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I have a brother that we grew up together. I was in school when he was planning to travel abroad, I had to sell my fridge, television and some other properties to assist my brother.

 I went back to the village and going to school from there. My brother saw my efforts and swore to me that the first money he'll make he will use it and sponsor me abroad for my masters.

God so kind he traveled and succeeded. He came back and did not tell me, though we talk only on WhatsApp, by then I was already married and living in a different state with my husband. Things were not okay for us,my husband lost his job so we had to move into his family house. I saw shege!

His parents were always interfering, it got to a point that my husband changed and started misbehaving. Things were so bad for us. I was hiding the whole thing from my brother because I thought he was still struggling so I didn't want to bother him. 

Our mom called me one day and asked me if I was aware that my brother is in town. I was surprised and she said I should call him that he came back with car and since he came back he has been dashing people money anyhow.

I chatted him up on WhatsApp and he confirmed he's in town but apologized that he was so busy to call me. He told me he was getting married to the girl he met, and I was happy.
After his marriage he told me he will be living in Nigeria with his wife but he will be traveling once in a while. I opened up to him on the things I've been passing through and he said I should give him time.

Things became so bad in my marriage that I had to run away with my child to go stay with a colleague. My mother in-law reported me to my mother that I have ran away with "their child and my mom said I should travel home. I left the city and my little job( mistake of my life). Although I didn't want to leave my job but my mom assured me that my brother is now in money buying lands worth millions and building houses and considering how close we used to be my mom believed that once I return home my brother will help.

I went back to the village and after narrating what I went through in the hands of my in-law, my mother said I will never go back to that house again unless my husband gets his own house. My mom told my brother that I can't stay in the village that he should beg his wife so I and my child can go live with them pending.

My brother and his wife accepted and I moved in with them. While looking for another job my mother told my brother to fulfill his promise and send me abroad but my brother said I should go learn handwork so I can be making money abroad while doing masters.
I started learning hairdressing, every morning I will prepare my child for school clean and mop the entire house and still make food for my brother and his wife but his wife has never said well done to me.

 I noticed that nothing I do pleases her, even though I'm older I know I was in her home so I was always trying to please her by over doing myself lol.. one night, I noticed she and my brother had heated argument so I went to meet them in the morning to plead for peace but the wife walked out on me. that morning my brother asked me how far about my plan with my husband, I told him I've decided not to go back to his family house that unless he gets a house I won't be going back to him. 

My brother asked me how much will it cost for us to get a house and I told him getting a 1bedroom flat in Lagos will cost us nothing less than 600k and my brother said I should tell my husband to start looking for a house that he will pay. I told my husband and in less than 2weeks he got a place of 650k. I told my brother and he sent me 800k. 

My husband got the place paid agency fee legal caution fee and the money finished lol.. we had no property because the ones we had we moved into the family house with them and the family has already started using them so removing anything will cause a problem so I told my husband to forget about them that God will help us get again.

As we were still planning on how my husband will come and take us back cos in my culture, if a woman return back to her parents house because of misunderstanding, she will never go back unless the husband comes begging. So as he was still looking for money to come take us, He got a job. We had to wait for him to work 1 month to get salary so he can come take us. Within this time my sister in-law stopped accepting I and my 4yrs old child's greetings. I will do everything for her yet she will never say thank you or accept my greetings. Even when she and her husband finish eating the food I served them, I will come to clear the table and only my brother will say thank you the food atoka.

My husband finally came and while leaving my brother gave my child 10k.

It's over 1yr and my brother has not asked how you're coping. It was in our village platform on Facebook I saw that he put street lights for them last year. My mother kept telling me that people use to come to our house to thank her for my brother's benevolences but she's totally disappointed that he cannot stand me. I told her to talk to him on my behalf but she said she has been talking and anytime she talks he will tell her how he gave me 800 thousand naira until she hard to shut him up that he only gave me that money for accommodation so I can leave their house. 

My mom said it has gotten to the extent that he now hides his investment from her that just this January a woman from our town came to thank her on how her son allowed her husband to do agency work for his newly acquired 90million naira house. My mum said she was shocked but pretended till the woman left and she called my brother and he said he was only planning to show her as a surprise.

 I told her I won't call my brother to beg again, because the time we return back to Lagos I called him and thanked him for all he has done and then told him that I'm still interested in traveling abroad but if he won't be able to sponsor me I would love to start a little business here so to support my family but he said the 800k he gave us was all he had. I told our mum that I can only call to greet him.

Hmmmm i just weak!!!!...I didnt even see anywhere that i would tag this entitlement mentality..Why are some siblings so wicked?

My dear, i dont think that he will give you anything again cos of that 800k he gave you to pay rent that would have expired...You have a good heart and still wanna call to greet him..

I would have given you bad advice to stop calling him until he will notice and ask after you.

Please forget about this your wicked brother, if you have to ask him before he knows he should help you , then he aint worth being called brother