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The fragile male ego

The Ordinary Man
3 min readJan 27, 2023

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As a man, I know how pathetic men can be, including myself. With the rise of counter culture, we’re seeing it more and more.

This post is about my brother-in-law. I’ve never liked him despite trying and he’s never liked me.

He’s your typical nerdy gamer type. He thinks he’s a genius, he smells, he’s condescending, and he’s very insecure.

Setting the scene

I was asked to help my sister and her husband move into their new flat. Why they decided to get another flat when they have 2 kids I don’t know, but that’s their business.

It was on my birthday weekend, and we had to start earlier than originally agreed. The “plan” was changed last minute and it was his idea.

They had two of their friends come from Portsmouth to help and they ended up being an hour late. This ironically made us start at the originally agreed time.

He didn’t want me there

My brother-in-law has never liked me, and he’s never had respect for me. He’s a typical guy from the South West of England, Insecure, narrow-minded and hateful.

He’s always made snide comments about me and tried to make me out to be a bad person in front of my family.

He’s also obsessed with making out I’m shallow and I only care about my looks.

He’s jealous that I’m not ugly and he is. He should be happy though as he has a wife, guys like him don’t normally get that far.

Being snide

He’s snide like a basic bitch. It’s no surprise that he’s a gamer, gamers are basic bitches with moobs.

He kept trying to make me out as being weak and in the way when all I was doing was trying to help.

Someone is trying to help you and your ego is so big that you’re belittling them instead.

I did all I could to help them, and they still claimed I did nothing.

Trying to prove a point

It was sad to watch. He and his friend were trying to prove how strong they were the entire time.

They barely let me get involved and were acting like cavemen trying to get their shit up the…

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