Interpersonal conflicts are inevitable as they are one of the
few encounters where everyone will face in their life. These conflicts usually
occurs when there is a misunderstanding between two parties or more. From my
perspective, one should find the root of the conflict in order to resolve it
before it gets out of hands.
For this post, the conflict that I will be describing is
between my brother and sister. Being the youngest in the family, my sister always
get the luxury of being pampered at home. My brother, on the other hand is 7 years
older than her and is considered as the responsible one among us three siblings.
My mom is the housewife in the family and does not work while my dad has just
retired from his workplace and is no longer employed. My dad intends to use his
savings earned for my mom’s and dad’s retirement. As both my sister and I are still
schooling, my older brother is now supporting us both by working
two jobs.
An incident occurred last Friday when my sister asked my dad
for some pocket money when she wanted to go out. Upon hearing the conversation,
my older brother who just reached home from his work, started to scold my
sister for asking money from my dad. My sister started to argue back at my
brother as she claims that the money she asked for is for her school project. Despite the explanation from my sister, my
brother was still persistent and demanded by shouting to my sister that she
should not ask for money from my dad as she was so used to getting it from my
dad instead. Upon hearing my brother shouting, my sister started to cry and
locked herself up in her room.
Until today, both my brother and sister are no longer talking
to each other. It is true that my sister is pampered at times but perhaps my
brother should not have responded that way towards her. My brother on the other
hand, who is often tired from his two jobs to support us, finds it difficult to
understand the needs of my sister. If you were in my situation, what would have been done to make the situation better?
Edited: 18/03/2016
Commented on:
Mei Ying
Kok Zheng
Steven
Edited: 18/03/2016
Commented on:
Mei Ying
Kok Zheng
Steven
