Oh everybody knows that long term relationships bring on the extra incentive of an additional family to be there for you and to help you when your in need, but of course in every family there’s a rotten egg, and that person that just seems so awful manages to find the need to make every problem of theirs… yours! You live on the opposite side of the country, but because your brother’s girlfriend is a bitch your no longer obligated to be a part of his life. I’m talking “I hate your girlfriend, she’s destroying our relationship” but I don’t have the time to wish you a happy birthday brother, because quite frankly I don’t care, and your girlfriend is just my excuse for why our relationship is failing, but oh well at least it’s at the cost of her, not me. What a joy to have an extra family at your side. —Girlfriend of 5 Years and Brother Hater
This article appears in Nov 15-21, 2012.


Hater’s gonna hate, lover’s gonna love. I don’t even want none of the above, I want to piss on you. Drip, drip, drip.
little confused by the swirling personal pronouns. is this the sister? or another brother? or a girlfriend/sister? (in which case get thee to daytime TV)
you just have to love to hate your inlaws.
Is this first person or second person? I’m confused.
I watched my cousin turn into a bitter wreck, blaming his misfortune on his older brothers – he held on to his supposed grudge to the end, rejected the brothers attempts to reconcile and died a very painful, lonely death at 61. Life’s too short for that kind of horseshit, OP.
I’m sure he doesn’t give a rats ass about your drama queen bullshit.
“Love” makes people do stupid shit.
You’ll always be siblings regardless…
he just has chosen alternate priorities.
Happens every day. Forgive and forget.