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[quote=Anonymous]Very hard for me to cope in advance since the dysfunctional one is my brother--hostile, unfamiliar with children, liable to talk about ANYTHING (like the Paris attacks, his sex life, whatever) in front of kids--AND my brother, who has moved away, will "pop up" at Thanksgiving or another time. I just try to be courteous and to keep the kids away from him in an unconfrontational way ("Who wants to play hide and seek outside?") This is my intention--like a New Year's resolution, it's hard to keep. 
We are with my elderly parents at Thanksgiving. They're local. They bend over backwards for this brother--perhaps because they are scared of his temper; perhaps because they seldom see him; perhaps because he's the youngest. Whatever. I just have to keep my distance or sparks fly (or an entire bonfire of emotions erupts) and that's definitely not good for my kids. Or me. Or my parents. And--this is hard to say--I don't care what my little brother feels by now. He's grown up; he can deal. But I'm praying he stays away even if my mom keeps sighing that she wishes she could have all her children together at Thanksgiving. Sometimes, it's best if wishes don't come true.    [/quote]

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