We were having dinner tonight and my wife cooked bacon wrapped scallops as one of the dishes. It turns out my little one really likes the dish, especially the scallops and had been eating one after another. When it came down to the last two, my little one was asking if he could eat them both. I told him that his older brother did not eat that many, and they should each get one. Little one finished his very quickly, while older brother's was still untouched. Older bro was commenting that he really likes the bacon, but wasn't sure if he likes the scallops.
Then little one immediately said: "I don't think you like to eat the scallop. Eat the bacon and give me the scallop, ok?"
Older bro looked at little bro, then at the last piece in his bowl, and grinned: "But I think I want to eat the scallop."
"NOOOOO! You don't like to eat that! I will help you take off the bacon! You can give me the scallop! Okay?!" He started to raise his voice, then proceeded to try to grab the food from older bro's bowl to take the bacon off.
Seeing little bro get emotional, older bro would of course stave him off, and start biting the last piece of bacon wrapped scallop, scallop included, bite by bite, just to piss off little bro more.
Sometimes, being the weaker and smaller sibling, you just have to get creative to try to get what you want. But in the end, it comes down to the mercy of the bigger and stronger sibling. If older brother don't want to let you have something, no matter how much you say he doesn't like it, no matter if he actually don't like it or not, you will not have it.
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Your little guy has good taste. I love bacon wrapped scallops.
I know this theme all too well. My daughter always wants to play with whatever toys or games her brother has and most of the time he lets her but once and awhile when she really wants to play with something he will say “no not this time” to remind her who it belongs to.
Many years ago one of my bosses told me a fictitious story. I am not sure where he got it from but I think it is apt in this case. The basic premise is there is an empty parking lot that isn’t being used and the organizer of a farmers market (or something along those lines) wants to use it for his market, so he contacts the owner of the lot and the owner says “sure I am not using it. You can use it every day or the week except Sunday” and the guy says “that’s great but if you aren’t using it at all why can’t we use it Sunday” and the owner replies “you can’t use it Sunday so you remember it’s my parking lot”.
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I like that story. In a way, it shows our obsession to personal property. I think it also shows our love to demonstrate power, and sometimes, we do things just because we can.
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It's good that I'm the big brother 😅😅
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I'm also the big brother of my family and have done my fair share of bullying my little bro haha.
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I applaud how little bro was able to think fast on his feet. He gave it a good shot!
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Yes, he tried.
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