>last week>brother's job calls my parents to tell them brother hasn't come to work>dad finds him dead in the shower at 37>had had a few seizures in the last few years and he almost died each time>guaranteed to be that>keep explaining and re-explaining that it's likely due to the several concussions he's had throughout his life>go visit parents to prepare funeral>picking songs>suggest "That's the way it is" from Daniel Lanois>mom wants to listen, put it on YouTube>she sees thumbnail and that it's from a video game>immediately says it doesn't work because it's in english and no one will understand (we're in Quebec)>picks songs>on the wings of an angel and over the rainbow, both of which are in english>later on>learns he had an 11k debt on a credit card>he'd just gotten done paying it back when he died>I know it's from gambling online because I had to go into his emails to find his electric and internet bills to cancel them>also saw the poker apps on his PC>planned to keep it hidden from family>mom starts droning on about how it must be those goddam video games that put him in an 11k debt>he had less than 2k in hardware and software>have to confront her with the fact that her late son was gambling so she'll stfu>she immediately complains that he wouldn't have wanted us to know>starts claiming he got sick because he played too many video games and he got upset when our other brother did cocaine and went nuts>when I remind her that he'd had a dozen severe concussions, half of which were in childhood, she just handwaves them away and says they weren't so bad>keeps saying he was so healthy before the seizures when he was a sick person from birth>also come to realize that I was the only person who knew how sick he was and how much he was suffering>put on a brave face for the rest of the family, his friends and his coworkers>but told me everythingI need to gtfo asap after the funeral. I cannot fucking stand being here anymore.
>>83098361That's going to be me someday except nobody will find my body. I'm sorry about your brother. Sounds like your parents have some problems of their own.
>>83098361Is your mom a narcissist or something? She sounds insufferable and self centered
>>83098383Basically everyone born before 1990 despises video games.Honestly most foids born before 2000 also despise video games.
>>83098383I make it sound way worse than it is because I'm just listing everything that's pissing me off at once. She's been handling all the paperwork, all the bullshit, all the organization. She's devastated and not thinking straight. Dad is just helping to move my brother's stuff out of his apartment and trying not to cry. She likes to act like she's rational and open-minded but she's one of the most superstitious and close-minded people I know. It's fucking impossible to change her mind on anything. If you do confront her with evidence and force her to admit she's wrong, she's forgotten about it the next day. And she complains about my other brother being that way...
>>83098429Sounds like a typical boomer
>>83098433Very typical. I watch people my age and younger working themselves into an early grave to barely afford a tiny apartment and food while they claim young people don't want to work. All while, at my age, my dad fed a family of 5 in a house they owned on one salary all while working construction as a high school drop out. And they had two cars.It's not like they had it easy. They both came from dirt poor peasant families, mom had a pedo grandpa, dad developed some neurological disease from breathing in too much toxic bullshit at work in his late 40s, couldn't retire until they were 70, etc. But they don't realize that if they'd lived at any other time, they would be living in subsidized housing and begging for cash. As it is, despite all those hardships, they own a house in a wonderful spot and have a cozy retirement with plenty of investments to keep them afloat. And they claim everyone else has it too easy.So yeah, typical boomers.
>>83098361Your mother sounds like an insufferable douchebag that lives in denial of anything that might reflect badly on her. I know the pain my parents are both like that. I cut all my relatives out of my life. They just get worse and worse with age. Move cut contact and never look back.
>>83098383She feels so guilty about the concussions that she's in denial.
>>83098687That's my guess though she has very little blame. My younger brother was... Careless.
>>83098361Was the water running the whole time?
Women aren't rational what do you expect desu I would let it fly because she's your mom and it's an emotionally trying time instead of acting like like a Redditor and seeking pity online
>>83098361I am sorry about your brother OP, OP. That is tragic. How old are you?
>>83098810Yes. We think he died the day before, the downstairs neighbor was complaining about not having any hot water.>>83098812Not seeking pity. Just venting. Putting it in words to help me process it. I have literally no one to talk to about this. Everyone around me is in denial. Has been in denial about his condition for years. I knew he didn't have much time left. I just hoped the medication would help and prove me wrong.>>8309882240
>>83098361you're a real sweetheart, anoni'm sorry about that. may your brother rest in peace, and may you live a good life now.do your best to get the hell out of there, people who refuse to see reason shouldn't be argued withmake some nice stuff happen in your life so you have some good stories to share with him when you join him in the afterlife, ok?stay safe, brother. you'll make it.
>>83098383Most people are narcissistic and self centered come to find
>>83098361 vaxxed status?
>>83099492Could just be epilepsy it happens to a lot of people.
>>83099492Unvaccinated.
>>83098361ermhon hon hon baguette baguette omelette du fromagetranslation: I am sorry for your loss
