My elder brother is angry because I want to rent a house. I am a 26-year-old boy, and my elder brother and I live together in my aunt’s house in Benin. I recently moved in about a year ago because I had been working in Delta State, but I had to move back to Benin due to some issues. I have my own room here, and I don’t cross my lane. I am the one who takes responsibility for feeding and some other bills in this house. I spend close to N200k monthly just for feeding ever since I came back to Benin. Note that my brother lives here with his girlfriend who just gave birth recently, and my girlfriend does visit me sometimes and spend a few days and go back. But the problem is, there was a day a friend of mine visited me, and my elder brother became angry, and he said I should get permission from him before bringing any of my friends home. He said I must take permission from him. Ever since, any friends who want to come and visit me, I always find a story to tell them so they wouldn’t come to my place because I can’t imagine myself, a 26-year-old getting permission from my elder brother before a friend comes visiting me.
So I always tell them an excuse for why they shouldn’t come. So recently, I started thinking of moving out and renting a house to be on my own. Somehow, the news got to my brother, and he was angry all of a sudden, saying I am too young to rent a house and stay on my own. Like a 26-year-old man is too young to stay alone? Well, I know where the problem is because when I leave and rent my house, obviously I will no longer be taking care of the feeding expenses, and also, I have a car, and he is the one that drives the car the most. Most people think the car belongs to him because I hardly drive it and I hardly go out. So I think it’s because of the car and the feeding also. That’s what is making him angry, but my mind is made up. I can’t keep giving my friends excuses on why they shouldn’t visit me or get permission from him before a friend comes to visit me. So I am planning to rent my own apartment because I believe with or without me, everybody will be fine.
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