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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a similar relationship with my brother with less phone conversation.  It’s because his wife doesn’t like me.  She’s a young earth evangelical and thinks I might encourage him to listen to rock music or something.  It isn’t fixable.[/quote]

Op here. So do you guys talk at all? What do you do?

I’ve struggled for years to accept this and keep hoping things might change. I really love my brother.[/quote]

We talk occasionally, but we never REALLY talk if you know what I mean.  I went back home and we had plans to spend the day together this summer.  His wife “needed him” so we ended up seeing each other for 20 minutes.  I drove 1k miles for that.

I love my brother too, and wish often for the relationship we had before.  I got along well with all his previous GFs and we had a lot of fun times together.  His wife doesn’t get along with anyone or have any friends, and she is very controlling and does not let him do things on his own.  He is a little afraid of her I think, as she also has a temper.

She is honestly an awful person.  She told my kids they are going to Hell because they are Catholic.  That’s nice.

For the poster saying not o blame the wife, you don’t know what you are talking about.  Some of us have good reasons for what we do.

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You're pretty sexist so step off. What is true is that your brother is an adult and makes decisions himself. He has decided to give you very little time and to ignore your child. That is 100% on him so take your misogyny elsewhere.

My spouse has cut off his family and I have no control over that. They were and are abusive. They blame me entirely and I spent years being mad at him for not working it out with them. You and a lot of other women love the fantasy of the controlling wife who decides who her dh can talk to. It's a lie. [/quote]

It isn’t a lie for me.  You don’t know anything about me or my family.  Maybe your situation is different.  NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS YOU, dimwit.

If you are as controlling of your spouse as you are of someone’s else’s thread here, maybe they have a point.[/quote]

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