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Originally Posted by primrose
Is your mother around? Any other family members? i'm glad you realized that yelling and throwing things doesn't help the situation, I've never had to deal with any kind of abuse, so can't speak from experience, hard as it may be try to respond with kindness, have you heard the expression that we catch more flies with honey.
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Yeah she is. But she's always been a gentle loving person who always sees the good in people even when it's not there. Hence why she put up with his dad for so long. Hence why I am less apt to see good in people when they are unrepentant and be kind to them, because I've seen the way it's wrecked her life. My brother walks all over her sometimes and it makes me so mad. I know it's her choice and I admire her strength but there's nothing really anyone one can do about him, except wait for the day he moves out. To me playing to his ego with kindness won't really help.. as I said he has narcissistic traits so in the end I'll end up drained and exhausted whilst he'll end up feeling all the more entitled to treat us awfully.
As for other family we're pretty much alone.
I suppose there's not really much we can do except wait it through. I can see it from a character building point of view most the time. But it just some days like today when I haven't had enough sleep that it feels like all a little bit too much.