Uggghhhh

My parents are SO FRUSTRATING....


They definitely treat me and my brother a lot differently. Like, I have A LOT more chores than Jake does, by a lot. He doesn't really do anything once he gets home from school--he'll go and play video games or get online or something. I have to do a ton more than he does, plus little spur-of-the-moment things that my parents-especially my mom-thinks of as she sees it. "Alyssa, clean the glass door." "Alyssa, blahblahblahblah." "Alyssa, take this to the garbage." Which, I wouldn't have a problem with. I don't really care about doing chores. That doesn't bother me.

What bothers me is the fact that my brother isn't asked to do ANYTHING. AT ALL. I'll be, literally, in the middle of cleaning off the table or something, and Jake'll be sitting on his lazy butt. If my mom needs something done, guess who she asks?

(If you guessed me, you're right. Have a cookie.)


The only thing my brother has to do is take the trash out. WHICH HE DOESN'T EVEN DOOOO. Seriously, the trash can in my bathroom is overflowing, and it's SO GROSS that I finally just took it out myself, when it should've been done last night. That's what happens EVERY FREAKING WEEK. He won't take the trash or recyclables out, and if he doesn't, my mom or I have to, or it'll have to sit there until the next collection day.


Here's the kicker...my parents don't do a THING about it. My brother didn't do ANY of his chores last night...guess what he did today? He went to hang out with his friends. Guess what I did today? A whole list of chores that my mom left this morning. We're SUPPOSED to do a few chores together...dishes, laundry, etc. Guess who usually does them--by HERSELF.

My parents feed me bullcrap like "We only ask you to do more things because Jake doesn't do them well, and you do." So, you're punishing ME for his crappy work ethic? YOUR LOGIC FAILS, AND IT FAILS HARD.

I'm sick of it...my brother gets to do so much more than I do, and I do so much more work around the house than he does....if it doesn't change, I'm just going to do the same thing as he does...NOTHING.