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[quote=Anonymous]NP. I don't think the first reply is fair or nice at all. Please ignore that mean remark, OP!

I experienced a very similar situation with now-exDH while we were in the middle of our divorce and understand how draining and unproductive those hours-long phone calls are, and how awful the unrelenting text messages can be.

You will truly be helping your brother the most by putting together a list of mental-health resources and sending it to him with a note saying that you've been reflecting on the nature of your relationship and fear that it is not helping him. Tell him he needs an outside ear, someone who can offer some objectivity and suggestions for coping skills. This is the truth so it's easy to say.

WRT to your responsibility to him as a sibling, no one can really define that relationship except for the two of you. My opinion is that probably one day you and he will be the surviving generation of your family, and it would be nice to have those shared memories with someone else on this earth. Even bad memories are made better if shared with someone else. For that reason, it would be good to try to keep some kind of relationship together, but you don't have to put up with his abuse. You can always block his number for awhile; I don't think he'd know that you blocked him, so you wouldn't see the nasty texts and he wouldn't get a reply that might add fuel to the fire. You can always unblock and reblock as needed.

Good luck![/quote]

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