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When Was The Last Time You Were Genuinely Concerned?
Posted by Jeunelle • 4/28/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blood, brother, danger, keeper, protect, Protection, safety, sister
When was the last time you were genuinely concerned for your brothers/sisters safety?
What steps did you take to protect them from danger?
Were you successful?
Are you your brothers/sisters keeper?
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I'm the youngest. I was only concerned for my own safety from my siblings
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I hear ya them suckers are fierce
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I'm also the youngest and was/am concerned about my older brother and his mental health while dealing with his marriage breakup. The way his wife behaved and is still behaving is nothing short of something out of a soap opera. She went to serious lengths to mess with my brother and ruin his relationship with his son. And on that note my concerns were also with my nephew as he was a pawn in her games and he was suffering too.-
Hmmmm hmmm the stuff of soap operas for sure.
I tell ya family can make you want to go fight some trees out in the boondocks.
This poor kid up above is genuinely concerned that his baby brother is bleeding to death and his father is laughing his ass off BBBLLLLOOOOODDDDDD -
Well the thing is, my brothers and I are pretty close as it is, best mates as well as siblings so we stick together during the hard times and work through it together.
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Thank God for that, she sounds like a psychic vampire.
You may need more than garlic.
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I lost both my older brothers within the past two years. I repeatedly tried to warn the one who passed most recently about the dangers of smoking and unhealthy eating, but it didn't do any good - he couldn't give up his addictions and died of emphysema at a very young age. So I guess we can only be their "keepers" if they allow us to.-
Yes you can try to warn them and sometimes they just don't seem to get it.
I am sorry to hear about you losing them both, that is terrible but yes you are your brother's keeper but only if they will listen to the voice of reason. -
Thanks..........exactly!
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My older brother committed suicide ten years ago. He was severely depressed and felt useless because of some misguided business deals. Every attempt was made by his wife and children to restore his confidence in himself-anti-depressants, psychiatrists, shock treatment, etc-but to no avail. Finally, they sequestered him in an assistant living facility with surveillance, day and night. Somehow, he managed to sneak out one evening and jumped off a highway bridge. He wanted to die and I respect his decision. A person's death, like their life, is their own affair.-
That is sad what a terrible way to go.
I have never had to deal with suicides in my family yet thank God
I can't imagine what it would be like for families suffering where a loved on is concerned (suicide) and you are basically helpless to help them.
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I only have one sibling, an older brother, and we've always been close. I worried about him because he took a divorce hard but two years ago he got involved with a succubus type woman and since then has shut out his friends and family. I am concerned daily but he's a grown man so there's nothing we can do.-
Now this I can relate too as I have a similar case in my family.
We have all tried to get them separated but somehow it seems one is the drug lord and one is the druggie if you know what I mean. It's hard to pull someone out of a bad relationship when they get hooked so to say, hooked on bad love.
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My younger brother was killed 11 years ago, but I adopted his fiancee as my sister and I try to look out for her as best I can.-
You're awesome dude
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I am an only child so no brothers or sisters to worry me. However I do have a close family. My biggest concern and yes I was actually not happy on friday (I know I am always happy) was my father. My father has suffered from a drinking problem. He was doing good for a while and recently I found out he has been drinking alot again He also had a bad heart attack in February and should not be drinking. It is hard to tell him differently. Friday I was not happy as he had called me and I could tell he was very intoxicated -
This is a real problem and it's both intricate and taxing at the same time.
How do you get help for them? How do you get them to realize they have a problem and they are making it our problem? How do you get them to help themselves and do something about their situation? I watched many Mothers deal with this problem and most to my surprise put up with it till the very end.
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at all points
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there're only two of us, my older brother and me. One of my parents favorite stories to tell is about the time they got called out of church services because I beat up a boy who was mean to my brother. Apparently I punched him and drew blood from his nose. I don't remember it but I don't think they're exaggerating.
The last time I tried to be my brother's keep was a year and a half ago when he got involved with a woman who presented one face to him and another to the rest of the world. Unfortunately he's still with her and she has alienated everyone from his circle of friends. My sons and I have little contact with him because she made it clear we were not welcome to call him or visit him. She has his cell phone now, if you call the house she answers and says she'll take a message if we tell her what we want. Or that he's busy, in the bathroom, shower, garage, or basement.
The few times we have stoppped by she's made sure he we spoke mainly with her. We've always been a close family but no longer. In case you tihnk I'm exaggerating, here's a story from last fall. We'd all stopped over, my sons, my (soon to be) daughter-in-law, myself. Evil Barbie (a nickname we've given her) wasn't there. The boys and my brother were throwing the frisbee back and forth and talking in the front yard. As soon as Barbie got there she went in the garage, grabbed my sons old baseball mitts and a ball stuck my brother off in the side yard far away and threw the ball between only my brother and herself. We left soon after as she didn't talk to us any longer and he was too far off to talk to.
However, he's a big boy (49 this year) and deserves to be respected for his choices. No one sees him or talks to him now. Not my sons, his friends from childhood, his gym mates (he no longer goes to the gym), our cousins, or me. We've all tried many many times. Then she changed their phone #. It's sad but his choice.
My sons call her the succubus and I tend to agree. If he contacts us, we'll be there no matter what but for now, what can we do.-
wow, I wrote a book. I blame coffee.
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What you just describe here happens to people in relationships where one consumes the other and you got to keep an eye on this one, it has all the signs of a emotional vampire or even the black widow effect. These are the ones who suck you dry and leave nothing but skin & bones. These are the one's who take and even in giving they take. We even see stories about them on 20-20 where one takes over the other's bank account and poisons the other to get assets. If you speak to the family members, they too will tell you that the victim was unavailable and it appears that the other was running the show.
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