That Obstinate Pig
Jul. 12th, 2001 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amezriI am, of course, referring to my brother. He spends over 8 hours a day online and now has the nerve to think that I should ask him if I need to go online. That's unfair -- to both of us. I don't feel that I should have to ask to go online at 9pm if he's been on since 10am. And I don't feel that I should have to tell him to get offline. He's 15 and should have enough control to say, "gee, I've been online for 12 hours, I should probably stop." He's not stupid. He just acts that way.
My solution was a geeky, parental chart that illustrates who would be online when. I know, it sounds stupid, but it really is the fairest if you think about it. I mean, if he wants to be online from 12-6pm on Monday and it's on the chart, I can't kick him off. At the same time, that means that after 6pm, I know that he won't be on so I won't have to kick him off. We each get about 8 hours a day. I'm not even online for 8 hours a day during the summer and I don't care if he asks to run into my time block. I just find extremely irritating that I let him be online all day then when I want to check my e-mail or talk to people I have to wait for him to get offline.
And believe me, it is not instantaneous. He told me that it might take him 10-15 minutes to finish what he's doing and then sign off. After that I can do whatever... until he wants to go online again. Frell that. 15 minutes? And then have him kick me off later? I really don't think so.
I'm 5 years older (and it's not like I lord over him all the time) and I don't think that I should have to cater to him. He's unwilling to compromise and see the other side of things. He refuses to ask me to let him go online, but to him it's perfectly fine for me to ask him to go online. Nuh-uh. That's frelled and I am not gonna deal with it. Except... my mom has asked me to deal with it.
Until further notice I am to comply with my brother's wacked plan because he's unwilling to compromise and split up his time and follow any kind of restrictions or rules.
Whatever.
My solution was a geeky, parental chart that illustrates who would be online when. I know, it sounds stupid, but it really is the fairest if you think about it. I mean, if he wants to be online from 12-6pm on Monday and it's on the chart, I can't kick him off. At the same time, that means that after 6pm, I know that he won't be on so I won't have to kick him off. We each get about 8 hours a day. I'm not even online for 8 hours a day during the summer and I don't care if he asks to run into my time block. I just find extremely irritating that I let him be online all day then when I want to check my e-mail or talk to people I have to wait for him to get offline.
And believe me, it is not instantaneous. He told me that it might take him 10-15 minutes to finish what he's doing and then sign off. After that I can do whatever... until he wants to go online again. Frell that. 15 minutes? And then have him kick me off later? I really don't think so.
I'm 5 years older (and it's not like I lord over him all the time) and I don't think that I should have to cater to him. He's unwilling to compromise and see the other side of things. He refuses to ask me to let him go online, but to him it's perfectly fine for me to ask him to go online. Nuh-uh. That's frelled and I am not gonna deal with it. Except... my mom has asked me to deal with it.
Until further notice I am to comply with my brother's wacked plan because he's unwilling to compromise and split up his time and follow any kind of restrictions or rules.
Whatever.
