This man is currently married, and he and his wife have a 12-year-old daughter together named Naomi.

But, his brother– who has a 9-year-old son named Eli– recently lost his job and got evicted from his apartment. So, he and his wife agreed to take his Brother and his nephew in. After all, they had more space in their home than his parents had in their condo.

However, right after his brother and Eli moved in, they started having major issues– mainly because his brother calls himself a “jokester.”

He realizes that, back when they were kids, his brother’s clownish personality was pretty funny, too.

“But in my opinion, it’s immature at his age. And he’s passed this on to Eli, which is funny since he’s 9. Eli’s favorite prank is hiding other people’s things,” he explained.

His nephew’s sticky fingers caused a serious scare for his daughter Naomi, too, because she is actually deathly allergic to many common foods. That’s why having her Epipen nearby is absolutely critical.

Yet, about two weeks ago, his nephew Eli hid his daughter’s EipPen, and she understandably freaked out.

“She wasn’t having an allergic reaction at the time, but still,” he recalled, agreeing with his daughter’s reaction.

He also realized that his own adult brother had been in on the “prank” since Naomi’s EpiPen was housed on a shelf that Eli was too short to reach. So, his brother eventually came clean about helping his nephew with the stunt, and he freaked out on his brother over it.

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“I told my brother that if he or Eli hid Naomi’s EpiPen again, I’d kick them out,” he revealed.

“I explained how Naomi could die without it, and my brother seemed to understand.”

Well, last week, his daughter unfortunately had an allergic reaction and quickly needed her EpiPen. Yet, lo and behold, the lifesaving medical device was nowhere to be found.

At that point, his nephew Eli rushed upstairs to his guest room and retrieved the EpiPen. Then, he was thankfully able to administer the medication before Naomi’s reaction could get too bad.

Nonetheless, once he was finished helping his daughter, he immediately told his brother to pack his things and leave.

“My brother said that I wasn’t being fair because Eli had stolen it on his own this time, that it was just a prank, and Eli’s just a little kid, etc.,” he vented.

Regardless, he didn’t care and stuck to his word– kicking both his brother and nephew out. And now, basically, everyone in his family is upset with him– mainly because his parents don’t have enough space to take in two extra people.

“They’re calling me heartless for kicking them out over a kid’s prank,” he said.

So now, he can’t help but wonder if forcing his brother and nephew to leave following the dangerous “prank” was really so unreasonable or not.

Do you agree that hiding an EpiPen as a “prank” is unacceptable? Didn’t he give his brother fair warning about the consequences of this happening again? What would you have done in his shoes?

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