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[quote=Anonymous]My brother is trying to encourage me to move in with our parents, who were emotionally abusive and our mother was manipulative and father had anger management issues. I am not doing well financially and he thinks this is the solution to my problems. I do not want to hurt my parents by telling them this, but I would seriously rather become homeless than live with them. My brother keeps asking specific questions about it. "Well, did you ask Dad that specific question? What did he say?" and then texting my dad to get his answer and then texting me back to say "Dad says that's not an issue" or whatever. He needs to butt out. I do not want to be rude about telling him that. I thought of saying "I think you need to let us work this out without your input and just let it unfold however it unfolds" but know he will say "But you guys don't seem to be effectively communicating (so clearly need my help)."  I think a huge reason why living with them wouldn't go well is BECAUSE of our communication issues (they don't listen to me when I speak), among others.

Not only don't I want to move in with the parental unit, I don't want to discuss the issue with my brother. How do I nicely say this to him in a way where he'll listen to me? (He is a lawyer and prone to being pushy, especially with me.)[/quote]

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