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Family vacations can test patience, but knowingly spreading an illness introduces an entirely different kind of sibling conflict.<\/p>\n
One young man<\/a> watched his sick brother reject basic precautions and repeatedly help himself to other people\u2019s drinks.<\/p>\n What followed left him bedridden, furious, and reconsidering how much contact he wanted once college began.<\/p>\n Check out how it went down.<\/p>\n I (21M) was recently on a family vacation with my brother \u201cLinus\u201d (19M).<\/p>\n About halfway through the trip, he got sick but refused to wear a mask.<\/p>\n He also refused to take any other precautions around his family.<\/p>\n He kept doing things like drinking from my drinks without asking me, even though he knew he was sick.<\/p>\n Of course, I got sick to the point that I couldn\u2019t enjoy much of the vacation because I was stuck in bed.<\/p>\n To him, this was the final straw.<\/p>\n I am just done with Linus\u2019 rude and entitled behavior.<\/p>\n I will be off at college this year and am planning on going low\u2014maybe even no\u2014contact with him over his lack of respect for other people.<\/p>\n Of course, his family accuses him of overreacting, but he doesn\u2019t feel like he is.<\/p>\n But my family is acting like I\u2019m being unreasonable.<\/p>\n AITA?<\/p>\n He\u2019s determined to make sure his health is never collateral damage ever again.<\/p>\n What did Reddit think?<\/p>\n It seems like this commenter has cut their family members off for a similar reason.<\/p>\n This was potentially not even the worst thing this guy has done.<\/p>\n Never Miss a Story<\/p>\n Sign up to get our BEST stories of the week straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n Why just stop at cutting off the brother?<\/p>\n If you enjoyed this story, check out this post<\/a> about a brother who doesn\u2019t want to help his sister cover their aging father\u2019s groceries.<\/p>\n They could also just choose to spend less time together without putting labels on it.<\/p>\n After his brother knowingly exposed him and ruined much of the vacation, OP decided that college offered a natural opportunity for distance.<\/p>\n His family could have addressed the brother\u2019s behavior instead of criticizing the person who became sick because his boundaries were ignored.<\/p>\n Nothing says \u201cfamily bonding\u201d quite like adding your germs to someone\u2019s drink and gifting them several uninterrupted days in bed.<\/p>\n Enjoyed this story? Readers who liked this also read this story<\/a> about a sister who held up her end of a college savings bargain only to be ripped off by her scheming older sibling. \t\t\t\t\t
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