Sometimes we can't get rid of people we associate, though we want to. For instance, my bro, who is an attorney-at-law who talks big who is efficient in insulting people has made my mom (I was her favorite child when we were kids) also against me. He rules everybody around him with his humiliating words.
I can't give-up my mom and I am in a trap I am born with.
If it was just another friend I would have stood away from him at early stages.