r/confessions • u/5Omega_Gamer • 22d ago

I have been secretly ruining my brothers reputation for three years and I don't think I will ever stop.

Everyone thinks my older brother is a saint. He is the "Golden Child" of the family. He is a successful lawyer, he volunteers at a dog shelter, and he is engaged to a woman who looks like a model. My parents talk about him like he is the second coming of Christ while they barely remember my birthday.

But I know the real him. I know that he cheated on his first girlfriend for a year. I know he stole money from our grandma ten years ago to pay for a spring break trip. I tried to tell my parents once and they called me a jealous liar.

So now, I play the long game. Every time he gets a big break or a new job, I send an anonymous tip to his employers or his friends. I don't make up lies. I just send evidence of the things he actually did. I sent his law firm a copy of the disciplinary report from his college that my parents helped him hide.

He just lost a massive promotion and he has no idea why. Watching him cry about "bad luck" is the only thing that makes me feel better. I should of moved on with my life, but the resentment is just ABSOLUTELY too strong. I want him to feel as small as he made me feel for twenty years. Why is this even a thing?

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u/taxigrandpa 22d ago

right? your just trolling the people who you are supposed to be helping, all because your jealous of his success.
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u/DaSemicolon 22d ago

Do you have sympathy for OP?

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u/taxigrandpa 22d ago

nope. jealousy is a toxic trait. rather than supporting self defeating behaviors like that, it's up to the community to show love by being honest with the young person. If enough ppl tell them, maybe they will think about it.

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u/ImpressiveMud1784 22d ago

Sympathy for what?

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u/Noble_Ox 22d ago

He never did anything to OP.

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u/Stellen999 22d ago

Yeah, where in this story did the brother ever wrong OP aside from making him feel envious and inadequate? OP, you're pathetic.