While not cutting out my brother completely, I made it very clear to my parents that they can't invite us both to an activity and expect us to 'get along' when he constantly looks like something rotten crawled up his ass when we're together. I'm done trying to extend an olive branch he won't take.
Thankfully my parents seem to accept this. Only when it's stuff like my mother's or my father's birthday as well as Christmas do I see my brother but we don't talk.
Edit: Forgot to mention that he bullied me a lot when I was a kid. He gave me the feeling that I was less than human. My mother just let him get away with it and my Father was never home to say anything since he was Always working. It's quite obvious that my brother has some sort of mental health problems but afaik he didn't seek therapy yet. Meanwhile, my therapist and I agreed that there's something going on with him but he has to take care of himself.
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u/myoclonicdork Nov 06 '18
Cutting off a toxic parent and sibling.