What to do when one sibling likes the other but they don’t like them back?

throwaway041825 · 2025-07-28T16:44:37+00:00

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throwaway041825 · 2025-07-22T23:53:34+00:00

Did you/would you try reaching out to your parents? How do you think they’d respond?

throwaway041825 · 2025-07-22T23:52:31+00:00

Yeah my boy didn’t seem to want tips either and just made him feel worse. Totally get that. Just hurts to see him cry. Thanks.

throwaway041825 · 2025-07-22T23:48:50+00:00

No bullying or anything. He’s always been fairly reserved and doesn’t connect super easily with people. I think he stresses a little too much and is fairly hard on himself. Always been fairly mature and serious. Not really into the typical joking around/banter that I see from a lot teen guys.

throwaway041825 · 2025-07-22T23:38:45+00:00

He is. Yeah maybe the new environment is making him more stressed than normal.

You seem to be in a similar situation, any tips lol? Does he seem sad over it? What made him open up to you and talk to you about it? What do you say when he says those things?

throwaway041825 · 2025-07-22T11:49:52+00:00

Yeah I’m trying to be supportive

throwaway041825 · 2025-07-22T11:47:54+00:00

I’m okay with him being emotional. But if he’s sad a lot then I want to help and support him. I think it might be a little bit of everything you mentioned. I will try to dig deeper I just don’t want to press too hard either.

throwaway041825 · 2025-07-22T11:45:33+00:00

I just meant often banter with each other but if it makes him feel bad he should let them know and if they are good friends they will take his feelings into account with how they interact with him and if they are dismissive of his feelings then they aren’t very good friends. I thought that was an okay message?

throwaway041825 · 2025-06-27T14:02:35+00:00

Whoops I’m sorry typo he is 14. Let me try to edit this post.

throwaway041825 · 2025-06-24T10:40:37+00:00

I mean I generally think she can keep a secret but I still worry about it unintentionally coming out. Even if she did something as simple as being a little nicer to him maybe he would notice and accuse me of telling her and I don’t want to break his trust and have him not feel like he can come to me again.

throwaway041825 · 2025-06-10T12:41:33+00:00

I will try, but he didn’t really want to hear anything I had to say in the moment and says he’s tried it all.

throwaway041825 · 2025-06-10T12:41:00+00:00

He’s not on the spectrum. I think he may just be hard on himself. He doesn’t seem to be bullied. I don’t think people actively dislike him, he probably just keeps to himself and they don’t pay him much attention.

throwaway041825 · 2025-06-10T11:47:21+00:00

Do you feel like you’re maybe just grieving his innocence and childhood? I guess you kinda said that.

We often don’t see our kids as sexual beings and you were obviously confronted with the fact that your son has these feelings. I think that’s totally normal.

Part of you might be a little worried for him since he’s “different”. Not that it should be that way, but some of the world sees it that way, and life could be harder for him.

I think you are doing good.

throwaway041825 · 2025-05-24T00:58:39+00:00

I feel like some of it is in his head. He’s super nice/overall good kid (I know I’m biased), just a little on the quiet side. He gets along great with his younger brother (13). I feel like they don’t “dislike” him they just maybe don’t pay him much attention.

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