Reply to Should I Talk to My Family About Conflict With My Brother?

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Should I Talk to My Family About Conflict With My Brother?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Brother is doing this because he gets off on it for some reason.  He likes upsetting you.  He likes baiting you.  And he really likes acting the victim and getting your parents to think you're the problem.

You've been given good advice (in my opinion) about keeping everything superficial.  When he does the "good for you and surprised that you're a functioning adult, either don't respond or say something like it seems to be going well.  Keep saying that until he gets off the subject.  When you're the bad sister because you haven't called, I know, I've been really busy.  Keep repeating.  Mother's place is i the home.  Well, it works for my family.

DON'T explain anything to him as it probably comes across to him that  you're defending yourself against his criticism, and that just gives him more ammunition.

Sounds like the typical bully that, as soon as they see that you're not affected by what they're doing, it's not fun for them anymore.  And yes, keep conversations with your parents pretty vague.

Good luck.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics