Your brother being a s**t head and getting away with it somehow translates to you being treated unfairly? Sounds like you work hard and it's paid off but you're pissy because you had to work for it. Be happy with your accomplishments, go see a therapist instead of posting on WSO and get on with your life. Miserable people like your brother will do everything they can to pull everyone else down to their level, and you're letting him do just that.

 
Most Helpful

Many lessons from the Bible on this (this story is as old as time), but don't be consumed with jealousy or hate. Your parents' home and property and money are theirs and theirs to do with whatever they want. With your hard work and parents’ help, you’ve been given the opportunity to carveout an honest and lucrative living. Be grateful. Absolutely nothing good will come of you stewing in rage and bitterness. Your brother sounds like a total douche--and if he is one, he’s not going to care that your bitterness is destroying your life. Let it go. Move on with your life. And if things are as toxic at home as you've said, limit your visits and communication with your parents. Build a new family and move on.

Array
 

Thank you, I appreciate your advice. And you're spot-on in terms of the lessons from the Bible, this particular passage hit home for me (Luke 15:25-30):

"Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

 

I'm really enjoying your comments lately.

"The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly" - Robert A. Wilson | "If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 
Funniest

Ok, grab a pen, here is what you do:

Step 1: Plant 2-3 Kilos of Cocaine in the car backseat, keep it visible

Step 2: Call cops anonymously claiming a guy with his license plate is on the road swerving all over the place.

Step 3: Police will pull over car and see cocaine in the back.

Step 4: Enjoy beachhouse for at least next 5 years

Bonus points if your brother is black, then you'll enjoy the beach house for the next 25 years until the rest of your life.

 

Your brother is a retard but so are you. You know what my brother said to me when I got my FT offer at a BB? I will never know because he died 10 years ago. When he passed away, I thought about all the times I fought with him over stupid shit and hated myself... still hate myself for the way I acted. If your brother died tomorrow, would you truly be happy? Do you really hate him that much? Because I promise you you have no fucking idea what "psychological abuse" is. 

You're mad that he's using your parent's summer home to make 50k/year? Most parents don't have a summer home. Who gives a shit bro? People like that always fuck up and it doesn't stay good forever. Focus on your own life. You can't use your parent's summer home in college? Boohoo. How will this affect you long-term. BB analyst gonna get a ton of time to stay at a vacation house, right?

This is the TLDR: Focus on your own life. Stop getting mad about your brother. This is you getting mad about privilege that 99% of people don't have. You aren't being allowed to take advantage of the privilege which you (and your brother) did nothing to earn. Get over it. We never had privilege.

 

You summer at a BB. You have disposable income. If you want to vacation somewhere for 3 days with some friends, split the cost of an Airbnb with them. 

Your brother is pathetic. But there's loads of people like him with no self-awareness. Nothing you can do about it. Just be independent

 

Don’t be a bitch, get cash, fuck bitches.

Seriously though, you can’t change your brother and nothing you say will get to him, but he’s getting to you. I can somewhat understand your frustration, one of my uncles is kinda like that, he’s the eldest and leeches off his younger brothers. Can’t do much about it though. All you can do is build the best life you can for yourself, be independent and be a better man than him. Don’t let your feelings toward your brother consume you, more often then not it leads to nothing good.

 

you know what you need to prepare yourself for? your parents leaving the vacation house and most of their other assets to him (Primogeniture) after which he will say that he is more successful than you and then proceed to update his LinkedIn to say Serial Entrepreneur | Visionary | World Traveller | Crypto Investor | Property Investor.

btw report him to IRS for not filing taxes. 

 

you know what you need to prepare yourself for? your parents leaving the vacation house and most of their other assets to him (Primogeniture) after which he will say that he is more successful than you and then proceed to update his LinkedIn to say Serial Entrepreneur | Visionary | World Traveller | Crypto Investor | Property Investor.

btw report him to IRS for not filing taxes. 

Great point and I was about to mention this too. OP's brother is positioning himself to swindle most of OP's inheritance and claim the property for himself. I've heard it about it happen with other relatives in my family. 

Array
 

Inventore voluptas iste repellendus. Consequuntur laudantium odio omnis perspiciatis recusandae. Enim aut inventore impedit sed. Est tempore quibusdam placeat tempore aut ipsa totam. Deserunt praesentium in at omnis. Suscipit ut eum rerum dolores harum qui iure.

Career Advancement Opportunities

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Jefferies & Company 02 99.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 19 98.8%
  • Harris Williams & Co. New 98.3%
  • Lazard Freres 02 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 03 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Harris Williams & Co. 18 99.4%
  • JPMorgan Chase 10 98.8%
  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.7%
  • William Blair 03 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Lazard Freres 01 99.4%
  • Jefferies & Company 02 98.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 17 98.3%
  • Moelis & Company 07 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 05 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Director/MD (5) $648
  • Vice President (19) $385
  • Associates (87) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (66) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (146) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
99.0
4
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
5
kanon's picture
kanon
98.9
6
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
7
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
8
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
9
numi's picture
numi
98.8
10
Kenny_Powers_CFA's picture
Kenny_Powers_CFA
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”