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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guess what -a lot of guys don’t want to talk about the state of a relationship. Your brother is clearly one of these men. Can you really not de-escalate this by just talking about the weather or something next time you see him? Learn to be civil and move on with your life. And stop trying to drag other people into this -you are an adult, stop acting like a petulant teen not getting her way.[/quote]

OP. He loves talking about the relationship. So many phone calls and texts and hours of my life wasted on him explaining to me all the ways I'm wrong and how I need to change.

He is the one reaching out to me to talk about how I'm a bad sister because I don't call him regularly. Or that I did/said something wrong at the last family get-together. Or that I got too small of a gift for his kids. Or that I made some other stupid mistake (that he hears about from my family).

So, no, it's not as simple as talking about the weather. He wants to have a more substantive relationship, but on his terms, where I'm always wrong and he's always benevolently correcting me and giving me the chance to improve my behavior. [/quote]

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