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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. I have an older brother,

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 07:28 PM

Jul 2020

he's 77, I'm 71, who has always been a bully.

Years ago I simply started standing up to him and he backed off. My sisters, one older, one younger, didn't do so and he continued to bully them.

Essentially I have almost no contact with him. He's also a Trumper and that explains a lot.

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Ladies - anyone else have a problem with an elder brother who is cruel to you? [View all] Peregrine Took Jul 2020 OP

I have 2 younger brothers, one has a mean mouth irisblue Jul 2020 #1

He sounds like he's jealous of you and takes great enjoyment in making you uncomfortable kimbutgar Jul 2020 #2

Mean in a different way Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #3

+ imagine all the wastes of time and surprise disappointments you avoided by not letting it go on lunasun Jul 2020 #11

I've always had the belief that when a person's personality takes a strange turn... Frustratedlady Jul 2020 #4

I have an older brother, PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #5

My husband tells me that all the time - stand up to him. Peregrine Took Jul 2020 #8

Bullies are really cowards. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #10

No, not at all. elleng Jul 2020 #6

I'm sorry this is happening to you. Laffy Kat Jul 2020 #7

My brother is a evangelical, hypocritical trumpet MLAA Jul 2020 #9

Not cruel to me but he and my older sister Bev54 Jul 2020 #12

he needs a mental health evaluation Skittles Jul 2020 #13

Four years older, mine would wipe booger's onme LakeArenal Jul 2020 #14