I'm sure most people go through each day with thoughts in their head that, well, should stay there but I'm going to share mine here. Some will be rude or embarrassing but what the heck - let's go.
This weekend my brother is in town for his class reunion. He's staying with my father who lives about 1/2hr from my home. I don't like my brother. I find him very abrasive - he's an over opinionated asshole is the truth. Not surprisingly we completely disagree politically. Yet he seems to think the whole family agrees with him. He's the loudest so we just don't argue. When I say we I mean mostly my sister but others like my dad. Its just easier to let him spew whatever misinformed crap he's got and move on. I'm a conflict avoider - perhaps that is why I'm hoping a setting such as this will be liberating.
I was hopeful that his reunion activities would take up most of his time here. But from Thursday forward I dreaded the phone call from my dad saying the bro and wife (who I like a lot) had arrived and worse when my presence would be requested. Yea!! - no phone call from Dad until tonight. I "was not at home" to get the call. He didn't say anything but "call when you get a chance", which will be tomorrow mmmmaybe early afternoon.
The truth is I don't want to see my brother. I hate that relationships of family are forces and fake.
