Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : So I'm a senior in high school, currently in the stressful process of college applications. For one of my schools, I need a peer recommendation (a letter written by a friend/classmate/sibling/etc.), and because I'm shy and don't have any close friends at school, I wanted to ask my brother to write it for me. The thing is, I have two brothers, and I am definitely closer to one of them--I'll refer to him as B1. B1 and I have similar interests in science and similar personalities, so we get along pretty well. B2 is more of a social butterfly, and we are not as close.

I decided to send B1 a message asking him to write the rec letter, and he agreed. The reason I chose him instead of B2 is because 1) we are closer as I mentioned and 2) I felt like he would be able to write a more genuine account of myself as a person, whereas B2 is a business major and I was scared he would kind of lie about who I am...idk. Obviously I didn't want B2 to find out that I asked B1 because I didn't want to hurt his feelings. But then my mom came along. My mom found out that I could ask a sibling to write the letter and immediately told B2 to write it, without even discussing with me beforehand. She came upstairs to tell me, and I told her quietly that I already asked B1. Mom says oh, she didn't know, which is fair. But then she goes back downstairs and TELLS B2 that I asked B1, which I didn't want to happen. And she STILL ASKS B2 to write his own letter, because she thinks B2 can write it better as a business major. (I could hear her say this from upstairs.) I'm just really upset because I feel like my mom is just taking matters into her own hands without considering how I feel. And this is MY college application, after all.

I know I should be appreciative of B2 for even agreeing to write the letter, an especially so after finding out I already asked B1. But it just isn't what I had in mind. As of now both brothers are going to write a letter and I will choose which one to submit. Not that I will even be allowed to read them, so wth. Honestly I'm already set on B1's letter and I'm just letting B2 write his because I can't just say that I don't care for his efforts. I know it's mean and causing B2 to go through unnecessary trouble for writing a letter but B2 and I disagree on a lot of things and I just feel like he secretly hates me because he's the middle child and I took all the attention away from him as a baby. So yeah there's some deep issues buried in our family and I know B2 still feels angry about it. Which is another reason why I don't want him to write my letter, not that I think he would try to sabotage my application but that he wouldn't write it from his heart. AITA for favoring B1?