So I'm 22 and I have a younger brother who's 14, he has been saving up for like a year to buy a PS5 and he was crashing out over how he only needs $200 to buy a PS5 but our parents were like no you have to earn the $200.

I jokingly told my little brother that if he shaved his head without a guard on then I'd pay him $200. He actually did it and he has school tomorrow mind you he has that brocoli style hair before 💀

I obviously gave him the $200 but now my parents are trying to make me feel bad and I'm just like what? He's my little bro we're cool, y'all should have given him the $200 beforehand if you're mad. So I'm just curious am I in the wrong? And how is your relationship with your younger sibling/brother?


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  1. Parents told him he had to earn it, he found a way in which to earn it, and it only cost him his hair (which grows back anyway); hope he enjoys the console.

  4. Dont worry about it, he has earned it, you gave a job, he fulfilled it. I hope he enjoys the console and I hope you play with him if you’re into gaming too. In the future this will be an amazing memory.

    I hope though this wasnt done with ill intention or humiliation in mind, that, is not cool.

  5. Y’all are some crazy overthinkers lmao. This was literally a joke. I’ve had a nephew and few younger cousins who acted absolutely entitled and spoilt in their younger years, and now show so much maturity and stuff that makes you wonder how on earth did this kid go from that to this.

    This will be a fun story in the future. You just helped out your lil bro. I mean what he grows up to be has a lot factors, but this incident has nothing to do with it.

  7. Jesus christ theres a lot of vigilant authority in here today.

    Your brother made the choice that the extra money was worth his hair sacrifice.

    Everyone preaching about this being the most ego centric part of his life is missing the point that he made the choice to “sacrifice” his image for his own wants. He’s CLEARLY showing signs he’s beyond standard teenage drama, or at bare minimum willing to face it head on.

    Seriously folks, champion something important rather than this shit, there’s no finite amount of hills to die on and this one isn’t it, not even close.

    As far as to answer your question OP, which most aren’t even doing….

    Im 34, my younger siblings are 11, twins, it’s an odd scenario. I definitely go around my parents and allow them ways to earn what they want and encourage them being clever. They do plenty of random shit for money, time with me, whatever.

    Children (anyone under 20 IMO), trade whatever they can afford as currency. That doesn’t devalue their cost of the trade or their concept of value, they’re just children Lol. It ain’t that crazy.

  8. You guys made a fun memory.And he wouldn’t have risked it if he was scared the huzz would run away.

  9. Lil bro saw an opportunity, he took it, didn’t back off and it paid off.

    I’d actually argue that he showed maturity by taking a risk and owning his decisions and consequences.

    It seems like a small thing, but to him it clearly meant a lot. Maybe it’ll translate to him being more willing to work hard for what he wants instead of being spoiled and expecting free stuff. Maybe, I’d like to think so. 

  11. You’ll all laugh at this in a few years. That’s brotherly love to me

  13. Nah you’re good that’s funny, your parents are being baby’s because he found a way to make the $200 all at once when they wanted him to suffer longer to make the money. I’m sure they wanted him to have a little work ethic before he goes full PS5 nerd but It’s their fault for not relaying their actual goal if that’s it.

  14. That’s awesome of you. Your brother went to school buzzed and proud. 

  15. Well I’d say he earned it – traded one thing (his hair) for another (a PS5).

    This will also be a great story in a few years so bonus points for that, hope he enjoys his console!

  16. My little brother is a good dude, we play DnD together every Sunday, and I know that if I ever need a hand with anything he’s got my back, and vice versa.

  18. I would’ve paid him for the dedication, but you missed a great lesson on scamming by saying ‘don’t believe everything you’re told for money’

    He does need to learn to earn money though more than beg for it, lest he become another welfare parasite

  20. This is a perfectly normal sibling thing. Remind your parents that you’re an adult and can spend your money as you please

  21. I see nothing wrong with it. Your parents are just butt hurr that he found a way to get it quick and easy. Don’t blame yourself for it. This will be a fun memory to bring up 20 years later in the future when you want to embarrass him in front of his wife.

  22. I have two and they are my best friends. I am significantly older than them (15 and 11 years older) but we have become closer as adults.

  26. He did it for $200, bucks and knew what he was getting into I had no problem with it. It’s the hours of arguing and fighting before hand. Where the older brother tries to get out of a dumb bet. That I don’t like, I’m sure that’s why the parents are pissed.

  27. Well he might regret it but on the other hand he’ll have his ps5 a long time with hair once it’s back and it’ll be a funny story when you’re older

  28. You turned what could’ve been a lesson in effort, savings, and delayed gratification, into a lesson in trying bold new things, dealing with changes in public perception and possible ridicule. It likely also strengthened your brotherly bond in a good way. I can understand why your parents would’ve preferred the former lesson, but that’s not on you. I’m a younger brother and I treasure memories like that, even if our parents were displeased at the time.

  29. All that sounds fine to me

    I’m 48 and my relationship with my little brother is terrible. He’s had some setbacks in life and he blames everyone but himself for them and so every time we talk he has to remind me that I’ve “screwed” him somehow

  30. You’re fine. My parents treated my brother who’s is 7 years younger as a princess (still do).

  31. Dude… My siblings and I are brutal to each other 😂 you did a kind act by offering that to your brother.

    No seriously my older sister would intentionally pick on our younger brother because she knew it was my line. She loved fighting me, like full on fist fights with black eyes and bruises and the sort. She knocked it off real fast after I started going to Judo and spent 8 years getting my black belt!!

    Point being, you’re good dude. It’ll be a funny memory to look back on.

  32. I’d say it’s generally really good on the whole. There’s a mildly weird dynamic at play in that there’s a large age gap (>10 years), but while in different cities, we do get on really well, and do a lot of Mario Karts online etc. We get on very well as basically friends (would view him as more or less an ideal flatmate), mostly quite similar hobbies/worldview etc.

    Just a shame that he’s making distinctly dumb life decisions (nothing like drinking/drugs thankfully), how somebody smart enough to get AAB is just taking the first dross job with stupid shifts that he could get, is just, really annoying (he should be at a university or at least doing a trade); I’m not for people being ambitious in the toxic way, but he’s showing like, literally zero at all. Sure, he’s fine now, but isn’t doing a thing to protect himself from cost of living crisis, AI sucking up all the jobs in future, a potential far-right government at the next general election, etc, and is basically doing the equivalent of taking a very strong CV and writing on it in crayon.

  34. You’re only in the wrong if you’re planning on hogging/stealing his PS5 after he gets it, or otherwise pull some bullshit like that.

    I’m the youngest, and don’t really get along with the eldest anymore. He convinced me to go to college because according to him I “was too smart to not go get a higher education”. Went, absolutely hated it, dropped out, got saddled with thousands of dollars of debt. Okay, whatever, didn’t work out but hey that’s life. I’ve spent ten of the last 11 years telling him to shut the fuck up because I’m still paying off the last thing he told me to do with my life and I don’t want to hear his opinion on what I should be doing next.

    To be clear, I don’t blame him for me being in debt; it was ultimately my decision. The whole “Yeah, but you should move halfway across the country to get a job in a field you might not even like” is what made me start to hate him, not helped by the fact that he seems to think I’m a drooling idiot when it comes to anything political when it comes to the States at the moment.

  36. Your little brother learned his big brother follows through. Hope y’all get to enjoy that PS5 together.

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