AITJ because dad gave the business to brother so I left.

[@shmoopyroo2650]

dude i would be so mad if me and my father built a business together for half my life then it was given to one of my siblings who wasnt involved at all. like i dont even think i could fathom that hard of a betrayal! especially since the guy got demoted! what was the father thinking????

[@3adgamd3r]

Golden child guilt

[@diamondly6250]

seems to me op got the better deal in the end because if most pepole and clints switched to him im just hes making more then before

[@3adgamd3r]

@@diamondly6250 yeah, but that still doesn’t unshit the bed or unstab the knife in his back does it? 😂

[@Dingbobber]

I would tear that shit down to the ground

[@WERNUTZ]

Naw account brother won't have heart to keep the damn business cause Acct. Did not put years of life and form bonds with worker/friends. Can't blame the accountant at best under Acct. Brother🎉 ownership the business will grow then sold for big profit, $ then split 50% for acct the other 50% to pops.

[@stephenmaxwellfuks3484]

I genuinely can’t understand why the family was so mad at him. He doesn’t have to be in the business to still be a part of the family, and even if he starts his own competing business he can still be a part of the family. In fact considering the father’s desire to serve his first son, even if it is stupid, this just seems like the best all solution to the conflict

[@sanddagger36]

it's because the brother cannot run the company on his own. Leaving the business destroyed it. in their minds what they did was not as bad. However, if he really did receive a pay cut and job demotion, he wouldn't have been doing the same job of running the company anyway, so they either expected him to keep running the company for his brother for nothing in return or they had already destroyed the company and didn't realize it.

[@lapintueur4799]

@@sanddagger36 Add to that they probably only heard the father and the brother version of event who most likely presented what OP did as a temper tantrum, with no mention of pay cut, demotion or other fact that would make the family side with OP.

[@Nathan_Bookwurm]

The parents probably dreamed of giving the business to both children and the dad thought he could make that truth by making the wandered-off-son the owner. While OP was already in the business, the dad didn't need to "trap him" in. Sadly for the parents it backfired.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

2 words: GOLDEN CHILD

[@andrewburton6664]

Brother is a bean counter, not a plumber, he cannot run that business and daddy dearest knows that but gave the bean counter the reins anyway. Sucks to be them.

[@xegin1572]

OP's brother probably guilt-tripped the dad into giving him the business by present OP working with him as "favoritism", and both of them expected OP do stick around because he was attached to the buisness and because family. Then the dad thought that just saying sorry would be enough to fix things and is mad it isn't, both the dad and the brother are mad because they know without OP the business is screwed.

[@Bobby-ix4fo]

Real

[@Patar15]

This just goes to show, just cause you go to University doesn't mean you are more qualified. His older brother got, what, a degree in Accounting? That has nothing to do with their business. Yeah, sure, you might need an Accountant, but they don't run a business. Those that are experienced in the field know how to run a business more. As a first child, like OP's older brother, I disagree with giving the Firstborn the company. Sure, maybe a little unnoticed bias towards the firstborn, but don't make your secondborn feel like he's unloved, ESPECIALLY when he has dedicated over a decade to the company and was acting CEO at the time. The OP knew how to run a company. Oh and this BS excuse I keep hearing in these stories "but he has a family and you don't so give up everything you own and go homeless" is the most BS I have ever heard. Just cause you have a family does not mean you are entitled to ruin other family members' lives. I think the OP should run his family's company out of business. They did this to themselves.

[@Nathan_Bookwurm]

"But it's family, so you must help." Yea, and OP is family too, yet he was ditched in a puddle like trash. So why should OP have to be the one coming to the rescue.

[@Drakontwilight]

Pretty sure the older brother also reduced OP salary so he could give himself a higher salary

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

I think he did that with the help of his mother.

[@Buldogg345]

This is a case of "Don't bite the hand that feeds you." True, OP didn't create the family business, but he made it successful, he made it what it was before they threw him out for the "golden child". They don't deserve OP.The fact that employees and clients chose OP instead of the family proves he cares and knows more about it than them. The family can knock rocks and I wish OP a happy and fulfilling life :)

[@BaeBunni]

More like don't kill the golden goose. It's clear they need him more than he needed them.

[@Buldogg345]

@@BaeBunni Agreed. Love that phrase BTW. Might use it in the future :)

[@superstan2310]

Imagine staking the lives of every employee of your company by giving the reins to someone who hasn't a clue rather than the perfect candidate, OUT OF PITY/GUILT. Why do these idiots think playing with the livelihoods of everyone who relies on their company staying afloat is a good thing?

[@RavenScherazade]

This unfortunately happens and businesses will either be fine or fail. It sucks for all.

[@enen1220]

Eh OP is looking to expand. If the company goes down under some of the employes will get rehired in the new company, maybe even the same equipment if he buys out the failing buisness.

[@rustychumpy4381]

​​@@enen1220won't be the best feeling I'm sure to OP to see his family business go under. But eh tough shit, they kicked him out so comeuppance is there one way or another 🤷‍♂️

[@klassic9900]

@@rustychumpy4381 This is why you buy it when it's about to close down, you not only screw over the brother but you get the company back and everyone with it. Then you can offer to hire the brother on as a Rookie accountant for a 20k salary cut.

[@BaeBunni]

"Me me me I I I, give it all to me and fuck the other guy" is the sentiment plenty of people have. It's not right but it's definitely a reality.

[@droganovic6879]

Lmao, can anyone say "golden child" Heard this one before. Still can't get over how stupid the dad is 😅

[@1019bulldog]

Tell me you love one child more than the other without telling me you love one child more than the other. Happy that OP was able to at least put his knowledge and connections to good use and start building his own empire. Even has an actual family that he can celebrate with. When life (or in this case family) gives you lemons, make lemonade.

[@Anthologic]

I sincerely wish for there to be an update a year or two from now where OP explains that his business has expanded beyond belief and is thriving. That all of his old clients, as well as former colleagues, jumped ship to work with him and he gets to watch in satisfaction as his “brother’s” business crumbles to the ground. It would be the sweetest cherry on top to this story.

[@premiumfruits3528]

A 50 van plumbing company is pretty massive if it's privately owned. Sounds like it's already on its way to failing. I used to be a plumber, and I know first hand tradeskill types absolutely despise working for someone who knows literally nothing about the trades kill. There's a reason those companies are built from the ground up by people who actually do the job.

[@diamondly6250]

it sounds like ops new company is rising fast id say the dad only pushed him back a year or 2😂

[@obamabinladin1134]

@@diamondly6250 to be fair, he already had experience running it and knows which clientele would have a high chance of going with him than staying with their current providers.

[@crowfather0249]

The father doesn't seem too bright tbh. 😂 Watch what happens when the business goes under with the brother in charge.

[@DaShikuXI]

At least OP can take over all the clientele.

[@BaeBunni]

I get the feeling it's not that father is dim but "If you want my love and your grandkids in your life cooperate" It's not the most unusual my dad stuck out a couple of shit years to make sure he was in the same state when my sister had her kids.

[@mabyonedayicanbehappy]

​@@BaeBunniI can see this being the reason

[@ZedBeiFeng]

@@mabyonedayicanbehappy W/e let him tank the business without op I would go after all the clients and pouch every single worker they have get a loan from the bank to buy more vans and equipment expand like crazy see if his brother knows how to keep up. Op is being way too nice this is business dude be ruthless.

[@TJ-hg6op]

The fact that his family only acts sad when he leaves the company, but then become angry when he doesn’t go in to work shows that they don’t care about him, they just want to use him.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

The mother is a snake, I hope OP's future wife won't trust her and let her in into their private life.

[@drifter139]

I remember hearing this story for the 1st time on another channel. back then I thought the brother would run it into the ground because he doesn't know a damn thing about the business and now I still think the same thing. the only difference now is I think "how stupid do you have to be to give the business to the older son out of guilt rather than the younger one who worked his ass off to help build it up?"

[@Vida7354]

The quilt talk was just an excuse to cover up the fact that op was just an spare scape goat not even an equal

[@knowwhoiamyet]

If the company goes under because OP left, but would have stayed afloat if OP stuck around, then the owners weren't fit to own it, and the father made a mistake bigger than he first thought. Such is life with a golden child I suppose. None of the apologies sounded like anything more than kissing up, hoping to get OP to stay on for a 5 digit pay cut. Know your worth, OP. Your family obviously doesn't.

[@FlamesAndShadows]

Could see this scenario having a crappy twist of parents begging or ordering OP to make his brother a full partner, 'because he went to uni, is smart(er) and you need each other!'' Having a beserk, rally the family, button if he dares saying no, or remembering how his brother treated him and dad defending that as an already newly full owner uni boy would not agree to 50/50 split and therefore would not even be asked. Can see them blaiming him for holding onto the past and 'not (doing it for Dan) helping family!'.

[@mannydcbianco]

Had this happened to me I would have done exactly the same thing OP did. The utter disrespect and humiliation in having spent 13 years building the family business and then being tossed aside, demoted and given a huge pay cut when the brother - who hasn't worked a day in the family business - swoops in and gets full ownership. That's a level of disrespect that has to be deliberate. Why I have no idea, but that was deliberate. What they weren't counting on though was for OP to have a nice, shiny, girthy spine and take his skills and business contacts and start his own business. Now they're all suprisedpikachu'ing and wondering why OP won't come back.

[@mahiyatsafiyullah7103]

Man that father just drove the titanic into the iceberg there. How on earth does he think an accountant is going to be able to understand and run a plumbing business when he has never done it himself and hasn't paid attention to how it works.

[@jakesenecal2812]

The brother is the definition of someone who thinks that because they have a degree, that they are smarter and better than everyone else.

[@C.G.Gaster]

I laughed through my covid cough when they called him ungrateful. Seriously he's ungrateful, well if he's so ungrateful tell me where some of those employees went. All for "Not giving him enough attention". I call crap. Now their company might go under cause Mr. Money Bags is in charge rather than someone who knows the work. If this business crashes, it's on the brother and the father, not op. I don't trust people to run a company (especially a smaller one like theirs) who only know what they learned in college or university, and don't know the work that they do inside and out. Not to mention a 20k demotion. I left a job over a 3 dollar change, 20k I would burn the bridge. Now he wants OP to return and is using family to guilt him, damn, talk about killing a relationship by your own hand. And lastly, good on op, I'm glad he has a life he can be mostly happy with. May his mother, father, and brother fail in life going forward, and I hope they take this as a lesson. Op should def uninvite his mother if she is, because she doesn't sound like she really wants him either, she just does not lose access to other family he may have. Good on the family for backing off, but let's see how long that'll be. It may be cynical, but people don't change that easily. Either they are saving face, want something, or very rarely actually changed.

[@theweatherdog1816]

You got a Covid cough too?

[@C.G.Gaster]

@theweatherdog1816 yep woke up today cause it caused me to legit choke. It's been there, and my body sometimes wants to cough but won't let it out.

[@enen1220]

I wouldnt put much blame on the extended family. Who knows what they heard from only one side and how they twisted the story. Apologising and excusing yourself is enough.

[@C.G.Gaster]

@@enen1220Maybe in this case, apologizing would be enough for you. For me, I would have to see a change. See something to prove it. Just how I view things, they have already shown they will listen to who says what first, and will be shown up to father at the drop of a hat. Apologies are just words people use to try and get out of punishment. I know, cause I've done that.

[@mahiyatsafiyullah7103]

Also accountancy is not just university that is to get some of the qualifications but then you need to work with them and study to become chartered which is a lot more effort. Suffice to say simply doing the course doesn't make you an accountant you have to do further tests to become Chartered. Meaning they should know that university doesn't mean a lot when the experience of working is what gets you to the finished line.

[@michellealjunaidi8471]

I'm glad it worked out for OP in the end. Maybe it was fate he was to start his own conpany with his 12 years of on the job experience. His father didnt know he had a valuable asset in the business till he was gone. Now his dad doesn't have to feel guilty about his older son or spending time with him. His other younger son stepped back and out completely. The one son who was around helping his dad build the business from 2 employees to over 50. When the older son wanted no part of it.

[@RStartGaming1LOL]

The pain and betrayal OP must feel. You work for your dad for over a decade, make the business what it is, then get thrown away like you are nothing and did nothing for the business. I wish OP luck in the future and hope his business and those that saw his good work and joined him the best

[@ConnorKD1876]

All respect to this guy, sounds like a great and genuine man, and as a Scot the kilt is a fantastic idea lol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😃

[@aidenfurry471]

there was a wedding on my moms side of the family, the guy giving the best man speech went on the second floor balcony, wearing a kilt, the traditional way(commando) and put his leg on the railing, the entire time his wife was yelling at him to put his leg down, it's important to think things through

[@rainynight02]

Listening to these really make me appreciate my own family. They're not perfect by any means, but damn better than most of these stories I've been binging.

[@heatherward5053]

It’s not about destroying the brother, it’s about fulfilling your own dreams. They’re selfish to try to keep you down. The excuses for slighting you is crap. You deserve to have what you want as well. I’m glad you’re going your own way

[@eomin]

Imagine you slave away at your father's company to help out the family business. Honestly work your way from the bottom to the top, only for your older brother to suddenly inherit everything. Including your job. Just because he got a kid and a university degree (that can't compare to years of hands-on experience). I'd also put my skills to better use by starting my own business too. It's a better option than suddenly being forced to take a pay/authority cut in exchange for having to babysit and train your own replacement OP almost got screwed over big time by his family.

[@lollollolskeet]

The dad is going to die without seeing the son who helped him the most. He sounds like a bad person

[@BaeBunni]

The brother is definitely the type to liquidate the family business blame it on OP for not bending over like others did because of a "diploma" I'm sorry I'm also an "uneducated" guy who went to a trade school and I made more money then most of the guys I knew that went for diplomas and the few that do make more than me don't have much since they are repaying debt that I never incurred.

[@kalcibone]

Bet the brother sells the business and bolts when he messes up.

[@Bokesse]

Op will buy the bussiness back and cut loose to his family for good.

[@fancyclown6863]

hopefully the dad and brother keep the same energy of going no contact when the business goes to shit and they lose everything

[@supervillan3648]

I am just happy that the op didn't just make the business out of spite for his brother but to just survive and to feel justified for his actions. Also it's op's choice weather he leaves or stays in the business.

[@NoNoNoNo-99]

I don't think the father was acting out of guilt at all. I think he's wanted to give the business to the eldest son since the very beginning, and he's even used the op for this purpose. He is blatantly discriminating between his sons. "The golden child should rule and the peasant little child should serve." This is the kind of parent that deserves to be spending his last days in a nursing home, all alone.

[@FlamesAndShadows]

Uhum. I think his cited guilt for 'not being there for him' was actually refering to the time he was in (probably payed by brother and daddy's working hours) uni, and not being physically there for 4(?) years to be fully catered to

[@justaperson4065]

Listening to stories like this hurts. I have been betrayed by family in business, and its so sad to hear about other's situations. There is no pain deeper than the ones your own family can inflict. It's hard because we always love our family, even when we are devastated by them. I'm glad OP got out, is starting a new life and business, and I hope he is extremely successful! This story oddly gives me hope for myself. Thank you OP for sharing. If you can make lemonade from your family's lemons, then so can I, right?

[@lauralfreeberg2179]

You absolutely can, and best wishes to you

[@rafiahmed9348]

Yes you can with determination. And we are praying for you to succeed in life. 🙏🗿

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

We are rooting for you bro from the 4 corners of the world. Keep fighting and make your own success.

[@justaperson4065]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 Thank you.

[@landonhagan450]

Obviously, I have more sympathy for op, but I also feel a little for the dad in the same way I would for someone who irreversibly ruins their own life over one stupid decision. He said he destroyed his family and it seems like he was right. He lived his whole life just fine and then tore his family apart at the last second. I think it's still possible to mostly mend things, but some amount of the damage is irreparable and he may not have enough time left to fix what he could. The onus of making peace is also entirely on him, but he seems unwilling to accept the consequences of his actions. There's no undoing his decision, nor its consequences. All he can do his accept his mistake, accept his son's reaction, and try to maintain contact anyway.

[@redbeardsteelskin6723]

I think the only part that throws me off is that he even spoke to dad again after hearing the "explanation". He literally got 12 years of your life to help him build a business and told you "That doesn't amount to much compared to what I PERSONALLY think I owe your brother." Literally telling you that you're worth less than your sibling because of my personal issues, nope, that's the sort of thing where you stop speaking to them because it'll never stop. Here's an example: Ever had your ENTIRE family forget about you at Christmas because someone else deserved it more? My cousin and I had that happen when I was 16. I wasn't used to it at that point, but watching my 9 year old cousin cry because everyone forgot about him on CHRISTMAS? He passed away years ago and that still comes to mind and upsets me. Except for OP, it wouldn't be his cousin, it'd be his children. OP's Dad won't even have "forgotten", he'll just have some excuse of "Well, I had to spend extra on brother's kids cause they're older and like different things. So I couldn't afford to get your kid's stuff." Just glad he was smart enough to cut most of them out. The fact that mom won't talk to him even while talking to fiance makes me worry she'll pull something at the wedding, but, that's probably just personal paranoia vs an actual possibility.

[@fralee]

Big case of golden child syndrome there the son that worked with him for 12 years get booted to the side just because the other brother has a wife and kid that doesn't make any sense

[@KaiserTheDemon]

Yeah the guy in the story did the right thing 100%

[@Crazzomiez]

I’m so happy for him 🎉❤❤❤❤ He totally deserved it! I wish him wonderful life! ❤️❤️✨

[@ReiMI_TR_]

I WANT MORE EDITS!!! THIS IS GOING SO DAMN WELL, I WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING GOOD IN LIFE!!!😭😭😭

[@midnitethedsixl4601]

Why did the father think the brother was eligible to take over the business 100% when he literally did nothing to help it for 12 years and even said it was a waste of his time lol. I wish OP the best, he didn't deserve any of that treatment or to be told his brother deserved to own the business for reasons that weren’t even remotely valid at all

[@beverlypotter3236]

Talk about betrayal he gives the company to the first one who wanted nothing to do with it saying it was below him and gets mad at the second son who helped him build it then wants him to run back saying he doesn't know how to run a company he's been running for 12 years i would never talk to them again

[@thatguyluke242]

The dad gave one son the cake but the other knew the recipe

[@MeyaRoseGirl]

Wow, this is like the biblical allegory of the prodigal son with a very important difference. In the biblical story, the father was so happy to have the prodigal son back that he gave him a ring and a coat and held a huge party that the faithful son came home to after a busy day of work. The faithful son was angry that the father was doing so much for the prodigal, but he, the good son, never got that kind of recognition. But then the father pointed out that the faithful son was the heir. In this story, the father gave the prodigal the faithful's inheritance. It would have been shameful if it was just that the prodigal was getting 50%, since the faithful has put so much more work into it, but no, it's worse. The prodigal gets it ALL. What a terrible father. He admits that he neglected the brother for his business, and then to make up for it gave the business to the brother at the expense of OP. It sounds to me like the father loves the BUSINESS more than he loves EITHER of his sons. I must be much more vindictive than the OP, because after that betrayal, I would make it my life's mission to drive Dad's old business into the ground, since he loves it so much more than his family.

[@advertslaxxor]

Honestly the hilarious part is when the father suggests going 50/50. 12 years in, brother swoops in and "50/50". Hahahahahahahahaha

[@zacharyrollick6169]

Imagine stealing $20k from a relative because "they don't need it".

[@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer]

It was £20,000 so it's roughly $30,000

[@chugughchctr]

It was also his annual salary ​@@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer

[@Babidi111]

- Put a W in the middle of your kids names pal cause you are wracking up Wins. You lost nothing but weight and are getting nothing but gains! Build that Kindome!

[@newturtle3]

Worst business deal goes to.... 😂😂😂😂

[@hunterbachelder3480]

Not only demoting his son and taking the business away but also cutting his pay? That ain’t right.

[@laustudie]

My guess is that the old brother was considered the "problem child". Helping your problem child a little more to get on his own feet is one thing, demoting your succesful child is another.

[@A_Camacho]

The father should be like: Well, well... if it isn't the consequences to my own actions

[@cheesaliciousable]

Nah, they treated you like property and thought they owned your time. I would've been a lot more harsh.

[@MrDucktastic]

Plumbing company run by someone without plumbing expertise... Yeah. Met a lot of tradesmen and live in the UK. Guarantee the best workers would be buying their own van and bailing the moment they were introduced to the new leadership. The less competent ones will stick around hoping to progress upwards. That company was toast as soon as it transferred to the brother and the dad knows it. And beyond talking his son into transferring it back to the other, he can't do much about it. Paycut, demotion and reduction of status soon as he took over... how do you reconcile that?

[@chessieray1465]

What in the know-nothing nepotism is going on? Dad doesn't have a lick of sense of what he's doing, and the brother to all of a sudden grows a pair when he refused involvement in the first place is laughable. Hopefully OP overtakes them and remains blessed.

[@spicymeat786]

how can the family think about the company when the main problem here is the betrayal

[@clay5291]

“You helped me build my business and after I gave it to your idiot brother, how dare you use the experience in business you got from building mine for building your own instead of bowing to your brother!”

[@FabIsFab7867]

He’s not ungrateful, he’s backstabbed.

[@NRX25]

Wow, you cannot treat random employees like that, much less own family. If they handle managment like that, they will fail hard.

[@notting2640]

Bro thinks having a bachelors these days means you know how to run a company💀 bro is delusional

[@crazyt1483]

The dad is more blind then Stevie wonder in a unlit windowless room. OP could have gone to uni and done this that and another but stayed to help the business and felt he had value there as a person. Now the brother took over and changed everything the value is lost

[@LODintheshadows]

Dad's ungrateful for what he had? He gave zero reasons that justify giving business to brother. He was asked to step down, so he did. That was their choice. Tough s***

[@Scott-v8k]

Wanna bet that the brother will go broke and then expect you to give him control of your company

[@MrTStat]

God bless my dad's soul! he left us nothing to fight over lol

[@chloeerose004]

"Ill be wearing my kilt" lets gooooo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kyleromero9912]

Letting feelings make decisions in work is never a good idea.

[@juliannickermann9492]

Oh my God, i remember this story, but i never caught up after Update 2. To this day my opinion has not changed, i still think that the brother should not have got the business since he had no understanding of it and was not involved at all, while OP sacrificed more than a decade to build this. I still think there was some manipulating by brother involved that OP was tossed aside, maybe favoritism, but maybe the "Im more qualified on paper" card, which is in my opinion only proven by that crappy family dinner. I also don't get on how father thought this could work, getting a pay cut that huge is insane. I also don't get why the family initially reacted that way, in a logical setting this makes no sense, and here again I'm sure favoritism played a major role. And im happy OP builds a new business with a few of his old coworkers, if expertise and an early dedication is involved i'm certain this will blow up. This is something i saw in real life too, my first job was as an electrician in a family owned plumbing business, there was a similar story happened, the founder died, and his wife took over, during that time the dude who trained me made his master in plumbing too and he was promised the business, but the grandson of the founders finished his training in buro something, and he got the business. He literally had no idea of anything and crashed the whole business since there was no quality, neither in done work, nor in material we needed, then the guy who trained me took over and the business started to run again, but damage was done, a year later i and many more quit and the business does rather bad, since it was run almost 3 years with no expertise in leading positions. This is probably going to happen In brothers business too, if it not already started.

[@stall1on300]

Youre a good spirit, don’t worry. You were done wrong, but you’re definitely going on to do great things! Stay strong

[@MayankKumar3042-e9g]

Brother May Know the Business BUT OP knows the CHEMISTRY

[@Burritofan]

i wished there was an update to this story id like to know how things are today. thats been the biggest frustration in this story to me.

[@SL7DD]

Well well well if it isn’t the consequences of her own actions 🥴🙄 I feel bad for the guy, hope he moves on and finds someone who actually loves him

[@herticate8579]

The fact that the dad was not there for the other brother is his problem and not yours, he made the choice to give his business to him and you in response left the business, perfect counterblow. It's really idiotic of him to sacrifice perfectly healthy relationship for a strained relationship, even if the dad gave the business to the brother, the brother is not gonna suddenly gonna get closer to his dad, that's absurd delusion. Mending relationships is not about material wealth, its about the time he spent and that time is at the end of his life. I thought age is meant to make you wiser not dumber.

[@IllIlllI]

My dad (13y old, female)

[@Jaggerto]

Yeah bro! Rock that kilt!

[@vaepuer2290]

This feels like Yellowstone but Jaimie's the favourite kid

[@LordLoocifer]

the brother still won the company at the end, sad.

[@christopheribarra1170]

So essentially: Dad: Hagoromo OP: Indra Brother: Ashura

[@bigmike2464]

Next time you expand; buy their business

[@fanofpink]

That's what they get for giving to the person who doesn't deserve it. If they wanted to apologize to op they and have come back they should've thrown older brother out on his ass and put him where rightfully belonged. They can't be assholes when they realized they he was going to play second fiddle.

[@ElkiaStellar]

The parents really shouldn't be called parents. They neglect one child all his life to focus on the other, then they shift focus to the first child to neglect the other one who's been there for him for years. Why have 2 children if you can't parent them both at the same time? why do you have to throw one child in the trash to parent the other one? I don't even blame the brother, he probably thinks that he's been undermined and forgotten for years and deserves some kind of recognition. Of course he wouldn't like the favorite child coming to boss him around even if he knows what he's doing. They're both better off completely going NC with the ''parents''

[@Nirvash89]

I, for the life of me, cannot even begin to fathom the thought process of the Father: He had a son that was there for over a decade, helping to grow the business and getting to know the employees, but then for some reason, old Father decides to hand full control over to a paper-pushing accountant who probably knows DICK about plumbing, and expected the younger son to take both the insult, demotion and pay cut?! I agree with the majority; O.P. was able to dodge a tactical nuke heading for that company, since a bean counter will be more concerned with the profits and losses than about the actual work. And with the loss of several prominent workers, and clients, I wouldn't be surprised if the "Family Business" goes belly-up in short order.

[@Tekniq182]

I've heard this story before and still think it is fake. It follows the common format of Person X wronged OP and now miraculous OP is thriving (and making lots of money) in short amount of time and Person X is failing and miserable. Starting a business, getting all the legal, logistical, insurance, taxes, benefits?, etc.. sorted out takes a lot of time and you most likely won't be making much profit for a while. Also it is unlikely that these clients would just break a contract with the brother's company and move it to a newly-formed entity started by OP without of this stuff sorted out. It is entertaining but most likely a fabrication.

[@potatogaming7044]

This reminded me of old man six paths giving up leadership to his younger son, even though his older son was better at Ninjutsu. Indra was kinda evil though

[@LygarZeroX]

and when he went 50/50 with the reincarnations, it actually lead to a better future.

[@ezra3714]

Reminds me of that one story from the bible, where theres this rich man with 2 sons, literally same story as this, its kinda sad that the one that is loyal is the one that gets nailed down

[@nathan3252]

The best revenge is success. Create a successful business while keeping an eye on your brother's failing business though make sure that no one buys that business except you. When it hits bankruptcy buy the remaining assets from the bank. Convince the remaining employees to join your business. This way you can claim ownership of the family business as it was meant to be. Sadly I fear your father may not be alive to see this but tell your mom that you are merely correcting your father's mistake. Now your brother can work in the actual field he should while the family business is now in better hands.

[@spaRKLES88604]

But I thought he didn’t know how to run a business his brother sounds like a piece of work lol

[@NightCourt1984]

It's amazing. One minute people are apologizing saying they were wrong and want you back and the next they're vilifying you as if the whole thing is your fault. Dad chose to be ungrateful for OPs help and made the bad decision. Brother is a idiot thinking he knows what he's doing when he would need OPs help every minute then tell the father he's got everything under control. And the mother needs to either get them all apologizing to OP or get used to the idea that if OP has kids they might never see them. Also the part about the brother deserving to run the business. What exactly had he done to do that? His degree is in accounting. How exactly is that going to help. The father's excuses were all hollow.

[@Levithos]

The dad fucked up, he knows it, but wants to be stubborn. He felt bad about not supporting his oldest son, but he never supported OP. OP bust his ass to run the business, learn the business, expanding the business. Yeah, that dad deserves to lose the business.

[@FlamesAndShadows]

You all have a lot of great points, so instead of repeating my first X reactions, I'll ask this. Little brother fully worked from 15 to 27 with some, probably, part time in college related to his trade. BIG brother only just finished uni, but had no work experience in dad's company. Accounting degree takes 4 year on average. Question WTF was he doing the rest of the time and is dad guilty for 'not being there for him' just those 4 he was away? o_O You don't reward former addicts by gifting them business out of guilt, but it seems the thing a golden child would be rewarded with

[@laurachavez8724]

OP said at the beginning that, after the brother graduated, he worked as an accountant, and came back to work in the family business when Covid hit. I’m guessing he got laid off or something.

[@CodyJonesXD]

*Where's The Video With The Rest Of The Updates!?!*

[@ASERMAN94]

I’m not saying this to make the op look in the wrong but if I were him and since I have saved up money, I would have offered a partnership with his dad since this is the only career investing he had at that time. Even for a small percentage of the ownership and profit. For example by one or two vans whenever he could and reinvest his savings onto the company. The situation would be totally different in this case

[@justdan8523]

It's a damn shame it came to that but OP has done what's best for him and if his father brother mother don't accept it that's on them. I've got family in the hairdressing business and they run 2 different hairdressers and even though they compete if they can't fit a client in they refer business over to the other and visa versa it's worked out well for them.

[@emperorpalpatine2957]

That is nothing more than a backstab. Just because he's your dad that has a medical conditions doesn't mean he can just do something like this. definitely not the asshole. Breaking off from *everyone* might be a bit much, but if they agreed with your father then I'd understand just to avoid any annoyances in the future.

[@beverlypotter3236]

Is anyone else getting a headache from the moving around and just wants the guy to stay put in one spot

[@Panwere36]

Yeah.. the OP has no reason to be loyal. Not going to lie, but people need to understand that a college degree is in no way justification to just be "slid into control" of a company he knows absolutely nothing about. I guarantee that in between 18 months and 3 years he will bankrupt the business and/or he will be removed from the position by force. The absolute arrogance of the brother so early proves that, and his every word shows he doesn't deserve to have the company. I really feel bad for the family, but the father and brother screwed up and know it. The extended family can see what is coming, and they know that the brother will end up selling to the OP in the end.

[@kevin1153]

Not the asshole for starting your own business, but should not cut your parents out of your life, or your brother. Prove them wrong.

[@KentChestnut-rd8wn]

Shocker!!! Who to start off with!!! Father biggest as!holes do not go 50/50 with son, give the whole business to son that does not now anything about the business and last think you come back to work for brother. Now the brother or should we called the golden child come back got the whole business without knowing anything about the business should listen to brother and abet he does not listen to the worker that have 10 or more year in the business. Mother and the other family member what did they think would happen when someone does not know anything about business demote his brother I for one would have leave the next day after it was announced. Hope your business goes pass what our father business was like maybe be the the top three in that business and above our brother company!!! What did he think would happen with someone with no knowledge in the business think he could go the next level or something like that. I bet the workers and clients will started leaving and cancel works!!!

[@madaneoulix1312]

They didn't find the post .. that doesn't happen

[@RickyFSeiei]

Like the Dad could have given a High Paying Job to his Brother at his company. It is Nepotism yes, but it is not as Bad as to give the entire company to someone that doesn't deserved it. The facts that they double down on their Mistake truely reveals their real personality. Cowards who hides behind the comfort of others.

[@danielathayde]

I know people will often say almost every reddit post is fake, and that's likely true, but saying "my british blue collar plumber dad and his true brexit wife read my REDDIT POST by complete chance" is too wild. There is nothing in this world that can convince me this actually happened.

[@FlamesAndShadows]

I almost always think its either some friend/relative who is on reddit or into storytelling vids, or OP posted on threads that are getting fame and a good read regardless if you are into specific topics or not

[@rorp24]

And as always, when OOP will have childs, the parent will come back with "let's forget the past, we were all dumb". But to me OP, will not being the asshole, should have say during the family meeting that eather the brother go 66/33 (in favor of OP) or they can watch the company OOP helped build die as OOP isn't there anymore. If they say yes, everyone is happy, if they say no, OOP would have a card to play to shut everyone up as in "My father choosed the incompetent child to run the company, and when I gave them a way of fixing the problem without throwing away nether the company nor my brother, they said no. If the company is dead, it's not my fault."

[@AECH_CH]

Idk, I don't like the idea of using the future family as emotional blackmail. Sure this is terrible, but the way OP solved it they can still talk to each other in the future - and the grand kids can have a good relationship with their grand parents.

[@rorp24]

@@AECH_CH I may have not been clear, but I don't say that op should do that. The family meeting I'm mentioning is the last one that had happen already. But I'm saying that the family will sudently want to speak to op when he will have childs, will trying to say that it was everyone fault so let's just all forget about that

[@roronoazoro276]

OP stop going back to meet your family again and again in hopes of getting some business back. All those 3 people made their decision and it's time you make yours . seems like you enjoy this back and forth drama but cutting them off of your life will bring peace in your life.

[@Imbapiranha]

Father probably thinks the brother is better with money.

[@robertbode2716]

Seems to me the father didn’t learn his lesson with the post at all. They are only pissed because they need him and they were caught looking like morons on the internet.

[@Telltales.]

FIRST!

[@The_cheese_is_grilled]

that's not fair :(

[@thehumblehegemon]

mate its your own video

[@scpfoundation8376]

@@thehumblehegemonhe posted the video, he can also watch it. It’s fair game I guess.😂

[@arracso.]

@@scpfoundation8376 but his comment is from before the video was published

[@kitsunephantom6155]

@@arracso. Game was rigged from the start lmfao