AIBU to be in love with my adoptive brother?

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Sorry for the clickbait title - this is actually just a fun thread.

Take the plot of a book and turn it into a AIBU

I'll start.

AIBU to want to marry my adoptive brother that my dad found somewhere and instead of just doing it, acting like a total bitch to him and everyone else even after I'd died?

I know lots of posters on here worry about their hubbies hobbies, and now I am one too. It started off when he bought the field behind our house, then before I knew it he had ordered masses of wood and had roped our sons in to help him. I won’t say what he is building, well Ok, it’s a boat, but it is huge, our neighbours on both sides are muttering about how it is already blocking their light and they are threatening going to the council . I wouldn’t mind but we are miles from the sea, or even a river. When I pointed this out he just laughed and said not to worry, it was all in hand. I am very worried about where this is going and keep checking his internet history ,last week he started doing searches about how to care for exotic animals, I wouldn’t mind but I am the one who ends up feeding and walking the dog, and I am not sure I could cope with aardvarks and armadillos.

How can I divert him to a normal middle aged man hobby, like cycling, or dressing in womens clothes though he does have some robes hanging up in his wardrobe now I come to think of it.

Parental advice needed, please.
My brother died quite recently and I had to take in my niece, as she had no one else.
I’m not really a people person, tbh.

Well, I did have a bit of a dalliance with a gentleman but that’s all in the past, and best kept there.

How can I keep this child out from under my feet? She’s all over me like a rash and I’m just not given to displays of affection.
And for the love of all that is holy, why does she need to be so glad all the time!
It’s not normal!

Mums! I need your advice! How do I deal with my DS’s sullen rudeness? Ever since I remarried after his father’s sudden death he’s been wearing black, muttering to himself and huddling in corners with his friends. Thank goodness two of them have just left on an overseas trip.

Anyway, the worst bit is he can’t stand my new DH and never passes up an opportunity to have a go at me. Why can’t he be pleased for me? Honestly, I know it’s a bit weird, because he used to be my BIL, but life’s too short, right?

Also, he’s started being really mean to his GF. What should I do?

I'm a bit worried about my brother. He's not the best socially and I'm a bit stressed about his relationship with these 3 kids. He's started leaving gifts for them in this tree and while I'm happy it's getting him out the house and he's showing an interest in socialising, it is a bit, well, weird. I don't think he should be encouraging them tbh and they're getting really brazen and tred coming to the house. I shot at them and it put them off for a while but DB went and undermined me by sewing up some clothing one of the little sods left behind.
Then the tree gifts started again and I'll admit I lost it and filled the tree hole in. Was IBU?

So as not to drip feed, one of them isn't from round here but I know the dad of the other 2 kids and he's been under a lot of stress with work lately. I get being a single parent is tough but I feel they could do with better supervision. I dunno, I guess I just want to enjoy my garden in peace and for my brother to have some mates his own age and not be bribing children. I sort of have a bad feeling about that, like things might escalate. Am I being controlling?

AIBU?
My stupid goddamn roommate, who btw, has a really crummy razor, asked me to write an essay for him while he went out, no doubt to give some girl the time.

Well, I wasn’t that busy so I said I’d do it. Turns out that I should have stuck to the subject matter! Ungrateful bastard.

Next time, I’ll just leave his essay on the goddamn subway, along with the fencing equipment.

Watch out for haints, that’s all I can say.

Worst dinner party ever. I mean, I know DH was under a lot of strain what with it being an important work-related do and his best friend just NOT SHOWING UP without texting or emailing any excuse, but then he suddenly started ranting and raving at thin air (what drugs is he on????) and claiming there wasn't room for him to sit down at the table and I was trying to cover for him but it was hopeless. I ended up almost screaming at the guests to leave. And now he's gone off clubbing or something and I know he's hanging out with those weird women he met when he was doing the Environmental Thing on the moors (blasting the heath?). Should I LTB? (And to make it worse I've got this really bad skin condition and all the potions of Olay won't fix it.)

No real advice, but if it all kicks off between your DS and your DH at any point, just remember to get yourself a nice stiff drink

I've heard good things about the curry Gardens in ankh morpork. You might want to stock up on bog roll on your way home mind.

My not-so-DF left my mother and got another woman pregnant. He disinherited me in favour of this illegitimate child, unless it was a boy and did something illegal before turning twelve in which case the estate would revert to me.

Fortunately, the baby was a boy so I still have a chance of getting my inheritance back.

I accidentally met my half-brother in London last week. WIBU to pay a criminal gang boss to kidnap him and turn him to a life of crime? He's ten already so I don't have much time...

My dad hasn't kept up with the DIY and I got squashed flat by a noticeboard in my bedroom. Aibu to report them to social services?

Why not, you could do some gardening. While you're snooping around, you might like to see if that crying noise you've heard comes from a hidden-away cousin you never knew you had, who may turn out to be nothing like as delicate as he likes to make out.

Think of all the countries he could see for the price of a stamp!

I thought you fancied the Princess? I was sure you posted an AIBU about expecting a relationship because you saved her life, but she didn't seem interested?

Hold out for your ex. Just remember never to play on stairs.

I've seen your other threads. I think he's more interested in becoming part of your family than he is in you, especially since his tutor married your older sister and his grandfather semi adopted your younger one. It's all very enmeshed. If you don't want him, tell him to go travelling for a bit, he might meet someone else.

No harm in trying. I’ve heard he’s a greedy child, always asking for more.

I don’t know what to do. Against the advice of my uncle and beautiful but soppy sister I married a learned older man, in the hope of finding intellectual companionship. Unfortunately it didn’t turn out as I’d hoped; he didn’t treat me as an equal and wouldn’t let me help him with his great work of scholarship, which turned out to be pretty tedious. Frankly, so did my husband. I really liked his idealistic young cousin but my husband became very jealous of him and wouldn't let him in the house.

Then my husband died. The cousin and I fancy the pants off each other, but my husband's will says I will lose all his money that I inherited if I marry the cousin, who is poor. Should I obey my late husband's wishes? Or should I give up everything for love? AIBU to think that my husband was trying to indulge in coercive control from beyond the grave?

AIBU to book myself a holiday to Spain and leave my five daughters to fend for themselves? Honestly, I’ve been through enough. DD1 came home from London with a baby and a crisis. DD2 caused me endless worry with her stint in rehab. DD3 went off to LA for self-discovery and returned with a divorce. DD4’s off playing detective, leaving me to handle her stress, and DD5 has her own brand of ongoing drama.

So, am I being unreasonable to think I deserve a break? A week in the sun with no one asking for my help or emotional support sounds like heaven. Surely they can manage without me for a few days? Or do I need to fake my own death to get some peace?

Also, make sure he keeps away from your little sister!

I am the poor relation in an aristocratic but indebted family and entirely dependent upon them. I am very much in love with my cousin but he has become engaged to a rich Princess. Would I be unreasonable to move in with them just to be near him? I wouldn't expect anything from him in a romantic way.

Why is aibu being hijacked for non-sensical hypothetical scenarios?
Set up a ganing or other thread for this nonsense

What is it with killjoy responses to lighthearted threads on MN at the moment? I've spotted quite a few this week. 🙄

Perhaps because being time-poor and wanting a look at aibu without topics that aren't aibu content! For example, this topic s more chat forum...
And hormone surges!

I just thought she'd be a bit more grateful! She was very pretty though, and I won't lie, I preferred the idea of being Prince to my current trade