My brother, that is. A few weeks ago he got into major trouble. Think of all the really bad things that could happen to you at the same time--financial problems, criminal charges, family issues. Much of it was his own fault--or at least his willful blindness. Some of it was not.
I did as much as I could on the legal end. I also called my dad and my grandparents--who my brother had completely cut out of his life for the last two years. I convinced them that my brother was in dire straits--that he needed help. They reached out to him and bailed him out.
Now my brother has disappeared. He won't return phone calls (I think he phone has been turned off) or emails. He hasn't shown up when he promised to. He basically took everything he could from all of us and then just went back to the way things were.
I feel like I have been conned. There are few people in the world who could pull one over on me. I am inherently distrustful and can almost always see through bullshit. But I sure feel like my brother conned me--and it pisses me off.
But even more than that, I feel like my brother took advantage of my grandparents. We don't have the best parents in the world, but my grandparents have always been there when we needed them. My grandparents have always been comfortable and in a position to help out financially when we really needed it. But I think they have lived longer than they planned for and have really cut back on their spending in the last few years. I know that they do not have the extra income to bail out my brother like they could have a few years ago.
And yet they did, and now he is being a total asshole. If I weren't 400 miles away, I would totally kick his ass--even if he is 8" taller and 100 pounds heavier than me.
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That totally bites. Was it drug-related? I have a bunch of clients with drug issues, and the only thing that doesn't keep me from throttling them sometimes is the knowledge that they really don't mean to be flakes and cons - they believe the things they're saying, but they can't follow through because of the addictions.
Not that it makes it any easier, and especially when it's family. I hope he comes through.
Oh crap. :( You know I know. My brother is just like that and every single time we give him "another chance" he does something so completely extreme that at this point nothing he did would shock me. I am so sorry you got duped and also that your family was hurt.
No, not drug-related. That's funny because DH told me that my post made it sound like he was on drugs. He truly has no excuse for the mess that he has made of his life. And I have little sympathy--because I came from the same place and managed to rise above it. He's freaking 30 years old--he just needs to grow up and start acting like an adult.
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