AITA for telling my brother he shouldn’t get a Keurig?
Hi all, this is my first ever post on Reddit so please explain if I’m doing anything incorrectly (like posting in the wrong place, etc). I think I could be TA in this case so I want to get some people’s honest opinions.
My brother (M28) and I (F24) have always gotten along pretty well; I would say we’re close friends. That being said, we are very different people. He’s an introvert, I’m an extrovert, etc.
In recent years, I have grown up and I am proud to say I think I have become a much kinder and happier version of myself.
I used to be really bitter about the world, but meeting good people and falling in love with a kind person with similar values has helped me have more faith in it.
Still, I have a strong sense of justice, and I have a hard time not telling people when I think what they’re doing is wrong or just dumb. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, but I also want to stand up for what I think matters.
Anyways, I recently told my family that I would like them to tell me if they think I’m being too critical, because I’m working on being nice and giving people more grace. That was a week or two ago.
Tonight, my brother mentioned he’s getting a Keurig to make coffee at home. We have a really nice, fancy coffee pot, but he likes the Keurig at work and says he would like the convenience of having one at home, too.
I said that’s unnecessary because we already have a nice coffee pot and single-use Keurig pods are so wasteful.
He got kind of irritated and said this is an example of me being too critical.
I don’t know. Was it really that bad for me to say? I’m glad he told me that he felt criticized, but I’m not sure if that means I should really just hold my tongue from now on.
I know it’s a small thing and it’s obviously not worth any kind of battle (I already dropped it). It just seems so wasteful and I know it will bother me seeing him throw away all those pods.
AITA for being negative about his Keurig?
