My brother is upset because I only relayed excuse #1 to our father, who called him after the luncheon. Now I'm in the doghouse with my brother, even though the reason I contacted him was to offer him a ride.
2007-10-16 18:23:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Tell your brother that he should have relayed his own excuses to your father!!
2007-10-16 18:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by PEGGY S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the other posters that he should relay his own excuses.
Unless you happen to be living in your father's house and were the one who answered the phone or the door when he called or stopped by to render the reasons he couldn't come. If that's what happened then as the message taker you were responsible to see that the entire message got to your father. That's a totally different situation then, say, you running into your brother out in town and him asking you to pass on the information in which case it was his responsibility to make sure the whole message got to the right person.
2007-10-17 10:53:09 · answer #2 · answered by Critter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why was it your responsibility to relay your brother's excuses. If he's willing to make them up he should be willing to deliver them himself. Your brother has some growing up to do.
2007-10-17 01:29:13 · answer #3 · answered by innerradiancecoaching 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If he wants to avoid family functions, that's his right. I can definitely relate to that.
BUT....
It's also his responsibility to relay whatever messages need to be relayed. It's not fair for him to push the responsibility off on you and then get mad because "you didn't do it right" or whatever.
If he's old enough to avoid family functions, he's old enough to handle it on his own.
2007-10-17 01:28:48 · answer #4 · answered by elastic 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋