<p>Would you really want your family to be there, getting in of the way…? ? ? move in day is when you make some friends… the lat thing you want is your brother getting in the way… hanging in your dorm room or something.</p>
<p>Seriously. LMAO…</p>
<p>I didn’t even have my parents come. Let alone any of my brothers. This sounds extremely needy and very dependant in my opinion.</p>
<p>This is one of those things that’s fine either way, LDO.</p>
<p>I personally would not want my siblings to come. One would probably end up getting tired and whining and the other just ask too many questions and irritate me. Like I see some kids have their ENTIRE FAMILY come for just an orientation or “prospective student day” and I think it’s cruel. I’m sure the 6yr old doesn’t want to be there listening to a bunch of old people talk about how some random school (that she’ll forget by the time she’s even looking at colleges) is great.
I think OP’s brother will probably be bored…It’s all about you the day you move into college. Your needs, books, supplies, wants, desires…Parents are gonna be all over your especially since it’s a long way away…Brother will probably be “Well, this sucks. I could be home playing video games and still get the same attention.”</p>
<p>Maybe your sibling bond with him isn’t as tight as you thought.
Use your time at home before you go away to build a better relationship with him.
Cut him some slack.
Sorry to say, but your posting makes you appear to be a bit egotistic. I hope you’re not.
Be gracious and give him a pass.</p>
<p>Maybe he has better things to do? It’s not like you’re going to the military.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t even think about asking my sister to come.</p>
<p>My entire family said good-bye at the airport; my relatives near my university helped me move in.</p>
<p>Get over. Your request is unreasonable and your reaction is infantile.</p>
<p>I don’t really think it’s really normal or abnormal. If he doesn’t want to go, then he doesn’t want to go. I don’t really blame him. I’m pretty sure I didn’t go with either of my older brothers when they went to school. Granted, they didn’t actually leave since they went to school in the same city that we live in…but you get my point.</p>
<p>You are overreacting. If it was your first day of college a half hour away that would be one thing, but your brother has a life of his own, too.</p>
<p>I asked my 16 year old sister NOT to come. She would’ve been in the way and probably would have embarrassed me.</p>
<p>Get over it. There isn’t any reason for your brother tag along while you move into your dorm. This is supposed to be YOUR experience, not his.</p>
<p>Honestly, lighten up. As someone previously mentioned, you’re not going off to war.
Your parents are going with you. Enjoy the experience with them.</p>
<p>Focus on the fact that this is a new beginning for YOU. Embrace the experience while dropping all of the unnecessary drama that you’re currently bringing into the situation.</p>
<p>When you can fly alone at 5 (unescorted at 11 or 12), why would you need him to come with you?</p>
<p>I could see that you’d want someone to help unpack your stuff, but assuming you’re parents are coming that’s covered.</p>
<p>I don’t know if this is normal for you to want him there, if he is busy with his senior year, and he has no interest in going to your college so he doesn’t want to visit it.</p>
<p>You’ll want to meet new people, and all you’re family will do is help you get stuff into you’re room then maybe talk to the RA and whoever is coordinating stuff (maybe if you’re school has some opening activities or something go to that as well). I’d want to just get that over with as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>If I had a 5 year old I wouldn’t let them fly alone unless it was absolutely necessary.</p>
<p>They have flight attendants escort you from the guardians at the departure all the way to the guardians at the arrival.</p>
<p>Its a little bit easier than waiting for someone to fly 10+ hours then to go with the kid and fly 10+ hours right back.</p>
<p>That doesn’t really count as flying alone, since they pair you with other kids and they escort you the whole way.</p>
<p>At 12, you can fly absolutely alone and assuming you’re mature enough to do so (coordinate flight times at layovers, so you get to your gate on time, have enough money to call to your destination if there is a problem like an extra 5 hour layover, and be able to buy food) it isn’t much different than going off to college (with the main difference of unpacking you’re room which you may want assistance with).</p>
<p>He’s got school. He doesn’t hate you.</p>
<p>Nah, he hates you.</p>
<p>Or plane rides and boredom.</p>
<p>i’ve never heard of someone going off to their sibling’s first day of college…</p>
<p>My brother didn’t bother to wake up to hear my valedictory speech several years ago. Good guy, ha.</p>
<p>This does sound a little needy. My brother never came when I left for college. In fact, he didn’t even come to the airport. And my mom only came with me up to the airport (mainly since we didn’t want to pay for parking so we needed someone to take the car home after my dad and I got to the airport). And it’s not that they hate me, but it is just an inconvenience. My brother had school, and he had tough classes that he didn’t want to miss (especially several days). Additionally, it is just expensive (your brother would have to buy a plane ticket for himself which probably isn’t that cheap). And on top of that, move-in is really stressful (there is so much traffic around the dorms on campus and it’s complete chaos and craziness), and it is really annoying to be there during move-in, so your brother might not want to get caught up in that. </p>
<p>And really, it’s not like you’re going off on some risky mission where you might die or that you’ll be gone for a couple years. You’ll be back be Thanksgiving. Just chill.</p>
<p>To the OP,</p>
<p>You need to grow up and realize that this isn’t a big deal. I had an older sister (3 years older) and her going away to college wasn’t exactly a major day in my life, yaaawwnnn, ho hum…and we were close too.</p>
<p>It’s not a big deal, stop being so needy - I can only imagine how you are with your boyfriends.</p>
<p>More than likely your brother doesn’t want to spend his weekend moving your crap up and down dorm steps and seeing some campus he has no interest in.</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>He is planning a major blow-out while you and your parents are gone, has a couple kegs lined up and backseat-betty arriving Friday at 8. So stop actin like a C-blocker.</p>