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Thank you both so much for your kind words and reassurance, yet I do shrink at the thought that my relationship with my brother is good. I was not even invited to his 30th birthday party (my husband was) because as my sister-in-law put it to me "he's not comfortable around you." I am the one who acted out, and caused all the trouble as a kid and teen, and he would be the complacent one, doing his best to please. ...and I can understand how I filled our home with stress and tension, but as adults we have talked about all this, and I had thought we had moved on. But, I do have to realize that I can not change who he is at the core, and my need for emotional attachment is not his issue to deal with. I know that he is struggling with his own demons, and probably shouldn't even worry about the breakdown of our relationship, as I am just as fault as he is.
~imtimm2
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