenager, so I like to unwind and play my family's Xbox every now and then. I barely play any games, so the one day I do so, my brother has to come down and ruin everything. I was barely playing for 30 minutes when he comes down and asks to play. I said not right now, but maybe in a little while. He asks for a specific number, which I couldn't give him, so I said I would stop when I got tired of it. Then he says "You're getting off in 1 hour, no excuses". I said once again, I would stop when I got tired of it. I went to talk to my parents about it, since I assumed they would at least talk to him about this, since it is a frequent occurence. I tell them what happened, and they immediately went against me. They said I wasn't being compassionate and I should have taken 20 more minutes. My dad originally agreed with me, seeing as my brother plays all the time, basically 6 hours a day. However, when my mom started talking, he immediately followed her.
My problem is not the Xbox. The problem is that my family, in my eyes, likes to make problems we have both of our faults. I'm probably wrong, seeing as I'm just a teenager and they are my parents and know more than me. However, I would still like to know why they do this.
Has anyone else had this happen to them? What can I do?
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It could be your parents don't want to not take sides that might be why the tend to find both of you at fault.
Your feeling that since he plays so much and you don't you should be able to play alone for awhile is understandable.
I think you should have been given time to play alone maybe if you would have said that you want play for an hour when he asked how long you would be that might of helped.
Your parents probably would have preferred that you guys played together without any conflict.
Not sure how old you guys are but most likely playing games together without conflict is challenging.
Brothers will often argue about petty things and as you know it doesn't take much to start an argument.
I wouldn't think that it is not that you weren't compassionate but maybe you and your brother need to work on resolving issues without arguing or getting your parents involved.
Maybe just taking some time to think about how you both could have prevented the conflict would help.
Things like giving your brother an idea of how long you would be playing for or letting him play might have helped.
He could have given you time to play alone without demanding a time he also could have just went and done something else.
That could be what your parents are looking at when they find that you are both at fault.
Your not alone Colin any of us with brothers or sisters will have conflict with them maybe a little bit of give and take from you and your brother will help reduce the arguments.
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