Is it normal for my parents to argue for awhile now?

So my parents and I went on vacation together on Friday while my older brother stayed home alone for the weekend, Monday and Tuesday. When we got back, we noticed little things that were different. The glass table next to the hot tub was gone, with a chipped outlet on the wall. He had slipped coming out of the hot tub apparently and broke the glass table(He texted my dad about it, but he didn't say what day it had happened). Earlier on the trip, my mother had asked him to turn off her laptop, but we saw that the laptop was left to die. Her business card for her laptop was jammed into her laptop so bad that we had to use pliers to get it out. There was 8 cups of coffee made in the coffee maker, left there cold. The kitchen was a mess from looking like someone had cooked something without cleaning up. I had stepped on a thumbtack in the living room, thinking we never use thumbtacks. Some photos on the walls were rearranged and moved. There was a crack in the downstairs door. Our couches and blankets smelled different than before. He had also lied about there being a two hour delay on Monday, because there was none. The TV doesn't work anymore, and I saw the volume was put all the way up.

We noticed all of these things in the one night were back from vacation, while my brother was not at home. He's been coming home at 11:00pm ever since we came back. I know all of these things are assumptions, but that's all we can do. My mother has a hard time asking him things because with him, he denies everything. She asked him if he had friends over, "no." Which was obviously a lie, because my friend who lives two houses away said she had seen him with a guy and a girl. I know you might think that were assuming all of these things, but trust me, it all adds up.

My brother has been bringing friends over after school sometimes when he isn't suppose to. I don't tell my parents, because I know he doesn't want me to. Now, it's just too much. My parents have been arguing every since, which has been about 4 days. My dad is on my brothers side, denying everything, covering up for my brother. My mom has a hard time believing all these excuses from both of them. Every argument is getting more and more intense, and it's really getting me worried. Is this normal? Please, please please help me. I don't know what to do anymore.

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65% Normal
Based on 26 votes (17 yes)
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Comments ( 9 )
  • DannyKanes

    Don't stress, 4 days is nothing. My parents have been arguing for 26 years :/

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    • MauriceLikesChicks1015

      Don't stress over it my parents have been arguing over the past 7 years over a range of issues starting from moving to this place.. It's normal for a couple to argue so they can sort out their problems sometimes but if it gets physical then their is definitely a problem :/

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    • fraptastic_x3

      Aw, I'm sorry about that. It happens to all of us...

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  • enjoydemoment

    I like mine fart too. I used to play the farting game with my bf. We laugh and enjoy it.

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  • lulu119001

    this dannykanes dude is all over da placee !!

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  • joybird

    I don't even see the issue... You brother had a party, a few things got broke, you dad says 'That's my boy!' but your mom knows he's lying.

    Soooo what?!

    They love him - they'll forgive him!

    You stay out of it and pass no comment either way.

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    • fraptastic_x3

      I know what you're saying, but there's more of an issue with him being my step brother, and my dad is my step dad. Sorry, should've mentioned that before.

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      • joybird

        Hopefully if he's causing problems between them two he will be asked to leave.

        Just close your bedroom door and don't offer an opinion, they will sort it out.

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        • fraptastic_x3

          Yeah, he is a senior this year, 18 years old, so hopefully..

          Okay, thanks for your answers, I appreciate it.

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