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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I am so sorry for the situation with your son and the pain that comes with that along with having a brother who isn't supportive. You need to accept the harsh reality that he doesn't want the type of relationship you want and let it go. Let him be who he is.

I disagree with all the people trying to scapegoat a wife. Stop triangulating in the wife and dehumanizing her and deal with accepting the boundaries of your relationship with your own brother. [/quote]

Op here. I think what’s hard is the phone conversations feel really important to me. Like my brother comes to me for advice and he confides in me. I guess it’s just hard for me not to feel like this is an important and real relationship. I think for me to stop hoping for more, I’d need to stop the phone calls, or greatly limit them. Because as things are I keep thinking we have this great relationship and then having to learn over and over again that we don’t seem to actually have much of a relationship.[/quote]

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