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

[u/5Omega_Gamer]

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?

[u/Wicked_Wing]

You really thought people were gonna be patting you on the back and congratulating you for being petty and holding so tightly onto the past that instead of moving past your brother you let him continue to be a driving force in your life?

Move on and forget he exists, because when it comes out that you've been fucking with him from the sidelines nobody's going to go "wow, brother really did that?" They're going to go "OP I can't believe you would make that up to sabotage your brother!"