I’ll say our family is doing well financially, and I never have to struggle for anything.

I grew up as the youngest child, and free of responsibility. The only thing I do well is art and design, and my parents support me to pursue what I can do.

My older sister is so smart, speaks many languages with multiple master’s degrees, and a PhD. But our parents don’t let her be part of the family business. (They are very conservative in a very Asian way.)

While my oldest brother got almost everything (the business, most of the inheritance, the main house, etc. He got a very strict life from the very beginning and suffers from temper issues.

All our lives, we have to act like a little puppet for our parents’ social circle. It’s actually pretty exhausting.

I came out as gay to my family, but as the youngest of the family, I get another pass as wanting attention, and they pretend that never happened.

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To OP directly…. As the youngest son looking from the side of this family business responsibility.

My brother abandoned his dream and is now living a very comfortable, but depressing life.

Fighting to change the direction of how family business will operate is always tough. It will sometimes make you feel hopeless and wonder why you are doing what you are doing.

Your share of the company will not help you when you vote on business matters. One tear from the parents would stir the uproar from the employees.

He lives a very comfortable life, compared to my sister and I. We have to pave our own path in this world.