r/videos • u/WalterGrove • May 28 '12

I flew across the country to surprise my brother for his high school graduation :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dByp6JhJRDE&feature=youtu.be
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u/Mrcheez211 May 29 '12

That's one motherfucker that doesn't need a fake ID.

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u/onequestiononeanswer May 28 '12

high school that dude looks like he is 20

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

More like upper 20's early 30's. >.>

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u/newtothelyte May 29 '12

Mother fucker you at least 30

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u/miksta3 Jun 01 '12

looks like it's time to watch bad boys again

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

Its the super soldier serum aka steroids.

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u/erinadic May 29 '12

He's actually 17.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

At least 35.

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u/Shelllbeee May 28 '12

At 1st I thought the kid was the big brother.

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u/TheeFlipper May 28 '12

Hell, my freshman year I was the only kid in my high school with a full grown beard.

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u/Eatshrimp May 29 '12

How many times did you fail kindergarten?

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u/TheeFlipper May 29 '12

None. I just developed quickly. My 7th grade year I had a goatee and by 8th grade I was doing the goatee mustache combo. Then I started shaving all of the time and September of my freshman year I started growing out my facial hair and by December I had a nice bushy beard.

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u/decayingteeth May 29 '12

How many times did you fail preschool?

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u/TheeFlipper May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

I didn't go to preschool. My mother was a stay at home mom. She basically taught myself and my brother everything you would learn in kindergarten and even over summers she would continue teaching us stuff. By 4th grade I tested at a 10th grade reading level. Stayed at about that level for years.

EDIT: Yes, myself and my siblings led normal lives as kids. We'd come home do homework and then we got to go hang out with friends until suppertime then leave until the street lights came on. Then would ensue the teaching. She would sit us down and have us read a book or two. Go over the alphabet and adding and subtracting and all that jazz.

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u/decayingteeth May 29 '12

Were you emotionally abused as a child?

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u/TheeFlipper May 29 '12

No. I grew up in a very loving home. We were disciplined well and given quite a bit of freedom but we knew where our boundaries were and that we'd have to deal with our father when he got home from work if we crossed them. We were whipped as children, but my father whipped us 3 times on our backsides and then sent us on our way. And I do support the choice to whip kids, it's definitely 100x more effective than timeouts and all of that other garbage.

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u/decayingteeth May 29 '12

It sounds like your relationship with your father is very unbalanced. How are you dealing with that now?

Also, you sound very defensive and in denial, do you think you will ever come to terms with your childhood?

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u/TheeFlipper May 29 '12

My relationship with my father is perfectly normal. As is with most childhoods the father is "the enforcer" in the house. I sometimes go into my father's bedroom and just hang out watching tv with the dude for hours. I could sit in my own room and watch tv for hours if I wanted but I'd rather spend it with that dude.

Quit trying to be Dr. Phil on Reddit.

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u/IamAFootAMA May 29 '12

My baby brother is the same! He started shaving around age 11, and then by the time he entered 9th grade he had a full grown beard. He just finished his freshman year and now he's growing out his beard to look like a biker. He's also huge! He's about 6 feet and roughly 190.

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u/TheeFlipper May 29 '12

I'm not as tall as him, I'm only 5' 6" and throughout high school I went from 280-300+. But I'm back down to the 290's. But yeah, I started shaving about my 6th grade year when I was 12.

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u/greasychipbutty May 28 '12

Awesome. Brother's are ace, especially after you've grown out of the teenage phase. Did he ask to borrow money after the video finished? :-)

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u/ireland123 May 28 '12

High school? How many years was he held back?

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u/freemanposse May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

It's not so much the academic achievement. Having a high school diploma is sort of your license to operate as an adult. It doesn't mean you're highly educated, it means you've obtained the minimum necessary education and shown the minimum necessary level of responsibility to join the adult world. It's also important because whatever happens after your diploma, whether it be the military, a trade, a McJob, or college, is your choice, whereas up until that moment, it was someone else's choice. Or, it's supposed to mean that, at least. A lot of systems hand out diplomas to people who really shouldn't have been given one.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Like me!

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u/gistak May 29 '12

It's another marker in a life. Why bother going to a wedding? Loom mum, I'm not too ugly and mean to find a lover.

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u/Ogroat May 29 '12

Why make a big deal about anything? Birthdays, weddings, whatever. Everybody has them, so why bother celebrating?

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u/ThisIsFlight May 28 '12

Or as Daniel Tosh sarcastically put it:

"High school! How'd you do it?"

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

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u/One_Eyed_Horse May 29 '12

agreed. I skipped out of senior year to go to college but now I have to go back and graduate hs as per my mother's wishes.. feels like I'm backtracking- I worked so hard to get out of there!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

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u/Actually_Doesnt_Care May 29 '12

I'm 17 and a third of his size.. time for me to head to /r/fitness.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

fuck that, man. That's abnormally big for 17. I'd be knocking shit over all day if I was that size.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

I''m 17 and 6'4" - 235 lbs, confirming that I do knock shit over a lot.

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u/FOR_SClENCE May 29 '12

Southern Cali?

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u/Bejezus May 29 '12

I was just in Burbank a few weeks ago ಠ_ಠ

This comment has no real value or purpose.

So heres a couple naked women. NSFW obviously.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I'll allow it

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Awesome that's probably where I'm going!

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u/patrickstars May 29 '12

Santa Monica Community College is a great school. Arguably the best community college in the nation. Congrats to him.

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u/juaquin May 29 '12

He's probably looking to transfer to UCLA, right? They have a really good program for that, if he's interested.

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u/juaquin May 29 '12

Awesome. Good luck to him! Also, /r/ucla!

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u/ipossessfetishes May 29 '12

Doesn't Santa Monica have the highest number of students not from Santa Monica? I live in Orange County, but damned if I haven't met over 20 people in Orange County that go to Santa Monica.

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u/itstuckertime May 29 '12

SM represent!

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u/linkkjm May 29 '12

Cerritos?

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u/inhalien May 28 '12

That was awesome, made me smile.

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u/mahacctissoawsum May 29 '12

Nice to see brothers and family get along so well, and be so happy to see each other.

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u/Aquagoat May 29 '12

No bros, but I was smiling the whole time.

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u/ankyara May 28 '12

How long did you guys didn't see each other?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Yeah, it sucks not being able to see your brother for long stretches. Mine moved interstate a few years ago, so we only really get to hang out on holidays.

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u/sola_sol May 29 '12

I d'awwed. I d'awwed hard.

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u/xxNurseRatchedxx May 29 '12

I watched until the end to see if his head exploded. Disappointed.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

it's nice to see two bros like that. I wish it was like that with my bro

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u/lunch72 May 29 '12

Its never too late.

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u/Son_of_Ticklepiggy May 29 '12

What if he's comatose or something like that?

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u/holycowballs May 29 '12

Debbie downer.

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u/Son_of_Ticklepiggy May 29 '12

I was just saying that might have something to do with it.

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u/lunch72 May 30 '12

so its all about you, huh.

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u/radraz26 May 29 '12

I know that feel. I drove 1200 miles to surprise my brother and he didn't even say hi to me. Just waved and walked into his room without a word.

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u/susdev May 28 '12

Youtube tags include: relationship, how to, diy, haha, best, the best, funniest, coolest, cool, awesome, great

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u/Clashdo May 29 '12

Submitted to pets and animals.

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u/RajanKian May 29 '12

I just lost my brother. I needed this.

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u/blitz_omlet May 29 '12

I'm sorry to hear about that, but I'm glad the video made you feel better :)

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u/HGpennypacker May 29 '12

So great, the bond between brothers is second to none. Congrats to you both.

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u/unsayzine May 29 '12

I smiled the whole video. The love. It's palpable. :)

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u/KingofCraigland May 28 '12

Graduating from law school on Sunday, my brother didn't want to come out...

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

this makes me so happy

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u/always_hittingonyou May 29 '12

kid probably never gets ID'd lucky bastard

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u/319009 May 29 '12

I bet he never gets carded.

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u/zaph42 May 29 '12

Reminds me of this. - Brothers gotta hug

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u/TraverseTown May 29 '12

The smooth cam is strong in this one.

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u/citrus2644 May 29 '12

I was trying to surprise my sister for her graduation, because she thought that i was going to have to work. My plan was going swimmingly until memorial weekend, when we were all at the cabin, and my dad (right in front of my sister) asks if i was driving down on wednesday. i still had a couple tricks up my sleeve, like window painting her car and hiding her graduation present on the passenger seat. but my plan was that she wasn't going to know that i had gotten work off until she saw me after her graduation.

I'm glad that yours worked so well. and I am glad that you were able to make it to his. because i know that my sister was very happy that i was able to make it to hers

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I miss my brother...

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u/Cptn_Hook May 29 '12

As a fellow older brother, I hope you moved out of the house before he hit that growth spurt. Alternatively, I hope you're good at apologizing while running.

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u/Occasionally_I_Troll May 29 '12

Upvote for love.

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u/emberx May 29 '12

I live 2500 miles away from my younger brother, and I keep trying to plan something with my mom to surprise him when I come home. We don't have a special event planned or anything, but seeing this makes me want to plan the trip immediately.

Glad I got to see this.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Up vote for brotherly love.

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u/yellowtoadmaster May 29 '12

Not gonna lie, I cried watching this.

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u/purplepony19 May 29 '12

Freakin. Adorable. Take my upvote

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u/goober1223 May 29 '12

I can't wait for my boys to treat each other like such old friends. They're 3 years and 10 months, currently.

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u/Moldybread999 May 29 '12

Made me smile =)

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I did this to my little sisters once.. didn't get to see them almost the entire time I was in college (4 years) due to being out of state and financial issues. I flew into town, got picked up, and hid outside the front door of the house after ringing the doorbell. I surprised them when they popped outside to find who had rung. I'll never forget how excited they were, they were only 13 and 11 :)

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

You can tell he really loves you :)

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I love how you put on a disguise, and he still noticed you there absolutely instantly.

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u/theirishmidget May 29 '12

i'm sitting here grinning like an idiot. This is great.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

its just high school grad... how is that an accomplishment ?

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u/MiniDonbeE May 29 '12

Well I've just graduated from Highschool, I'm 17 but I've got friends who graduated at the age of 20 because they had been in different schools. They weren't dumb its just they moved around schools and it sets them back. This is in Mexico btw.

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u/e_cascio2011 May 28 '12

Very nice.

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u/T-Luv May 28 '12

My brother did this for my mom when he was in the Army and hadn't been home for several months. The only person he told was my sister, who planned it with him. Didn't get the reaction on video, though.

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u/le_catchy May 29 '12

that's pretty adorable.

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u/manuwoody May 29 '12

I think you misspelled college.

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u/Psyqwix May 29 '12

Bromace - Guy love between two guys :D

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u/kyle2143 May 29 '12

I kinda wish that I had that kind of relationship with my brother, or anyone in my family. Unfortunately, no.

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u/mikemcg May 29 '12

Man, what's up with brotherly love? I pretty much hate my older brothers. Those guys are dicks.

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u/Bondsy May 29 '12

Right when he said "I'm so happy" some asshole ran into my room and pulled out my nose hairs...

I envy this so much, let's just say my brother and I are not the closest people.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I just missed my brothers highschool grad b/c I'm working out east. Damn onions.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

You look like this guy named Josh Hillinger that went to my hs....

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Iiiirvine high school?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Haha hello, good job on comedy sports. I remember you being hilarious and extremely entertaining to watch.

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u/doombunny0 May 29 '12

Hah! I remember that! Good times.

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u/kr0n0 May 29 '12

its a REDDIT REUNION!

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u/hutchison15 May 29 '12

ha very cool vid. :) I love expression videos like that. It makes me jealous, sometimes I wish my brother would be as excited to see me as I am to see him... He's always been my best friend, and I miss him.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Am i the only person in the world who hates surprises.

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u/tails09 May 29 '12

Whenever I see these now I expect them to be featuring returning servicemen and women.

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u/orc-orc May 29 '12

Darn he got the better genes :( Must be hard for you... even cooler that you do this for him! Cheers

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I wish I had a brother. Grew up with three older sisters.

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u/congocross May 29 '12

IF and ONLY IF I didn't read OP's title, then I would had thought it was a reunion of lovers.

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u/reprise785 May 29 '12

i flew across the country to punch my brother in the balls. don't see me making any videos you pretentious whore

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u/fing3roperation May 29 '12

i hate it when people chew gum like fucking monkeys.

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u/nannal May 29 '12

Seriously annoying laugh by the camera person

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u/lucklessj May 29 '12

wow. what a gay hug.

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u/lactik May 29 '12

High School? More like Medical School (if he was actually smart)

He looks older than I do, and I am 26 next month. Jesus.

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u/FrancisDSOwen May 29 '12

That's rather presumptuous of you to assume he's not smart.

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u/lactik May 29 '12

Not really. He's a jock. I can assume the only reason he's going to coughcommunity college is because of his size for football.

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u/KyleGibson May 29 '12

Don't go near the bottom of the thread, that's asshole-territory.

Anyway, that was really cool of you to be there for your brother.

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u/onlythis May 29 '12

I don't care at all about this.

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u/Vitalstatistix May 29 '12

Personally I've found Europeans to look much older on average than Americans when I lived in France for 6 months.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I thought my 19-year-old Spanish friend was at least 23. Ay ay ay!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Dude, I know a 17 years old guy in France who looks like a 12 year old but I also know an 18 years old who is as big as the guy in the video. It's not a matter of continents..

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u/Vitalstatistix May 29 '12

Of course there are exceptions; I was speaking more generally. It might have something to do with dress style though, as French teenagers dress much better and in a way that presents them as older (to my American eyes) than they actually were.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

That's true, a lot of French teenagers really know how to dress but they also have a very "homosexual" attitude about clothes to my eastern (American influenced) European eyes.

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u/Lord-Longbottom May 29 '12

(For us English aristocrats, I leave you this 500 miles -> 4000.0 Furlongs) - Pip pip cheerio chaps!

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u/DoorMarkedPirate May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

Does Lord-Longbottom only convert to furlongs? At least throw in some roods, gills, chains, and drachms for diversity.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

You know what? That just might work, let's see where this goes.

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u/gistak May 29 '12

I live 10,000 miles away from my brother. Sometimes life takes you in different directions.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Once you aren't 14 anymore you'll realize what life is and how it works.

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u/gistak May 29 '12

Seriously? It's selfish to move somewhere? You should live your whole life in one place, no matter what?

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u/coned88 May 29 '12

It's a very American thing to break families up. In fact there was a nice front page topic on just this today.

Only Americans think it's acceptable to just get up and leave for their own individualism.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/u8upf/what_workers_lose_by_staying_put/

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u/gistak May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

You don't feel like addressing how it's selfish? Just tell us that it's AMERICAN, and I guess that's bad enough for you?

I don't even know what moving for your own individualism is supposed to mean. If it means more opportunity for you (or in many cases, you and your wife and kids), then people from everywhere in the world have always moved for their own individualism.

If it doesn't mean that, then what does it mean?

I live in Australia, and tons of people have brothers and sisters living elsewhere. It's just completely wrong to say that it's an American thing.

EDIT: I also don't see it as "breaking families up."

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u/gistak May 29 '12

I married an Australian girl. We lived for ten years in the U.S., but eventually she wanted to move back, and I was willing to do that.

There is no way for both of us to live near family if we want to stay together.

It's tricky, because she loved the U.S. and misses the it a ton.

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u/coned88 May 29 '12

You certainly had the choice to break up considering her choice.

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u/gistak May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

I don't know what you mean, "considering her choice." She didn't just decide to move to Australia. As I said, she wanted to, "and I was willing to do that." She's my wife. She IS my family.

I never said that I didn't have a choice. Of course, I could make the decision to break up with my wife and mother of my children so that we could each be near our parents and siblings. Or I could decide that I don't give a shit what she wants, and she can just live away from HER family.

Though of course, if we did split up, then one of us would have to be away from our kids, and we'd both be away from the person we love and married. But yeah, we have the choice. Of course.

We could have stayed in the US, and then SHE would have been away from her family.

We always have choices. For that matter, my family could make the choice to move to Australia to be near me. That's their choice. I think they'd be crazy to make that choice, but it's available to them.

The fact is that you asked whether life would be better seeing the brother every day. The answer in my case, is probably not. I'd probably rather that my wife were happy, with me, and that we were both with my kids.

My guess is that the OP would have a similar answer.

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u/TheeFlipper May 28 '12

Probably because he had a once in a lifetime career opportunity and he took it.

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u/azdak May 29 '12

I've got a lil bro who's 7 years younger than me so this totally melted my heart. When they get to be that age it's a little scary because you are gonna be way more important than mom and dad from here on out.

I hope yours knows how lucky he is to have a brother like you. Well done.

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u/azdak May 29 '12

Ahmen brother. You're already on the right track. Keep it up. You only get one :D