ESH

Loyalty doesn’t just mean being in a monogamous relationship. You can be loyal to you family and friends. It is also a term used in a lot of occupations such as the military, firefighters, etc where the job is intense and you might depend on each other for safety.

So, regardless of how he meant it when he chose the tattoo, it’s kind of weird that that’s directly where your mind went, and the fact that you laughed out loud about it. It seems like you wanted to make a big deal out of it, which is childish.

But at the same time, when you choose to get a tattoo and display it, it is something that you should be willing to stand behind because people will have their opinions, and if you feel good about your decision, then their opinion shouldn’t matter. And the fact that he stormed off to his room and didn’t attend a dinner with the rest of the family just because he was mad at you is also extremely childish.

Two petty brothers is what you are.

So we’re just openly accepting mocking people now? This subreddit has gone downhill quickly. You guys are downvoting the people saying YTA and saying he’s NTA, but he ran away from him after he literally laughed in his face. I don’t see that as childish. I see that as someone fed up with the abuse. You left out any details of your relationship with him, but you went out of your way to let us know he still lives with his parents. You came here for validation and fed the subreddit the parts of the story that would bring you the validation you so badly sought. I also find it funny that your first thought after seeing his tattoo was automatically about loyalty in relationships when there’s many other forms of loyalty. Like loyalty to your family. Of which you obviously have none. You obviously have some type of bad relationship and look for any way to bring him down, so he didn’t want to be around you, and I don’t blame him. YTA

NTA. No offense but your brother is giving major ick vibes. He’s 25 and dating a 19yo? That’s already ick territory, but then this 19yo was also his mistress. After a string of other mistresses. Let’s not forget he ran off to sulk when he got called out for a very ironic tattoo that I honestly cant believe he was delusional enough to get and think no one would think it strange. The fact your family is also sticking up for the guy says a lot. He’s acting like a teenage boy that’s just hit puberty and doesn’t want to be called out for his shitty behavior because then he’ll have to admit to the fact he’s been doing something wrong when everyone else has been enabling him. Gross.

NTA – From what you posted your brother is an immensely immature poser. He gets a word tattooed on his arm which he has demonstrated, with his actions, is not descriptive of his character. You did him a favor. As long as you are not some jerk who has spent a lifetime ragging on him you may be the right person to get him to snap out of this BS he pulls in life.

I can get a tattoo of the word BADASS on my shoulder, it will not make me one.

My favorite part is, your 25-year-old brother, who lives with his mamma, ran off to his room and wouldn’t come out for dinner. I hope he let mamma give him is bath before his bedtime.

NTA
Lol or if you are, I am too cause I also would have laughed. Like there are so many words in the English language, how does a serial cheater land on “Loyalty” and think “yup, that sums me up right there”. Hopefully he got it because he finds it aspirational lol but if that be the case, he wouldn’t be so butthurt at being laughed at for it. Seems like a case of someone not knowing themselves and being offended when seeing someone else’s perception of them.

**YTA**, you’re literally laughing at your brothers body and something he felt was important enough to get as a tattoo.

Sure, he might’ve been a cheater in the past, but that doesn’t mean he deserves to be ridiculed for his tattoo choices in front of family.

NTA! I was all ready to vote the opposite and chide you for belittling already-done, artistic choices by other people, but…nope. That’s a ridiculously oblivious tattoo choice for a serial cheater.

I’m LOYAL! Very loyal. Some have said the most loyal there is. I’ve heard it many times.. and .. you know.. it’s true. People tell me all the time just how LOYAL I am. Smart people.

I’m sorry, but NTA

Someone who cheats hardly gets to be upset that someone laughed at them for tattooing the word “loyalty” on their body. 🤣

NTA – you’re right, you shouldn’t be blamed for an adult to storm off and lock themselves in their room like a spoiled child.

He is old enough to be an adult, but…apparently he cannot own up to his own actions. Ironically hysterical!!

NTA. Little bro just seems to make one bad decision after the other. You laughed. It was a reaction.