When Jeremy and his wife, Nina, get home from a vacation, they are horrified to find Ted, Jeremy\u2019s slob of a brother, in their home. After a confrontation which leads to angry parents and Nina moving out, Jeremy forces Ted\u2019s hand, making him move out\u2026When I came home from vacation, I was expecting to relax, maybe pop open a bottle of wine with my wife, and enjoy the peace of our home. Instead, we walked into a living room that looked like a complete frat house after a party from Hell.There were beer cans everywhere, dirty clothes tossed in random piles, and the smell, my goodness, the smell. And there, sprawled out on my couch like he owned the place, was my older brother, Theodore, or Ted, as everyone called him. \u201c\n
Ted, what the hell? What is this? Why are you in my house?\u201d I asked, trying to stay calm, though my blood pressure was rising by the second. Nina, my wife, looked around our living room and rolled her eyes. In that moment, I knew that I had to fix it or I\u2019d have to deal with a very upset wife.My brother looked up, casually, like I hadn\u2019t just caught him red-handed. \u201cOh, hey, Jeremy,\u201d he said. \u201cMom and Dad figured that it would be easier if I just moved in while you were gone. You\u2019ve got all this space, and it\u2019s not like you\u2019re using it, you know? You and Nina are either working or on vacation.\u201d I blinked, trying to process the audacity of his words.\u201dYou moved in? You moved into my house? Without asking? Ted, are you insane?\u201d He rolled his eyes, lifting his feet onto the couch and crossing them like he was about to watch a movie. \u201cYeah, so what?\u201d he said. \u201cI needed a place to stay, and it\u2019s not like you\u2019d say yes. So, we decided to skip that part. Quit being so uptight, Jeremy. Just help a brother out.\u201dIt was like a switch flipped inside me, the years of watching him leech off my parents, his life one big excuse after another, and somehow, he was the victim here.\n
Now, he\u2019d taken over my house. Really?Just as I opened my mouth to speak, my phone rang. Mom. Of course. I answered, trying to keep my voice as calm as possible.\u201dMom, did you and Dad seriously let Theodore move into my house while I was away?\u201d \u201cWhy are you using my full name?\u201d Ted chimed in from the background. I ignored him. \u201cJeremy, don\u2019t be so dramatic,\u201d my mother said, not even a hint of apology in her voice. \u201cTed needed a place to stay, and you\u2019ve got all that room. You don\u2019t even have kids yet. So what\u2019s the harm in helping out your brother?\u201dI closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. \u201cMom, he is 42 years old. He isn\u2019t a kid. You\u2019ve let him mooch off you for years, and you want to dump him on me? Are you being serious? Why do you want to treat him like he\u2019s a kid just out of college?\u201d My mother\u2019s tone shifted, and she immediately went on the defense. \u201cOh, mooching, huh?\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed in you, Jeremy. He\u2019s been through a lot. You don\u2019t understand what it\u2019s like to be him. You\u2019ve always had everything together. Ted needs a little more help. And as family, you owe it to him.\u201dBeen through a lot? My brother had two children under the age of five, with two different women. And he didn\u2019t bother to support either of them. How was I supposed to feel sorry for this man? Before I could respond, my father took the phone, his voice taking over my ear, sounding even more irritated. \u201cJeremy, stop being selfish. You\u2019ve got the money, the house, the wife.\n
What\u2019s the big deal? It\u2019s your job to take care of your family. Ted is your brother. He is staying.\u201dI almost lost my mind. I almost let my anger take over me. But then I remembered that it just wasn\u2019t my style. Ted might\u2019ve thought that he had won this time, but I had a plan.\u201dIt\u2019s not about the space, Dad,\u201d I said. \u201cIt\u2019s about respect. Ted can\u2019t just live here without my permission. Nina and I have worked hard for our home. And what\u2019s even worse? My wife just has to deal with this, too.\u201d From the couch, Ted snorted.\u201dOh, come on. Don\u2019t act like you\u2019re all high and mighty. It\u2019s just a house,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you\u2019ve been freeloading off Mom and Dad for years. Why should I trust that you\u2019d do anything differently here? Why can\u2019t you stay with one of your kids and their mom?\u201d I thought that was the card that would have frustrated him. But he didn\u2019t even flinch.\u201dBecause I\u2019m family, that\u2019s why. Why do you always act like I\u2019m a stranger? It\u2019s my right to stay here. Mom and Dad said that you\u2019d be like this, but I didn\u2019t think you\u2019d be this bad.\u201d I was done. \u201cFine, Ted,\u201d I said. \u201cYou want to stay? Sure. Let\u2019s see how that works out.\u201d I was fine with being horrible to my brother, I mean, someone had to teach him a lesson. But when I went upstairs to tell Nina about everything that had happened on the phone, she was highly frustrated.\u201dJer, you can\u2019t be serious,\u201d she said as I sat down on the bed across her. \u201cI\u2019m going to fix it. I promise you, Nina.\n
I\u2019ll make this right. But I\u2019m going to teach him a lesson first.\u201d \u201cWell, I don\u2019t want to be here for it. You have a week. Get him out, or I\u2019ll stay gone,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat do you mean by that?\u201d I asked.\u201dI\u2019m going to my sister\u2019s house, Jeremy. I can\u2019t stand your brother, and I will not stay here while he\u2019s here,\u201d she said, packing a suitcase as she spoke. \u201cI\u2019ll make this right, my love,\u201d I promised her.For the next week, I made Ted\u2019s life a waking nightmare without ever raising my voice. And with Nina gone, I had a bigger incentive to get him out.The first thing I did was disconnect the Wi-Fi. Ted, who spent most of his days glued to his phone or binge-watching shows on the TV, was completely lost. He complained, but I just smiled. \u201cOh, the internet? Yeah, it\u2019s been spotty.\u201d Next, I shut off the hot water. Ted loved his long, lazy showers, but now he was greeted with ice-cold water every morning.\u201dMust be something wrong with the plumbing,\u201d I\u2019d say innocently when he whined about it. Then, there was the food. I stocked the fridge with nothing but tofu, vegetables, and the healthiest food I could find. Ted hated anything that wasn\u2019t greasy or fried. And now, every time he opened the fridge, he groaned like I was starving him. \u201cYou\u2019re family, right?\u201d I\u2019d say. \u201cI\u2019m sure you can deal with a little inconvenience. But it\u2019s for my health, so you\u2019ll be fine.\u201dTo top it all off, I started blasting music at 6 a.m. every day while I had my treadmill session in the gym room. I figured if Ted wasn\u2019t going to contribute to the household, the least he could do was get up early.He hated it all, of course. And by day five, he looked like he was on the verge of losing his mind.\n
\u201cJeremy, man, this is BS,\u201d Ted said one morning, his voice filled with frustration. \u201cI can\u2019t stay here. How do you live like this? No Wi-Fi, no hot water, and no food I enjoy. This is torture.\u201dI raised an eyebrow. \u201cI thought you\u2019d be grateful to stay, Ted. It\u2019s not like you\u2019re paying rent or contributing anything. What\u2019s the problem?\u201d He grumbled something under his breath, clearly fuming. \u201cForget it, I\u2019m going back to Mom and Dad\u2019s.\u201dAs he stormed out, dragging his junk with him, I couldn\u2019t help but smile. But I wasn\u2019t done yet. I cleaned the house top to bottom, went out to get proper groceries, and cooked Nina a good meal. I had already called her during the day and told her that Ted was gone. \u201cCome home, honey,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019ll see you later,\u201d she said, and I could hear the smile in her voice.While waiting for Nina to shower, I knew that there was just one more thing to do. \u201cMom, Dad,\u201d I said on the phone. \u201cTed\u2019s out of my house. And he won\u2019t be coming back again. He\u2019s your problem again.\u201d My mother was furious. \u201cJeremy, you can\u2019t just kick him out! Where will he go?\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s up to Ted, Mom. He\u2019s 42. If you guys want to keep coddling him, go ahead. But I\u2019m done.\u201dAfter that, I heard that Ted moved back into my parents\u2019 house, but they demanded that he transform the garage into his own space. They forced him to get a job.Ted was upset, of course, so they blamed it all on me. But I was fine with that. Nina and I had our home back, and we were at peace.\n
What would you have done? If you enjoyed this story, here\u2019s another one for you | My Husband \u2018Accidentally\u2019 Locked Me in the Basement to Watch Basketball with His Friends at Our House Dani cannot stand her husband\u2019s friends. So when Ethan brings up the possibility of having them over to watch a basketball game, she shuts down the idea. On the evening of the game, Dani finds herself going into the basement to get a pack of beer, but before she knows it, she\u2019s locked inside. What happens next?\u2026I should have just said no from the start. Not just when Ethan brought up the idea of his friends coming over for dinner. I mean way before that, like when I first realized how awful they were. I never outright said that I didn\u2019t hate them, but let me be honest with you: I think I made it pretty clear.But my husband, Ethan? He\u2019s so different from these guys. At 35, he\u2019s a successful manager at a tech company, and for reasons that I will never understand, he\u2019s still friends with the same guys he went to high school with. They\u2019re loud, rude, and completely unlike Ethan. They\u2019re everything he left behind when he made something of himself.Except, apparently, his loyalty to them.\u201dDani, it\u2019s just one game,\u201d he said that night, sitting in the kitchen with a hopeful grin. \u201cThe guys really want to watch the game here. They\u2019re dying to see our new TV setup. It\u2019ll be fun!\u201d I sighed, trying to stay calm. I could almost see the dreadful evening unfolding. I knew that Ethan\u2019s friends would take over the house, inappropriate comments getting into every conversation. \u201cEthan, you know how I feel about them. Every single time they come over, it\u2019s like our house gets turned into a frat house. I\u2019m not cleaning up after them again. It\u2019s not happening.\u201dMy husband\u2019s face dropped, a look of wounded pride flashing in his eyes.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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